diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index abbc1446..f65d6863 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ C = $(wildcard *.c) $(wildcard *.cpp)
 INCLUDES = -I/usr/local/include -I.
 LIBS = -L/usr/local/lib
 
-tippecanoe: geojson.o jsonpull/jsonpull.o tile.o pool.o mbtiles.o geometry.o projection.o memfile.o mvt.o serial.o main.o text.o dirtiles.o plugin.o read_json.o write_json.o geobuf.o flatgeobuf.o evaluator.o geocsv.o csv.o geojson-loop.o json_logger.o visvalingam.o
+tippecanoe: geojson.o jsonpull/jsonpull.o tile.o pool.o mbtiles.o geometry.o projection.o memfile.o mvt.o serial.o main.o text.o dirtiles.o pmtiles_file.o plugin.o read_json.o write_json.o geobuf.o flatgeobuf.o evaluator.o geocsv.o csv.o geojson-loop.o json_logger.o visvalingam.o
 	$(CXX) $(PG) $(LIBS) $(FINAL_FLAGS) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDFLAGS) -lm -lz -lsqlite3 -lpthread
 
 tippecanoe-enumerate: enumerate.o
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 665a920f..9a541351 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "jsonpull/jsonpull.h"
 #include "mbtiles.hpp"
+#include "pmtiles_file.hpp"
 #include "tile.hpp"
 #include "pool.hpp"
 #include "projection.hpp"
@@ -1155,7 +1156,7 @@ void choose_first_zoom(long long *file_bbox, std::vector<struct reader> &readers
 	}
 }
 
-int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int maxzoom, int minzoom, int basezoom, double basezoom_marker_width, sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, std::set<std::string> *exclude, std::set<std::string> *include, int exclude_all, json_object *filter, double droprate, int buffer, const char *tmpdir, double gamma, int read_parallel, int forcetable, const char *attribution, bool uses_gamma, long long *file_bbox, const char *prefilter, const char *postfilter, const char *description, bool guess_maxzoom, std::map<std::string, int> const *attribute_types, const char *pgm, std::map<std::string, attribute_op> const *attribute_accum, std::map<std::string, std::string> const &attribute_descriptions, std::string const &commandline, int minimum_maxzoom) {
+std::pair<int, metadata> read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int maxzoom, int minzoom, int basezoom, double basezoom_marker_width, sqlite3 *outdb, const char *outdir, std::set<std::string> *exclude, std::set<std::string> *include, int exclude_all, json_object *filter, double droprate, int buffer, const char *tmpdir, double gamma, int read_parallel, int forcetable, const char *attribution, bool uses_gamma, long long *file_bbox, const char *prefilter, const char *postfilter, const char *description, bool guess_maxzoom, std::map<std::string, int> const *attribute_types, const char *pgm, std::map<std::string, attribute_op> const *attribute_accum, std::map<std::string, std::string> const &attribute_descriptions, std::string const &commandline, int minimum_maxzoom) {
 	int ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 	std::vector<struct reader> readers;
@@ -1290,6 +1291,7 @@ int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int maxzoom, int minzo
 				".geojson",
 				".geobuf",
 				".mbtiles",
+				".pmtiles",
 				".csv",
 				".gz",
 			};
@@ -2571,7 +2573,7 @@ int read_input(std::vector<source> &sources, char *fname, int maxzoom, int minzo
 		dir_write_metadata(outdir, m);
 	}
 
-	return ret;
+	return std::make_pair(ret, m);
 }
 
 static bool has_name(struct option *long_options, int *pl) {
@@ -3471,6 +3473,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	if (out_mbtiles != NULL) {
 		if (force) {
 			unlink(out_mbtiles);
+		} else {
+			if (pmtiles_has_suffix(out_mbtiles)) {
+				check_pmtiles(out_mbtiles, argv);
+			}
 		}
 
 		outdb = mbtiles_open(out_mbtiles, argv, forcetable);
@@ -3503,14 +3509,20 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
 	long long file_bbox[4] = {UINT_MAX, UINT_MAX, 0, 0};
 
