diff --git a/libvips/foreign/vips2webp.c b/libvips/foreign/vips2webp.c
index ace07a0a34..2754f47289 100644
--- a/libvips/foreign/vips2webp.c
+++ b/libvips/foreign/vips2webp.c
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
  */
 
 /*
- */
 #define DEBUG
 #define VIPS_DEBUG
+ */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include <config.h>
@@ -432,8 +432,8 @@ vips_webp_add_chunks( VipsWebPWrite *write, VipsImage *image )
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if( vips_image_get_typeof( image, "gif-count" ) ) 
-		vips_webp_set_count( write, get_int( image, "gif-count", 0 ) );
+	if( vips_image_get_typeof( image, "gif-loop" ) )
+		vips_webp_set_count( write, get_int( image, "gif-loop", 0 ) );
 
 	for( i = 0; i < vips__n_webp_names; i++ ) { 
 		const char *vips_name = vips__webp_names[i].vips;
diff --git a/test/test-suite/test_foreign.py b/test/test-suite/test_foreign.py
index c4383437b7..b92940c956 100644
--- a/test/test-suite/test_foreign.py
+++ b/test/test-suite/test_foreign.py
@@ -492,6 +492,18 @@ def webp_valid(im):
                 y = pyvips.Image.new_from_buffer(buf, "")
                 assert y.get("orientation") == 6
 
+        # try converting an animated gif to webp ... can't do back to gif
+        # again without IM support
+        if have("gifload"):
+            x1 = pyvips.Image.new_from_file(GIF_ANIM_FILE, n=-1)
+            w1 = x1.webpsave_buffer(Q=10)
+            x2 = pyvips.Image.new_from_buffer(w1, "", n=-1)
+            assert x1.width == x2.width
+            assert x1.height == x2.height
+            assert x1.get("gif-delay") == x2.get("gif-delay")
+            assert x1.get("page-height") == x2.get("page-height")
+            assert x1.get("gif-loop") == x2.get("gif-loop")
+
     @skip_if_no("analyzeload")
     def test_analyzeload(self):
         def analyze_valid(im):