diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 67c6c9f..c96c7b3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,19 @@ else()
   add_compile_definitions(JXL_FOUND)
 endif()
 
+pkg_check_modules(
+  HEIF
+  IMPORTED_TARGET
+  libheif
+)
+
+if(NOT HEIF_FOUND)
+  file(GLOB_RECURSE HEIFFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*Avif.cpp")
+  list(REMOVE_ITEM SRCFILES ${HEIFFILES})
+else()
+  add_compile_definitions(HEIF_FOUND)
+endif()
+
 add_library(hyprgraphics SHARED ${SRCFILES})
 target_include_directories(
   hyprgraphics
@@ -86,6 +99,10 @@ if(JXL_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(hyprgraphics PkgConfig::JXL)
 endif()
 
+if(HEIF_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(hyprgraphics PkgConfig::HEIF)
+endif()
+
 # tests
 add_custom_target(tests)
 
diff --git a/src/image/Image.cpp b/src/image/Image.cpp
index 43600fb..98c9ac2 100644
--- a/src/image/Image.cpp
+++ b/src/image/Image.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 #ifdef JXL_FOUND
 #include "formats/JpegXL.hpp"
 #endif
+#ifdef HEIF_FOUND
+#include "formats/Avif.hpp"
+#endif
 #include "formats/Webp.hpp"
 #include "formats/Png.hpp"
 #include <magic.h>
diff --git a/src/image/formats/Avif.hpp b/src/image/formats/Avif.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0caab56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/image/formats/Avif.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cairo/cairo.h>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <span>
+#include <string>
+#include <expected>
+
+namespace AVIF {
+    std::expected<cairo_surface_t*, std::string> createSurfaceFromAvif(const std::string&);
+    std::expected<cairo_surface_t*, std::string> createSurfaceFromAvif(const std::span<uint8_t>&);
+};