diff --git a/openbr/plugins/algorithms.cpp b/openbr/plugins/algorithms.cpp
index 8c87c8c..7711f12 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/algorithms.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/algorithms.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ class AlgorithmsInitializer : public Initializer
         Globals->abbreviations.insert("PerFrameDetection", "Stream([SaveMat(original)+Cvt(Gray)+Cascade(FrontalFace)+ASEFEyes+RestoreMat(original)+Draw(inPlace=true),Show(false,[FrameNumber])+Discard])");
         Globals->abbreviations.insert("AgeGenderDemo", "Stream([SaveMat(original)+Cvt(Gray)+Cascade(FrontalFace)+Expand+<FaceClassificationRegistration>+<FaceClassificationExtraction>+(<AgeRegressor>+Rename(Subject,Age)+Discard)/(<GenderClassifier>+Rename(Subject,Gender)+Discard)+RestoreMat(original)+Draw(inPlace=true)+DrawPropertiesPoint([Age,Gender],Affine_0,inPlace=true)+SaveMat(original)+Discard+Contract,RestoreMat(original)+FPSCalc+Show(false,[AvgFPS,Age,Gender])+Discard])");
         Globals->abbreviations.insert("HoF", "Stream([KeyPointDetector(SIFT),AggregateFrames(2)+OpticalFlow,InterestRegions,Hist+Discard])");
+        Globals->abbreviations.insert("HoG", "Stream([KeyPointDetector(SIFT),InterestRegions,HoGDescriptor+Discard])");
+        Globals->abbreviations.insert("HoGHoF", "Stream([KeyPointDetector(SIFT),(AggregateFrames(2)+OpticalFlow+InterestRegions+Hist)/(InterestRegions+HoGDescriptor),Cat])");
 
         // Generic Image Processing
         Globals->abbreviations.insert("SIFT", "Open+KeyPointDetector(SIFT)+KeyPointDescriptor(SIFT):KeyPointMatcher(BruteForce)");
diff --git a/openbr/plugins/keypoint.cpp b/openbr/plugins/keypoint.cpp
index 9e936cb..098120a 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/keypoint.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/keypoint.cpp
@@ -178,6 +178,31 @@ BR_REGISTER(Transform, SIFTDescriptorTransform)
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup transforms
+ * \brief OpenCV HOGDescriptor wrapper
+ * \author Austin Blanton \cite imaus10
+ */
+class HoGDescriptorTransform : public UntrainableTransform
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    HOGDescriptor hog;
+
+    void project(const Template &src, Template &dst) const
+    {
+        std::vector<float> descriptorVals;
+        std::vector<Point> locations;
+        Size winStride = Size(0,0);
+        Size padding = Size(0,0);
+        hog.compute(src, descriptorVals, winStride, padding, locations);
+        Mat HoGFeats = Mat<float>(descriptorVals, true);
+        dst += HoGFeats;
+    }
+};
+
+BR_REGISTER(Transform, HoGDescriptorTransform)
+
+/*!
+ * \ingroup transforms
  * \brief Add landmarks to the template in a grid layout
  * \author Josh Klontz \cite jklontz
  */