diff --git a/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.c b/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.c
index 6131550bf4..11dd43becd 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.c
+++ b/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.c
@@ -34,24 +34,27 @@
 #include "shared/runtime/context_manager_helpers.h"
 
 //| class GifWriter:
-//|     def __init__(self, file: Union[typing.BinaryIO, str], width:int, height:int, colorspace: displayio.Colorspace, loop:bool=True) -> None:
+//|     def __init__(self, file: Union[typing.BinaryIO, str], width:int, height:int, colorspace: displayio.Colorspace, loop:bool=True, dither:bool=False) -> None:
 //|         """Construct a GifWriter object
 //|
 //|         :param file: Either a file open in bytes mode, or the name of a file to open in bytes mode.
 //|         :param width: The width of the image.  All frames must have the same width.
 //|         :param height: The height of the image.  All frames must have the same height.
-//|         :param colorspace: The colorspace of the image.  All frames must have the same colorspace.  Only 1- and 2-byte colorspace are supported, not ``RGB888``.
+//|         :param colorspace: The colorspace of the image.  All frames must have the same colorspace.  The supported colorspaces are ``RGB565``, ``BGR565``, ``RGB565_SWAPPED``, ``BGR565_SWAPPED``, and ``L8`` (greyscale)
+//|         :param loop: If True, the GIF is marked for looping playback
+//|         :param dither: If True, and the image is in color, a simple ordered dither is applied.
 //|         """
 //|         ...
 //|
 static mp_obj_t gifio_gifwriter_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_args, size_t n_kw, const mp_obj_t *all_args) {
-    enum { ARG_file, ARG_width, ARG_height, ARG_colorspace, ARG_loop };
+    enum { ARG_file, ARG_width, ARG_height, ARG_colorspace, ARG_loop, ARG_dither };
     static const mp_arg_t allowed_args[] = {
         { MP_QSTR_file, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_REQUIRED, {.u_obj = NULL} },
         { MP_QSTR_width, MP_ARG_INT | MP_ARG_REQUIRED, {.u_int = 0} },
         { MP_QSTR_height, MP_ARG_INT | MP_ARG_REQUIRED, {.u_int = 0} },
         { MP_QSTR_colorspace, MP_ARG_OBJ | MP_ARG_REQUIRED, {.u_obj = NULL} },
         { MP_QSTR_loop, MP_ARG_BOOL, { .u_bool = true } },
+        { MP_QSTR_dither, MP_ARG_BOOL, { .u_bool = false } },
     };
     mp_arg_val_t args[MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args)];
     mp_arg_parse_all_kw_array(n_args, n_kw, all_args, MP_ARRAY_SIZE(allowed_args), allowed_args, args);
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ static mp_obj_t gifio_gifwriter_make_new(const mp_obj_type_t *type, size_t n_arg
         args[ARG_height].u_int,
         (displayio_colorspace_t)cp_enum_value(&displayio_colorspace_type, args[ARG_colorspace].u_obj),
         args[ARG_loop].u_bool,
+        args[ARG_dither].u_bool,
         own_file);
 
     return self;
diff --git a/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.h b/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.h
index 203169cd75..601bd78679 100644
--- a/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.h
+++ b/shared-bindings/gifio/GifWriter.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ typedef enum displayio_colorspace displayio_colorspace_t;
 
 extern const mp_obj_type_t gifio_gifwriter_type;
 
-void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_construct(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, mp_obj_t *file, int width, int height, displayio_colorspace_t colorspace, bool loop, bool own_file);
+void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_construct(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, mp_obj_t *file, int width, int height, displayio_colorspace_t colorspace, bool loop, bool dither, bool own_file);
 void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_check_for_deinit(gifio_gifwriter_t *self);
 bool shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_deinited(gifio_gifwriter_t *self);
 void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_deinit(gifio_gifwriter_t *self);
diff --git a/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.c b/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.c
index 5c3dbbfa24..608e522517 100644
--- a/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.c
+++ b/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ static void write_word(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, uint16_t value) {
     write_data(self, &value, sizeof(value));
 }
 
-void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_construct(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, mp_obj_t *file, int width, int height, displayio_colorspace_t colorspace, bool loop, bool own_file) {
+void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_construct(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, mp_obj_t *file, int width, int height, displayio_colorspace_t colorspace, bool loop, bool dither, bool own_file) {
     self->file = file;
     self->file_proto = mp_proto_get_or_throw(MP_QSTR_protocol_stream, file);
     if (self->file_proto->is_text) {
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_construct(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, mp_obj_t *
     self->width = width;
     self->height = height;
     self->colorspace = colorspace;
+    self->dither = dither;
     self->own_file = own_file;
 
     size_t nblocks = (width * height + 125) / 126;
@@ -159,6 +160,20 @@ void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_deinit(gifio_gifwriter_t *self) {
     }
 }
 
+static const uint8_t rb_bayer[4][4] = {
+    { 0, 33,  8, 42},
+    {50, 16, 58, 25},
+    {12, 46,  4, 37},
+    {63, 29, 54, 21}
+};
+
+static const uint8_t g_bayer[4][4] = {
+    { 0, 16,  4, 20},
+    {24,  8, 28, 12},
+    { 6, 22,  2, 18},
+    {31, 14, 26, 10}
+};
+
 void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_add_frame(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, const mp_buffer_info_t *bufinfo, int16_t delay) {
     if (delay) {
         write_data(self, (uint8_t []) {'!', 0xF9, 0x04, 0x04}, 4);
@@ -191,7 +206,7 @@ void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_add_frame(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, const mp_b
                 *data++ = (*pixels++) >> 1;
             }
         }
-    } else {
+    } else if (!self->dither) {
         mp_get_index(&mp_type_memoryview, bufinfo->len, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(2 * pixel_count - 1), false);
 
         uint16_t *pixels = bufinfo->buf;
@@ -212,6 +227,32 @@ void shared_module_gifio_gifwriter_add_frame(gifio_gifwriter_t *self, const mp_b
                 *data++ = (red << 5) | (green << 2) | blue;
             }
         }
+    } else {
+        mp_get_index(&mp_type_memoryview, bufinfo->len, MP_OBJ_NEW_SMALL_INT(2 * pixel_count - 1), false);
+
+        uint16_t *pixels = bufinfo->buf;
+        for (int i = 0; i < blocks; i++) {
+            int block_size = MIN(BLOCK_SIZE, pixel_count);
+            pixel_count -= block_size;
+
+            *data++ = 1 + block_size;
+            *data++ = 0x80;
+            for (int j = 0; j < block_size; j++) {
+                int pixel = *pixels++;
+                if (self->byteswap) {
+                    pixel = __builtin_bswap16(pixel);
+                }
+                int red = (pixel >> 8) & 0xf8;
+                int green = (pixel >> 3) & 0xfc;
+                int blue = (pixel << 3) & 0xf8;
+
+                red = MAX(0, red - rb_bayer[i % 4][j % 4]);
+                green = MAX(0, green - g_bayer[i % 4][j % 4]);
+                blue = MAX(0, blue - rb_bayer[i % 4][j % 4]);
+
+                *data++ = ((red >> 1) & 0x60) | ((green >> 3) & 0x1c) | (blue >> 6);
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     self->cur = data - self->data;
diff --git a/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.h b/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.h
index e6676a84e0..5ed57bb022 100644
--- a/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.h
+++ b/shared-module/gifio/GifWriter.h
@@ -41,4 +41,5 @@ typedef struct gifio_gifwriter {
     size_t cur, size;
     bool own_file;
     bool byteswap;
+    bool dither;
 } gifio_gifwriter_t;