diff -Nru imlib-1.9.15.old/gifutil.h imlib-1.9.15/gifutil.h
--- imlib-1.9.15.old/gifutil.h	2015-02-03 00:53:09.742075193 +0000
+++ imlib-1.9.15/gifutil.h	2015-02-05 19:24:09.848783163 +0000
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define __GIFUTIL_H__
 
 static void
-_PrintGifError(GifFileType *gif)
+_PrintGifError(int errorCode)
 {
   /* GIFLIB_MAJOR is only defined in libgif >= 4.2.0 */
   /* libgif 4.2.0 has retired PrintGifError() and added GifErrorString() */
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
   /* Static string actually, hence the const char* cast */
   
 #if GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5
-  const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString(gif->Error);
+  const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString(errorCode);
 #else
   const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString();
 #endif
diff -Nru imlib-1.9.15.old/Imlib/load.c imlib-1.9.15/Imlib/load.c
--- imlib-1.9.15.old/Imlib/load.c	2015-02-03 00:53:09.742075193 +0000
+++ imlib-1.9.15/Imlib/load.c	2015-02-05 19:30:12.847147998 +0000
@@ -434,6 +434,19 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBGIF
 /*------------------------*/
 /*------------------------*/
+void
+_CloseGIF(GifFileType *gif)
+{
+#if GIFLIB_MAJOR > 5 || (GIFLIB_MAJOR == 5 && GIFLIB_MINOR >= 1)
+    int errCode = 0;
+
+    if (DGifCloseFile(gif, &errCode) != GIF_OK)
+      _PrintGifError(errCode);
+#else
+    DGifCloseFile(gif);
+#endif
+}
+
 unsigned char      *
 _LoadGIF(ImlibData * id, FILE *f, int *w, int *h, int *t)
 {
@@ -464,10 +477,7 @@
   gif = DGifOpenFileHandle(fd, &errCode);
   if (!gif)
   {
-    const char* gifliberr = (const char*) GifErrorString(errCode);
-    if (gifliberr == NULL)
-      gifliberr = "Unknown error";
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", gifliberr);
+    _PrintGifError(errCode);
     return NULL;
   }
 #else
@@ -481,14 +491,14 @@
     {
       if (DGifGetRecordType(gif, &rec) == GIF_ERROR)
 	{
-	  _PrintGifError(gif);
+	  _PrintGifError(gif->Error);
 	  rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	}
       if ((rec == IMAGE_DESC_RECORD_TYPE) && (!done))
 	{
 	  if (DGifGetImageDesc(gif) == GIF_ERROR)
 	    {
-	      _PrintGifError(gif);
+	      _PrintGifError(gif->Error);
 	      rec = TERMINATE_RECORD_TYPE;
 	    }
 	  *w = gif->Image.Width;
@@ -500,13 +510,13 @@
 	  rows = malloc(*h * sizeof(GifRowType *));
 	  if (!rows)
 	    {
-	      DGifCloseFile(gif);
+	      _CloseGIF(gif);
 	      return NULL;
 	    }
 	  data = _imlib_malloc_image(*w, *h);
 	  if (!data)
 	    {
-	      DGifCloseFile(gif);
+	      _CloseGIF(gif);
 	      free(rows);
 	      return NULL;
 	    }
@@ -517,7 +527,7 @@
 	      rows[i] = malloc(*w * sizeof(GifPixelType));
 	      if (!rows[i])
 		{
-		  DGifCloseFile(gif);
+		  _CloseGIF(gif);
 		  for (i = 0; i < *h; i++)
 		    if (rows[i])
 		      free(rows[i]);
@@ -606,7 +616,7 @@
 	    }
 	}
     }
-  DGifCloseFile(gif);
+  _CloseGIF(gif);
   for (i = 0; i < *h; i++)
     free(rows[i]);
   free(rows);