diff --git a/wakatime/project.py b/wakatime/project.py
index 783f2cb..e27a219 100644
--- a/wakatime/project.py
+++ b/wakatime/project.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
+from .projects.wakatime import WakaTime
 from .projects.git import Git
 from .projects.mercurial import Mercurial
 from .projects.subversion import Subversion
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ from .projects.subversion import Subversion
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 PLUGINS = [
+    WakaTime,
     Git,
     Mercurial,
     Subversion,
diff --git a/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dd92ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wakatime/projects/wakatime.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+    wakatime.projects.wakatime
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+    Information from a .wakatime-project file about the project for
+    a given file.
+
+    :copyright: (c) 2013 Alan Hamlett.
+    :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os
+
+from .base import BaseProject
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class WakaTime(BaseProject):
+
+    def process(self):
+        self.config = self._find_config(self.path)
+        if self.config:
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def name(self):
+        project_name = None
+        try:
+            with open(self.config) as fh:
+                project_name = fh.readline().strip()
+        except IOError as e:
+            log.exception("Exception:")
+        return project_name
+
+    def branch(self):
+        return None
+
+    def _find_config(self, path):
+        path = os.path.realpath(path)
+        if os.path.isfile(path):
+            path = os.path.split(path)[0]
+        if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, '.wakatime-project')):
+            return os.path.join(path, '.wakatime-project')
+        split_path = os.path.split(path)
+        if split_path[1] == '':
+            return None
+        return self._find_config(split_path[0])