diff --git a/examples/gwas.gwas b/examples/gwas.gwas
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+++ b/examples/gwas.gwas
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+CHR	BP	SNP	P	BETA	SE	MAF
+X	3001200	rs100001	2.5e-09	0.62	0.09	0.21
+X	3003450	rs100002	7.8e-08	0.55	0.10	0.23
+X	3007890	rs100003	1.1e-06	0.41	0.08	0.27
+X	3009990	rs100004	4.3e-05	0.33	0.08	0.30
+X	3032100	rs100005	9.2e-10	0.71	0.11	0.18
+X	3045600	rs100006	3.4e-08	0.59	0.10	0.20
+X	3060200	rs100007	6.7e-07	0.48	0.09	0.25
+X	3078500	rs100008	1.9e-05	0.36	0.08	0.29
+X	3100400	rs100009	8.8e-06	-0.40	0.09	0.26
+X	3150000	rs100010	2.2e-07	-0.52	0.10	0.22
+X	3195000	rs100011	1.5e-09	-0.68	0.11	0.19
+X	3199800	rs100012	5.0e-08	-0.60	0.10	0.21
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diff --git a/pygenometracks/readGwas.py b/pygenometracks/readGwas.py
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import sys
+import collections
+from .utilities import to_string, InputError
+
+
+class ReadGwas(object):
+    """
+    Reads a GWAS file. The expected fields are:
+    chromosome, position, name, and pvalue.
+
+    Example:
+    gwas = ReadGwas(open("file.gwas", 'r'))
+    for record in gwas:
+        print(record.chromosome, record.position, record.pvalue)
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, file_handle, has_header=False):
+        """
+        :param file_handle: file handle
+        """
+        self.file_handle = file_handle
+        self.line_number = 0
+
+        # Define the fields for GWAS
+        self.fields = ['chromosome', 'position', 'name', 'pvalue']
+        self.GwasRecord = collections.namedtuple('GwasRecord', self.fields)
+
+        # Skip the header line if present
+        if has_header:
+            header = next(self.file_handle)
+            self.line_number += 1
+
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def get_no_comment_line(self):
+        """
+        Skips comment lines starting with '#' or empty lines.
+        :return: a valid line
+        """
+        line = next(self.file_handle)
+        line = to_string(line)
+        if line.startswith("#") or line.strip() == '':
+            line = self.get_no_comment_line()
+
+        self.line_number += 1
+        return line
+
+    def __next__(self):
+        """
+        :return: GwasRecord object
+        """
+        line = self.get_no_comment_line()
+        return self.get_gwas_record(line)
+
+    def get_gwas_record(self, gwas_line):
+        """
+        Processes each line from a GWAS file and returns a namedtuple object.
+
+        :param gwas_line: a single line from the GWAS file
+        :return: GwasRecord object
+        """
+        line_data = gwas_line.strip()
+        line_data = to_string(line_data)
+        line_data = line_data.split("\t")
+
+        if len(line_data) < 4:
+            raise InputError(f"Line {self.line_number} does not have 4 fields: {gwas_line}."
+                             f"We expect at least 4 field, corresponding to: chromosome, position, name, pvalue.")
+
+        try:
+            chromosome = line_data[0]
+            position = int(line_data[1])
+            name = line_data[2]
+            pvalue = float(line_data[3])
+        except ValueError as e:
+            raise InputError(f"Error parsing line {self.line_number}: {gwas_line}\n{e}")
+
+        return self.GwasRecord(chromosome, position, name, pvalue)
diff --git a/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas.ini b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas.ini
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f0aa169e
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+++ b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas.ini
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+
+[gwas]
+file = gwas_1.gwas
+height = 4
+title = test_1
+
+[spacer]
+
+[gwas_2]
+file = gwas_2.gwas
+file_has_header = True
+height = 2
+title = test_2
+color = #50E3C2
+
+[x-axis]
diff --git a/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_1.gwas b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_1.gwas
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dae8e6b2
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+++ b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_1.gwas
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+X	3002145	rs7823451	4.7e-08
+X	3005892	rs6610293	1.3e-06
+X	3008734	rs9034128	9.2e-05
+X	3031022	rs4420981	6.1e-10
+X	3042567	rs2093847	2.8e-07
+X	3056789	rs7734012	5.5e-09
+X	3072341	rs1182736	3.9e-06
+X	3079880	rs5502918	7.4e-05
+X	3112450	rs3847291	1.8e-08
+X	3145670	rs6029184	9.9e-07
+X	3180230	rs2938471	3.2e-10
+X	3197650	rs8840123	6.3e-08
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diff --git a/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_2.gwas b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_2.gwas
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce7eb4c6
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+++ b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/gwas_2.gwas
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+CHR	BP	SNP	P	BETA	SE	MAF
+X	3001200	rs100001	2.5e-09	0.62	0.09	0.21
+X	3003450	rs100002	7.8e-08	0.55	0.10	0.23
+X	3007890	rs100003	1.1e-06	0.41	0.08	0.27
+X	3009990	rs100004	4.3e-05	0.33	0.08	0.30
+X	3032100	rs100005	9.2e-10	0.71	0.11	0.18
+X	3045600	rs100006	3.4e-08	0.59	0.10	0.20
+X	3060200	rs100007	6.7e-07	0.48	0.09	0.25
+X	3078500	rs100008	1.9e-05	0.36	0.08	0.29
