diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c98afe2..aab5e01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ If you have an actual file on disk, you can get the most information possible
 
 When using a file on disk, the checks performed are:
 
-* File type (file, symlink, directory, socket)
+* File type (file, symlink, directory, socket, fifo)
 * Mode (is it executable?)
 * File name (mostly based on extension)
 * If executable, the shebang is read and the interpreter interpreted
diff --git a/identify/identify.py b/identify/identify.py
index 0279ba8..8064239 100644
--- a/identify/identify.py
+++ b/identify/identify.py
@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@
 DIRECTORY = 'directory'
 SYMLINK = 'symlink'
 SOCKET = 'socket'
+FIFO = 'fifo'
 FILE = 'file'
 EXECUTABLE = 'executable'
 NON_EXECUTABLE = 'non-executable'
 TEXT = 'text'
 BINARY = 'binary'
 
-TYPE_TAGS = frozenset((DIRECTORY, FILE, SYMLINK, SOCKET))
+TYPE_TAGS = frozenset((DIRECTORY, FILE, SYMLINK, SOCKET, FIFO))
 MODE_TAGS = frozenset((EXECUTABLE, NON_EXECUTABLE))
 ENCODING_TAGS = frozenset((BINARY, TEXT))
 _ALL_TAGS = {*TYPE_TAGS, *MODE_TAGS, *ENCODING_TAGS}
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ def tags_from_path(path: str) -> set[str]:
         return {SYMLINK}
     if stat.S_ISSOCK(mode):
         return {SOCKET}
+    if stat.S_ISFIFO(mode):
+        return {FIFO}
 
     tags = {FILE}
 
diff --git a/tests/identify_test.py b/tests/identify_test.py
index a82f353..cabc6ba 100644
--- a/tests/identify_test.py
+++ b/tests/identify_test.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def test_all_tags_includes_basic_ones():
     assert 'executable' in identify.ALL_TAGS
     assert 'text' in identify.ALL_TAGS
     assert 'socket' in identify.ALL_TAGS
+    assert 'fifo' in identify.ALL_TAGS
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -110,6 +111,18 @@ def test_tags_from_path_file_with_shebang_executable(tmpdir):
     }
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not hasattr(os, 'mkfifo'), reason='requires os.mkfifo')
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('filename', ('pipe', 'pipe.py'))
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('mode', (0o600, 0o700))
+def test_tags_from_path_fifo(tmpdir, filename, mode):
+    path = str(tmpdir.join(filename))
+    os.mkfifo(path, mode)
+    # Reading a FIFO without a writer would block indefinitely.
+    error = AssertionError('opened FIFO')
+    with mock.patch('builtins.open', side_effect=error):
+        assert identify.tags_from_path(path) == {'fifo'}
+
+
 def test_tags_from_path_binary(tmpdir):
     x = tmpdir.join('test')
     x.write(b'\x7f\x45\x4c\x46\x02\x01\x01')