diff --git a/src/applications/macro/engine/PhabricatorMemeEngine.php b/src/applications/macro/engine/PhabricatorMemeEngine.php
index 3e87a304c9..7433a4e8bc 100644
--- a/src/applications/macro/engine/PhabricatorMemeEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/macro/engine/PhabricatorMemeEngine.php
@@ -1,390 +1,399 @@
 <?php
 
 final class PhabricatorMemeEngine extends Phobject {
 
   private $viewer;
   private $template;
   private $aboveText;
   private $belowText;
 
   private $templateFile;
   private $metrics;
 
   public function setViewer(PhabricatorUser $viewer) {
     $this->viewer = $viewer;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getViewer() {
     return $this->viewer;
   }
 
   public function setTemplate($template) {
     $this->template = $template;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getTemplate() {
     return $this->template;
   }
 
   public function setAboveText($above_text) {
     $this->aboveText = $above_text;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getAboveText() {
     return $this->aboveText;
   }
 
   public function setBelowText($below_text) {
     $this->belowText = $below_text;
     return $this;
   }
 
   public function getBelowText() {
     return $this->belowText;
   }
 
   public function getGenerateURI() {
     return id(new PhutilURI('/macro/meme/'))
       ->alter('macro', $this->getTemplate())
       ->alter('above', $this->getAboveText())
       ->alter('below', $this->getBelowText());
   }
 
   public function newAsset() {
     $cache = $this->loadCachedFile();
     if ($cache) {
       return $cache;
     }
 
     $template = $this->loadTemplateFile();
     if (!$template) {
       throw new Exception(
         pht(
           'Template "%s" is not a valid template.',
           $template));
     }
 
     $hash = $this->newTransformHash();
 
     $asset = $this->newAssetFile($template);
 
     $xfile = id(new PhabricatorTransformedFile())
       ->setOriginalPHID($template->getPHID())
       ->setTransformedPHID($asset->getPHID())
       ->setTransform($hash);
 
     try {
       $caught = null;
 
       $unguarded = AphrontWriteGuard::beginScopedUnguardedWrites();
       try {
         $xfile->save();
       } catch (Exception $ex) {
         $caught = $ex;
       }
       unset($unguarded);
 
       if ($caught) {
         throw $caught;
       }
 
       return $asset;
     } catch (AphrontDuplicateKeyQueryException $ex) {
       $xfile = $this->loadCachedFile();
       if (!$xfile) {
         throw $ex;
       }
       return $xfile;
     }
   }
 
   private function newTransformHash() {
     $properties = array(
       'kind' => 'meme',
       'above' => $this->getAboveText(),
       'below' => $this->getBelowText(),
     );
 
     $properties = phutil_json_encode($properties);
 
     return PhabricatorHash::digestForIndex($properties);
   }
 
   public function loadCachedFile() {
     $viewer = $this->getViewer();
 
     $template_file = $this->loadTemplateFile();
     if (!$template_file) {
       return null;
     }
 
     $hash = $this->newTransformHash();
 
     $xform = id(new PhabricatorTransformedFile())->loadOneWhere(
       'originalPHID = %s AND transform = %s',
       $template_file->getPHID(),
       $hash);
     if (!$xform) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return id(new PhabricatorFileQuery())
       ->setViewer($viewer)
       ->withPHIDs(array($xform->getTransformedPHID()))
       ->executeOne();
   }
 
   private function loadTemplateFile() {
     if ($this->templateFile === null) {
       $viewer = $this->getViewer();
       $template = $this->getTemplate();
 
       $macro = id(new PhabricatorMacroQuery())
         ->setViewer($viewer)
         ->withNames(array($template))
         ->needFiles(true)
         ->executeOne();
       if (!$macro) {
         return null;
       }
 
       $this->templateFile = $macro->getFile();
     }
 
     return $this->templateFile;
   }
 
   private function newAssetFile(PhabricatorFile $template) {
     $data = $this->newAssetData($template);
     return PhabricatorFile::newFromFileData(
       $data,
       array(
         'name' => 'meme-'.$template->getName(),
         'canCDN' => true,
 
         // In modern code these can end up linked directly in email, so let
         // them stick around for a while.
         'ttl.relative' => phutil_units('30 days in seconds'),
       ));
   }
 
   private function newAssetData(PhabricatorFile $template) {
     $template_data = $template->loadFileData();
 
+    // When we aren't adding text, just return the data unmodified. This saves
+    // us from doing expensive stitching when we aren't actually making any
+    // changes to the image.
+    $above_text = $this->getAboveText();
+    $below_text = $this->getBelowText();
+    if (!strlen(trim($above_text)) && !strlen(trim($below_text))) {
+      return $template_data;
+    }
+
     $result = $this->newImagemagickAsset($template, $template_data);
     if ($result) {
       return $result;
     }
 
     return $this->newGDAsset($template, $template_data);
   }
 
   private function newImagemagickAsset(
     PhabricatorFile $template,
     $template_data) {
 
     // We're only going to use Imagemagick on GIFs.
     $mime_type = $template->getMimeType();
     if ($mime_type != 'image/gif') {
       return null;
     }
 
     // We're only going to use Imagemagick if it is actually available.
     $available = PhabricatorEnv::getEnvConfig('files.enable-imagemagick');
     if (!$available) {
       return null;
     }
 
