diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd7a25c..38fa3c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following image formats have read-only support:
 - Krita (kra)
 - OpenRaster (ora)
 - Pixar raster (pxr)
+- PlayStation graphics (tim)
 - Portable FloatMap/HalfMap (pfm, phm)
 - Photoshop documents (psd, psb, pdd, psdt)
 - Radiance HDR (hdr)
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ limit depends on the format encoding).
 - RAW: 65,535 x 65,535 pixels
 - RGB: 65,535 x 65,535 pixels
 - SCT: 300,000 x 300,000 pixels
+- TIM: 65,535 x 65,535 pixels
 - TGA: 65,535 x 65,535 pixels
 - XCF: 300,000 x 300,000 pixels
 
diff --git a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
index 145aea1..3fe173e 100644
--- a/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/autotests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ kimageformats_read_tests(
     ras
     rgb
     sct
+    tim
     tga
 )
 
diff --git a/autotests/ossfuzz/build_fuzzers.sh b/autotests/ossfuzz/build_fuzzers.sh
index 37f9919..d9082a0 100755
--- a/autotests/ossfuzz/build_fuzzers.sh
+++ b/autotests/ossfuzz/build_fuzzers.sh
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ HANDLER_TYPES="ANIHandler ani
         RAWHandler raw
         RGBHandler rgb
         ScitexHandler sct
+        TIMHandler tim
         TGAHandler tga
         XCFHandler xcf"
 
diff --git a/autotests/ossfuzz/kimgio_fuzzer.cc b/autotests/ossfuzz/kimgio_fuzzer.cc
index 82d0f94..e3408fa 100644
--- a/autotests/ossfuzz/kimgio_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/autotests/ossfuzz/kimgio_fuzzer.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   Usage:
     python infra/helper.py build_image kimageformats
     python infra/helper.py build_fuzzers --sanitizer undefined|address|memory kimageformats
-    python infra/helper.py run_fuzzer kimageformats kimgio_[ani|avif|dds|exr|hdr|heif|iff|jp2|jxl|jxr|kra|ora|pcx|pfm|pic|psd|pxr|qoi|ras|raw|rgb|sct|tga|xcf]_fuzzer
+    python infra/helper.py run_fuzzer kimageformats kimgio_[ani|avif|dds|exr|hdr|heif|iff|jp2|jxl|jxr|kra|ora|pcx|pfm|pic|psd|pxr|qoi|ras|raw|rgb|sct|tim|tga|xcf]_fuzzer
 */
 
 #include <QBuffer>
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "raw_p.h"
 #include "rgb_p.h"
 #include "sct_p.h"
+#include "tim_p.h"
 #include "tga_p.h"
 #include "xcf_p.h"
 
diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx4.png b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx4.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5c5a8
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx4.tim b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx4.tim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1fcb80
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx8.png b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx8.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06efdae
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx8.tim b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_idx8.tim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5227063
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb16.png b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb16.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..486d22f
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb16.tim b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb16.tim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6312cb
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb24.png b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb24.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c6431c
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diff --git a/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb24.tim b/autotests/read/tim/testcard_rgb24.tim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c6c7ea
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diff --git a/src/imageformats/CMakeLists.txt b/src/imageformats/CMakeLists.txt
index e02347f..12cc318 100644
--- a/src/imageformats/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/imageformats/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ kimageformats_add_plugin(kimg_sct SOURCES sct.cpp)
 
 ##################################
 
+kimageformats_add_plugin(kimg_tim SOURCES tim.cpp)
+
+##################################
+
 kimageformats_add_plugin(kimg_tga SOURCES tga.cpp microexif.cpp scanlineconverter.cpp)
 
