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diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.cpp b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.cpp
index 61ebbed81ee..50b974d9255 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QWheelEvent>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
+#include <QMovie>
 #include <QGraphicsRectItem>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #ifndef QT_NO_SVG
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@
 #include <QImageReader>
 #include <qmath.h>
 
-
 namespace ImageViewer {
 namespace Constants {
     const qreal DEFAULT_SCALE_FACTOR = 1.2;
@@ -61,13 +61,40 @@ namespace Constants {
 
 namespace Internal {
 
+class MovieItem : public QGraphicsPixmapItem
+{
+public:
+    MovieItem(QMovie *movie)
+        : m_movie(movie)
+    {
+        setPixmap(m_movie->currentPixmap());
+    }
+
+    void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *, QWidget *)
+    {
+        painter->setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform, true);
+        painter->drawPixmap(offset(), m_movie->currentPixmap());
+    }
+
+private:
+    QMovie *m_movie;
+};
+
 struct ImageViewPrivate
 {
-    ImageViewPrivate() : imageItem(0), backgroundItem(0), outlineItem(0) {}
+    ImageViewPrivate()
+        : imageItem(0)
+        , backgroundItem(0)
+        , outlineItem(0)
+        , movie(0)
+        , moviePaused(true)
+    {}
+
     QGraphicsItem *imageItem;
     QGraphicsRectItem *backgroundItem;
     QGraphicsRectItem *outlineItem;
-    QSize naturalSize;
+    QMovie *movie;
+    bool moviePaused;
 };
 
 ImageView::ImageView(QWidget *parent)
@@ -121,7 +148,6 @@ bool ImageView::openFile(QString fileName)
     if (format.startsWith("svg"))
         isSvg = true;
 #endif
-
     QGraphicsScene *s = scene();
 
     bool drawBackground = (d->backgroundItem ? d->backgroundItem->isVisible() : false);
@@ -129,20 +155,31 @@ bool ImageView::openFile(QString fileName)
 
     s->clear();
     resetTransform();
+    delete d->movie;
+    d->movie = 0;
 
     // image
 #ifndef QT_NO_SVG
     if (isSvg) {
         d->imageItem = new QGraphicsSvgItem(fileName);
-        d->naturalSize = QSize();
+        emit imageSizeChanged(QSize());
     } else
 #endif
-    {
+    if (QMovie::supportedFormats().contains(format)) {
+        d->movie = new QMovie(fileName, QByteArray(), this);
+        d->movie->setCacheMode(QMovie::CacheAll);
+        connect(d->movie, SIGNAL(finished()), d->movie, SLOT(start()));
+        connect(d->movie, SIGNAL(updated(QRect)), this, SLOT(updatePixmap(QRect)));
+        connect(d->movie, SIGNAL(resized(QSize)), this, SLOT(pixmapResized(QSize)));
+        d->movie->start();
+        d->moviePaused = false;
+        d->imageItem = new MovieItem(d->movie);
+    } else {
         QPixmap pixmap(fileName);
         QGraphicsPixmapItem *pixmapItem = new QGraphicsPixmapItem(pixmap);
         pixmapItem->setTransformationMode(Qt::SmoothTransformation);
         d->imageItem = pixmapItem;
-        d->naturalSize = pixmap.size();
+        emit imageSizeChanged(pixmap.size());
     }
     d->imageItem->setCacheMode(QGraphicsItem::NoCache);
     d->imageItem->setZValue(0);
@@ -175,9 +212,23 @@ bool ImageView::openFile(QString fileName)
     return true;
 }
 
-QSize ImageView::imageSize() const
+bool ImageView::isAnimated() const
 {
-    return d->naturalSize;
+    return d->movie;
+}
+
+bool ImageView::isPaused() const
+{
+    return d->moviePaused;
+}
+
+void ImageView::setPaused(bool paused)
+{
+    if (!d->movie)
+        return;
+
+    d->movie->setPaused(paused);
+    d->moviePaused = paused;
 }
 
 void ImageView::setViewBackground(bool enable)
@@ -211,6 +262,17 @@ void ImageView::doScale(qreal factor)
     emitScaleFactor();
 }
 
+void ImageView::updatePixmap(const QRect &rect)
+{
+    if (d->imageItem)
+        d->imageItem->update(rect);
+}
+
+void ImageView::pixmapResized(const QSize &size)
+{
+    emit imageSizeChanged(size);
+}
+
 void ImageView::wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event)
 {
     qreal factor = qPow(Constants::DEFAULT_SCALE_FACTOR, event->delta() / 240.0);
@@ -247,5 +309,21 @@ void ImageView::emitScaleFactor()
     emit scaleFactorChanged(factor);
 }
 
+void ImageView::showEvent(QShowEvent *)
+{
+    if (!d->movie)
+        return;
+
+    d->movie->setPaused(d->moviePaused);
+}
+
+void ImageView::hideEvent(QHideEvent *)
+{
+    if (!d->movie)
+        return;
+
+    d->movie->setPaused(true);
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace ImageView
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.h b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.h
index a15aa356699..b6ba61ff9ce 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageview.h
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #define IMAGEVIEW_H
 