     // Test of the GIF is an animated GIF. If it's a flat GIF, we'll fall
     // back to GD.
     $input = new TempFile();
     Filesystem::writeFile($input, $template_data);
     list($err, $out) = exec_manual('convert %s info:', $input);
     if ($err) {
       return null;
     }
 
     $split = phutil_split_lines($out);
     $frames = count($split);
     if ($frames <= 1) {
       return null;
     }
 
     // Split the frames apart, transform each frame, then merge them back
     // together.
     $output = new TempFile();
 
     $future = new ExecFuture(
       'convert %s -coalesce +adjoin %s_%s',
       $input,
       $input,
       '%09d');
     $future->setTimeout(10)->resolvex();
 
     $output_files = array();
     for ($ii = 0; $ii < $frames; $ii++) {
       $frame_name = sprintf('%s_%09d', $input, $ii);
       $output_name = sprintf('%s_%09d', $output, $ii);
 
       $output_files[] = $output_name;
 
       $frame_data = Filesystem::readFile($frame_name);
       $memed_frame_data = $this->newGDAsset($template, $frame_data);
       Filesystem::writeFile($output_name, $memed_frame_data);
     }
 
     $future = new ExecFuture(
       'convert -dispose background -loop 0 %Ls %s',
       $output_files,
       $output);
     $future->setTimeout(10)->resolvex();
 
     return Filesystem::readFile($output);
   }
 
   private function newGDAsset(PhabricatorFile $template, $data) {
     $img = imagecreatefromstring($data);
     if (!$img) {
       throw new Exception(
         pht('Failed to imagecreatefromstring() image template data.'));
     }
 
     $dx = imagesx($img);
     $dy = imagesy($img);
 
     $metrics = $this->getMetrics($dx, $dy);
     $font = $this->getFont();
     $size = $metrics['size'];
 
     $above = $this->getAboveText();
     if (strlen($above)) {
       $x = (int)floor(($dx - $metrics['text']['above']['width']) / 2);
       $y = $metrics['text']['above']['height'] + 12;
 
       $this->drawText($img, $font, $metrics['size'], $x, $y, $above);
     }
 
     $below = $this->getBelowText();
     if (strlen($below)) {
       $x = (int)floor(($dx - $metrics['text']['below']['width']) / 2);
       $y = $dy - 12 - $metrics['text']['below']['descend'];
 
       $this->drawText($img, $font, $metrics['size'], $x, $y, $below);
     }
 
     return PhabricatorImageTransformer::saveImageDataInAnyFormat(
       $img,
       $template->getMimeType());
   }
 
   private function getFont() {
     $phabricator_root = dirname(phutil_get_library_root('phabricator'));
 
     $font_root = $phabricator_root.'/resources/font/';
     if (Filesystem::pathExists($font_root.'impact.ttf')) {
       $font_path = $font_root.'impact.ttf';
     } else {
       $font_path = $font_root.'tuffy.ttf';
     }
 
     return $font_path;
   }
 
   private function getMetrics($dim_x, $dim_y) {
     if ($this->metrics === null) {
       $font = $this->getFont();
 
       $font_max = 72;
       $font_min = 5;
 
       $margin_x = 16;
       $margin_y = 16;
 
       $last = null;
       $cursor = floor(($font_max + $font_min) / 2);
       $min = $font_min;
       $max = $font_max;
 
       $texts = array(
         'above' => $this->getAboveText(),
         'below' => $this->getBelowText(),
       );
 
       $metrics = null;
       $best = null;
       while (true) {
         $all_fit = true;
         $text_metrics = array();
         foreach ($texts as $key => $text) {
           $box = imagettfbbox($cursor, 0, $font, $text);
           $height = abs($box[3] - $box[5]);
           $width = abs($box[0] - $box[2]);
 
           // This is the number of pixels below the baseline that the
           // text extends, for example if it has a "y".
           $descend = $box[3];
 
           if (($height + $margin_y) > $dim_y) {
             $all_fit = false;
             break;
           }
 
           if (($width + $margin_x) > $dim_x) {
             $all_fit = false;
             break;
           }
 
           $text_metrics[$key]['width'] = $width;
           $text_metrics[$key]['height'] = $height;
           $text_metrics[$key]['descend'] = $descend;
         }
 
         if ($all_fit || $best === null) {
           $best = $cursor;
           $metrics = $text_metrics;
         }
 
         if ($all_fit) {
           $min = $cursor;
         } else {
           $max = $cursor;
         }
 
         $last = $cursor;
         $cursor = floor(($max + $min) / 2);
         if ($cursor === $last) {
           break;
         }
       }
 
       $this->metrics = array(
         'size' => $best,
         'text' => $metrics,
       );
     }
 
     return $this->metrics;
   }
 
   private function drawText($img, $font, $size, $x, $y, $text) {
     $text_color = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);
     $border_color = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);
 
     $border = 2;
     for ($xx = ($x - $border); $xx <= ($x + $border); $xx += $border) {
       for ($yy = ($y - $border); $yy <= ($y + $border); $yy += $border) {
         if (($xx === $x) && ($yy === $y)) {
           continue;
         }
         imagettftext($img, $size, 0, $xx, $yy, $border_color, $font, $text);
       }
     }
 
     imagettftext($img, $size, 0, $x, $y, $text_color, $font, $text);
   }
 
 
 }