 ##################################
diff --git a/src/imageformats/tim.cpp b/src/imageformats/tim.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..312886b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imageformats/tim.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,398 @@
+/*
+    This file is part of the KDE project
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Mirco Miranda <mircomir@outlook.com>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+
+#include "tim_p.h"
+#include "util_p.h"
+
+#include <QIODevice>
+#include <QImage>
+#include <QLoggingCategory>
+
+Q_DECLARE_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_TIMPLUGIN)
+Q_LOGGING_CATEGORY(LOG_TIMPLUGIN, "kf.imageformats.plugins.tim", QtWarningMsg)
+
+#define TYPE_4BPP 0 // never seen
+#define TYPE_IDX_4BPP 8
+#define TYPE_8BPP 1 // never seen
+#define TYPE_IDX_8BPP 9
+#define TYPE_16BPP 2
+#define TYPE_24BPP 3
+
+#define HEADER_SIZE 20
+
+class TIMHeader
+{
+private:
+    QByteArray m_rawHeader;
+
+    quint16 ui16(quint8 c1, quint8 c2) const {
+        return (quint16(c2) << 8) | quint16(c1);
+    }
+
+    quint32 ui32(quint8 c1, quint8 c2, quint8 c3, quint8 c4) const {
+        return (quint32(c4) << 24) | (quint32(c3) << 16) | (quint32(c2) << 8) | quint32(c1);
+    }
+
+public:
+    TIMHeader()
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    quint32 type() const
+    {
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() < HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return ui32(m_rawHeader.at(4), m_rawHeader.at(5), m_rawHeader.at(6), m_rawHeader.at(7)) & 0xF;
+    }
+
+    quint32 offset() const
+    {
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() < HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        auto o = quint32(HEADER_SIZE);
+        auto t = type();
+        if (t == TYPE_IDX_4BPP || t == TYPE_IDX_8BPP) { // indexed
+            o += ui32(m_rawHeader.at(8), m_rawHeader.at(9), m_rawHeader.at(10), m_rawHeader.at(11));
+        }
+        return o;
+    }
+
+    bool isValid(quint32 size = 0) const
+    {
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() < HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (size == 0) {
+            size = offset();
+        }
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() < size) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return (m_rawHeader.startsWith(QByteArray::fromRawData("\x10\x00\x00\x00", 4)));
+    }
+
+    bool isSupported() const
+    {
+        return format() != QImage::Format_Invalid;
+    }
+
+    qint32 width() const
+    {
+        auto strideLen = strideSize();
+        auto t = type();
+        if (t == TYPE_4BPP || t == TYPE_IDX_4BPP) {
+            return strideLen * 2;
+        }
+        if (t == TYPE_8BPP || t == TYPE_IDX_8BPP) {
+            return strideLen;
+        }
+        if (t == TYPE_24BPP) {
+            return strideLen / 3;
+        }
+        return strideLen / 2;
+    }
+
+    qint32 height() const
+    {
+        auto o = offset();
+        if (!isValid(o)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return qint32(ui16(m_rawHeader.at(o - 2), m_rawHeader.at(o - 1)));
+    }
+
+    QSize size() const
+    {
+        return QSize(width(), height());
+    }
+
+    QImage::Format format() const
+    {
+        auto t = type();
+        if (t == TYPE_IDX_4BPP || t == TYPE_IDX_8BPP || t == TYPE_4BPP) {
+            return QImage::Format_Indexed8;
+        }
+        if (t == TYPE_IDX_8BPP) {
+            return QImage::Format_Grayscale8;
+        }
+        if (t == TYPE_16BPP) {
+            return QImage::Format_RGB555;
+        }
+        if (t == TYPE_24BPP) {
+            return QImage::Format_RGB888;
+        }
+        return QImage::Format_Invalid;
+    }
+
+    quint32 strideSize() const
+    {
+        auto o = offset();
+        if (!isValid(o)) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return ui16(m_rawHeader.at(o - 4), m_rawHeader.at(o - 3)) * 2;
+    }
+
+    qint32 paletteColors() const
+    {
+        if (this->format() != QImage::Format_Indexed8) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return qint32(ui16(m_rawHeader.at(16), m_rawHeader.at(17)));
+    }
+
+    qint32 paletteCount() const
+    {
