diff --git a/lib/poise_file/resources/poise_file.rb b/lib/poise_file/resources/poise_file.rb
index 8b03d37..5b11550 100644
--- a/lib/poise_file/resources/poise_file.rb
+++ b/lib/poise_file/resources/poise_file.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ def default_format
           case path
           when /\.json$/
             'json'
+          when /\.ini$/
+            'ini'
           when /\.ya?ml$/
             'yaml'
           else
@@ -213,6 +215,20 @@ def content_for_format
             require 'chef/json_compat'
             # Make sure we include the trailing newline because YAML has one.
             Chef::JSONCompat.to_json_pretty(@new_resource.content) + "\n"
+          when 'ini'
+            require 'iniparse'
+            IniParse.gen do |doc|
+              serializer = lambda do |key, value|
+                if value.kind_of? Hash
+                  doc.section(key) do |s|
+                    value.each_pair(&serializer)
+                  end
+                else
+                  doc.option(key, value)
+                end
+              end
+              @new_resource.content.to_hash.each_pair(&serializer)
+            end.to_ini
           when 'yaml'
             require 'yaml'
             YAML.dump(@new_resource.content)
diff --git a/poise-file.gemspec b/poise-file.gemspec
index 5cec165..9ac78d8 100644
--- a/poise-file.gemspec
+++ b/poise-file.gemspec
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 
   spec.add_dependency 'chef', '>= 12.1', '< 14'
   spec.add_dependency 'halite', '~> 1.0'
+  spec.add_dependency 'iniparse', '~> 1.4'
   spec.add_dependency 'poise', '~> 2.0'
 
   spec.add_development_dependency 'poise-boiler', '~> 1.0'
diff --git a/test/cookbook/recipes/default.rb b/test/cookbook/recipes/default.rb
index d72ea3b..cacaaf0 100644
--- a/test/cookbook/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/test/cookbook/recipes/default.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
   content 'here' => 'is my spout', 'when' => ['I', 'get', 'all', 'steamed', 'up']
 end
 
+poise_file '/poise_test.ini' do
+  content 'here' => 'is my spout', 'when' => ['I', 'get', 'all', 'steamed', 'up']
+end
+
 file '/poise_test_pattern' do
   content "I must shout\ntip me over\n"
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb b/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb
index 3c51a91..d478321 100644
--- a/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb
+++ b/test/integration/default/serverspec/default_spec.rb
@@ -48,6 +48,20 @@
 EOH
 end
 
+describe file('/poise_test.ini') do
+  it { is_expected.to be_a_file }
+  its(:content) { is_expected.to eq <<-EOH }
+---
+here: is my spout
+when:
+- I
+- get
+- all
+- steamed
+- up
+EOH
+end
+
 describe file('/poise_test_pattern') do
   it { is_expected.to be_a_file }
   its(:content) { is_expected.to eq "I must yell\ntip me over\n" }
diff --git a/test/spec/resources/poise_file_spec.rb b/test/spec/resources/poise_file_spec.rb
index 89e297c..6bb69c6 100644
--- a/test/spec/resources/poise_file_spec.rb
+++ b/test/spec/resources/poise_file_spec.rb
@@ -61,6 +61,16 @@
       its(['test.json']) { is_expected.to eq "foo\nbar\n" }
     end # /context with a .json path but string content
 
+    context 'with a .ini path' do
+      recipe(subject: false) do
+        poise_file "#{node['temp_path']}/test.ini" do
+          content 'foo' => { 'bar' => 'baz' }
+        end
+      end
+
+      its(['test.ini']) { is_expected.to eq %Q(foo = bar\n) }
+    end # /context with a .ini path
+
     context 'with a .yaml path' do
       recipe(subject: false) do
         poise_file "#{node['temp_path']}/test.yaml" do