diff --git a/app/logical/media_file/image.rb b/app/logical/media_file/image.rb
index 7b26b52b5..a5125e3bf 100644
--- a/app/logical/media_file/image.rb
+++ b/app/logical/media_file/image.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ class MediaFile::Image < MediaFile
 
   def is_animated_gif?
     file_ext == :gif && image.get("n-pages") > 1
+  # older versions of libvips that don't support n-pages will raise an error
+  rescue Vips::Error
+    false
   end
 
   def is_animated_png?