diff --git a/openbr/plugins/format.cpp b/openbr/plugins/format.cpp
index 348683b..7fd947d 100644
--- a/openbr/plugins/format.cpp
+++ b/openbr/plugins/format.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,31 @@ BR_REGISTER(Format, DefaultFormat)
 
 /*!
  * \ingroup formats
+ * \brief Reads a NIST LFFS file.
+ * \author Josh Klontz \cite jklontz
+ */
+class lffsFormat : public Format
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    Template read() const
+    {
+        QByteArray byteArray;
+        QtUtils::readFile(file.name, byteArray);
+        return Mat(1, byteArray.size(), CV_8UC1, byteArray.data()).clone();
+    }
+
+    void write(const Template &t) const
+    {
+        QByteArray byteArray((const char*)t.m().data, t.m().total()*t.m().elemSize());
+        QtUtils::writeFile(file.name, byteArray);
+    }
+};
+
+BR_REGISTER(Format, lffsFormat)
+
+/*!
+ * \ingroup formats
  * \brief Reads a NIST BEE similarity matrix.
  * \author Josh Klontz \cite jklontz
  */