diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8345dd..743847b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Python installation (requires easy_install)
                             other options are "tms" which is also z/x/y
                             but uses a flipped y coordinate, and "wms" which replicates
                             the MapServer WMS TileCache directory structure "z/000/000/x/000/000/y.png"''',
+                            and "zyx" which is the format vips dzsave --layout google uses.
       --image_format=FORMAT
                             The format of the image tiles, either png, jpg, webp or pbf
       --grid_callback=CALLBACK
diff --git a/mb-util b/mb-util
index f238f25..7854264 100755
--- a/mb-util
+++ b/mb-util
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         + '''which replicates the MapServer WMS TileCache directory structure '''
         + '''"z/000/000/x/000/000/y.png"''',
         type='choice',
-        choices=['wms', 'tms', 'xyz', 'gwc','ags'],
+        choices=['wms', 'tms', 'xyz', 'zyx', 'gwc','ags'],
         default='xyz')
         
     parser.add_option('--image_format', dest='format',
diff --git a/mbutil/util.py b/mbutil/util.py
index 55e3362..50f581c 100755
--- a/mbutil/util.py
+++ b/mbutil/util.py
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ def disk_to_mbtiles(directory_path, mbtiles_file, **kwargs):
                 y = flip_y(z, int(row_dir.replace("R", ""), 16))
             elif kwargs.get("scheme") == 'gwc':
                 pass
+            elif kwargs.get("scheme") == 'zyx':
+                y = flip_y(int(z), int(row_dir))
             else:
                 x = int(row_dir)
             for current_file in os.listdir(os.path.join(directory_path, zoom_dir, row_dir)):
@@ -231,6 +233,8 @@ def disk_to_mbtiles(directory_path, mbtiles_file, **kwargs):
                         x, y = file_name.split('_')
                         x = int(x)
                         y = int(y)
+                    elif kwargs.get("scheme") == 'zyx':
+                        x = int(file_name)
                     else:
                         y = int(file_name)
 
diff --git a/test/data/tiles/zyx/3/2/1.png b/test/data/tiles/zyx/3/2/1.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f607ae0
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/data/tiles/zyx/3/2/1.png differ
diff --git a/test/data/tiles/zyx/metadata.json b/test/data/tiles/zyx/metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eefc2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/tiles/zyx/metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+    "name": "ZYX Tiles",
+    "type": "baselayer",
+    "description": "",
+    "version": "1",
+    "format": "png"
+}
diff --git a/test/test.py b/test/test.py
index d6d96b2..e02e259 100644
--- a/test/test.py
+++ b/test/test.py
@@ -49,4 +49,11 @@ def test_mbtiles_to_disk_utfgrid_callback():
         callback[c] = f.read().split('{')[0]
         f.close()
     assert callback['foo'] == 'foo('
-    assert callback['null'] == ''
\ No newline at end of file
+    assert callback['null'] == ''
+
+@with_setup(clear_data, clear_data)
+def test_disk_to_mbtiles_zyx():
+    os.mkdir('test/output')
+    disk_to_mbtiles('test/data/tiles/zyx', 'test/output/zyx.mbtiles', scheme='zyx', format='png')
+    mbtiles_to_disk('test/output/zyx.mbtiles', 'test/output/tiles', callback=None)
+    assert os.path.exists('test/output/tiles/3/1/5.png')