diff --git a/libs/ardour/ardour/ebur128_analysis.h b/libs/ardour/ardour/ebur128_analysis.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..325ed76c2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ardour/ardour/ebur128_analysis.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2015 Robin Gareus
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#ifndef __ardour_ebur128_analysis_h__
+#define __ardour_ebur128_analysis_h__
+
+#include "ardour/audioanalyser.h"
+#include "ardour/readable.h"
+
+namespace ARDOUR {
+
+class AudioSource;
+class Session;
+
+class LIBARDOUR_API EBUr128Analysis : public AudioAnalyser
+{
+public:
+	EBUr128Analysis (float sample_rate);
+	~EBUr128Analysis();
+
+	int run (Readable*);
+
+	float loudness () const { return _loudness; }
+	float loudness_range () const { return _loudness_range; }
+
+protected:
+	int use_features (Vamp::Plugin::FeatureSet&, std::ostream*);
+
+private:
+	float _loudness;
+	float _loudness_range;
+
+};
+
+} /* namespace */
+
+#endif /* __ardour_audioanalyser_h__ */
diff --git a/libs/ardour/ebur128_analysis.cc b/libs/ardour/ebur128_analysis.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ddf004adf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ardour/ebur128_analysis.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2015 Robin Gareus
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#include <cmath>
+#include "ardour/ebur128_analysis.h"
+
+#include "i18n.h"
+
+using namespace Vamp;
+using namespace ARDOUR;
+using namespace std;
+
+/* need a static initializer function for this */
+
+EBUr128Analysis::EBUr128Analysis (float sr)
+	: AudioAnalyser (sr, X_("libardourvampplugins:ebur128"))
+	, _loudness (0)
+	, _loudness_range (0)
+{
+}
+
+EBUr128Analysis::~EBUr128Analysis()
+{
+}
+
+int
+EBUr128Analysis::run (Readable* src)
+{
+	int ret = -1;
+	bool done = false;
+	framecnt_t len = src->readable_length();
+	framepos_t pos = 0;
+	uint32_t n_channels = src->n_channels();
+	Plugin::FeatureSet features;
+
+	plugin->reset ();
+	if (!plugin->initialise (n_channels, stepsize, bufsize)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	float** bufs = (float**) malloc(n_channels * sizeof(float*));
+	for (uint32_t c = 0; c < n_channels; ++c) {
+		bufs[c] = (float*) malloc(bufsize * sizeof(float));
+	}
+
+	while (!done) {
+		framecnt_t to_read;
+		to_read = min ((len - pos), (framecnt_t) bufsize);
+
+		for (uint32_t c = 0; c < n_channels; ++c) {
+			if (src->read (bufs[c], pos, to_read, c) != to_read) {
+				goto out;
+			}
+			/* zero fill buffer if necessary */
+			if (to_read != bufsize) {
+				memset (bufs[c] + to_read, 0, (bufsize - to_read) * sizeof (float));
+			}
+		}
+
+		plugin->process (bufs, RealTime::fromSeconds ((double) pos / sample_rate));
+
+		pos += min (stepsize, to_read);
+
+		if (pos >= len) {
+			done = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	features = plugin->getRemainingFeatures ();
+
+	if (use_features (features, 0)) {
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+out:
+	for (uint32_t c = 0; c < n_channels; ++c) {
+		free (bufs[c]);
+	}
+	free (bufs);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int
+EBUr128Analysis::use_features (Plugin::FeatureSet& features, ostream* out)
+{
+	if (features.empty() || features.size() != 2) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+	_loudness = features[0][0].values[0];
+	_loudness_range = features[1][0].values[0];
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libs/ardour/wscript b/libs/ardour/wscript
index dccdd30345..c0ef56b7e3 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/wscript
+++ b/libs/ardour/wscript
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ libardour_sources = [
         'delivery.cc',
         'directory_names.cc',
         'diskstream.cc',
+        'ebur128_analysis.cc',
         'element_import_handler.cc',
         'element_importer.cc',
         'engine_slave.cc',