diff --git a/testdata/test.heic b/testdata/test.heic
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccd31a6
Binary files /dev/null and b/testdata/test.heic differ
diff --git a/type.go b/type.go
index 260adbf..ea7ef90 100644
--- a/type.go
+++ b/type.go
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ const (
 	SVG
 	// MAGICK represents the libmagick compatible genetic image type.
 	MAGICK
+	// HEIF represents the HEIC/HEIF/HVEC image type
+	HEIF
 )
 
 // ImageType represents an image type value.
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ var ImageTypes = map[ImageType]string{
 	PDF:    "pdf",
 	SVG:    "svg",
 	MAGICK: "magick",
+	HEIF:   "heif",
 }
 
 // imageMutex is used to provide thread-safe synchronization
diff --git a/type_test.go b/type_test.go
index 92ac4e5..b62b818 100644
--- a/type_test.go
+++ b/type_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func TestDeterminateImageType(t *testing.T) {
 		{"test.pdf", PDF},
 		{"test.svg", SVG},
 		{"test.jp2", MAGICK},
+		{"test.heic", HEIF},
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range files {
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func TestDeterminateImageTypeName(t *testing.T) {
 		{"test.pdf", "pdf"},
 		{"test.svg", "svg"},
 		{"test.jp2", "magick"},
+		{"test.heic", "heif"},
 	}
 
 	for _, file := range files {
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func TestIsTypeSupported(t *testing.T) {
 	types := []struct {
 		name ImageType
 	}{
-		{JPEG}, {PNG}, {WEBP}, {GIF}, {PDF},
+		{JPEG}, {PNG}, {WEBP}, {GIF}, {PDF}, {HEIF},
 	}
 
 	for _, n := range types {
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func TestIsTypeNameSupported(t *testing.T) {
 		{"webp", true},
 		{"gif", true},
 		{"pdf", true},
+		{"heif", true},
 	}
 
 	for _, n := range types {
@@ -101,6 +104,9 @@ func TestIsTypeSupportedSave(t *testing.T) {
 	if VipsVersion >= "8.5.0" {
 		types = append(types, struct{ name ImageType }{TIFF})
 	}
+	if VipsVersion >= "8.8.0" {
+		types = append(types, struct{ name ImageType }{HEIF})
+	}
 
 	for _, n := range types {
 		if IsTypeSupportedSave(n.name) == false {
@@ -120,6 +126,7 @@ func TestIsTypeNameSupportedSave(t *testing.T) {
 		{"gif", false},
 		{"pdf", false},
 		{"tiff", VipsVersion >= "8.5.0"},
+		{"heif", VipsVersion >= "8.8.0"},
 	}
 
 	for _, n := range types {
diff --git a/version.go b/version.go
index 69e7efb..6fb0af8 100644
--- a/version.go
+++ b/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package bimg
 
 // Version represents the current package semantic version.
-const Version = "1.0.18"
+const Version = "1.0.19"
diff --git a/vips.go b/vips.go
index 25b77ae..0d93a60 100644
--- a/vips.go
+++ b/vips.go
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@ func VipsIsTypeSupported(t ImageType) bool {
 	if t == MAGICK {
 		return int(C.vips_type_find_bridge(C.MAGICK)) != 0
 	}
+	if t == HEIF {
+		return int(C.vips_type_find_bridge(C.HEIF)) != 0
+	}
 	return false
 }
 
@@ -204,6 +207,9 @@ func VipsIsTypeSupportedSave(t ImageType) bool {
 	if t == TIFF {
 		return int(C.vips_type_find_save_bridge(C.TIFF)) != 0
 	}
+	if t == HEIF {
+		return int(C.vips_type_find_save_bridge(C.HEIF)) != 0
+	}
 	return false
 }
 
@@ -431,6 +437,8 @@ func vipsSave(image *C.VipsImage, o vipsSaveOptions) ([]byte, error) {
 		saveErr = C.vips_pngsave_bridge(tmpImage, &ptr, &length, strip, C.int(o.Compression), quality, interlace)
 	case TIFF:
 		saveErr = C.vips_tiffsave_bridge(tmpImage, &ptr, &length)
+	case HEIF:
+		saveErr = C.vips_heifsave_bridge(tmpImage, &ptr, &length, strip, quality, lossless)
 	default:
 		saveErr = C.vips_jpegsave_bridge(tmpImage, &ptr, &length, strip, quality, interlace)
 	}
@@ -634,6 +642,12 @@ func vipsImageType(buf []byte) ImageType {
 	if IsTypeSupported(MAGICK) && strings.HasSuffix(readImageType(buf), "MagickBuffer") {
 		return MAGICK
 	}
+	// NOTE: libheif current;y only supports heic sub types; see:
+	//   https://github.com/strukturag/libheif/issues/83#issuecomment-421427091
+	if IsTypeSupported(HEIF) && buf[4] == 0x66 && buf[5] == 0x74 && buf[6] == 0x79 && buf[7] == 0x70 &&
+		buf[8] == 0x68 && buf[9] == 0x65 && buf[10] == 0x69 && buf[11] == 0x63 {
+		return HEIF
+	}
 
 	return UNKNOWN
 }
diff --git a/vips.h b/vips.h
index e0d623a..747e460 100644
--- a/vips.h
+++ b/vips.h
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ enum types {
 	GIF,
 	PDF,
 	SVG,
-	MAGICK
+	MAGICK,
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION >= 8))
+	HEIF,
+#endif
 };
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -156,6 +159,11 @@ vips_type_find_bridge(int t) {
 	if (t == MAGICK) {
 		return vips_type_find("VipsOperation", "magickload");
 	}
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION >= 8))
+	if (t == HEIF) {
+		return vips_type_find("VipsOperation", "heifload");
+	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -173,6 +181,11 @@ vips_type_find_save_bridge(int t) {
 	if (t == JPEG) {
 		return vips_type_find("VipsOperation", "jpegsave_buffer");
 	}
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION >= 8))
+	if (t == HEIF) {
+		return vips_type_find("VipsOperation", "heifsave_buffer");
+	}
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -324,6 +337,20 @@ vips_tiffsave_bridge(VipsImage *in, void **buf, size_t *len) {
 #endif
 }
 
+int
+vips_heifsave_bridge(VipsImage *in, void **buf, size_t *len, int strip, int quality, int lossless) {
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION >= 8))
+	return vips_heifsave_buffer(in, buf, len,
+		"strip", INT_TO_GBOOLEAN(strip),
+		"Q", quality,
+		"lossless", INT_TO_GBOOLEAN(lossless),
+		NULL
+	);
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
 int
 vips_is_16bit (VipsInterpretation interpretation) {
 	return interpretation == VIPS_INTERPRETATION_RGB16 || interpretation == VIPS_INTERPRETATION_GREY16;
@@ -370,6 +397,10 @@ vips_init_image (void *buf, size_t len, int imageType, VipsImage **out) {
 #endif
 	} else if (imageType == MAGICK) {
 		code = vips_magickload_buffer(buf, len, out, "access", VIPS_ACCESS_RANDOM, NULL);
+#endif
+#if (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || (VIPS_MAJOR_VERSION == 8 && VIPS_MINOR_VERSION >= 8))
+	} else if (imageType == HEIF) {
+		code = vips_heifload_buffer(buf, len, out, "access", VIPS_ACCESS_RANDOM, NULL);
 #endif
 	}