diff --git a/imageio/plugins/pillow.py b/imageio/plugins/pillow.py
index 26eb19492..f44e2d6c4 100644
--- a/imageio/plugins/pillow.py
+++ b/imageio/plugins/pillow.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, Iterator, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, cast
 
 import numpy as np
-from PIL import ExifTags, Image, ImageSequence, UnidentifiedImageError  # type: ignore
+from PIL import ExifTags, GifImagePlugin, Image, ImageSequence, UnidentifiedImageError  # type: ignore
 
 from ..core.request import URI_BYTES, InitializationError, IOMode, Request
 from ..core.v3_plugin_api import ImageProperties, PluginV3
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@ def read(
                 " `mode='L'` for an integer-valued result."
             )
 
+        if self._image.format == "GIF":
+            # Converting GIF P frames to RGB
+            # https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6150
+            GifImagePlugin.LOADING_STRATEGY = (
+                GifImagePlugin.LoadingStrategy.RGB_AFTER_DIFFERENT_PALETTE_ONLY
+            )
+
         if index is None:
             if self._image.format == "GIF":
                 index = Ellipsis
diff --git a/tests/test_pillow.py b/tests/test_pillow.py
index 0453f90c3..90d56ccf0 100644
--- a/tests/test_pillow.py
+++ b/tests/test_pillow.py
@@ -360,6 +360,17 @@ def test_gif_list_write(test_images, tmp_path):
     assert im2.shape == (24, 30, 3)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.needs_internet
+def test_gif_first_p_frame():
+    # Bugfix: https://github.com/imageio/imageio/issues/1030
+    im = iio.imread(
+        "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Newtons_cradle_animation_book_2.gif",
+        plugin="pillow",
+        index=None,
+    )
+    assert im.shape == (36, 360, 480, 3)
+
+
 def test_legacy_exif_orientation(test_images, tmp_path):
     from PIL.Image import Exif