diff --git a/wire/core/ImageSizerEngineGD.php b/wire/core/ImageSizerEngineGD.php
index f58bb97c..97bad910 100755
--- a/wire/core/ImageSizerEngineGD.php
+++ b/wire/core/ImageSizerEngineGD.php
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class ImageSizerEngineGD extends ImageSizerEngine {
 		// and if it passes the mandatory requirements, we check particularly aspects here
 		
 		switch($action) {
+
 			case 'imageformat':
 				// compare current imagefile infos fetched from ImageInspector
 				$requested = $this->getImageInfo(false);
@@ -69,7 +70,16 @@ class ImageSizerEngineGD extends ImageSizerEngine {
 						return true;
 				}
 				break;
-
+			
+			case 'webp':
+				if(!isset($this->wire('config')->webpSupportGD)) {
+					// only call it once
+					$gd  = gd_info();
+					$this->wire('config')->webpSupportGD = isset($gd['WebP Support']) ? $gd['WebP Support'] : false;
+				}
+				return $this->wire('config')->webpSupportGD;
+				break;
+			
 			case 'install':
 				/*
 				$gd  = gd_info();
@@ -77,6 +87,7 @@ class ImageSizerEngineGD extends ImageSizerEngine {
 				$png = isset($gd['PNG Support']) ? $gd['PNG Support'] : false;
 				$gif = isset($gd['GIF Read Support']) && isset($gd['GIF Create Support']) ? $gd['GIF Create Support'] : false;
 				$freetype = isset($gd['FreeType Support']) ? $gd['FreeType Support'] : false;
+				$webp = isset($gd['WebP Support']) ? $gd['WebP Support'] : false;
 				$this->config->gdReady = true;
 				*/
 				return true;
diff --git a/wire/core/Pageimage.php b/wire/core/Pageimage.php
index 3338dace..81a954e6 100644
--- a/wire/core/Pageimage.php
+++ b/wire/core/Pageimage.php
@@ -833,7 +833,13 @@ class Pageimage extends Pagefile {
 					
 					/** @var ImageSizerEngine $engine */
 					$engine = $sizer->getEngine();
-					
+
+					/* if the current engine installation does not support webp, modify the options param */
+					if(isset($options['webpAdd']) && $options['webpAdd'] && !$engine->supported('webp')) {
+						$options['webpAdd'] = false;
+						$engine->setOptions($options);
+					}
+
 					// allow for ImageSizerEngine module settings for quality and sharpening to override system defaults
 					// when they are not specified as an option to this resize() method
 					$engineConfigData = $engine->getConfigData();
@@ -1929,7 +1935,7 @@ class Pageimage extends Pagefile {
 		        $original,
 				parent::__debugInfo(), 
 				array(
-					'suffix'    => $finalOptions['suffix'],
+					'suffix'    => isset($finalOptions['suffix']) ? $finalOptions['suffix'] : '',
 					'extension' => $osInfo['extension']
 				)
 		));
@@ -1993,7 +1999,8 @@ class Pageimage extends Pagefile {
 		$enginesArray = array(
 			'neededEngineSupport' => strtoupper($oSizer->getImageInfo()),
 			'installedEngines' => $a,
-			'selectedEngine' => $oSizer->getEngine()->className
+			'selectedEngine' => $oSizer->getEngine()->className,
+			'engineWebpSupport' => $oSizer->getEngine()->supported('webp')
 		);
 		unset($a, $moduleName, $configData, $engines, $priority, $modules, $oSizer);
 		
diff --git a/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module b/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
index dcc4a5b5..9cecb6a0 100755
--- a/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Image/ImageSizerEngineIMagick/ImageSizerEngineIMagick.module
@@ -161,7 +161,22 @@ class ImageSizerEngineIMagick extends ImageSizerEngine {
 						return false;
 				}
 				break;
-
+			
+			case 'webp':
+				if(!isset($this->wire('config')->webpSupportIM)) {
+					// only call it once
+				    ob_start();
+				    phpinfo(INFO_MODULES);
+				    $dump = ob_get_clean();
+				    $list = array();
+				    if(preg_match('#ImageMagick supported formats </td><td.*?>(.*?)</td>#msi', $dump, $matches) && isset($matches[1])) {
+				        $list = explode(',', str_replace(' ', '', mb_strtolower($matches[1])));
+				    }
+					$this->wire('config')->webpSupportIM = in_array('webp', $list);
+				}
+				return $this->wire('config')->webpSupportIM;
+				break;
+			
 			case 'install':
 				return true;
 
@@ -411,7 +426,9 @@ class ImageSizerEngineIMagick extends ImageSizerEngine {
 			$this->imWebp->setImageFormat('webp');
 			$this->imWebp->setImageCompressionQuality($this->webpQuality);
 			$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:method', '6');
-			#$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:lossless', 'true');
+			//$this->imWebp->setOption('webp:lossless', 'true');                    // is this useful?
+ 			//$this->imWebp->setImageAlphaChannel(imagick::ALPHACHANNEL_ACTIVATE);  // is this useful?
+  			//$this->imWebp->setBackgroundColor(new ImagickPixel('transparent'));   // is this useful?
 			// save to file
 			$return = $this->imWebp->writeImage($webpFilename);
 		}