diff --git a/examples/check.rs b/examples/check.rs
index ea288f2..b6948f8 100644
--- a/examples/check.rs
+++ b/examples/check.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fn main() {
     let mut reader = {
         let mut options = gif::DecodeOptions::new();
         options.allow_unknown_blocks(true);
-        options.read_info(file).unwrap()
+        options.read_info(std::io::BufReader::new(file)).unwrap()
     };
 
     loop {
diff --git a/examples/explode.rs b/examples/explode.rs
index 3eacc08..15aee4b 100644
--- a/examples/explode.rs
+++ b/examples/explode.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     let input = File::open(&input_path)?;
     let mut options = gif::DecodeOptions::new();
     options.set_color_output(gif::ColorOutput::Indexed);
-    let mut decoder = options.read_info(input)?;
+    let mut decoder = options.read_info(std::io::BufReader::new(input))?;
     let screen_width = decoder.width();
     let screen_height = decoder.height();
     let global_pal = decoder.global_palette().unwrap_or_default().to_vec();
diff --git a/src/reader/mod.rs b/src/reader/mod.rs
index 17310e5..5a816b3 100644
--- a/src/reader/mod.rs
+++ b/src/reader/mod.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use core::iter::FusedIterator;
 use core::mem;
 use core::num::NonZeroU64;
 use std::io;
-use std::io::prelude::*;
+use std::io::BufRead;
 
 use crate::common::{Block, Frame};
 use crate::Repeat;
@@ -189,18 +189,19 @@ impl DecodeOptions {
     /// Reads the logical screen descriptor including the global color palette
     ///
     /// Returns a [`Decoder`]. All decoder configuration has to be done beforehand.
-    pub fn read_info<R: Read>(self, r: R) -> Result<Decoder<R>, DecodingError> {
+    /// [`BufRead`].
+    pub fn read_info<R: BufRead>(self, r: R) -> Result<Decoder<R>, DecodingError> {
         Decoder::with_no_init(r, StreamingDecoder::with_options(&self), self).init()
     }
 }
 
-struct ReadDecoder<R: Read> {
-    reader: io::BufReader<R>,
+struct ReadDecoder<R: BufRead> {
+    reader: R,
     decoder: StreamingDecoder,
     at_eof: bool,
 }
 
-impl<R: Read> ReadDecoder<R> {
+impl<R: BufRead> ReadDecoder<R> {
     #[inline(never)]
     fn decode_next(
         &mut self,
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ impl<R: Read> ReadDecoder<R> {
         Ok(None)
     }
 
-    fn into_inner(self) -> io::BufReader<R> {
+    fn into_inner(self) -> R {
         self.reader
     }
 
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ impl<R: Read> ReadDecoder<R> {
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 /// GIF decoder. Create [`DecodeOptions`] to get started, and call [`DecodeOptions::read_info`].
-pub struct Decoder<R: Read> {
+pub struct Decoder<R: BufRead> {
     decoder: ReadDecoder<R>,
     pixel_converter: PixelConverter,
     bg_color: Option<u8>,
@@ -251,10 +252,7 @@ pub struct Decoder<R: Read> {
     current_frame_data_type: FrameDataType,
 }
 
-impl<R> Decoder<R>
-where
-    R: Read,
-{
+impl<R: BufRead> Decoder<R> {
     /// Create a new decoder with default options.
     #[inline]
     pub fn new(reader: R) -> Result<Self, DecodingError> {
@@ -271,7 +269,7 @@ where
     fn with_no_init(reader: R, decoder: StreamingDecoder, options: DecodeOptions) -> Self {
         Self {
             decoder: ReadDecoder {
-                reader: io::BufReader::new(reader),
+                reader: reader,
                 decoder,
                 at_eof: false,
             },
@@ -469,8 +467,8 @@ where
         self.decoder.decoder.height()
     }
 
-    /// Abort decoding and recover the `io::Read` instance
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> io::BufReader<R> {
+    /// Abort decoding and recover the `io::BufRead` instance
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> R {
         self.decoder.into_inner()
     }
 
@@ -489,7 +487,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-impl<R: Read> IntoIterator for Decoder<R> {
+impl<R: BufRead> IntoIterator for Decoder<R> {
     type Item = Result<Frame<'static>, DecodingError>;
     type IntoIter = DecoderIter<R>;
 
@@ -503,23 +501,23 @@ impl<R: Read> IntoIterator for Decoder<R> {
 }
 
 /// Use `decoder.into_iter()` to iterate over the frames
-pub struct DecoderIter<R: Read> {
+pub struct DecoderIter<R: BufRead> {
     inner: Decoder<R>,
     ended: bool,
 }
 
-impl<R: Read> DecoderIter<R> {
-    /// Abort decoding and recover the `io::Read` instance
+impl<R: BufRead> DecoderIter<R> {
+    /// Abort decoding and recover the `io::BufRead` instance
     ///
     /// Use `for frame in iter.by_ref()` to be able to call this afterwards.
-    pub fn into_inner(self) -> io::BufReader<R> {
+    pub fn into_inner(self) -> R {
         self.inner.into_inner()
     }
 }
 
-impl<R: Read> FusedIterator for DecoderIter<R> {}
+impl<R: BufRead> FusedIterator for DecoderIter<R> {}
 
-impl<R: Read> Iterator for DecoderIter<R> {
+impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for DecoderIter<R> {
     type Item = Result<Frame<'static>, DecodingError>;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
diff --git a/tests/check_testimages.rs b/tests/check_testimages.rs
index e3fecc2..b472d6d 100644
--- a/tests/check_testimages.rs
+++ b/tests/check_testimages.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ fn render_images() {
         let mut decoder = gif::DecodeOptions::new();
         decoder.set_color_output(gif::ColorOutput::RGBA);
         let file = File::open(path)?;
-        let mut decoder = decoder.read_info(file)?;
+        let mut decoder = decoder.read_info(std::io::BufReader::new(file))?;
         let mut crc = Crc32::new();
         while let Some(frame) = decoder.read_next_frame()? {
             // First sanity check:
diff --git a/tests/decode.rs b/tests/decode.rs
index 8c9f3ce..0667316 100644
--- a/tests/decode.rs
+++ b/tests/decode.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use std::fs::File;
 
 #[test]
 fn test_simple_indexed() {
-    let mut decoder = Decoder::new(File::open("tests/samples/sample_1.gif").unwrap()).unwrap();
+    let file = File::open("tests/samples/sample_1.gif").unwrap();
+    let mut decoder = Decoder::new(std::io::BufReader::new(file)).unwrap();
     let frame = decoder.read_next_frame().unwrap().unwrap();
     #[rustfmt::skip]
     assert_eq!(&*frame.buffer, &[
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ fn rebuild_without_reencode(image: &[u8]) {
     assert!(orig.next().is_none());
 
     assert!(rebuilt.next().is_none());
-    assert_eq!(0, rebuilt.into_inner().buffer().len());
+    assert_eq!(0, rebuilt.into_inner().len());
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/tests/roundtrip.rs b/tests/roundtrip.rs
index dd2a97e..a915b13 100644
--- a/tests/roundtrip.rs
+++ b/tests/roundtrip.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ fn round_trip_from_image(original: &[u8]) {
     let buffer = encoder.into_inner().unwrap();
 
     {
-        let mut decoder = Decoder::new(&buffer[..]).expect("Invalid info encoded");
+        let mut decoder =
+            Decoder::new(std::io::BufReader::new(&buffer[..])).expect("Invalid info encoded");
         assert_eq!(decoder.width(), width);
         assert_eq!(decoder.height(), height);
         assert_eq!(decoder.repeat(), repeat);