diff --git a/lib/file_type.ex b/lib/file_type.ex
index 1d324d7..a890383 100644
--- a/lib/file_type.ex
+++ b/lib/file_type.ex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule FileType do
   @moduledoc """
   Detect the MIME type of a file based on it's content.
   """
+require Logger
 
   import FileType.Utils.Hex
 
@@ -66,6 +67,58 @@ defmodule FileType do
     end
   end
 
+  @spec from_binary(binary()) :: result()
+  def from_binary(binary) when is_binary(binary) do
+    with {:ok, data} <- read_binary(binary, @required_bytes),
+        {:ok, type} <- detect(binary, data) do
+      {:ok, type}
+    else
+      :eof -> {:error, :unrecognized}
+      {:error, reason} -> {:error, reason}
+    end
+  end
+
+  def from_binary(_binary) do
+    Logger.warning("Binary is too short to detect file type")
+    {:error, :unrecognized}
+  end
+
+
+  defp read_binary(binary, position \\ 0, byte_count)
+
+  defp read_binary(binary, 0, byte_count) do
+    data = if byte_count < byte_size(binary) do
+      <<data::binary-size(byte_count), _rest::binary>> = binary
+      data
+    else
+      binary
+    end
+
+
+    case FileType.ID3.position(data) do
+      0 -> {:ok, data}
+      new_position ->
+        IO.inspect(new_position, label: "position")
+        read_binary(binary, new_position, byte_count)
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp read_binary(binary, position, byte_count) do
+    data = if byte_count + position < byte_size(binary) do
+      <<_::binary-size(position), data::binary-size(byte_count), _rest::binary>> = binary
+      data
+    else
+      if position < byte_size(binary) do
+      <<_::binary-size(position), data::binary>> = binary
+        data
+      else
+        binary
+      end
+    end
+
+    {:ok, data}
+  end
+
   @doc """
   Format an error returned by this library.
 
