diff --git a/src/pynwb/file.py b/src/pynwb/file.py
index 5511439e3..3fdca7b1a 100644
--- a/src/pynwb/file.py
+++ b/src/pynwb/file.py
@@ -239,6 +239,8 @@ class NWBFile(MultiContainerInterface):
             {'name': 'lab', 'type': str, 'doc': 'lab where experiment was performed', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'acquisition', 'type': (list, tuple),
              'doc': 'Raw TimeSeries objects belonging to this NWBFile', 'default': None},
+            {'name': 'analysis', 'type': (list, tuple),
+             'doc': 'result of analysis', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'stimulus', 'type': (list, tuple),
              'doc': 'Stimulus TimeSeries objects belonging to this NWBFile', 'default': None},
             {'name': 'stimulus_template', 'type': (list, tuple),
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.__file_create_date = list(map(_add_missing_timezone, self.__file_create_date))
 
         self.acquisition = getargs('acquisition', kwargs)
+        self.analysis = getargs('analysis', kwargs)
         self.stimulus = getargs('stimulus', kwargs)
         self.stimulus_template = getargs('stimulus_template', kwargs)
         self.keywords = getargs('keywords', kwargs)
diff --git a/src/pynwb/io/file.py b/src/pynwb/io/file.py
index 4b43b0027..a58705af7 100644
--- a/src/pynwb/io/file.py
+++ b/src/pynwb/io/file.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ def __init__(self, spec):
         super(NWBFileMap, self).__init__(spec)
         raw_ts_spec = self.spec.get_group('acquisition').get_neurodata_type('NWBDataInterface')
         self.map_spec('acquisition', raw_ts_spec)
+        self.map_spec('analysis', self.spec.get_group('analysis').get_neurodata_type('NWBContainer'))
 
         stimulus_spec = self.spec.get_group('stimulus')
         self.unmap(stimulus_spec)
diff --git a/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py b/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py
index c669df66c..5e4463596 100644
--- a/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py
+++ b/tests/integration/ui_write/test_nwbfile.py
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ def setUpContainer(self):
         self.ts = TimeSeries('test_timeseries', list(range(100, 200, 10)),
                              'SIunit', timestamps=list(range(10)), resolution=0.1)
         container.add_acquisition(self.ts)
+        self.ts2 = TimeSeries('test_timeseries2', list(range(200, 300, 10)),
+                              'SIunit', timestamps=list(range(10)), resolution=0.1)
+        container.add_analysis(self.ts2)
         self.mod = container.create_processing_module('test_module',
                                                       'a test module')
         self.clustering = Clustering("A fake Clustering interface", [0, 1, 2, 0, 1, 2], [100., 101., 102.],
@@ -164,6 +167,7 @@ def test_read(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(container, NWBFile)
         raw_ts = container.acquisition
         self.assertEqual(len(raw_ts), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(len(container.analysis), 1)
         for v in raw_ts.values():
             self.assertIsInstance(v, TimeSeries)
         hdf5io.close()
diff --git a/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_file.py b/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_file.py
index 16ce63146..9537cbf89 100644
--- a/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_file.py
+++ b/tests/unit/pynwb_tests/test_file.py
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ def test_add_stimulus_template(self):
                                                       'grams', timestamps=[0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]))
         self.assertEqual(len(self.nwbfile.stimulus_template), 1)
 
+    def test_add_analysis(self):
+        self.nwbfile.add_analysis(TimeSeries('test_ts', [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
+                                             'grams', timestamps=[0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]))
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.nwbfile.analysis), 1)
+
     def test_add_acquisition_check_dups(self):
         self.nwbfile.add_acquisition(TimeSeries('test_ts', [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5],
                                                 'grams', timestamps=[0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5]))