+        if (this->format() != QImage::Format_Indexed8) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return qint32(ui16(m_rawHeader.at(18), m_rawHeader.at(19)));
+    }
+
+    QList<QRgb> palette() const
+    {
+        if (format() != QImage::Format_Indexed8) {
+            return {};
+        }
+
+        // 4bpp without CLUT is treated  as indexed
+        if (type() == TYPE_4BPP) {
+            QList<QRgb> pal;
+            for (auto i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+                auto v = i * 17;
+                pal << qRgb(v, v, v);
+            }
+            return pal;
+        }
+
+        // read the first paette only
+        auto len = paletteColors();
+        if (!isValid(HEADER_SIZE + len * 2)) {
+            return {};
+        }
+        QList<QRgb> clut;
+        for (auto i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
+            auto v = ui16(m_rawHeader.at(HEADER_SIZE + i * 2), m_rawHeader.at(HEADER_SIZE + i * 2 + 1));
+            // in some specs, the bit 15 is the alpha but with the image sample used, transparencies appear
+            // where there shouldn't be any (so, disabled for now)
+            clut << qRgba((v & 0x1F) * 255 / 31, ((v >> 5) & 0x1F) * 255 / 31, ((v >> 10) & 0x1F) * 255 / 31, 255);
+        }
+        return clut;
+    }
+
+    bool read(QIODevice *d)
+    {
+        m_rawHeader = d->read(HEADER_SIZE);
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() != HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        auto o = offset() - HEADER_SIZE;
+        if (o > kMaxQVectorSize - HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        m_rawHeader.append(d->read(o));
+        return isValid();
+    }
+
+    bool peek(QIODevice *d)
+    {
+        m_rawHeader = d->peek(HEADER_SIZE);
+        if (m_rawHeader.size() != HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        auto o = offset();
+        if (o > kMaxQVectorSize - HEADER_SIZE) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (o > m_rawHeader.size()) {
+            m_rawHeader = d->peek(o);
+        }
+        return isValid();
+    }
+
+    bool jumpToImageData(QIODevice *d) const
+    {
+        if (d->isSequential()) {
+            if (auto sz = std::max(offset() - quint32(m_rawHeader.size()), quint32())) {
+                return d->read(sz).size() == sz;
+            }
+            return true;
+        }
+        return d->seek(offset());
+    }
+};
+
+class TIMHandlerPrivate
+{
+public:
+    TIMHandlerPrivate() {}
+    ~TIMHandlerPrivate() {}
+
+    TIMHeader m_header;
+};
+
+TIMHandler::TIMHandler()
+    : QImageIOHandler()
+    , d(new TIMHandlerPrivate)
+{
+}
+
+bool TIMHandler::canRead() const
+{
+    if (canRead(device())) {
+        setFormat("tim");
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool TIMHandler::canRead(QIODevice *device)
+{
+    if (!device) {
+        qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::canRead() called with no device";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    TIMHeader h;
+    if (!h.peek(device)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return h.isSupported();
+}
+
+bool TIMHandler::read(QImage *image)
+{
+    auto&& header = d->m_header;
+
+    if (!header.read(device())) {
+        qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::read() invalid header";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto img = imageAlloc(header.size(), header.format());
+    if (img.isNull()) {
+        qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::read() error while allocating the image";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    if (img.format() == QImage::Format_Indexed8) {
+        auto pal = header.palette();
+        if (pal.isEmpty()) {
+            qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::read() error while reading the palette";
+            return false;
+        }
+        img.setColorTable(pal);
+    }
+
+    auto d = device();
+    if (!header.jumpToImageData(d)) {
+        qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::read() error while seeking image data";
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    auto size = std::min(img.bytesPerLine(), qsizetype(header.strideSize()));
+    QByteArray tmpBuff;
+    auto conv_4bpp = (header.type() == TYPE_4BPP || header.type() == TYPE_IDX_4BPP);
