diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt b/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
index 85ac9d2def..e223501492 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/TODO.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ Format LaTeX feature                        LyX feature
 407    vertical offset for multirows        InsetTabular
 411    support for polyglossia              \language_package	(the cases of no package, of babel and of custom package is supported)
 415    automatic undertilde loading         \use_package undertilde
-427    tipa.sty \begin{IPA}                 InsetTIPA
 438    \tone{51}, \tone{15}, \tone{45},     InsetTIPA
        \tone{12}, \tone{454}, \toptiebar,
        \bottomtiebar
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.lyx.lyx b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.lyx.lyx
index b5dcfef22d..af9c2de849 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.lyx.lyx
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.lyx.lyx
@@ -5722,6 +5722,246 @@ pl]
 \end_inset
 
 
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+
+\begin_inset IPA
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+ls B!Y
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+textbottomtiebar
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ae
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+texttoptiebar
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ar
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+l
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+u{ö}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+e
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+t{*}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ 
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+Ì¥
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+r
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+̽
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset script superscript
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+j
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ d˺ 
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+H{k}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ 
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+tone
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+55
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+e
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+
+\backslash
+textglobfall
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
+\begin_inset ERT
+status collapsed
+
+\begin_layout Plain Layout
+{}
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+ 
+\end_layout
+
+\end_inset
+
+
 \end_layout
 
 \begin_layout Subsection
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.tex b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.tex
index cbbce838ae..187711c2bf 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.tex
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/test/test-insets.tex
@@ -520,6 +520,13 @@ $test\vphantom{Wow\&\%}test$
 
 \textipa{[@n Ig"zA\textcolor{red}{:m}pl]}
 
+\begin{IPA}
+ls\;B!Y\textbottomtiebar{ae}\texttoptiebar{ar}
+
+l\u{ö}e\t*{ }\textsubring{r}\textovercross{\textsuperscript{j}} d\textcorner{}
+\H{k} \tone{55}e\textglobfall{}
+\end{IPA}
+
 
 \subsection{Line breaks\sindex[breaks]{Line breaks}}
 
diff --git a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
index 6c84024bbc..7bf2daed64 100644
--- a/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
+++ b/src/tex2lyx/text.cpp
@@ -1413,6 +1413,18 @@ void parse_environment(Parser & p, ostream & os, bool outer,
 		p.skip_spaces();
 	}
 
+	else if (name == "IPA") {
+		eat_whitespace(p, os, parent_context, false);
+		parent_context.check_layout(os);
+		begin_inset(os, "IPA\n");
+		//os << "status open\n";
+		parse_text_in_inset(p, os, FLAG_END, outer, parent_context);
+		end_inset(os);
+		p.skip_spaces();
+		preamble.registerAutomaticallyLoadedPackage("tipa");
+		preamble.registerAutomaticallyLoadedPackage("tipx");
+	}
+
 	else if (name == "CJK") {
 		// the scheme is \begin{CJK}{encoding}{mapping}text\end{CJK}
 		// It is impossible to decide if a CJK environment was in its own paragraph or within
@@ -3211,8 +3223,7 @@ void parse_text(Parser & p, ostream & os, unsigned flags, bool outer,
 		else if (t.cs() == "textipa") {
 			context.check_layout(os);
 			begin_inset(os, "IPA\n");
-			parse_text_in_inset(p, os, FLAG_ITEM, outer, context,
-			                    "IPA");
+			parse_text_in_inset(p, os, FLAG_ITEM, outer, context);
 			end_inset(os);
 			preamble.registerAutomaticallyLoadedPackage("tipa");
 			preamble.registerAutomaticallyLoadedPackage("tipx");