diff --git a/lib/layouts/IEEEtran.layout b/lib/layouts/IEEEtran.layout
index d09540e181..57615b4a3d 100644
--- a/lib/layouts/IEEEtran.layout
+++ b/lib/layouts/IEEEtran.layout
@@ -418,6 +418,17 @@ Style Biography
 End
 
 
+Style BiographyNoPhoto
+	LaTeXType             Environment
+	LaTeXName             biographynophoto
+	Align                 Block
+	AlignPossible         Block
+	TextFont
+	  Size                Small
+	EndFont
+End
+
+
 ##
 ##  stdlayouts
 ##
diff --git a/status.14x b/status.14x
index 069369682d..c4e879f0fa 100644
--- a/status.14x
+++ b/status.14x
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ What's new
   .tex files that are suitable for pdflatex, including figure conversion
   to png, pdf or jpeg instead of eps.
 
+- add biographynophoto style to IEEEtran.layout
+
 ** Bug fixes
 
 * Document input/output: