diff --git a/searx/engines/giphy.py b/searx/engines/giphy.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e50922c2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/searx/engines/giphy.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+"""Giphy (images)"""
+
+import random
+from urllib.parse import urlencode
+import re
+
+import typing as t
+
+from lxml import html
+
+from searx.enginelib import EngineCache
+from searx.exceptions import SearxEngineAPIException
+from searx.network import get
+from searx.result_types import EngineResults
+from searx.result_types.image import ImageRef
+from searx.utils import eval_xpath_list, humanize_bytes
+
+if t.TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from searx.extended_types import SXNG_Response
+    from searx.search.processors import OnlineParams
+
+
+about = {
+    "website": "https://giphy.com",
+    "wikidata_id": "Q17054335",
+    "official_api_documentation": None,
+    "use_official_api": False,
+    "require_api_key": False,
+    "results": "JSON",
+}
+
+base_url = "https://giphy.com"
+api_url = "https://api.giphy.com"
+
+categories = ["images"]
+paging = True
+page_size = 15
+
+GiphyCategs = t.Literal["gifs", "stickers", "clips"]
+giphy_categ: GiphyCategs = "gifs"
+"""Giphy category to search in."""
+
+CACHE: EngineCache
+"""Cache for storing the extracted api key."""
+
+
+_GIPHY_API_KEY_RE = re.compile(r"[Aa]piKey\s*:\s*\"(\w+)\"")
+
+
+def setup(engine_settings: dict[str, str]) -> bool:
+    if giphy_categ not in t.get_args(GiphyCategs):
+        raise ValueError("invalid category: %s" % giphy_categ)
+
+    global CACHE  # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    CACHE = EngineCache(engine_settings["name"])
+
+    return True
+
+
+def _get_api_key() -> str:
+    """
+    Extract the Giphy API key from the JavaScript code. There are different API keys
+    (e.g. for mobile, desktop, ...), so we just pick a random one of these.
+    """
+    cached = CACHE.get("api_key")
+    if cached:
+        return cached
+
+    homepage_resp = get(base_url)
+    homepage_doc = html.fromstring(homepage_resp.text)
+
+    for script_src in eval_xpath_list(homepage_doc, "//script[contains(@src, 'layout')]/@src"):
+        script_resp = get(base_url + script_src)
+        api_keys = _GIPHY_API_KEY_RE.findall(script_resp.text)
+        if api_keys:
+            api_key = random.choice(api_keys)
+            CACHE.set("api_key", api_key, expire=60 * 60 * 6)  # 6 hours
+            return api_key
+
+    raise SearxEngineAPIException("failed to extract api keys")
+
+
+def request(query: str, params: "OnlineParams") -> None:
+    args = {
+        "q": query,
+        "api_key": _get_api_key(),
+        "limit": page_size,
+        "offset": (params["pageno"] - 1) * page_size,
+        "type": giphy_categ,
+    }
+    params["url"] = f"{api_url}/v1/{giphy_categ}/search?{urlencode(args)}"
+
+
+def response(resp: "SXNG_Response"):
+    res = EngineResults()
+
+    result: dict[str, t.Any]
+    for result in resp.json()["data"]:
+        img = result['images']['original']
+        formats = [
+            ImageRef(url=img["mp4"], subtype="mp4"),  # type: ignore
+            ImageRef(url=img["webp"], subtype="webp"),  # type: ignore
+        ]
+        thumb = (
+            result["images"].get("downsized")
+            or result["images"].get("downsized_medium")
+            or result["images"].get("downsized_small")
+            or result["images"].get("downsized_large")
+        )
+        res.add(
+            res.types.Image(
+                title=result["title"],
+                content=", ".join(result.get("tags", [])),
+                url=result["url"],
+                thumbnail_src=thumb.get("url") or img["url"],
+                img_src=img["url"],
+                resolution=f"{img['width']}x{img['height']}",
+                img_format="GIF",
+                formats=formats,
+                author=result["username"],
+                filesize=humanize_bytes(int(img["size"])),
+                source=result.get("source_tld") or "",
+            )
+        )
+
+    return res
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 1bf37724a..8f497b35c 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1141,6 +1141,11 @@ engines:
     search_type: text
     timeout: 10
 
+  - name: giphy
+    engine: giphy
+    shortcut: gif
+    disabled: true
+
   - name: gitlab
     engine: gitlab
     base_url: https://gitlab.com