diff --git a/mcstats/config.py b/mcstats/config.py
index 5b48df90..2bfa1bd0 100644
--- a/mcstats/config.py
+++ b/mcstats/config.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
         "updateInactive": False,     # also update profile for inactive players
         "inactiveDays": 7,           # number of offline days before a player is considered inactive
         "minPlaytime": 60,           # number of minutes a player must have played before entering stats
+        "lookupUsingOPs": True,      # Include ops.json in the UUID to name lookup
         "excludeBanned": True,       # whether or not to exclude banned players
         "excludeOps": False,         # whether or not to exclude ops
         "excludeUUIDs": []           # list of UUIDs to exclude
diff --git a/update.py b/update.py
index 39b47fbe..e66bb513 100755
--- a/update.py
+++ b/update.py
@@ -178,6 +178,18 @@ def is_active(last):
     except:
         handle_error('Cannot open ' + usercacheFile + ' for offline player lookup')
 
+# try and load OPs
+oplist = dict()
+if config.players.lookupUsingOPs:
+    for (path, _) in sources:
+        opsFile = os.path.join(path, 'ops.json')
+        try:
+            with open(opsFile) as f:
+                for entry in json.load(f):
+                    oplist[entry['uuid']] = entry['name']
+        except:
+            handle_error('Cannot open ' + opsFile + ' for offline (op player) lookup')
+
 # exclude players
 excludePlayers = set()
 
@@ -379,6 +391,10 @@ def is_active(last):
             # no profile available, but the UUID is in the usercache
             player['name'] = usercache[uuid]
 
+        if (not 'name' in player) and (uuid in oplist):
+            # no profile available, but the UUID is in the OP list
+            player['name'] = oplist[uuid]
+
         if (not 'name' in player):
             # there is no way to find the name of this player
             # this may happen if the player has no valid Mojang UUID