-	ret = read_input(sources, name ? name : out_mbtiles ? out_mbtiles
-							    : out_dir,
-			 maxzoom, minzoom, basezoom, basezoom_marker_width, outdb, out_dir, &exclude, &include, exclude_all, filter, droprate, buffer, tmpdir, gamma, read_parallel, forcetable, attribution, gamma != 0, file_bbox, prefilter, postfilter, description, guess_maxzoom, &attribute_types, argv[0], &attribute_accum, attribute_descriptions, commandline, minimum_maxzoom);
+	auto input_ret = read_input(sources, name ? name : out_mbtiles ? out_mbtiles
+								       : out_dir,
+				    maxzoom, minzoom, basezoom, basezoom_marker_width, outdb, out_dir, &exclude, &include, exclude_all, filter, droprate, buffer, tmpdir, gamma, read_parallel, forcetable, attribution, gamma != 0, file_bbox, prefilter, postfilter, description, guess_maxzoom, &attribute_types, argv[0], &attribute_accum, attribute_descriptions, commandline, minimum_maxzoom);
+
+	ret = std::get<0>(input_ret);
 
 	if (outdb != NULL) {
 		mbtiles_close(outdb, argv[0]);
 	}
 
+	if (pmtiles_has_suffix(out_mbtiles)) {
+		mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(out_mbtiles, std::get<1>(input_ret), prevent[P_TILE_COMPRESSION] == 0, quiet, quiet_progress);
+	}
+
 #ifdef MTRACE
 	muntrace();
 #endif
diff --git a/pmtiles_file.cpp b/pmtiles_file.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1775a35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmtiles_file.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,438 @@
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sqlite3.h>
+#include "errors.hpp"
+#include "pmtiles_file.hpp"
+#include "mvt.hpp"
+#include "write_json.hpp"
+
+bool pmtiles_has_suffix(const char *filename) {
+	if (filename == nullptr) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	size_t lenstr = strlen(filename);
+	if (lenstr < 8) {
+		return false;
+	}
+	if (strncmp(filename + (lenstr - 8), ".pmtiles", 8) == 0) {
+		return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+void check_pmtiles(const char *filename, char **argv) {
+	struct stat st;
+	if (stat(filename, &st) == 0) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: Tileset \"%s\" already exists. You can use --force if you want to delete the old tileset.\n", argv[0], filename);
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s: file exists\n", argv[0], filename);
+		exit(EXIT_EXISTS);
+	}
+}
+
+std::string decompress_fn(const std::string &input, uint8_t compression) {
+	std::string output;
+	if (compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_NONE) {
+		output = input;
+	} else if (compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP) {
+		decompress(input, output);
+	} else {
+		throw std::runtime_error("Unknown or unsupported compression.");
+	}
+
+	return output;
+}
+
+std::string compress_fn(const std::string &input, uint8_t compression) {
+	std::string output;
+	if (compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_NONE) {
+		output = input;
+	} else if (compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP) {
+		compress(input, output);
+	} else {
+		throw std::runtime_error("Unknown or unsupported compression.");
+	}
+
+	return output;
+}
+
+std::vector<pmtiles::entry_zxy> pmtiles_entries_tms(const char *pmtiles_map, int minzoom, int maxzoom) {
+	std::vector<pmtiles::entry_zxy> filtered;
+	auto all_entries = pmtiles::entries_tms(&decompress_fn, pmtiles_map);
+	std::copy_if(all_entries.begin(), all_entries.end(), std::back_inserter(filtered), [minzoom, maxzoom](pmtiles::entry_zxy e) { return e.z >= minzoom && e.z <= maxzoom; });
+	return filtered;
+}
+
+std::pair<uint64_t, uint32_t> pmtiles_get_tile(const char *pmtiles_map, int z, int x, int y) {
+	return pmtiles::get_tile(&decompress_fn, pmtiles_map, z, x, y);
+}
+
+static void out(json_writer &state, std::string k, std::string v) {
+	state.json_comma_newline();
