diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index aab95c42..d4833afd 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1179,6 +1179,10 @@
         <CHANNEL.import channel="jp_gakunin"/>
     </target>
     
+    <target name="flow.lv_laife.import">
+        <CHANNEL.import channel="lv_laife"/>
+    </target>
+    
     <target name="flow.se_swamid.import">
         <CHANNEL.import channel="se_swamid"/>
     </target>
diff --git a/mdx/lv_laife/beans.xml b/mdx/lv_laife/beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78c13e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/lv_laife/beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Common beans for this channel.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> 
+
+    <!--
+        Fetch the production aggregate.
+    -->
+    <bean id="lv_laife_productionAggregate" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.dom.DomHttpSourceStage"
+        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
+        <property name="id" value="lv_laife_productionAggregate"/>
+        <property name="parserPool" ref="parserPool"/>
+        <property name="sourceUrl" value="https://laife.lanet.lv/metadata/laife-metadata.xml"/>        
+    </bean>
+    
+    <!--
+        Fetch and process the exported entities as a collection.
+    -->
+    <bean id="lv_laife_exportedEntities" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.pipeline.CompositeStage"
+        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
+        <property name="id" value="lv_laife_exportedEntities"/>
+        <property name="composedStages">
+            <list>
+                <!-- no export aggregate; use the production one instead -->
+                <ref bean="lv_laife_productionAggregate"/>
+                
+                <!-- this metadata is not signed -->
+                
+                <!-- failure to validate signature is fatal -->
+                <ref bean="errorTerminatingFilter"/>
+                
+                <ref bean="disassemble"/>
+                
+                <ref bean="standardImportActions"/>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+</beans>
diff --git a/mdx/lv_laife/verbs.xml b/mdx/lv_laife/verbs.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59aafd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdx/lv_laife/verbs.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+    Verb definitions for this channel.
+-->
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd"> 
+
+    <!--
+        Import commonly used beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="../common-beans.xml"/>
+        
+    <!--
+        Import channel-specific beans.
+    -->
+    <import resource="beans.xml"/>
+    
+    <bean id="serializeImported" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.pipeline.SerializationStage"
+        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
+        <property name="id" value="serializeImported"/>
+        <property name="serializer" ref="serializer"/>
+        <property name="outputFile">
+            <bean class="java.io.File">
+                <constructor-arg value="#{ systemProperties['basedir'] }/mdx/lv_laife/imported.xml"/>
+            </bean>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+    <bean id="import" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.pipeline.SimplePipeline"
+        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
+        <property name="id" value="import"/>
+        <property name="stages">
+            <list>
+                <ref bean="lv_laife_exportedEntities"/>
+                <ref bean="standardImportTail"/>
+                <ref bean="serializeImported"/>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+
+    <bean id="importRaw" class="net.shibboleth.metadata.pipeline.SimplePipeline"
+        init-method="initialize" lazy-init="true">
+        <property name="id" value="importRaw"/>
+        <property name="stages">
+            <list>
+                <ref bean="lv_laife_productionAggregate"/>
+                <ref bean="serializeImported"/>
+            </list>
+        </property>
+    </bean>
+    
+</beans>