diff --git a/src/gifcodec.c b/src/gifcodec.c
index 62d6f3ac0..fd97200b6 100644
--- a/src/gifcodec.c
+++ b/src/gifcodec.c
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ GUID gdip_gif_image_format_guid = {0xb96b3cb0U, 0x0728U, 0x11d3U, {0x9d, 0x7b, 0
 
 #include "gifcodec.h"
 
+#if (GIFLIB_MAJOR >= 5) && ( ( (GIFLIB_MINOR == 1) && (GIFLIB_RELEASE >= 9) ) || (GIFLIB_MINOR >= 2) ) && !defined (GifQuantizeBuffer)
+int GifQuantizeBuffer (unsigned int Width, unsigned int Height, int *ColorMapSize,
+                                        GifByteType *RedInput, GifByteType *GreenInput, GifByteType *BlueInput,
+                                        GifByteType *OutputBuffer, GifColorType *OutputColorMap) {
+        g_warning ("Using giflib version without GifQuantizeBuffer() API, skipping quantization. Resulting image may be unexpected.");
+        return GIF_OK;
+}
+#endif
+
 #if (GIFLIB_MAJOR == 4) && (GIFLIB_MINOR >= 2) && !defined (QuantizeBuffer)
 int QuantizeBuffer (unsigned int Width, unsigned int Height, int *ColorMapSize,
 					GifByteType *RedInput, GifByteType *GreenInput, GifByteType *BlueInput,