+	state.json_write_string(k);
+	state.json_write_string(v);
+}
+
+std::string metadata_to_pmtiles_json(metadata m) {
+	std::string buf;
+	json_writer state(&buf);
+
+	state.json_write_hash();
+	state.json_write_newline();
+
+	out(state, "name", m.name);
+	out(state, "format", m.format);
+	out(state, "type", m.type);
+	out(state, "description", m.description);
+	out(state, "version", std::to_string(m.version));
+	if (m.attribution.size() > 0) {
+		out(state, "attribution", m.attribution);
+	}
+	if (m.strategies_json.size() > 0) {
+		state.json_comma_newline();
+		state.json_write_string("strategies");
+		state.json_write_json(m.strategies_json);
+	}
+	out(state, "generator", m.generator);
+	out(state, "generator_options", m.generator_options);
+
+	if (m.vector_layers_json.size() > 0) {
+		state.json_comma_newline();
+		state.json_write_string("vector_layers");
+		state.json_write_json(m.vector_layers_json);
+	}
+
+	if (m.tilestats_json.size() > 0) {
+		state.json_comma_newline();
+		state.json_write_string("tilestats");
+		state.json_write_json(m.tilestats_json);
+	}
+
+	state.json_write_newline();
+	state.json_end_hash();
+	state.json_write_newline();
+	std::string compressed;
+	compress(buf, compressed);
+	return compressed;
+}
+
+void mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(char *fname, metadata m, bool tile_compression, bool quiet, bool quiet_progress) {
+	sqlite3 *db;
+
+	if (sqlite3_open(fname, &db) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", fname, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+		exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+	}
+
+	char *err = NULL;
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, "PRAGMA integrity_check;", NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: integrity_check: %s\n", fname, err);
+		exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+	}
+
+	// materialize list of all tile IDs
+	std::vector<uint64_t> tile_ids;
+
+	{
+		const char *sql = "SELECT zoom_level, tile_column, tile_row FROM map";
+		sqlite3_stmt *stmt;
+
+		if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, sql, -1, &stmt, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: select failed: %s\n", fname, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+			exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+		}
+
+		while (sqlite3_step(stmt) == SQLITE_ROW) {
+			int zoom = sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 0);
+			int x = sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 1);
+			int sorty = sqlite3_column_int(stmt, 2);
+			int y = (1LL << zoom) - 1 - sorty;
+			uint64_t res = pmtiles::zxy_to_tileid(zoom, x, y);
+			tile_ids.push_back(res);
+		}
+
+		sqlite3_finalize(stmt);
+	}
+
+	std::sort(tile_ids.begin(), tile_ids.end());
+
+	std::unordered_map<std::string, std::pair<unsigned long long, unsigned long>> hash_to_offset_len;
+	std::vector<pmtiles::entryv3> entries;
+	unsigned long long offset = 0;
+
+	std::string tmpname = (std::string(fname) + ".tmp");
+
+	// write tile data to tempfile in clustered order
+	{
+		const char *map_sql = "SELECT tile_id FROM map WHERE zoom_level = ? AND tile_column = ? AND tile_row = ?";
+		sqlite3_stmt *map_stmt;
+
+		if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, map_sql, -1, &map_stmt, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: select failed: %s\n", fname, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+			exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+		}
+
+		const char *image_sql = "SELECT tile_data FROM images WHERE tile_id = ?";
+		sqlite3_stmt *image_stmt;
+
+		if (sqlite3_prepare_v2(db, image_sql, -1, &image_stmt, NULL) != SQLITE_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: select failed: %s\n", fname, sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+			exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+		}
