diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index b8809afa..66c6ca2a 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ A [Node](https://nodejs.org/en/) module to get dimensions of any image file
 * TIFF
 * WebP
 * SVG
+* DDS
 
 ### Upcoming
 
diff --git a/lib/types.js b/lib/types.js
index 37c9cd3c..77fd7b52 100644
--- a/lib/types.js
+++ b/lib/types.js
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ module.exports = [
   'psd',
   'svg',
   'tiff',
-  'webp'
+  'webp',
+  'dds'
 ];
diff --git a/lib/types/dds.js b/lib/types/dds.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..862c0460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/types/dds.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function isDDS(buffer){
+	return buffer.readUInt32LE(0) === 0x20534444;
+}
+
+function calculate(buffer){
+	// read file resolution metadata
+	return {
+		'height': buffer.readUInt32LE(12),
+		'width': buffer.readUInt32LE(16)
+	};
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+	'detect': isDDS,
+	'calculate': calculate
+};
diff --git a/specs/images/valid/dds/sample.dds b/specs/images/valid/dds/sample.dds
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e4f09be8
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diff --git a/specs/others.spec.js b/specs/others.spec.js
index 86414832..1c5a56b2 100644
--- a/specs/others.spec.js
+++ b/specs/others.spec.js
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ describe('Callback function', function () {
 
 describe('.types property', function () {
   it('should expose supported file types', function() {
-    expect(imageSize.types).to.eql(['bmp', 'gif', 'jpg', 'png', 'psd', 'svg', 'tiff', 'webp']);
+    expect(imageSize.types).to.eql(['bmp', 'gif', 'jpg', 'png', 'psd', 'svg', 'tiff', 'webp', 'dds']);
   });
 });