diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 05c70f5..a5f1dd8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -80,3 +80,6 @@
 	path = plugins/zlib-ng/zlib-ng
 	url = https://github.com/Dead2/zlib-ng.git
 	branch = develop
+[submodule "plugins/brieflz/brieflz"]
+	path = plugins/brieflz/brieflz
+	url = https://github.com/jibsen/brieflz.git
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index ceea231..cc49ca7 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 set (plugins_available
+  brieflz
   brotli
   bsc
   bzip2
diff --git a/plugins/brieflz/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/brieflz/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..421902e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/brieflz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+set (brieflz_sources
+  squash-brieflz.c
+  brieflz/brieflz.c
+  brieflz/depacks.c)
+
+squash_plugin_add (brieflz brieflz_sources)
+squash_plugin_add_include_directories (brieflz brieflz)
diff --git a/plugins/brieflz/brieflz b/plugins/brieflz/brieflz
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..bcaa6a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/brieflz/brieflz
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bcaa6a1ee7ccf005512b5c23aa92b40cf75f9ed1
diff --git a/plugins/brieflz/brieflz.md b/plugins/brieflz/brieflz.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0665459
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/brieflz/brieflz.md
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# BriefLZ Plugin #
+
+BriefLZ is a small, fast Lempel-Ziv compression library.
+
+For more information about BriefLZ, see
+https://github.com/jibsen/brieflz
+
+## Codecs ##
+
+- **brieflz** — Raw BriefLZ data.
+
+## License ##
+
+The BriefLZ plugin is licensed under the [MIT
+License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT), and BriefLZ
+is licensed under the [zlib
+license](http://opensource.org/licenses/Zlib).
diff --git a/plugins/brieflz/squash-brieflz.c b/plugins/brieflz/squash-brieflz.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f568474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/brieflz/squash-brieflz.c
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2015 The Squash Authors
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+ * obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+ * files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+ * restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
+ * modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+ * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Evan Nemerson <evan@nemerson.com>
+ *   Joergen Ibsen
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <strings.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <squash/squash.h>
+#include <brieflz.h>
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+SQUASH_PLUGIN_EXPORT
+SquashStatus squash_plugin_init_codec (SquashCodec* codec, SquashCodecImpl* impl);
+
+static size_t
+read_varuint64 (const uint8_t *p, size_t p_size, uint64_t *v) {
+  uint64_t n = 0;
+  size_t i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < 8 && i < p_size && *p > 0x7F; ++i) {
+    n = (n << 7) | (*p++ & 0x7F);
+  }
+
+  if (i == p_size) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  else if (i == 8) {
+    n = (n << 8) | *p;
+  }
+  else {
+    n = (n << 7) | *p;
+  }
+
+  *v = n;
+
+  return i + 1;
+}
+
+static size_t
+write_varuint64 (uint8_t *p, size_t p_size, uint64_t v) {
+  uint8_t buf[10];
+  size_t i;
+  size_t j;
+
+  if (v & 0xFF00000000000000ULL) {
+    if (p_size < 9) {
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    p[8] = (uint8_t) v;
+    v >>= 8;
+
+    i = 7;
+
+    for (j = 0; j < 8; ++j) {
+      p[i--] = (uint8_t) ((v & 0x7F) | 0x80);
+      v >>= 7;
+    }
+
+    return 9;
+  }
+
+  i = 0;
+
+  buf[i++] = (uint8_t) (v & 0x7F);
+  v >>= 7;
+
+  while (v > 0) {
+    buf[i++] = (uint8_t) ((v & 0x7F) | 0x80);
+    v >>= 7;
+  }
+
+  if (i > p_size) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  for (j = 0; j < i; ++j) {
+    p[j] = buf[i - j - 1];
+  }
+
+  return i;
+}
+
+static size_t
+squash_brieflz_get_max_compressed_size (SquashCodec* codec, size_t uncompressed_length) {
+  return (size_t) blz_max_packed_size ((unsigned long) uncompressed_length) + 9;
+}
+
+static size_t
+squash_brieflz_get_uncompressed_size (SquashCodec* codec,
+                                      size_t compressed_length,
+                                      const uint8_t compressed[SQUASH_ARRAY_PARAM(compressed_length)]) {
+  uint64_t v;
+
+  return read_varuint64 (compressed, compressed_length, &v) == 0 ? 0 : v;
+}
+
+static SquashStatus
+squash_brieflz_decompress_buffer (SquashCodec* codec,
+                                  size_t* decompressed_length,
+                                  uint8_t decompressed[SQUASH_ARRAY_PARAM(*decompressed_length)],
+                                  size_t compressed_length,
+                                  const uint8_t compressed[SQUASH_ARRAY_PARAM(compressed_length)],
+                                  SquashOptions* options) {
+  const uint8_t *src = compressed;
+  uint64_t original_size;
+  size_t size;
+
+  size = read_varuint64 (src, compressed_length, &original_size);
+
+  if (size == 0) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_FAILED);
+  }
+
+  src += size;
+  compressed_length -= size;
+
+  if (original_size > *decompressed_length) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_BUFFER_FULL);
+  }
+
+  size = blz_depack_safe (src, (unsigned long) compressed_length,
+                          decompressed, (unsigned long) original_size);
+
+  if (size != original_size) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_FAILED);
+  }
+
+  *decompressed_length = size;
+
+  return SQUASH_OK;
+}
+
+static SquashStatus
+squash_brieflz_compress_buffer (SquashCodec* codec,
+                                size_t* compressed_length,
+                                uint8_t compressed[SQUASH_ARRAY_PARAM(*compressed_length)],
+                                size_t uncompressed_length,
+                                const uint8_t uncompressed[SQUASH_ARRAY_PARAM(uncompressed_length)],
+                                SquashOptions* options) {
+  uint8_t *dst = compressed;
+  void *workmem = NULL;
+  size_t size;
+
+  if ((unsigned long) *compressed_length
+    < squash_brieflz_get_max_compressed_size (codec, uncompressed_length)) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_BUFFER_FULL);
+  }
+
+  size = write_varuint64 (dst, *compressed_length, uncompressed_length);
+
+  if (size == 0) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_BUFFER_FULL);
+  }
+
+  dst += size;
+
+  workmem = malloc (blz_workmem_size ((unsigned long) uncompressed_length));
+
+  if (workmem == NULL) {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_MEMORY);
+  }
+
+  size += blz_pack (uncompressed, dst,
+                    (unsigned long) uncompressed_length,
+                    workmem);
+
+  free(workmem);
+
+  *compressed_length = size;
+
+  return SQUASH_OK;
+}
+
+SquashStatus
+squash_plugin_init_codec (SquashCodec* codec, SquashCodecImpl* impl) {
+  const char* name = squash_codec_get_name (codec);
+
+  if (strcmp ("brieflz", name) == 0) {
+    impl->get_uncompressed_size = squash_brieflz_get_uncompressed_size;
+    impl->get_max_compressed_size = squash_brieflz_get_max_compressed_size;
+    impl->decompress_buffer = squash_brieflz_decompress_buffer;
+    impl->compress_buffer_unsafe = squash_brieflz_compress_buffer;
+  } else {
+    return squash_error (SQUASH_UNABLE_TO_LOAD);
+  }
+
+  return SQUASH_OK;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/brieflz/squash.ini b/plugins/brieflz/squash.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1d5c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/brieflz/squash.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+license=zlib
+
+[brieflz]