+X	3100400	rs100009	8.8e-06	-0.40	0.09	0.26
+X	3150000	rs100010	2.2e-07	-0.52	0.10	0.22
+X	3195000	rs100011	1.5e-09	-0.68	0.11	0.19
+X	3199800	rs100012	5.0e-08	-0.60	0.10	0.21
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diff --git a/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/master_gwas.png b/pygenometracks/tests/test_data/master_gwas.png
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index 00000000..99eafe05
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diff --git a/pygenometracks/tests/test_gwasTrack.py b/pygenometracks/tests/test_gwasTrack.py
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+++ b/pygenometracks/tests/test_gwasTrack.py
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+import matplotlib as mpl
+from matplotlib.testing.compare import compare_images
+from tempfile import NamedTemporaryFile
+import os.path
+import pygenometracks.plotTracks
+
+mpl.use('agg')
+
+ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
+                    "test_data")
+
+tracks = """
+[gwas]
+file = gwas_1.gwas
+height = 4
+title = test_1
+
+[spacer]
+
+[gwas_2]
+file = gwas_2.gwas
+file_has_header = True
+height = 2
+title = test_2
+color = #50E3C2
+
+[x-axis]
+"""
+
+with open(os.path.join(ROOT, "gwas.ini"), 'w') as fh:
+    fh.write(tracks)
+
+tolerance = 13  # default matplotlib pixed difference tolerance
+
+
+def test_gwas_track():
+    outfile = NamedTemporaryFile(suffix='.png', prefix='gwas_test_',
+                                 delete=False)
+    ini_file = os.path.join(ROOT, "gwas.ini")
+    region = "X:3000000-3200000"
+    expected_file = os.path.join(ROOT, 'master_gwas.png')
+    args = f"--tracks {ini_file} --region {region} " \
+           "--trackLabelFraction 0.2 --dpi 130 " \
+           f"--outFileName {outfile.name}".split()
+    pygenometracks.plotTracks.main(args)
+    res = compare_images(expected_file,
+                         outfile.name, tolerance)
+    assert res is None, res
+
+    os.remove(outfile.name)
diff --git a/pygenometracks/tracks/GwasTrack.py b/pygenometracks/tracks/GwasTrack.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06834b1c
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+++ b/pygenometracks/tracks/GwasTrack.py
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+from .GenomeTrack import GenomeTrack
+import numpy as np
+from .. readGwas import ReadGwas
+
+DEFAULT_GWAS_COLOR = '#ff7f00'
+
+
+class GwasTrack(GenomeTrack):
+    SUPPORTED_ENDINGS = ['.gwas', '.linear', '.logistic', '.assoc', '.qassoc']  # this is used by make_tracks_file to guess the type of track based on file name
+    TRACK_TYPE = 'gwas'
+    OPTIONS_TXT = GenomeTrack.OPTIONS_TXT + f"""
+# Title of the track. Usually displayed to the right as a label
+title =
+# Height of the track    
+height =
+# File containing the data. We expect an IGV .gwas format file with the columns: CHR, BP, SNP and P. Optionally, extra
+# annotation columns can be added.
+file =
+# Y label text
+ylabel =
+# Fontsize of the labels
+fontsize =
+# Color
+color =
+# Optional. If not given is guessed from the file ending.
+file_type = {TRACK_TYPE}
+    """
+
+    DEFAULTS_PROPERTIES = {'fontsize': 12,
+                           'orientation': None,
+                           'color': DEFAULT_GWAS_COLOR,
+                           'border_color': 'black',
+                           'labels': True,
+                           'line_width': 0.5,
+                           'max_labels': 60,
+                           'max_value': 1,
+                           'min_value': 0,
+                           'fontstyle': 'normal',
+                           'y_axis_max_val': None,
+                           'id_fontsize': 12,
+                           'marker_size': 45,
+                           'file_has_header': False}
+
+    NECESSARY_PROPERTIES = ['file']
+    SYNONYMOUS_PROPERTIES = {}
+    POSSIBLE_PROPERTIES = {}
+    BOOLEAN_PROPERTIES = ['file_has_header']
+    STRING_PROPERTIES = ['title', 'file_type', 'file', 'color']
+    FLOAT_PROPERTIES = {'height': [0, np.inf], 'fontsize': [0, np.inf], 'id_fontsize': [0, np.inf],
+                        'marker_size': [0, np.inf], 'y_axis_max_val': [0, np.inf]}
+    INTEGER_PROPERTIES = {}
+
+    def plot(self, ax, chrom, region_start, region_end):
+        """
+        Plot a scatter plot for the GWAS data.
+        The p-values are transformed as -log10(pvalue), so the y-axis will show the exponents of the p-values.
+
+        :param ax: matplotlib axis
+        :param chrom: chromosome name
+        :param region_start: start position of the region
+        :param region_end: end position of the region
+        :return: None
+        """
+        gwas_reader = ReadGwas(open(self.properties['file'], 'r'), has_header=self.properties['file_has_header'])
+
+        # Fill in the position and pvalues lists with data from the GWAS file
+        position = []
+        pvalues = []
+        for record in gwas_reader:
+            if record.chromosome == chrom and region_start <= record.position <= region_end:
+                position.append(record.position)
+                pvalues.append(-np.log10(record.pvalue) if record.pvalue > 0 else 0)  # Notice the -log10 transformation
+
+        # Plot the scatterplot
+        ax.scatter(position, pvalues, s=self.properties['marker_size'], color=self.properties['color'], marker='o',
+                   edgecolors='black', linewidths=.66)