diff --git a/volatility/framework/layers/lime.py b/volatility/framework/layers/lime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c125390414
--- /dev/null
+++ b/volatility/framework/layers/lime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+"""
+Created on 6 Apr 2016
+
+@author: npetroni@volexity.com
+"""
+
+import struct
+
+from volatility.framework import interfaces, exceptions
+from volatility.framework.configuration import requirements
+
+class LimeFormatException(exceptions.LayerException):
+    """Thrown when an error occurs with the underlying Lime file format"""
+
+class LimeLayer(interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface):
+    """A Lime format TranslationLayer. Lime is generally used to store
+    physical memory images where there are large holes in the physical
+    address space"""
+
+    provides = {"type": "physical"}
+    priority = 21
+
+    MAGIC = 0x4c694d45
+    VERSION = 1
+
+    # Magic[4], Version[4], Start[8], End[8], Reserved[8]
+    # XXX move this to a custom SymbolSpace?
+    _header_struct = struct.Struct('<IIQQQ')
+
+    def __init__(self, context, config_path, name, base_layer):
+        interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface.__init__(self, context, config_path, name)
+
+        self._base_layer = base_layer
+
+        # list of tuples (logical start, base start, size)
+        # loaded by _load_segments() on first access
+        self._segments = []
+        self._minaddr = 0
+        self._maxaddr = 0
+
+    @property
+    def minimum_address(self):
+        return self._minaddr
+
+    @property
+    def maximum_address(self):
+        return self._maxaddr
+
+    def _load_segments(self):
+        base_layer = self._context.memory[self._base_layer]
+        base_maxaddr = base_layer.maximum_address
+        maxaddr = 0
+        offset = 0
+        header_size = self._header_struct.size
+        segments = []
+
+        while offset < base_maxaddr:
+            header_data = base_layer.read(offset, header_size)
+
+            (magic, version, start, end, reserved) = self._header_struct.unpack(header_data)
+            if magic != self.MAGIC:
+                raise LimeFormatException("bad magic 0x%x at file offset 0x%x" % (magic, offset))
+
+            if version != self.VERSION:
+                raise LimeFormatException("unexpected version %d at file offset 0x%x" % (version, offset))
+
+            if start < maxaddr or end < start:
+                raise LimeFormatException("bad start/end 0x%x/0x%x at file offset 0x%x" % (start, end, offset))
+
+            segment_length = end - start + 1
+            segments.append((start, offset + header_size, segment_length))
+            maxaddr = end
+            offset = offset + header_size + segment_length
+
+        if len(segments) == 0:
+            raise LimeFormatException("No LiME segments defined in " + self._base_layer)
+
+        self._segments = segments
+        self._minaddr = segments[0][0]
+        self._maxaddr = maxaddr
+
+
+    def _find_segment(self, offset):
+        """Finds the segment containing a given offset
+
+           Returns the segment tuple
+        """
+
+        if not self._segments:
+            self._load_segments()
+
+        for logical_start, base_start, size in self._segments:
+            if offset >= logical_start and offset < (logical_start + size):
+                return (logical_start, base_start, size)
+
+        raise exceptions.InvalidAddressException("Lime fault at address " + hex(offset))
+
+
+    def is_valid(self, offset, length = 1):
+        """Returns whether the address offset can be translated to a valid address"""
+        try:
+            return all([self._context.memory[self._base_layer].is_valid(mapped_offset) for _, mapped_offset, _, _ in
+                        self.mapping(offset, length)])
+        except exceptions.InvalidAddressException:
+            return False
+
+    def mapping(self, offset, length):
+        """Returns a sorted list of (offset, mapped_offset, length, layer) mappings"""
+        if length == 0:
+            logical_start, base_start, size = self._find_segment(offset)
+            mapped_offset = offset - logical_start + base_start
+            return [(offset, mapped_offset, 0, self._base_layer)]
+        result = []
+        while length > 0:
+            logical_start, base_start, size = self._find_segment(offset)
+            chunk_offset = offset - logical_start + base_start
+            chunk_size = min(size - (offset - logical_start), length)
+            result.append((offset, chunk_offset, chunk_size, self._base_layer))
+            length -= chunk_size
+            offset += chunk_size
+        return result
+
+    @property
+    def dependencies(self):
+        """Returns a list of the lower layers that this layer is dependent upon"""
+        return [self._base_layer]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_schema(cls):
+        return [requirements.TranslationLayerRequirement(name = 'base_layer',
+                                                         constraints = {"type": "physical"},
+                                                         optional = False)]