diff --git a/prebuild/macOS/preinstall.sh b/prebuild/macOS/preinstall.sh
index c8bf47eb9..ac5ae2879 100644
--- a/prebuild/macOS/preinstall.sh
+++ b/prebuild/macOS/preinstall.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@ rm -f /usr/local/bin/python3-config || :
 # doesn't work to make them ignore conflicts. For now just ignore errors, yolo.
 brew install --force pkg-config cairo pango librsvg giflib || :
 
+pkg-config giflib --cflags-only-I
+brew --cellar giflib
+brew --prefix giflib
+
 pip3 install --user --break-system-packages macpack