diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67ecfe0..bb5daa1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ FFWebP is a command line utility for converting images between multiple formats.
 ## Features
 
 - Pure Go implementation with no external runtime dependencies
-- Supports AVIF, BMP, GIF, ICO, JPEG, JPEGXL, PNG, PNM (PBM/PGM/PPM/PAM), PSD (no encoding), TIFF and WebP
+- Supports AVIF, BMP, GIF, ICO, JPEG, JPEGXL, PNG, PNM (PBM/PGM/PPM/PAM), PSD (no encoding), TGA, TIFF and WebP
 - Lossy or lossless output with configurable quality
 - Output codec selected from the output file extension when `--codec` is omitted
 - Full set of format-specific flags for every supported format (see `ffwebp --help`)
diff --git a/cmd/ffwebp/main.go b/cmd/ffwebp/main.go
index 3f11e54..11775c6 100644
--- a/cmd/ffwebp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ffwebp/main.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func run(_ context.Context, cmd *cli.Command) error {
 		logx.Printf("reading input from <stdin>\n")
 	}
 
-	sniffed, reader, err := codec.Sniff(reader)
+	sniffed, reader, err := codec.Sniff(reader, input)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 91a8b94..589743c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.24.5
 require github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.3.8
 
 require (
+	github.com/ftrvxmtrx/tga v0.0.0-20150524081124-bd8e8d5be13a
 	github.com/gen2brain/avif v0.4.4
 	github.com/gen2brain/jpegxl v0.4.5
 	github.com/gen2brain/webp v0.5.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 84fdc0f..1864386 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.3 h1:K+0AjQp63JEZTEMZiwsI9g0+hAMNohwUOtY0RPGexmc=
 github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.8.3/go.mod h1:iIjxzd6CiRiOG0UyXP+V1+jWqUXVjPKLAI0mRfJZTmQ=
+github.com/ftrvxmtrx/tga v0.0.0-20150524081124-bd8e8d5be13a h1:eSqaRmdlZ9JsJ7JuWfDr3ym3monToXRczohBOL+heVQ=
+github.com/ftrvxmtrx/tga v0.0.0-20150524081124-bd8e8d5be13a/go.mod h1:US5WvgEHtG+BvWNNs6gk937h0QL2g2x+r7RH8m3g80Y=
 github.com/gen2brain/avif v0.4.4 h1:Ga/ss7qcWWQm2bxFpnjYjhJsNfZrWs5RsyklgFjKRSE=
 github.com/gen2brain/avif v0.4.4/go.mod h1:/XCaJcjZraQwKVhpu9aEd9aLOssYOawLvhMBtmHVGqk=
 github.com/gen2brain/jpegxl v0.4.5 h1:TWpVEn5xkIfsswzkjHBArd0Cc9AE0tbjBSoa0jDsrbo=
diff --git a/internal/builtins/tga.go b/internal/builtins/tga.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5f1364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/builtins/tga.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build tga || full
+// +build tga full
+
+package builtins
+
+import (
+	_ "github.com/coalaura/ffwebp/internal/codec/tga"
+)
diff --git a/internal/codec/detect.go b/internal/codec/detect.go
index 6d7c862..3262a9b 100644
--- a/internal/codec/detect.go
+++ b/internal/codec/detect.go
@@ -29,7 +29,19 @@ func (s *Sniffed) String() string {
 	return builder.String()
 }
 
-func Sniff(reader io.Reader) (*Sniffed, io.Reader, error) {
+func Sniff(reader io.Reader, input string) (*Sniffed, io.Reader, error) {
+	ext := strings.ToLower(strings.TrimPrefix(filepath.Ext(input), "."))
+	if ext != "" {
+		codec, _ := FindCodec(ext)
+		if codec != nil {
+			return &Sniffed{
+				Header:     []byte("." + ext),
+				Confidence: 100,
+				Codec:      codec,
+			}, reader, nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	buf, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
diff --git a/internal/codec/tga/tga.go b/internal/codec/tga/tga.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..781a01a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/codec/tga/tga.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package tga
+
+import (
+	"image"
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/ftrvxmtrx/tga"
+
+	"github.com/coalaura/ffwebp/internal/codec"
+	"github.com/coalaura/ffwebp/internal/opts"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	codec.Register(impl{})
+}
+
+type impl struct{}
+
+func (impl) String() string {
+	return "tga"
+}
+
+func (impl) Extensions() []string {
+	return []string{"tga"}
+}
+
+func (impl) CanEncode() bool {
+	return true
+}
+
+func (impl) Flags(flags []cli.Flag) []cli.Flag {
+	return flags
+}
+
+func (impl) Sniff(reader io.ReaderAt) (int, []byte, error) {
+	buf := make([]byte, 3)
+
+	if _, err := reader.ReadAt(buf, 0); err != nil {
+		return 0, nil, err
+	}
+
+	colorMapType := buf[1]
+
+	if colorMapType > 1 {
+		return 0, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	validImageTypes := map[byte]bool{
+		0:  true, // no image data
+		1:  true, // colormapped, uncompressed
+		2:  true, // truecolor, uncompressed
+		3:  true, // grayscale, uncompressed
+		9:  true, // colormapped, RLE
+		10: true, // truecolor, RLE
+		11: true, // grayscale, RLE
+	}
+
+	imageType := buf[2]
+
+	if !validImageTypes[imageType] {
+		return 0, nil, nil
+	}
+
+	header := make([]byte, 3)
+	copy(header, buf)
+
+	return 100, header, nil
+}
+
+func (impl) Decode(reader io.Reader) (image.Image, error) {
+	return tga.Decode(reader)
+}
+
+func (impl) Encode(writer io.Writer, img image.Image, _ opts.Common) error {
+	return tga.Encode(writer, img)
+}
diff --git a/test/image.tga b/test/image.tga
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88dadb9
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/image.tga differ