+
+		std::ofstream tmp_ostream;
+
+		tmp_ostream.open(tmpname.c_str(), std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+
+		int idx = 0;
+		for (auto const &tile_id : tile_ids) {
+			idx = idx + 1;
+			double progress = ((double) idx / tile_ids.size()) * 100;
+			pmtiles::zxy zxy = pmtiles::tileid_to_zxy(tile_id);
+			if (!quiet && !quiet_progress) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "  %3.1f%%  %d/%u/%u  \r", progress, zxy.z, zxy.x, zxy.y);
+			}
+			sqlite3_bind_int(map_stmt, 1, zxy.z);
+			sqlite3_bind_int(map_stmt, 2, zxy.x);
+			sqlite3_bind_int(map_stmt, 3, (1LL << zxy.z) - 1 - zxy.y);
+
+			if (sqlite3_step(map_stmt) != SQLITE_ROW) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "Corrupt mbtiles file: null entry in map table\n");
+				exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+			}
+
+			std::string hsh{reinterpret_cast<const char *>(sqlite3_column_text(map_stmt, 0))};
+
+			if (hash_to_offset_len.count(hsh) > 0) {
+				auto offset_len = hash_to_offset_len.at(hsh);
+				if (entries.size() > 0 && tile_id == entries[entries.size() - 1].tile_id + 1 && entries[entries.size() - 1].offset == std::get<0>(offset_len)) {
+					entries[entries.size() - 1].run_length++;
+				} else {
+					entries.emplace_back(tile_id, std::get<0>(offset_len), std::get<1>(offset_len), 1);
+				}
+			} else {
+				sqlite3_bind_text(image_stmt, 1, hsh.data(), hsh.size(), SQLITE_STATIC);
+				if (sqlite3_step(image_stmt) != SQLITE_ROW) {
+					fprintf(stderr, "Corrupt mbtiles file: null entry in image table\n");
+					exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+				}
+
+				int len = sqlite3_column_bytes(image_stmt, 0);
+				const char *blob = (const char *) sqlite3_column_blob(image_stmt, 0);
+
+				tmp_ostream.write(blob, len);
+
+				entries.emplace_back(tile_id, offset, len, 1);
+				hash_to_offset_len.emplace(hsh, std::make_pair(offset, len));
+				offset += len;
+
+				sqlite3_reset(image_stmt);
+				sqlite3_clear_bindings(image_stmt);
+			}
+
+			sqlite3_reset(map_stmt);
+			sqlite3_clear_bindings(map_stmt);
+		}
+		tmp_ostream.close();
+		sqlite3_finalize(map_stmt);
+		sqlite3_finalize(image_stmt);
+	}
+
+	// finalize PMTiles archive.
+	{
+		std::sort(entries.begin(), entries.end(), pmtiles::entryv3_cmp);
+
+		std::string root_bytes;
+		std::string leaves_bytes;
+		int num_leaves;
+		std::tie(root_bytes, leaves_bytes, num_leaves) = make_root_leaves(&compress_fn, pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP, entries);
+
+		pmtiles::headerv3 header;
+
+		header.min_zoom = m.minzoom;
+		header.max_zoom = m.maxzoom;
+		header.min_lon_e7 = m.minlon * 10000000;
+		header.min_lat_e7 = m.minlat * 10000000;
+		header.max_lon_e7 = m.maxlon * 10000000;
+		header.max_lat_e7 = m.maxlat * 10000000;
+		header.center_zoom = m.center_z;
+		header.center_lon_e7 = m.center_lon * 10000000;
+		header.center_lat_e7 = m.center_lat * 10000000;
+
+		std::string json_metadata = metadata_to_pmtiles_json(m);
+
+		sqlite3_close(db);
+
+		header.clustered = 0x1;
+		header.internal_compression = pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP;
+
+		if (tile_compression) {
+			header.tile_compression = pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP;
+		} else {
+			header.tile_compression = pmtiles::COMPRESSION_NONE;
+		}
+
+		if (m.format == "pbf") {
+			header.tile_type = pmtiles::TILETYPE_MVT;
+		} else if (m.format == "png") {
+			header.tile_type = pmtiles::TILETYPE_PNG;
+		} else {
+			header.tile_type = pmtiles::TILETYPE_UNKNOWN;
+		}
+
+		header.root_dir_offset = 127;
+		header.root_dir_bytes = root_bytes.size();
+
+		header.json_metadata_offset = header.root_dir_offset + header.root_dir_bytes;
+		header.json_metadata_bytes = json_metadata.size();
+		header.leaf_dirs_offset = header.json_metadata_offset + header.json_metadata_bytes;
