diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index dafab3015..a0fc953cc 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ gem "simple_form"
 gem "mechanize"
 gem "whenever", :require => false
 gem "sanitize"
-gem 'rmagick'
+gem 'ruby-vips'
 gem 'net-sftp'
 gem 'term-ansicolor', :require => "term/ansicolor"
 gem 'diff-lcs', :require => "diff/lcs/array"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5a9b1c022..5ac7139ed 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -303,8 +303,9 @@ GEM
       mime-types (>= 1.16, < 3.0)
       netrc (~> 0.7)
     retriable (2.1.0)
-    rmagick (2.16.0)
     ruby-prof (0.17.0)
+    ruby-vips (2.0.9)
+      ffi (~> 1.9)
     rubyzip (1.2.1)
     safe_yaml (1.0.4)
     sanitize (4.5.0)
@@ -451,9 +452,9 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rakismet
   recaptcha
   responders
-  rmagick
   ruby-imagespec!
   ruby-prof
+  ruby-vips
   rubyzip
   sanitize
   sass-rails
diff --git a/INSTALL.debian b/INSTALL.debian
index 62f039156..0dbf30570 100644
--- a/INSTALL.debian
+++ b/INSTALL.debian
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export GITHUB_INSTALL_SCRIPTS=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/r888888888/danbo
 echo "* Installing packages..."
 LIBSSL_DEV_PKG=$( verlt `lsb_release -sr` 9.0 && echo libssl-dev || echo libssl1.0-dev )
 apt-get update
-apt-get -y install build-essential automake $LIBSSL_DEV_PKG libxml2-dev libxslt-dev ncurses-dev sudo libreadline-dev flex bison ragel memcached libmemcached-dev git curl libcurl4-openssl-dev imagemagick libmagickcore-dev libmagickwand-dev sendmail-bin sendmail postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-all nginx ssh coreutils ffmpeg mkvtoolnix
+apt-get -y install build-essential automake $LIBSSL_DEV_PKG libxml2-dev libxslt-dev ncurses-dev sudo libreadline-dev flex bison ragel memcached libmemcached-dev git curl libcurl4-openssl-dev libvips-dev libvips-tools sendmail-bin sendmail postgresql postgresql-contrib libpq-dev postgresql-server-dev-all nginx ssh coreutils ffmpeg mkvtoolnix
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   echo "* Error installing packages; aborting"
diff --git a/app/logical/danbooru_image_resizer.rb b/app/logical/danbooru_image_resizer.rb
index d3697fbc3..abad0c1a6 100644
--- a/app/logical/danbooru_image_resizer.rb
+++ b/app/logical/danbooru_image_resizer.rb
@@ -1,52 +1,18 @@
 module DanbooruImageResizer
-  def resize(file, width, height, resize_quality = 90)
-    image = Magick::Image.read(file.path).first
-    geometry = "#{width}x>"
+  # Taken from ArgyllCMS 2.0.0 (see also: https://ninedegreesbelow.com/photography/srgb-profile-comparison.html)
+  SRGB_PROFILE = "#{Rails.root}/config/sRGB.icm"
+  # http://jcupitt.github.io/libvips/API/current/libvips-resample.html#vips-thumbnail
+  THUMBNAIL_OPTIONS = { size: :down, linear: false, auto_rotate: false, export_profile: SRGB_PROFILE }
+  # http://jcupitt.github.io/libvips/API/current/VipsForeignSave.html#vips-jpegsave
+  JPEG_OPTIONS = { background: 255, strip: true, interlace: true, optimize_coding: true }
 
-    if width == Danbooru.config.small_image_width
-      # wider than it is tall
-      geometry = "#{Danbooru.config.small_image_width}x#{Danbooru.config.small_image_width}>"
-    end
+  # https://github.com/jcupitt/libvips/wiki/HOWTO----Image-shrinking
+  # http://jcupitt.github.io/libvips/API/current/Using-vipsthumbnail.md.html
+  def self.resize(file, width, height, resize_quality = 90)
+    output_file = Tempfile.new
+    resized_image = Vips::Image.thumbnail(file.path, width, height: height, **THUMBNAIL_OPTIONS)
+    resized_image.jpegsave(output_file.path, Q: resize_quality, **JPEG_OPTIONS)
 
