diff --git a/fhem/CHANGED b/fhem/CHANGED
index 88ef72f6c..23c21832c 100644
--- a/fhem/CHANGED
+++ b/fhem/CHANGED
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   - feature: remove dependency on Google::Weather, major rewrite (Boris)
   - feature: started experimental interface implementation (fhem API v2) (Boris)
   - feature: sleep issued in at/notify/etc is not blocking fhem anymore
+  - feature: new module 02_RSS.pm 
 
 
 - 2011-12-31 (5.2)
diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/02_RSS.pm b/fhem/FHEM/02_RSS.pm
index 0abcbc3be..a7cdd1517 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/02_RSS.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/02_RSS.pm
@@ -197,6 +197,14 @@ RSS_returnRSS($) {
 # Library
 ##################
 
+sub
+RSS_xy($$$) {
+  my ($S,$x,$y)= @_;
+  if($x<1) { $x*= $S->width; }
+  if($y<1) { $y*= $S->height; }
+  return($x,$y);
+}
+
 sub
 RSS_color {
   my ($S,$rgb)= @_;
@@ -207,8 +215,7 @@ RSS_color {
 sub
 RSS_itemText {
   my ($S,$x,$y,$text,%params)= @_;
-  if($x<1) { $x*= $S->width; }
-  if($y<1) { $y*= $S->height; }
+  ($x,$y)= RSS_xy($S,$x,$y);
   $S->stringFT(RSS_color($S,$params{rgb}),$params{font},$params{pt},0,$x,$y,$text);
 }
 
@@ -219,6 +226,20 @@ RSS_itemTime {
   RSS_itemText($S,$x,$y,sprintf("%02d:%02d", $hour, $min),%params);
 }
 
+sub
+RSS_itemGif {
+  my ($S,$x,$y,$host,$filename,%params)= @_;
+  return if($host eq "");
+  return if($filename eq "");
+  ($x,$y)= RSS_xy($S,$x,$y);
+  my $data = GetHttpFile($host,$filename);
+  return unless(defined($data));
+  my $I= GD::Image->newFromGifData($data);
+  my ($width,$height)= $I->getBounds();
+  Log 5, "RSS placing $host$filename ($width x $height) at ($x,$y)";
+  $S->copy($I,$x,$y,0,0,$width,$height);
+}  
+
 
 ##################
 sub
@@ -232,7 +253,7 @@ RSS_evalLayout($$@) {
   $params{pt}= 12;
   $params{rgb}= "ffffff";
 
-  my ($x,$y, $text);
+  my ($x,$y,$text,$host,$filename);
   
   my $cont= "";
   foreach my $line (@layout) {
@@ -263,6 +284,10 @@ RSS_evalLayout($$@) {
           } elsif($cmd eq "time") {
             ($x,$y)= split("[ \t]+", $def, 2);
             RSS_itemTime($S,$x,$y,%params);
+          } elsif($cmd eq "gif") {
+            ($x,$y,$host,$filename)= split("[ \t]+", $def,4);
+            my $fn= AnalyzePerlCommand(undef, $filename);
+            RSS_itemGif($S,$x,$y,$host,$fn,%params);
           } else {
             Log 1, "$name: Illegal command $cmd in layout definition.";
           }  
diff --git a/fhem/docs/commandref.html b/fhem/docs/commandref.html
index 7c0298d0f..ccf6db735 100644
--- a/fhem/docs/commandref.html
+++ b/fhem/docs/commandref.html
@@ -5209,7 +5209,8 @@ Attributes:<br>
     <i>Layout control commands</i>
     <ul>
     <li>font &lt;font&gt;<br>Sets the font. &lt;font&gt; is the name of a TrueType font (e.g.
-    <code>Arial</code>) or the full path to a TrueType font (e.g. <code>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf</code>),
+    <code>Arial</code>) or the full path to a TrueType font
+    (e.g. <code>/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arial.ttf</code>),
     whatever works on your system.</li><br>
 
     <li>rgb &lt;color&gt;<br>Sets the color. &lt;color&gt; is a 6-digit hex number, every 2 digits
@@ -5230,6 +5231,10 @@ Attributes:<br>
     access device readings and do some programming on the fly. See below for examples.</li><br>
 
     <li>time &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt;<br>Renders the current time in HH:MM format.</li><br>
+    <li>gif &lt;x&gt; &lt;y&gt; &lt;hostname&gt; &lt;filename&gt; <br>Renders the GIF picture
+    that is downloaded from the given host. You can use
+    <code>{ <a href="#perl">&lt;perl special&gt;</a> }</code> for &lt;filename&gt. See below for example.</li><br>
+    </li><br>
     </ul>
 
     This is how a layout definition might look like:<p>
@@ -5240,6 +5245,7 @@ Attributes:<br>
     time 0.10 0.90<br>
     pt 24<br>
     text 0.10 0.95 { ReadingsVal("MyWeather","temperature","?"). "°C" }<br>
+    gif 20 530 www.google.com:80 { ReadingsVal("e.ext.Weather","icon","") }<br>
     </code>
     
   </ul>