diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 66fd13c9..4f71c0e2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 *.dll
 *.so
 *.dylib
+cmd/validator/validator
 
 # Test binary, built with `go test -c`
 *.test
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 339d602e..9a9aca99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ How many deployments have you done that needed to be rolled back due to a missin
 * JSON
 * YAML
 * TOML
+* INI
 
 ## Installing
 There are several ways to install the config file validator tool
diff --git a/cmd/validator/validator.go b/cmd/validator/validator.go
index 657886ab..17ba0dd9 100644
--- a/cmd/validator/validator.go
+++ b/cmd/validator/validator.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Validator recusively scans a directory to search for configuration files and
 validates them using the go package for each configuration type.
 
-Currently json, yaml, toml, and xml configuration file types are supported.
+Currently json, yaml, toml, xml and ini configuration file types are supported.
 
 Usage:
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6fa8e7c0..3c1a249b 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.14 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c // indirect
+	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c916345..657bc82a 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSs
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0 h1:8LOYc1KYPPmyKMuN8QV2DNRWNbLo6LZ0iLs8+mlH53w=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.13.0/go.mod h1:kLAiJbzzSOZDVNGyDpeOxJ47H46qBXwg5ILebYFFOfk=
+github.com/go-ini/ini v1.67.0/go.mod h1:ByCAeIL28uOIIG0E3PJtZPDL8WnHpFKFOtgjp+3Ies8=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9 h1:sqDoxXbdeALODt0DAeJCVp38ps9ZogZEAXjus69YV3U=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.9/go.mod h1:u6P/XSegPjTcexA+o6vUJrdnUu04hMope9wVRipJSqc=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.12/go.mod h1:cbi8OIDigv2wuxKPP5vlRcQ1OAZbq2CE4Kysco4FUpU=
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20200223170610-d5e6a3e2c0ae/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7w
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c h1:F1jZWGFhYfh0Ci55sIpILtKKK8p3i2/krTr0H1rg74I=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210630005230-0f9fa26af87c/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 h1:Dgnx+6+nfE+IfzjUEISNeydPJh9AXNNsWbGP9KzCsOA=
+gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0/go.mod h1:pNLf8WUiyNEtQjuu5G5vTm06TEv9tsIgeAvK8hOrP4k=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/pkg/filetype/file_type.go b/pkg/filetype/file_type.go
index e6a61427..649509c7 100644
--- a/pkg/filetype/file_type.go
+++ b/pkg/filetype/file_type.go
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ var TomlFileType = FileType{
 	validator.TomlValidator{},
 }
 
+// Instance of FileType object to
+// represent a Ini file
+var IniFileType = FileType{
+	"ini",
+	[]string{"ini"},
+	validator.IniValidator{},
+}
+
 // An array of files types that are supported
 // by the validator
 var FileTypes = []FileType{
@@ -53,4 +61,5 @@ var FileTypes = []FileType{
 	YamlFileType,
 	XmlFileType,
 	TomlFileType,
+	IniFileType,
 }
diff --git a/pkg/validator/ini.go b/pkg/validator/ini.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eeac3d3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/validator/ini.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package validator
+
+import (
+	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
+)
+
+type IniValidator struct{}
+
+// Validate implements the Validator interface by attempting to
+// parse a byte array of ini
+func (iv IniValidator) Validate(b []byte) (bool, error) {
+	_, err := ini.LoadSources(ini.LoadOptions{}, b)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
index 53725d59..29afbdfb 100644
--- a/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/validator/validator_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ var testData = []struct {
 	{"invalidXml", []byte("<xml\n"), false, XmlValidator{}},
 	{"invalidToml", []byte("name = 123__456"), false, TomlValidator{}},
 	{"validToml", []byte("name = 123"), true, TomlValidator{}},
+	{"validIni", []byte(`{[Version]\nCatalog=hidden\n}`), true, IniValidator{}},
+	{"invalidIni", []byte(`\nCatalog hidden\n`), false, IniValidator{}},
 }
 
 func Test_ValidationInput(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/test/fixtures/good.ini b/test/fixtures/good.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..553e7ce0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/good.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Version]
+First=name
+second=value
+
+[Empty]
+
+[Last]
+1=2
diff --git a/test/fixtures/subdir2/bad.ini b/test/fixtures/subdir2/bad.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..65dd2ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/subdir2/bad.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+
+
+name value
+