diff --git a/mne/annotations.py b/mne/annotations.py
index 629ee7b20cb..b60ea1502e0 100644
--- a/mne/annotations.py
+++ b/mne/annotations.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     _check_option,
     _check_pandas_installed,
     _check_time_format,
+    _check_wfdb_installed,
     _convert_times,
     _DefaultEventParser,
     _dt_to_stamp,
@@ -1140,7 +1141,14 @@ def _write_annotations_txt(fname, annot):
 
 @fill_doc
 def read_annotations(
-    fname, sfreq="auto", uint16_codec=None, encoding="utf8", ignore_marker_types=False
+    fname,
+    sfreq="auto",
+    *,
+    uint16_codec=None,
+    encoding="utf8",
+    ignore_marker_types=False,
+    fmt="auto",
+    suffix=None,
 ) -> Annotations:
     r"""Read annotations from a file.
 
@@ -1222,6 +1230,7 @@ def read_annotations(
         ".bdf": {"encoding": encoding},
         ".gdf": {"encoding": encoding},
     }
+    print(fname.suffix)
     if fname.suffix in readers:
         annotations = readers[fname.suffix](fname, **kwargs.get(fname.suffix, {}))
     elif fname.name.endswith(("fif", "fif.gz")):
@@ -1231,6 +1240,8 @@ def read_annotations(
             annotations = _read_annotations_fif(fid, tree)
     elif fname.name.startswith("events_") and fname.suffix == ".mat":
         annotations = _read_brainstorm_annotations(fname)
+    elif fmt == "wfdb":
+        annotations = _read_wfdb_annotations(fname, suffix=suffix)
     else:
         raise OSError(f'Unknown annotation file format "{fname}"')
 
@@ -1513,6 +1524,18 @@ def _check_event_description(event_desc, events):
     return event_desc
 
 
+def _read_wfdb_annotations(fname, suffix=None, sfreq="auto"):
+    """Read annotations from wfdb format."""
+    wfdb = _check_wfdb_installed(strict=True)
+    anno = wfdb.io.rdann(fname.stem, extension=suffix)
+    anno_dict = anno.__dict__
+    sfreq = anno_dict["fs"] if sfreq == "auto" else sfreq
+    onset = anno_dict["sample"] / sfreq
+    duration = np.zeros_like(onset)
+    description = anno_dict["symbol"]
+    return Annotations(onset, duration, description)
+
+
 @verbose
 def events_from_annotations(
     raw,
diff --git a/mne/utils/__init__.pyi b/mne/utils/__init__.pyi
index 46d272e972d..770afd0bde6 100644
--- a/mne/utils/__init__.pyi
+++ b/mne/utils/__init__.pyi
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ __all__ = [
     "_check_preload",
     "_check_pybv_installed",
     "_check_pymatreader_installed",
+    "_check_wfdb_installed",
     "_check_qt_version",
     "_check_range",
     "_check_rank",
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ from .check import (
     _check_stc_units,
     _check_subject,
     _check_time_format,
+    _check_wfdb_installed,
     _ensure_events,
     _ensure_int,
     _import_h5io_funcs,
diff --git a/mne/utils/check.py b/mne/utils/check.py
index 973fa33fe79..723b88b05bc 100644
--- a/mne/utils/check.py
+++ b/mne/utils/check.py
@@ -453,6 +453,11 @@ def _check_edfio_installed(strict=True):
     return _soft_import("edfio", "exporting to EDF", strict=strict)
 
 
+def _check_wfdb_installed(strict=True):
+    """Aux function."""
+    return _soft_import("wfdb", "MIT WFDB IO", strict=strict)
+
+
 def _check_pybv_installed(strict=True):
     """Aux function."""
     return _soft_import("pybv", "exporting to BrainVision", strict=strict)