diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/metadata.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/metadata.py
index a20069783..494256711 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/metadata.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/metadata.py
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ def get_id3_tag(f, k):
         raise TagNotFound(k)
 
 
+def get_flac_tag(f, k):
+    try:
+        return f.get(k)[0]
+    except (KeyError, IndexError):
+        raise TagNotFound(k)
+
+
 def get_mp3_recording_id(f, k):
     try:
         return [
@@ -121,7 +128,38 @@ CONF = {
                 'getter': get_mp3_recording_id,
             },
         }
-    }
+    },
+    'FLAC': {
+        'getter': get_flac_tag,
+        'fields': {
+            'track_number': {
+                'field': 'tracknumber',
+                'to_application': convert_track_number
+            },
+            'title': {
+                'field': 'title'
+            },
+            'artist': {
+                'field': 'artist'
+            },
+            'album': {
+                'field': 'album'
+            },
+            'date': {
+                'field': 'date',
+                'to_application': lambda v: arrow.get(str(v)).date()
+            },
+            'musicbrainz_albumid': {
+                'field': 'musicbrainz_albumid'
+            },
+            'musicbrainz_artistid': {
+                'field': 'musicbrainz_artistid'
+            },
+            'musicbrainz_recordingid': {
+                'field': 'musicbrainz_trackid'
+            },
+        }
+    },
 }
 
 
diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py b/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
index 49a639303..329a99bed 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/music/utils.py
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ def compute_status(jobs):
 AUDIO_EXTENSIONS_AND_MIMETYPE = [
     ('ogg', 'audio/ogg'),
     ('mp3', 'audio/mpeg'),
+    ('flac', 'audio/flac'),
 ]
 
 EXTENSION_TO_MIMETYPE = {ext: mt for ext, mt in AUDIO_EXTENSIONS_AND_MIMETYPE}
diff --git a/api/tests/music/sample.flac b/api/tests/music/sample.flac
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6eff1c06e
Binary files /dev/null and b/api/tests/music/sample.flac differ
diff --git a/api/tests/music/test_metadata.py b/api/tests/music/test_metadata.py
index 342bc99b8..3f1ea9177 100644
--- a/api/tests/music/test_metadata.py
+++ b/api/tests/music/test_metadata.py
@@ -40,3 +40,20 @@ def test_can_get_metadata_from_id3_mp3_file(field, value):
     data = metadata.Metadata(path)
 
     assert data.get(field) == value
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('field,value', [
+    ('title', '999,999'),
+    ('artist', 'Nine Inch Nails'),
+    ('album', 'The Slip'),
+    ('date', datetime.date(2008, 5, 5)),
+    ('track_number', 1),
+    ('musicbrainz_albumid', uuid.UUID('12b57d46-a192-499e-a91f-7da66790a1c1')),
+    ('musicbrainz_recordingid', uuid.UUID('30f3f33e-8d0c-4e69-8539-cbd701d18f28')),
+    ('musicbrainz_artistid', uuid.UUID('b7ffd2af-418f-4be2-bdd1-22f8b48613da')),
+])
+def test_can_get_metadata_from_flac_file(field, value):
+    path = os.path.join(DATA_DIR, 'sample.flac')
+    data = metadata.Metadata(path)
+
+    assert data.get(field) == value
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/157.feature b/changes/changelog.d/157.feature
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0560541b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/157.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Can now import and play flac files (#157)
diff --git a/front/src/audio/formats.js b/front/src/audio/formats.js
index f6e2157a1..a4c2ecf0e 100644
--- a/front/src/audio/formats.js
+++ b/front/src/audio/formats.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export default {
   ],
   formatsMap: {
     'audio/ogg': 'ogg',
-    'audio/mpeg': 'mp3'
+    'audio/mpeg': 'mp3',
+    'audio/flac': 'flac'
   }
 }