diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5b631e92..656c9fc0 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@
 							<pre><code style="word-wrap: break-word;">&lt;section data-background-video="video.mp4,video.webm"&gt;</code></pre>
 						</div>
 					</section>
+					<section data-background="http://i.giphy.com/90F8aUepslB84.gif">
+						<h2>... and GIFs!</h2>
+					</section>
 				</section>
 
 				<section data-transition="slide" data-background="#4d7e65" data-background-transition="zoom">
diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index ad2d5a37..afbfb6e3 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -2580,6 +2580,15 @@
 				currentVideo.play();
 			}
 
+			var backgroundImageURL = currentBackground.style.backgroundImage || '';
+
+			// Restart GIFs (doesn't work in Firefox)
+			if( /\.gif/i.test( backgroundImageURL ) ) {
+				currentBackground.style.backgroundImage = '';
+				window.getComputedStyle( currentBackground ).opacity;
+				currentBackground.style.backgroundImage = backgroundImageURL;
+			}
+
 			// Don't transition between identical backgrounds. This
 			// prevents unwanted flicker.
 			var previousBackgroundHash = previousBackground ? previousBackground.getAttribute( 'data-background-hash' ) : null;
@@ -2826,6 +2835,13 @@
 	function startEmbeddedContent( slide ) {
 
 		if( slide && !isSpeakerNotes() ) {
+			// Restart GIFs
+			toArray( slide.querySelectorAll( 'img[src$=".gif"]' ) ).forEach( function( el ) {
+				// Setting the same unchanged source like this was confirmed
+				// to work in Chrome, FF & Safari
+				el.setAttribute( 'src', el.getAttribute( 'src' ) );
+			} );
+
 			// HTML5 media elements
 			toArray( slide.querySelectorAll( 'video, audio' ) ).forEach( function( el ) {
 				if( el.hasAttribute( 'data-autoplay' ) ) {