diff --git a/pyannote/database/loader.py b/pyannote/database/loader.py
index e6a0150..c618bd2 100644
--- a/pyannote/database/loader.py
+++ b/pyannote/database/loader.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 from typing import Text
 from pathlib import Path
 import string
-from pyannote.database.util import load_rttm, load_uem
+from pyannote.database.util import load_rttm, load_uem, load_lab
 import pandas as pd
 from pyannote.core import Segment, Timeline, Annotation
 from pyannote.database import ProtocolFile
@@ -187,6 +187,42 @@ def __call__(self, file: ProtocolFile) -> Timeline:
         return self.loaded_[uri]
 
 
+class LABLoader:
+    """LAB loader
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    path : str
+        Path to LAB file with mandatory {uri} placeholder.
+        (e.g. "/path/to/{uri}.lab")
+
+        each .lab file contains the segments for a single audio file, in the following format:
+        start end label
+
+        ex.
+        0.0 12.3456 sing
+        12.3456 15.0 nosing
+        ...
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, path: Text = None):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.path = str(path)
+        
+        _, placeholders, _, _ = zip(*string.Formatter().parse(self.path))
+        self.placeholders_ = set(placeholders) - set([None])
+        if "uri" not in self.placeholders_:
+            raise ValueError("`path` must contain the {uri} placeholder.")
+        
+    def __call__(self, file: ProtocolFile) -> Annotation:
+
+        uri = file["uri"]
+
+        sub_file = {key: file[key] for key in self.placeholders_}
+        return load_lab(self.path.format(**sub_file), uri=uri)
+
+
 class CTMLoader:
     """CTM loader
 
diff --git a/pyannote/database/util.py b/pyannote/database/util.py
index 06b67f7..d42ff09 100644
--- a/pyannote/database/util.py
+++ b/pyannote/database/util.py
@@ -382,6 +382,30 @@ def load_uem(file_uem):
 
     return timelines
 
+def load_lab(path, uri: str = None) -> Annotation:
+    """Load LAB file
+
+    Parameter
+    ---------
+    file_lab : `str`
+        Path to LAB file
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    data : `pyannote.core.Annotation`
+    """
+    
+    names = ["start", "end", "label"]
+    dtype = {"start": float, "end": float, "label": str}
+    data = pd.read_csv(path, names=names, dtype=dtype, delim_whitespace=True)
+
+    annotation = Annotation(uri=uri)
+    for i, turn in data.iterrows():
+        segment = Segment(turn.start, turn.end)
+        annotation[segment, i] = turn.label
+
+    return annotation
+
 
 def load_lst(file_lst):
     """Load LST file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 59ec3c6..b77de9b 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
             ".uem = pyannote.database.loader:UEMLoader",
             ".ctm = pyannote.database.loader:CTMLoader",
             ".map = pyannote.database.loader:MAPLoader",
+            ".lab = pyannote.database.loader:LABLoader"
         ],
     },
     # versioneer