diff --git a/doc/changelog.txt b/doc/changelog.txt
index 297511a..d43e66f 100644
--- a/doc/changelog.txt
+++ b/doc/changelog.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   * Print help when unknown options are given.
   * Print error when archive files do not exist.
   * Added installation instructions in doc/install.txt
+  * Added support for the pigz program handling GZIP archives.
 
 0.14 "Book of Dragons" (released 30.1.2012)
 
diff --git a/patoolib/__init__.py b/patoolib/__init__.py
index 2ca9565..e6b48d4 100644
--- a/patoolib/__init__.py
+++ b/patoolib/__init__.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ArchiveMimetypes = {
 # List of programs supporting the given encoding
 
 EncodingPrograms = {
-    'gzip': ('gzip',),
+    'gzip': ('pigz', 'gzip'),
     'bzip2': ('pbzip2', 'bzip2'),
     'compress': ('compress',),
     'lzma': ('lzma',),
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ArchivePrograms = {
         'create': ('zip', '7z', '7za'),
     },
     'gzip': {
-        None: ('gzip', '7z', '7za'),
+        None: ('pigz', 'gzip', '7z', '7za'),
     },
     'lzh': {
         None: ('lha',),
diff --git a/patoolib/programs/pigz.py b/patoolib/programs/pigz.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e66532
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patoolib/programs/pigz.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Bastian Kleineidam
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+"""Archive commands for the pigz program."""
+from patoolib.programs.gzip import extract_gzip, test_gzip, create_gzip, list_gzip
diff --git a/tests/test_archives.py b/tests/test_archives.py
index 8317112..a24edfd 100644
--- a/tests/test_archives.py
+++ b/tests/test_archives.py
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ class TestArchives (ArchiveTest):
         self.archive_commands('t.txt.gz', singlefile=True)
         self.archive_extract('t.Z')
 
+    @needs_program('pigz')
+    def test_pigz (self):
+        self.program = 'pigz'
+        self.archive_commands('t.gz', singlefile=True)
+        self.archive_commands('t.txt.gz', singlefile=True)
+
     @needs_program('uncompress.real')
     def test_uncompress (self):
         self.program = 'uncompress.real'