diff --git a/plugins/removeRasterImages.js b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
index b730b3a1..068b601c 100644
--- a/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
+++ b/plugins/removeRasterImages.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ exports.removeRasterImages = function(item) {
     if (
         item.isElem('image') &&
         item.hasAttr('xlink:href') &&
-        /(\.|image\/)(jpg|png)/.test(item.attr('xlink:href').value)
+        /(\.|image\/)(jpg|png|gif)/.test(item.attr('xlink:href').value)
     ) {
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg
index a16c6a9a..fa6a2e63 100644
--- a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.01.orig.svg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <g>
         <image xlink:href="raster.jpg" width="100" height="100"/>
         <image xlink:href="raster.png" width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="raster.gif" width="100" height="100"/>
         <image xlink:href="raster.svg" width="100" height="100"/>
     </g>
 </svg>
diff --git a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg
index b896b5af..a89e4da5 100644
--- a/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg
+++ b/test/plugins/removeRasterImages.02.orig.svg
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <g>
         <image xlink:href="data:image/jpg;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
         <image xlink:href="data:image/png;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
+        <image xlink:href="data:image/gif;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
         <image xlink:href="data:image/svg+xml;base64,..." width="100" height="100"/>
     </g>
 </svg>