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 247fa79..b61b749 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 %{
-  "benchee": {:hex, :benchee, "1.0.1", "66b211f9bfd84bd97e6d1beaddf8fc2312aaabe192f776e8931cb0c16f53a521", [:mix], [{:deep_merge, "~> 1.0", [hex: :deep_merge, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "3ad58ae787e9c7c94dd7ceda3b587ec2c64604563e049b2a0e8baafae832addb"},
+  "benchee": {:hex, :benchee, "1.3.0", "f64e3b64ad3563fa9838146ddefb2d2f94cf5b473bdfd63f5ca4d0657bf96694", [:mix], [{:deep_merge, "~> 1.0", [hex: :deep_merge, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:statistex, "~> 1.0", [hex: :statistex, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:table, "~> 0.1.0", [hex: :table, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "34f4294068c11b2bd2ebf2c59aac9c7da26ffa0068afdf3419f1b176e16c5f81"},
   "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "2.5.2", "b7cfeae9d2ed395695dd8201c57a2d019c0c43ecaf8b8bcb9320b40d6662f340", [:rebar3], [{:parse_trans, "~>3.3", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "3b3b5f36493004ac3455966991eaf6e768ce9884693d9968055aeeeb1e575040"},
   "deep_merge": {:hex, :deep_merge, "1.0.0", "b4aa1a0d1acac393bdf38b2291af38cb1d4a52806cf7a4906f718e1feb5ee961", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "ce708e5f094b9cd4e8f2be4f00d2f4250c4095be93f8cd6d018c753894885430"},
   "dialyxir": {:hex, :dialyxir, "1.0.0", "6a1fa629f7881a9f5aaf3a78f094b2a51a0357c843871b8bc98824e7342d00a5", [:mix], [{:erlex, ">= 0.2.6", [hex: :erlex, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "aeb06588145fac14ca08d8061a142d52753dbc2cf7f0d00fc1013f53f8654654"},
   "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.10", "6603d7a603b9c18d3d20db69921527f82ef09990885ed7525003c7fe7dc86c56", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "8e2d5370b732385db2c9b22215c3f59c84ac7dda7ed7e544d7c459496ae519c0"},
   "erlex": {:hex, :erlex, "0.2.6", "c7987d15e899c7a2f34f5420d2a2ea0d659682c06ac607572df55a43753aa12e", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "2ed2e25711feb44d52b17d2780eabf998452f6efda104877a3881c2f8c0c0c75"},
   "ex_doc": {:hex, :ex_doc, "0.23.0", "a069bc9b0bf8efe323ecde8c0d62afc13d308b1fa3d228b65bca5cf8703a529d", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.0", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:makeup_elixir, "~> 0.14", [hex: :makeup_elixir, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "f5e2c4702468b2fd11b10d39416ddadd2fcdd173ba2a0285ebd92c39827a5a16"},
-  "excoveralls": {:hex, :excoveralls, "0.13.3", "edc5f69218f84c2bf61b3609a22ddf1cec0fbf7d1ba79e59f4c16d42ea4347ed", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.16", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "cc26f48d2f68666380b83d8aafda0fffc65dafcc8d8650358e0b61f6a99b1154"},
+  "excoveralls": {:hex, :excoveralls, "0.18.1", "a6f547570c6b24ec13f122a5634833a063aec49218f6fff27de9df693a15588c", [:mix], [{:castore, "~> 1.0", [hex: :castore, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "d65f79db146bb20399f23046015974de0079668b9abb2f5aac074d078da60b8d"},
   "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.16.0", "5096ac8e823e3a441477b2d187e30dd3fff1a82991a806b2003845ce72ce2d84", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "2.5.2", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "6.0.1", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "~>1.1", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:parse_trans, "3.3.0", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.6", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "3bf0bebbd5d3092a3543b783bf065165fa5d3ad4b899b836810e513064134e18"},
   "idna": {:hex, :idna, "6.0.1", "1d038fb2e7668ce41fbf681d2c45902e52b3cb9e9c77b55334353b222c2ee50c", [:rebar3], [{:unicode_util_compat, "0.5.0", [hex: :unicode_util_compat, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "a02c8a1c4fd601215bb0b0324c8a6986749f807ce35f25449ec9e69758708122"},
-  "jason": {:hex, :jason, "1.2.2", "ba43e3f2709fd1aa1dce90aaabfd039d000469c05c56f0b8e31978e03fa39052", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "18a228f5f0058ee183f29f9eae0805c6e59d61c3b006760668d8d18ff0d12179"},
+  "jason": {:hex, :jason, "1.4.1", "af1504e35f629ddcdd6addb3513c3853991f694921b1b9368b0bd32beb9f1b63", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "fbb01ecdfd565b56261302f7e1fcc27c4fb8f32d56eab74db621fc154604a7a1"},
   "makeup": {:hex, :makeup, "1.0.5", "d5a830bc42c9800ce07dd97fa94669dfb93d3bf5fcf6ea7a0c67b2e0e4a7f26c", [:mix], [{:nimble_parsec, "~> 0.5 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :nimble_parsec, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "cfa158c02d3f5c0c665d0af11512fed3fba0144cf1aadee0f2ce17747fba2ca9"},
   "makeup_elixir": {:hex, :makeup_elixir, "0.15.0", "98312c9f0d3730fde4049985a1105da5155bfe5c11e47bdc7406d88e01e4219b", [:mix], [{:makeup, "~> 1.0", [hex: :makeup, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:nimble_parsec, "~> 1.1", [hex: :nimble_parsec, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "75ffa34ab1056b7e24844c90bfc62aaf6f3a37a15faa76b07bc5eba27e4a8b4a"},
   "metrics": {:hex, :metrics, "1.0.1", "25f094dea2cda98213cecc3aeff09e940299d950904393b2a29d191c346a8486", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "69b09adddc4f74a40716ae54d140f93beb0fb8978d8636eaded0c31b6f099f16"},
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@
   "nimble_parsec": {:hex, :nimble_parsec, "1.1.0", "3a6fca1550363552e54c216debb6a9e95bd8d32348938e13de5eda962c0d7f89", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "08eb32d66b706e913ff748f11694b17981c0b04a33ef470e33e11b3d3ac8f54b"},
   "parse_trans": {:hex, :parse_trans, "3.3.0", "09765507a3c7590a784615cfd421d101aec25098d50b89d7aa1d66646bc571c1", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "17ef63abde837ad30680ea7f857dd9e7ced9476cdd7b0394432af4bfc241b960"},
   "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.6", "cf344f5692c82d2cd7554f5ec8fd961548d4fd09e7d22f5b62482e5aeaebd4b0", [:make, :mix, :rebar3], [], "hexpm", "bdb0d2471f453c88ff3908e7686f86f9be327d065cc1ec16fa4540197ea04680"},
+  "statistex": {:hex, :statistex, "1.0.0", "f3dc93f3c0c6c92e5f291704cf62b99b553253d7969e9a5fa713e5481cd858a5", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "ff9d8bee7035028ab4742ff52fc80a2aa35cece833cf5319009b52f1b5a86c27"},
   "unicode_util_compat": {:hex, :unicode_util_compat, "0.5.0", "8516502659002cec19e244ebd90d312183064be95025a319a6c7e89f4bccd65b", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "d48d002e15f5cc105a696cf2f1bbb3fc72b4b770a184d8420c8db20da2674b38"},
 }
diff --git a/test/support/fixture.ex b/test/support/fixture.ex
index cc9a467..46c63d3 100644
--- a/test/support/fixture.ex
+++ b/test/support/fixture.ex
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 defmodule FileType.Fixture do
   defmacro fixture(filename) do
     quote do
-      test unquote(filename), %{describe: mime} do
+      test unquote(filename <> " from path"), %{describe: mime} do
         "." <> ext = Path.extname(unquote(filename))
         path = Path.join("test/fixtures", unquote(filename))
         assert {:ok, {ext, mime}} = FileType.from_path(path)
       end
+
+
+      test unquote(filename <> " from binary"), %{describe: mime} do
+        "." <> ext = Path.extname(unquote(filename))
+        path = Path.join("test/fixtures", unquote(filename))
+        file = File.open!(path)
+        contents = IO.binread(file, 2_000_000)
+        assert {:ok, {ext, mime}} = FileType.from_binary(contents)
+      end
     end
   end
 end