+		header.leaf_dirs_bytes = leaves_bytes.size();
+		header.tile_data_offset = header.leaf_dirs_offset + header.leaf_dirs_bytes;
+		header.tile_data_bytes = offset;
+
+		header.addressed_tiles_count = tile_ids.size();
+		header.tile_entries_count = entries.size();
+		header.tile_contents_count = hash_to_offset_len.size();
+
+		std::ifstream tmp_istream(tmpname.c_str(), std::ios::in | std::ios_base::binary);
+
+		std::ofstream ostream;
+		ostream.open(fname, std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
+
+		auto header_str = header.serialize();
+		ostream.write(header_str.data(), header_str.length());
+		ostream.write(root_bytes.data(), root_bytes.length());
+		ostream.write(json_metadata.data(), json_metadata.size());
+		ostream.write(leaves_bytes.data(), leaves_bytes.length());
+		ostream << tmp_istream.rdbuf();
+
+		tmp_istream.close();
+		unlink(tmpname.c_str());
+		ostream.close();
+	}
+}
+
+// this should go away if we get rid of temporary metadata DBs.
+// it transforms the PMTiles header + json into string keys/string values
+// consistent with mbtiles and dirtiles, for the test suite
+sqlite3 *pmtilesmeta2tmp(const char *fname, const char *pmtiles_map) {
+	sqlite3 *db;
+	char *sql;
+	char *err;
+
+	if (sqlite3_open("", &db) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Temporary db: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(db));
+		exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+	}
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, "CREATE TABLE metadata (name text, value text);", NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Create metadata table: %s\n", err);
+		exit(EXIT_SQLITE);
+	}
+
+	std::string header_s{pmtiles_map, 127};
+	auto header = pmtiles::deserialize_header(header_s);
+
+	sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('minzoom', %d);", header.min_zoom);
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "set minzoom: %s\n", err);
+	}
+	sqlite3_free(sql);
+
+	sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('maxzoom', %d);", header.max_zoom);
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "set maxzoom: %s\n", err);
+	}
+	sqlite3_free(sql);
+
+	double center_lon = double(header.center_lon_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	double center_lat = double(header.center_lat_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('center', '%f,%f,%d');", center_lon, center_lat, header.center_zoom);
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "set center: %s\n", err);
+	}
+	sqlite3_free(sql);
+
+	double minlon = double(header.min_lon_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	double minlat = double(header.min_lat_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	double maxlon = double(header.max_lon_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	double maxlat = double(header.max_lat_e7) / 10000000.0;
+	sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('bounds', '%f,%f,%f,%f');", minlon, minlat, maxlon, maxlat);
+	if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "set bounds: %s\n", err);
+	}
+	sqlite3_free(sql);
+
+	std::string json_s{pmtiles_map + header.json_metadata_offset, header.json_metadata_bytes};
+	std::string decompressed_json;
+
+	if (header.internal_compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_NONE) {
+		decompressed_json = json_s;
+	} else if (header.internal_compression == pmtiles::COMPRESSION_GZIP) {
+		decompress(json_s, decompressed_json);
+	} else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Unknown or unsupported pmtiles compression: %d\n", header.internal_compression);
+		exit(EXIT_OPEN);
+	}
+
+	json_pull *jp = json_begin_string(decompressed_json.c_str());
+	json_object *o = json_read_tree(jp);
+	if (o == NULL) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: metadata parsing error: %s\n", fname, jp->error);
