diff --git a/lib/inspec/resource.rb b/lib/inspec/resource.rb
index 2d9dd7946..be2a4a8d4 100644
--- a/lib/inspec/resource.rb
+++ b/lib/inspec/resource.rb
@@ -74,3 +74,4 @@ require 'resources/yum'
 require 'resources/json'
 require 'resources/yaml'
 require 'resources/csv'
+require 'resources/ini'
diff --git a/lib/resources/ini.rb b/lib/resources/ini.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..345dabcb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/resources/ini.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+# author: Christoph Hartmann
+# author: Dominik Richter
+
+require 'utils/simpleconfig'
+
+# Parses a ini file
+# Usage:
+# descibe ini do
+#   its("auth_protocol") { should eq "https" }
+# end
+class IniConfig < JsonConfig
+  name 'ini'
+
+  # override file load and parse hash with simple config
+  def parse(content)
+    SimpleConfig.new(content).params
+  end
+
+  def to_s
+    "INI #{@path}"
+  end
+end