+    if (conv_4bpp && size * 2 <= img.bytesPerLine()) {
+        tmpBuff.resize(size);
+    }
+    for (auto y = 0, h = img.height(); y < h; ++y) {
+        auto line = reinterpret_cast<char*>(img.scanLine(y));
+        auto tbuf = tmpBuff.isEmpty() ? line : tmpBuff.data();
+        if (d->read(tbuf, size) != size) {
+            qCWarning(LOG_TIMPLUGIN) << "TIMHandler::read() error while reading image scanline";
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (conv_4bpp) {
+            for (auto x = 0, w = qint32(tmpBuff.size()); x < w; ++x) {
+                auto &&v = tmpBuff.at(x);
+                line[x * 2 + 1] = (v >> 4) & 0xF;
+                line[x * 2] = v & 0xF;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (img.format() == QImage::Format_RGB555) {
+        img.rgbSwap();
+    }
+
+    *image = img;
+    return true;
+}
+
+bool TIMHandler::supportsOption(ImageOption option) const
+{
+    if (option == QImageIOHandler::Size) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    if (option == QImageIOHandler::ImageFormat) {
+        return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+QVariant TIMHandler::option(ImageOption option) const
+{
+    QVariant v;
+
+    if (option == QImageIOHandler::Size) {
+        auto&& h = d->m_header;
+        if (h.isValid()) {
+            v = QVariant::fromValue(h.size());
+        } else if (auto d = device()) {
+            if (h.peek(d)) {
+                v = QVariant::fromValue(h.size());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (option == QImageIOHandler::ImageFormat) {
+        auto&& h = d->m_header;
+        if (h.isValid()) {
+            v = QVariant::fromValue(h.format());
+        } else if (auto d = device()) {
+            if (h.peek(d)) {
+                v = QVariant::fromValue(h.format());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return v;
+}
+
+QImageIOPlugin::Capabilities TIMPlugin::capabilities(QIODevice *device, const QByteArray &format) const
+{
+    if (format == "tim") {
+        return Capabilities(CanRead);
+    }
+    if (!format.isEmpty()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+    if (!device->isOpen()) {
+        return {};
+    }
+
+    Capabilities cap;
+    if (device->isReadable() && TIMHandler::canRead(device)) {
+        cap |= CanRead;
+    }
+    return cap;
+}
+
+QImageIOHandler *TIMPlugin::create(QIODevice *device, const QByteArray &format) const
+{
+    QImageIOHandler *handler = new TIMHandler;
+    handler->setDevice(device);
+    handler->setFormat(format);
+    return handler;
+}
+
+#include "moc_tim_p.cpp"
diff --git a/src/imageformats/tim.json b/src/imageformats/tim.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04371a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imageformats/tim.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "Keys": [ "tim" ],
+    "MimeTypes": [ "image/x-tim" ]
+}
diff --git a/src/imageformats/tim_p.h b/src/imageformats/tim_p.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2494f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/imageformats/tim_p.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+    This file is part of the KDE project
+    SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Mirco Miranda <mircomir@outlook.com>
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.0-or-later
+*/
+
+#ifndef KIMG_TIM_P_H
+#define KIMG_TIM_P_H
+
+#include <QImageIOPlugin>
+#include <QScopedPointer>
+
+class TIMHandlerPrivate;
+class TIMHandler : public QImageIOHandler
+{
+public:
+    TIMHandler();
+
+    bool canRead() const override;
+    bool read(QImage *image) override;
+
+    bool supportsOption(QImageIOHandler::ImageOption option) const override;
+    QVariant option(QImageIOHandler::ImageOption option) const override;
+
+    static bool canRead(QIODevice *device);
+
+private:
+    const QScopedPointer<TIMHandlerPrivate> d;
+};
+
+class TIMPlugin : public QImageIOPlugin
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+    Q_PLUGIN_METADATA(IID "org.qt-project.Qt.QImageIOHandlerFactoryInterface" FILE "tim.json")
+
+public:
+    Capabilities capabilities(QIODevice *device, const QByteArray &format) const override;
+    QImageIOHandler *create(QIODevice *device, const QByteArray &format = QByteArray()) const override;
+};
+
+#endif // KIMG_TIM_P_H