-    image.change_geometry(geometry) do |new_width, new_height, img|
-      img.resize!(new_width, new_height)
-      width = new_width
-      height = new_height
-    end
-
-    image = flatten(image, width, height)
-    image.strip!
-
-    output_file = Tempfile.new(binmode: true)
-    image.write("jpeg:" + output_file.path) do
-      self.quality = resize_quality
-      # setting PlaneInterlace enables progressive encoding for JPEGs
-      self.interlace = Magick::PlaneInterlace
-    end
-
-    image.destroy!
     output_file
   end
-
-  def flatten(image, width, height)
-    if image.alpha?
-      # since jpeg can't represent transparency, we need to create an image list,
-      # put a white image on the bottom, then flatten it.
-
-      list = Magick::ImageList.new
-      list.new_image(width, height) do
-        self.background_color = "#FFFFFF"
-      end
-      list << image
-      flattened_image = list.flatten_images
-      list.each do |image|
-        image.destroy!
-      end
-      return flattened_image
-    else
-      return image
-    end
-  end
-
-  module_function :resize, :flatten
 end
diff --git a/app/models/upload.rb b/app/models/upload.rb
index 6b241c4d4..1202b75a6 100644
--- a/app/models/upload.rb
+++ b/app/models/upload.rb
@@ -226,7 +226,17 @@ class Upload < ApplicationRecord
     end
 
     def is_animated_gif?
-      file_ext == "gif" && Magick::Image.ping(file.path).length > 1
+      return false if file_ext != "gif"
+
+      # Check whether the gif has multiple frames by trying to load the second frame.
+      result = Vips::Image.gifload(file.path, page: 1) rescue $ERROR_INFO
+      if result.is_a?(Vips::Image)
+        true
+      elsif result.is_a?(Vips::Error) && result.message.match?(/too few frames in GIF file/)
+        false
+      else
+        raise result
+      end
     end
 
     def is_animated_png?
@@ -245,7 +255,7 @@ class Upload < ApplicationRecord
         preview_file = DanbooruImageResizer.resize(file, Danbooru.config.small_image_width, Danbooru.config.small_image_width, 85)
 
         if image_width > Danbooru.config.large_image_width
-          sample_file = DanbooruImageResizer.resize(file, Danbooru.config.large_image_width, nil, 90)
+          sample_file = DanbooruImageResizer.resize(file, Danbooru.config.large_image_width, image_height, 90)
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
index ecbb9b63f..d481220d6 100644
--- a/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
+++ b/config/danbooru_default_config.rb
@@ -550,10 +550,6 @@ module Danbooru
       true
     end
 
-    def image_magick_srgb_profile_path
-      # "/usr/share/ghostscript/9.06/Resource/ColorSpace/sRGB"
-    end
-
     # For downloads, if the host matches any of these IPs, block it
     def banned_ip_for_download?(ip_addr)
       raise ArgumentError unless ip_addr.is_a?(IPAddr)
diff --git a/config/sRGB.icm b/config/sRGB.icm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59b450704
Binary files /dev/null and b/config/sRGB.icm differ
diff --git a/test/files/test-animated-86x52.gif b/test/files/test-animated-86x52.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..954d073d1
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/files/test-animated-86x52.gif differ
diff --git a/test/files/test-static-32x32.gif b/test/files/test-static-32x32.gif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db461b593
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/files/test-static-32x32.gif differ
diff --git a/test/unit/upload_test.rb b/test/unit/upload_test.rb
index cd7184c6f..a2ac2a547 100644
--- a/test/unit/upload_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/upload_test.rb
@@ -201,6 +201,16 @@ class UploadTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
           @upload = FactoryGirl.build(:upload, file_ext: "png", file: upload_file("test/files/apng/normal_apng.png"))
           assert_equal("animated_png", @upload.automatic_tags)
         end
+
+        should "tag animated gif files" do
+          @upload = FactoryGirl.build(:upload, file_ext: "gif", file: upload_file("test/files/test-animated-86x52.gif"))
+          assert_equal("animated_gif", @upload.automatic_tags)
+        end
+
+        should "not tag static gif files" do
+          @upload = FactoryGirl.build(:upload, file_ext: "gif", file: upload_file("test/files/test-static-32x32.gif"))
+          assert_equal("", @upload.automatic_tags)
+        end
       end
     end