 #include <QGraphicsView>
-#include <QScopedPointer>
 
 namespace ImageViewer {
 namespace Internal {
@@ -58,10 +57,13 @@ public:
     ~ImageView();
 
     bool openFile(QString fileName);
-    QSize imageSize() const;
+    bool isAnimated() const;
+    bool isPaused() const;
+    void setPaused(bool paused);
 
 signals:
     void scaleFactorChanged(qreal factor);
+    void imageSizeChanged(const QSize &size);
 
 public slots:
     void setViewBackground(bool enable);
@@ -74,9 +76,13 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
     void emitScaleFactor();
     void doScale(qreal factor);
+    void updatePixmap(const QRect &rect);
+    void pixmapResized(const QSize &size);
 
 protected:
     void drawBackground(QPainter *p, const QRectF &rect);
+    void hideEvent(QHideEvent *event);
+    void showEvent(QShowEvent *event);
     void wheelEvent(QWheelEvent *event);
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.cpp b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.cpp
index 53f728ce6d5..48d61dafc65 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.cpp
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ ImageViewer::ImageViewer(QWidget *parent)
             d->imageView, SLOT(setViewBackground(bool)));
     connect(d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonOutline, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)),
             d->imageView, SLOT(setViewOutline(bool)));
+    connect(d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause, SIGNAL(clicked()),
+            this, SLOT(playToggled()));
+    connect(d->imageView, SIGNAL(imageSizeChanged(QSize)),
+            this, SLOT(imageSizeUpdated(QSize)));
     connect(d->imageView, SIGNAL(scaleFactorChanged(qreal)),
             this, SLOT(scaleFactorUpdate(qreal)));
 }
@@ -126,11 +130,8 @@ bool ImageViewer::open(QString *errorString, const QString &fileName, const QStr
     }
     setDisplayName(QFileInfo(fileName).fileName());
     d->file->setFileName(fileName);
-    const QSize imageSize = d->imageView->imageSize();
-    QString imageSizeText;
-    if (imageSize.isValid())
-        imageSizeText = QString::fromLatin1("%1x%2").arg(imageSize.width()).arg(imageSize.height());
-    d->ui_toolbar.labelImageSize->setText(imageSizeText);
+    d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->setVisible(d->imageView->isAnimated());
+    setPaused(!d->imageView->isAnimated());
     // d_ptr->file->setMimeType
     emit changed();
     return true;
@@ -199,6 +200,14 @@ QWidget *ImageViewer::toolBar()
     return d->toolbar;
 }
 
+void ImageViewer::imageSizeUpdated(const QSize &size)
+{
+    QString imageSizeText;
+    if (size.isValid())
+        imageSizeText = QString::fromLatin1("%1x%2").arg(size.width()).arg(size.height());
+    d->ui_toolbar.labelImageSize->setText(imageSizeText);
+}
+
 void ImageViewer::scaleFactorUpdate(qreal factor)
 {
     const QString info = QString::number(factor * 100, 'f', 2) + QLatin1Char('%');
@@ -248,5 +257,28 @@ void ImageViewer::fitToScreen()
     d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonFitToScreen->click();
 }
 
+void ImageViewer::togglePlay()
+{
+    d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->click();
+}
+
+void ImageViewer::playToggled()
+{
+    bool paused = d->imageView->isPaused();
+    setPaused(!paused);
+}
+
+void ImageViewer::setPaused(bool paused)
+{
+    d->imageView->setPaused(paused);
+    if (paused) {
+        d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->setToolTip(tr("Play Animation"));
+        d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->setIcon(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/imageviewer/images/play-small.png")));
+    } else {
+        d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->setToolTip(tr("Pause Animation"));
+        d->ui_toolbar.toolButtonPlayPause->setIcon(QPixmap(QLatin1String(":/imageviewer/images/pause-small.png")));
+    }
+}
+
 } // namespace Internal
 } // namespace ImageViewer
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.h b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.h
index ef9a23eda1c..e6cb3e43714 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.h
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public:
     QWidget *toolBar();
 
 public slots:
+    void imageSizeUpdated(const QSize &size);
     void scaleFactorUpdate(qreal factor);
 
     void switchViewBackground();
@@ -86,6 +87,10 @@ public slots:
     void zoomOut();
     void resetToOriginalSize();
     void fitToScreen();
+    void togglePlay();
+
+private slots:
+    void playToggled();
 
 private:
     /*!
@@ -95,6 +100,7 @@ private:
       \return true if icon is updated, false otherwise
      */
     bool updateButtonIconByTheme(QAbstractButton *button, const QString &name);
+    void setPaused(bool paused);
 
 private:
     struct ImageViewerPrivate *d;
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.qrc b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.qrc
index 396279668d8..d48561a89ef 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.qrc
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewer.qrc
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@
         <file>images/fitinscreen.png</file>
         <file>images/originalsize.png</file>
         <file>images/background.png</file>
+        <file>images/pause-small.png</file>
+        <file>images/play-small.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewertoolbar.ui b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewertoolbar.ui
index 9f6eeb25204..6b78452fae6 100644
--- a/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewertoolbar.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/imageviewer/imageviewertoolbar.ui
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QToolButton" name="toolButtonPlayPause">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>Pause Animation</string>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="Utils::StyledSeparator" name="widgetToolbarSeparator" native="true"/>
    </item>
@@ -144,6 +151,7 @@
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="imageviewer.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../coreplugin/core.qrc"/>
  </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>