diff --git a/pandasgui/gui.py b/pandasgui/gui.py
index 3b85b2b..f5c1f1a 100644
--- a/pandasgui/gui.py
+++ b/pandasgui/gui.py
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
 
     def import_dialog(self):
         dialog = QtWidgets.QFileDialog()
-        paths, _ = dialog.getOpenFileNames(filter="*.csv *.xlsx *.parquet *.json")
+        paths, _ = dialog.getOpenFileNames(filter="*.csv *.xlsx *.parquet *.json *.xpt")
         for path in paths:
             self.store.import_file(path)
 
diff --git a/pandasgui/run_with_args.py b/pandasgui/run_with_args.py
index 525e6dc..0b589a4 100644
--- a/pandasgui/run_with_args.py
+++ b/pandasgui/run_with_args.py
@@ -11,11 +11,13 @@ def main():
         if file_paths:
             file_dataframes = {}
             for path in file_paths:
-                if os.path.isfile(path) and (path.endswith('.csv') or path.endswith('.pkl')):
+                if os.path.isfile(path) and (path.endswith('.csv') or path.endswith('.pkl') or path.endswith('.xpt')):
                     if path.endswith('.csv') :
                         df = pd.read_csv(path)
                     if path.endswith('.pkl'):
                         df = pd.read_pickle(path)
+                    if path.endswith('.xpt') :
+                        df = pd.read_sas(path, encoding='utf-8')
                     filename = os.path.split(path)[1]
                     file_dataframes[filename] = df
             show(**file_dataframes)
@@ -25,4 +27,4 @@ def main():
         input()
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()
diff --git a/pandasgui/store.py b/pandasgui/store.py
index 0c5f5b3..9519f5a 100644
--- a/pandasgui/store.py
+++ b/pandasgui/store.py
@@ -834,6 +834,10 @@ def import_file(self, path):
             filename = os.path.split(path)[1].split('.csv')[0]
             df = pd.read_csv(path, engine='python')
             self.add_dataframe(df, filename)
+        elif path.endswith(".xpt"):
+            filename = os.path.split(path)[1].split('.xpt')[0]
+            df = pd.read_sas(path, encoding='utf-8')
+            self.add_dataframe(df, filename)
         elif path.endswith(".xlsx"):
             filename = os.path.split(path)[1].split('.csv')[0]
             df_dict = pd.read_excel(path, sheet_name=None)
@@ -856,7 +860,7 @@ def import_file(self, path):
             df = pd.read_pickle(path)
             self.add_dataframe(df, filename)
         else:
-            logger.warning("Can only import csv / xlsx / parquet. Invalid file: " + path)
+            logger.warning("Can only import csv / xlsx / parquet/ xpt. Invalid file: " + path)
 
     def get_dataframes(self, names: Union[None, str, list, int] = None):
         if type(names) == str: