diff --git a/docs/reference/backends.rst b/docs/reference/backends.rst
index e77edb3f..be91e9d4 100644
--- a/docs/reference/backends.rst
+++ b/docs/reference/backends.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ backend that suits your needs here, it's easy to write your own backend
 <writing_backends>`. The source code for the built-in backends is a great
 source of inspiration.
 
-By default, *gwf* comes with the `local`, `slurm`, and `sge` backends.
+By default, *gwf* comes with the `local`, `slurm`, `sge`, and `lsf` backends.
 
 Local
 -----
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ Sun Grid Engine (SGE)
 
 .. automodule::
     gwf.backends.sge
+
+
+IBM Spectrum Load Sharing Facility (LSF)
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. automodule::
+    gwf.backends.lsf
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a8590c35..5f9ce45d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ workers = "gwf.plugins.workers:workers"
 local = "gwf.backends.local:setup"
 sge = "gwf.backends.sge:setup"
 slurm = "gwf.backends.slurm:setup"
+lsf = "gwf.backends.lsf:setup"
 
 [project.urls]
 Home = "https://gwf.app"
diff --git a/src/gwf/backends/lsf.py b/src/gwf/backends/lsf.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8c7025a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/gwf/backends/lsf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+"""Backend for IBM Load Sharing Facility (LSF).
+
+To use this backend, you must activate the `lsf` backend. This backend requires
+the commands `bsub` and `bjobs`.
+
+**Backend options:**
+
+None.
+
+**Target options:**
+
+* **cores (int):**
+    Number of cores allocated to this target (default: 1).
+* **memory (str):**
+    Memory allocated to this target (default: 4GB).
+* **queue (str):**
+    Queue to submit the target to (default: normal).
+    for different purposes or priorities.
+
+"""
+
+import logging
+import os.path
+import re
+
+import attrs
+
+from ..utils import ensure_trailing_newline
+from .base import TrackingBackend, BackendStatus
+from .utils import call, has_exe
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+TARGET_DEFAULTS = {
+    "queue": "normal",
+    "memory": "4GB",
+    "cores": 1
+}
+
+BJOB_HEADER = '''#BSUB -M {memory}
+#BSUB -R "select[mem>{memory}] rusage[mem={memory}] span[hosts=1]"
+#BSUB -n {cores}
+#BSUB -q {queue}
+#BSUB -oo {std_out}
+#BSUB -eo {std_err}
+#BSUB -J {job_name}'''
+
+BJOB_STATES = {
+    "PEND": BackendStatus.SUBMITTED,
+    "WAIT": BackendStatus.SUBMITTED,
+    "RUN": BackendStatus.RUNNING,
+    "ZOMBI": BackendStatus.RUNNING,
+    "DONE": BackendStatus.COMPLETED,
+    "EXIT": BackendStatus.FAILED,
+    "PSUSP": BackendStatus.FAILED,
+    "USUSP": BackendStatus.FAILED,
+    "SSUSP": BackendStatus.FAILED,
+    "UNKWN": BackendStatus.UNKNOWN
+}
+
+
+@attrs.define
+class LSFOps:
+    working_dir: str = attrs.field()
+    target_defaults: dict = attrs.field()
+
+    def cancel_job(self, job_id):
+        logger.debug(f"Cancelling job { job_id }")
+        call("bkill", job_id)
+
+    def submit_target(self, target, dependencies):
+        script = self.compile_script(target)
+        with open(os.path.join(self.working_dir, ".gwf", "logs", target.name + ".sh"), 'w') as f:
+            f.write(script)
+        args = []
+        if dependencies:
+            args.append("-w")
+            args.append(" && ".join([f"done({job_id})" for job_id in dependencies])) 
+        logger.debug(f"Submitting job { target.name } to LSF")
+        stdout = call("bsub", *args, input=script).strip()
+        job_id = re.search(r"Job <(\d+)>", stdout)[1]
+        return job_id
+
+    def get_job_states(self, tracked_jobs):
+        logger.debug("Getting job states from LSF")
+        if not tracked_jobs:
+            return {}
+        job_states = {job_id: BackendStatus.UNKNOWN for job_id in tracked_jobs}
+        for job_id in tracked_jobs:
+            cmd = [
+                'bjobs',
+                '-noheader',
+                '-o', 'stat',
+                job_id
+            ]
+            ret = call(*cmd).strip()
+            if ret == '':
+                continue
+            state = BJOB_STATES[ret]
+            job_states[job_id] = state
+        return job_states
+
+    def compile_script(self, target):
+        target_options = target.options
+        target_options["std_err"] = os.path.join(
+            self.working_dir, ".gwf", "logs", target.name + ".stderr"
+        )
+        target_options["std_out"] = os.path.join(
+            self.working_dir, ".gwf", "logs", target.name + ".stdout"
+        )
+        header = BJOB_HEADER
+        for name, value in target_options.items():
+            header = header.replace(f"{{{name}}}", str(value))
+        header = header.replace("{job_name}", target.name)
+        out = []
+        out.append("#!/bin/bash")
+        out.append(header)
+        out.append("")
+        out.append("# Generated by: gwf")
+        out.append("")
+        out.append("cd {}".format(target.working_dir))
+        out.append("set -e")
+        out.append("")
+        out.append(ensure_trailing_newline(target.spec))
+
+        return "\n".join(out)
+
+    def close(self):
+        pass
+
+
+def create_backend(working_dir):
+    return TrackingBackend(
+        working_dir,
+        name="lsf",
+        ops=LSFOps(working_dir, target_defaults=TARGET_DEFAULTS)
+    )
+
+
+def priority():
+    if has_exe("bsub"):
+        return 100
+    return -100
+
+
+setup = (create_backend, priority())