+		exit(EXIT_JSON);
+	}
+
+	if (o->type != JSON_HASH) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "%s: bad metadata format\n", fname);
+		exit(EXIT_JSON);
+	}
+
+	bool has_json = false;
+	std::string buf;
+	json_writer state(&buf);
+	state.json_write_hash();
+
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < o->value.object.length; i++) {
+		const char *key = o->value.object.keys[i]->value.string.string;
+		if (strcmp(key, "vector_layers") == 0 && o->value.object.values[i]->type == JSON_ARRAY) {
+			has_json = true;
+			state.json_write_string("vector_layers");
+			state.json_write_json(json_stringify(o->value.object.values[i]));
+		} else if (strcmp(key, "tilestats") == 0 && o->value.object.values[i]->type == JSON_HASH) {
+			has_json = true;
+			state.json_write_string("tilestats");
+			state.json_write_json(json_stringify(o->value.object.values[i]));
+		} else if (strcmp(key, "strategies") == 0 && o->value.object.values[i]->type == JSON_ARRAY) {
+			sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('strategies', %Q);", json_stringify(o->value.object.values[i]));
+			if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "set %s in metadata: %s\n", key, err);
+			}
+			sqlite3_free(sql);
+		} else if (o->value.object.keys[i]->type != JSON_STRING || o->value.object.values[i]->type != JSON_STRING) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", key);
+			fprintf(stderr, "%s: non-string in metadata\n", fname);
+		} else {
+			sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES (%Q, %Q);", key, o->value.object.values[i]->value.string.string);
+			if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+				fprintf(stderr, "set %s in metadata: %s\n", key, err);
+			}
+			sqlite3_free(sql);
+		}
+	}
+
+	json_end(jp);
+	state.json_end_hash();
+
+	if (has_json) {
+		sql = sqlite3_mprintf("INSERT INTO metadata (name, value) VALUES ('json', %Q);", buf.c_str());
+		if (sqlite3_exec(db, sql, NULL, NULL, &err) != SQLITE_OK) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "set json in metadata: %s\n", err);
+		}
+		sqlite3_free(sql);
+	}
+
+	return db;
+}
diff --git a/pmtiles_file.hpp b/pmtiles_file.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8c0e4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pmtiles_file.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef PMTILES_FILE_HPP
+#define PMTILES_FILE_HPP
+
+#include "pmtiles/pmtiles.hpp"
+#include "mbtiles.hpp"
+
+bool pmtiles_has_suffix(const char *filename);
+void check_pmtiles(const char *filename, char **argv);
+
+void mbtiles_map_image_to_pmtiles(char *dbname, metadata m, bool tile_compression, bool quiet, bool quiet_progress);
+
+std::vector<pmtiles::entry_zxy> pmtiles_entries_tms(const char *pmtiles_map, int minzoom, int maxzoom);
+std::pair<uint64_t, uint32_t> pmtiles_get_tile(const char *pmtiles_map, int z, int x, int y);
+sqlite3 *pmtilesmeta2tmp(const char *fname, const char *pmtiles_map);
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/write_json.cpp b/write_json.cpp
index 5a3e1870..42f28c09 100644
--- a/write_json.cpp
+++ b/write_json.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ void json_writer::json_write_string(std::string const &str) {
 	addc('"');
 }
 
+void json_writer::json_write_json(std::string const &str) {
+	json_adjust();
+	adds(str);
+}
+
 void json_writer::json_write_number(double d) {
 	json_adjust();
 
diff --git a/write_json.hpp b/write_json.hpp
index 5534b2b7..523b027b 100644
--- a/write_json.hpp
+++ b/write_json.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct json_writer {
 	void json_write_hash();
 	void json_end_hash();
 	void json_write_string(std::string const &s);
+	void json_write_json(std::string const &s);
 	void json_write_number(double d);
 	void json_write_float(double d);
 	void json_write_unsigned(unsigned long long v);