diff --git a/flac.go b/flac.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc4780e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flac.go
@@ -0,0 +1,223 @@
+// Copyright 2015, David Howden
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package tag
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// BlockType is a type which represents an enumeration of valid FLAC blocks
+type BlockType byte
+
+const (
+	StreamInfoBlock    BlockType = 0
+	PaddingBlock                 = 1
+	ApplicationBlock             = 2
+	SeektableBlock               = 3
+	VorbisCommentBlock           = 4 // Supported
+	CueSheetBlock                = 5
+	PictureBlock                 = 6 // Supported
+)
+
+// ReadFLACTags reads FLAC metadata from the io.ReadSeeker, returning the resulting
+// metadata in a Metadata implementation, or non-nil error if there was a problem.
+func ReadFLACTags(r io.ReadSeeker) (Metadata, error) {
+	_, err := r.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	flac, err := readString(r, 4)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if flac != "fLaC" {
+		return nil, errors.New("expected 'fLaC'")
+	}
+
+	m := &metadataFLAC{
+		c: make(map[string]string),
+	}
+
+	for {
+		last, err := m.readFLACMetadataBlock(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		if last {
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
+type metadataFLAC struct {
+	c map[string]string // the vorbis comments
+	p *Picture
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) readFLACMetadataBlock(rs io.ReadSeeker) (last bool, err error) {
+	blockHeader, err := readBytes(rs, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Println(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if getBit(blockHeader[0], 7) {
+		blockHeader[0] ^= (1 << 7)
+		last = true
+	}
+
+	blockLen, err := readInt(rs, 3)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	if BlockType(blockHeader[0]) != VorbisCommentBlock {
+		_, err = rs.Seek(int64(blockLen), os.SEEK_CUR)
+		return
+	}
+
+	commentBytes := make([]byte, blockLen)
+	_, err = rs.Read(commentBytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	r := bytes.NewReader(commentBytes)
+	m.readVorbisComment(r)
+	return
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) readVorbisComment(r io.Reader) error {
+	vendorLen, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	vendor, err := readString(r, vendorLen)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	m.c["vendor"] = vendor
+
+	commentsLen, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < commentsLen; i++ {
+		l, err := readInt32LittleEndian(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		s, err := readString(r, l)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		k, v, err := parseComment(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		m.c[strings.ToLower(k)] = v
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseComment(c string) (k, v string, err error) {
+	kv := strings.SplitN(c, "=", 2)
+	if len(kv) != 2 {
+		err = errors.New("vorbis comment must contain '='")
+		return
+	}
+	k = kv[0]
+	v = kv[1]
+	return
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Format() Format {
+	return FLAC
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Raw() map[string]interface{} {
+	raw := make(map[string]interface{}, len(m.c))
+	for k, v := range m.c {
+		raw[k] = v
+	}
+	return raw
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Title() string {
+	return m.c["title"]
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Artist() string {
+	// PERFORMER
+	// The artist(s) who performed the work. In classical music this would be the
+	// conductor, orchestra, soloists. In an audio book it would be the actor who
+	// did the reading. In popular music this is typically the same as the ARTIST
+	// and is omitted.
+	if m.c["performer"] != "" {
+		return m.c["performer"]
+	}
+	return m.c["artist"]
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Album() string {
+	return m.c["album"]
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) AlbumArtist() string {
+	// This field isn't included in the standard.
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Composer() string {
+	// ARTIST
+	// The artist generally considered responsible for the work. In popular music
+	// this is usually the performing band or singer. For classical music it would
+	// be the composer. For an audio book it would be the author of the original text.
+	if m.c["composer"] != "" {
+		return m.c["composer"]
+	}
+	if m.c["performer"] == "" {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return m.c["artist"]
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Genre() string {
+	return m.c["genre"]
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Year() int {
+	// FIXME: try to parse the date in m.c["date"] to extract this
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Track() (int, int) {
+	x, _ := strconv.Atoi(m.c["tracknumber"])
+	// https://wiki.xiph.org/Field_names
+	n, _ := strconv.Atoi(m.c["tracktotal"])
+	return x, n
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Disc() (int, int) {
+	// https://wiki.xiph.org/Field_names
+	x, _ := strconv.Atoi(m.c["discnumber"])
+	n, _ := strconv.Atoi(m.c["disctotal"])
+	return x, n
+}
+
+func (m *metadataFLAC) Picture() *Picture {
+	return m.p
+}
diff --git a/tag.go b/tag.go
index 216fd42..fe37411 100644
--- a/tag.go
+++ b/tag.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ func ReadFrom(r io.ReadSeeker) (Metadata, error) {
 	}
 
 	switch {
+	case string(b[0:4]) == "fLaC":
+		return ReadFLACTags(r)
 
 	case string(b[4:11]) == "ftypM4A":
 		return ReadAtoms(r)
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ const (
 	ID3v2_3        = "ID3v2.3" // ID3v2.3 tag format (most common).
 	ID3v2_4        = "ID3v2.4" // ID3v2.4 tag format.
 	MP4            = "MP4"     // MP4 tag (atom) format.
+	FLAC           = "FLAC"    // FLAC (Vorbis Comment) tag format.
 )
 
 // Metadata is an interface which is used to describe metadata retrieved by this package.
diff --git a/util.go b/util.go
index 5087ce8..ec28ac6 100644
--- a/util.go
+++ b/util.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package tag
 
 import (
+	"encoding/binary"
 	"io"
 )
 
@@ -63,3 +64,9 @@ func read7BitChunkedInt(r io.Reader, n int) (int, error) {
 	}
 	return get7BitChunkedInt(b), nil
 }
+
+func readInt32LittleEndian(r io.Reader) (int, error) {
+	var n int32
+	err := binary.Read(r, binary.LittleEndian, &n)
+	return int(n), err
+}