diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9945cf18..d43a704b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
+.idea/*
 *.py[cod]
 *$py.class
 
diff --git a/dabest/_classes.py b/dabest/_classes.py
index 026246ed..3e7ef8ef 100644
--- a/dabest/_classes.py
+++ b/dabest/_classes.py
@@ -470,6 +470,7 @@ def __init__(self, control, test, effect_size,
         from numpy.random import choice, seed
 
         import scipy.stats as spstats
+        import lqrt
 
         # import statsmodels.stats.power as power
 
@@ -658,6 +659,20 @@ def __init__(self, control, test, effect_size,
                 # in terms of rank (eg. all zeros.)
                 pass
 
+            # Likelihood Q-Ratio test:
+            # Assumes a gross-error model of distributions
+            try:
+                if self.__is_paired:
+                    lqrt_ratio = lqrt.lqrtest_rel(control, test)
+                else:
+                    lqrt_ratio = lqrt.lqrtest_ind(control, test)
+                self.__pvalue_lqrt = lqrt_ratio.pvalue
+                self.__statistic_lqrt = lqrt_ratio.statistic
+            except ImportError:
+                # did not install necessary library to run robust lqrt statistic
+                # warnings.warn("To get")
+                pass
+
             standardized_es = es.cohens_d(control, test, is_paired=False)
             # self.__power = power.tt_ind_solve_power(standardized_es,
             #                                         len(control),
@@ -874,6 +889,21 @@ def statistic_wilcoxon(self):
         except AttributeError:
             return npnan
 
+    @property
+    def pvalue_lqrt(self):
+        from numpy import nan as npnan
+        try:
+            return self.__pvalue_lqrt
+        except AttributeError:
+            return npnan
+
+    @property
+    def statistic_lqrt(self):
+        from numpy import nan as npnan
+        try:
+            return self.__statistic_lqrt
+        except AttributeError:
+            return npnan
 
 
     @property
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f31eae05..af8ace44 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
             'pandas~=0.25,!=0.25.2',
             
             'matplotlib~=3.0',
-            'seaborn~=0.9'
+            'seaborn~=0.9',
+            'lqrt>=0.3.2'
         ],
         extras_require={'dev': ['pytest~=5.2', 'pytest-mpl~=0.10']},
         python_requires='~=3.5',