diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5fffea4..0d77b20 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ QOI = "4b34888f-f399-49d4-9bb3-47ed5cae4e65"
 Sixel = "45858cf5-a6b0-47a3-bbea-62219f50df47"
 TiffImages = "731e570b-9d59-4bfa-96dc-6df516fadf69"
 UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
+WebP = "e3aaa7dc-3e4b-44e0-be63-ffb868ccd7c1"
 
 [compat]
 FileIO = "1.2"
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ PNGFiles = "0.3, 0.4"
 QOI = "1"
 Sixel = "0.1.2"
 TiffImages = "0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8"
+WebP = "0.1.2"
 julia = "1.6"
 
 [extras]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2381283..b35e047 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ FileIO.jl integration for image files
 | [QOI (Quite Okay Image)](https://qoiformat.org/) format | `.qoi` | [QOI.jl](https://github.com/KristofferC/QOI.jl) | pure Julia | |
 | DEC SIXEL (six-pixels) graphics | `.six`, `.sixel` | [Sixel.jl](https://github.com/johnnychen94/Sixel.jl) | Julia wrapper of [libsixel](https://github.com/libsixel/libsixel) | |
 | TIFF (Tag Image File Format) | `.tiff`, `.tif` | [TiffImages.jl](https://github.com/tlnagy/TiffImages.jl) | pure Julia | check [OMETIFF.jl](https://github.com/tlnagy/OMETIFF.jl) for OMETIFF support |
-
+| WebP | `.webp` | [WebP.jl](https://github.com/stemann/WebP.jl) | Julia wrapper of [libwebp](https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/api) | |
 
 ## Installation
 
diff --git a/src/ImageIO.jl b/src/ImageIO.jl
index 3f9c0df..aeeead1 100644
--- a/src/ImageIO.jl
+++ b/src/ImageIO.jl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ using LazyModules # @lazy macro is used to delay the package loading to its firs
 @lazy import OpenEXR = "52e1d378-f018-4a11-a4be-720524705ac7"
 @lazy import QOI = "4b34888f-f399-49d4-9bb3-47ed5cae4e65"
 @lazy import JpegTurbo = "b835a17e-a41a-41e7-81f0-2f016b05efe0"
+@lazy import WebP = "e3aaa7dc-3e4b-44e0-be63-ffb868ccd7c1"
 
 # Enforce a type conversion to be backend independent (issue #25)
 # Note: If the backend does not provide efficient `convert` implementation,
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ for FMT in (
     :EXR,
     :QOI,
     :SIXEL,
-    :JPEG
+    :JPEG,
+    :WebP,
 )
     @eval canonical_type(::DataFormat{$(Expr(:quote, FMT))}, ::AbstractArray{T, N}) where {T,N} =
         Array{T,N}
@@ -186,6 +188,22 @@ function save(s::Stream{DataFormat{:JPEG}}, image::AbstractArray; kwargs...)
     JpegTurbo.fileio_save(s, image; kwargs...)
 end
 
+## WebP
+function load(f::File{DataFormat{:WebP}}; kwargs...)
+    data = WebP.fileio_load(f, kwargs...)
+    return enforce_canonical_type(f, data)
+end
+function load(s::Stream{DataFormat{:WebP}}; kwargs...)
+    data = WebP.fileio_load(s, kwargs...)
+    return enforce_canonical_type(s, data)
+end
+function save(f::File{DataFormat{:WebP}}, image::AbstractArray; kwargs...)
+    WebP.fileio_save(f, image; kwargs...)
+end
+function save(s::Stream{DataFormat{:WebP}}, image::AbstractArray; kwargs...)
+    WebP.fileio_save(s, image; kwargs...)
+end
+
 ## Function names labelled for FileIO. Makes FileIO lookup quicker
 const fileio_save = save
 const fileio_load = load
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 313f76a..4e2a669 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -210,4 +210,22 @@ Threads.nthreads() <= 1 && @info "Threads.nthreads() = $(Threads.nthreads()), mu
             end
         end
     end
+
+    @testset "WebP" begin
+        for typ in [RGBA{N0f8}, RGB{N0f8}]
+            @testset "$typ JPEG" begin
+                img = rand(typ, 10, 10)
+                f = File{format"WebP"}(joinpath(tmpdir, "test_fpath.webp"))
+                ImageIO.save(f, img)
+                img_saveload = ImageIO.load(f)
+                @test eltype(img_saveload) == n0f8(typ) # WebP uses 8bit
+                @test typeof(img_saveload) == ImageIO.canonical_type(f, img_saveload)
+
+                open(io->ImageIO.save(Stream{format"WebP"}(io), img), joinpath(tmpdir, "test_io.webp"), "w")
+                img_saveload = open(io->ImageIO.load(Stream{format"WebP"}(io)), joinpath(tmpdir, "test_io.webp"))
+                @test eltype(img_saveload) == n0f8(typ) # WebP uses 8bit
+                @test typeof(img_saveload) == ImageIO.canonical_type(f, img_saveload)
+            end
+        end
+    end
 end