diff --git a/include/circt/InitAllTranslations.h b/include/circt/InitAllTranslations.h
index 314faa8b175e..1bf8b8db965f 100644
--- a/include/circt/InitAllTranslations.h
+++ b/include/circt/InitAllTranslations.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 #include "circt/Dialect/Arc/ModelInfoExport.h"
+#include "circt/Dialect/BLIF/BLIFParser.h"
 #include "circt/Dialect/Calyx/CalyxEmitter.h"
 #include "circt/Dialect/ESI/ESIDialect.h"
 #include "circt/Dialect/FIRRTL/FIREmitter.h"
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ namespace circt {
 inline void registerAllTranslations() {
   static bool initOnce = []() {
     arc::registerArcModelInfoTranslation();
+    blif::registerFromBLIFFileTranslation();
     calyx::registerToCalyxTranslation();
     firrtl::registerFromFIRFileTranslation();
     firrtl::registerToFIRFileTranslation();
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFLexer.cpp b/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFLexer.cpp
index 03fda407a993..99f0ea108bb0 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFLexer.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFLexer.cpp
@@ -256,10 +256,6 @@ BLIFToken BLIFLexer::lexTokenImpl() {
         return lexFileInfo(tokStart);
       // Unknown character, emit an error.
       return emitError(tokStart, "unexpected character");
-    case '%':
-      if (*curPtr == '[')
-        return lexInlineAnnotation(tokStart);
-      return emitError(tokStart, "unexpected character following '%'");
     case '|':
       if (*curPtr == '}')
         return ++curPtr, formToken(BLIFToken::r_brace_bar, tokStart);
diff --git a/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFParser.cpp b/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFParser.cpp
index 951d15f1838e..823d0e3f882e 100644
--- a/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/Dialect/BLIF/Import/BLIFParser.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ struct BLIFParser {
   ParseResult parseIdOrNil(StringRef &result, const Twine &message);
   ParseResult parseIdOrNil(StringAttr &result, const Twine &message);
 
-  ParseResult parseIdList(SmallVectorImpl<std::string> &result,
-                          const Twine &message);
+  ParseResult parseIdList(SmallVectorImpl<StringRef> &result,
+                          const Twine &message, unsigned minCount = 0);
 
 private:
   BLIFParser(const BLIFParser &) = delete;
@@ -239,6 +239,28 @@ ParseResult BLIFParser::parseId(StringAttr &result, const Twine &message) {
   return success();
 }
 
+  ParseResult BLIFParser::parseIdList(SmallVectorImpl<StringRef> &result,
+                          const Twine &message, unsigned minCount) {
+  while(true) {
+  switch (getToken().getKind()) {
+  // The most common case is an identifier.
+  case BLIFToken::identifier:
+    result.push_back(getTokenSpelling());
+    consumeToken();
+    if (minCount)
+        --minCount;
+    break;
+  default:
+    if (minCount) {
+      emitError(message);
+      return failure();
+    }
+    return success();
+  }
+  }
+}
+
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // BLIFModelParser
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -292,9 +314,9 @@ Value BLIFModelParser::getReferencedModel(SMLoc loc, StringRef modelName) {
 ParseResult BLIFModelParser::parseLogicGate() {
   auto startTok = consumeToken(BLIFToken::kw_names);
   auto loc = startTok.getLoc();
-  SmallVector<std::string> inputs;
+  SmallVector<StringRef> inputs;
   std::string output;
-  if (parseIdList(inputs, "expected input list"))
+  if (parseIdList(inputs, "expected input list", 1))
     return failure();
   output = inputs.back();
   inputs.pop_back();
@@ -413,22 +435,22 @@ struct BLIFFileParser : public BLIFParser {
 ParseResult BLIFFileParser::parseModel() {
   StringAttr name;
   auto modLoc = getToken().getLoc();
-  SmallVector<std::string> inputs, outputs, clocks;
+  SmallVector<StringRef> inputs, outputs, clocks;
   consumeToken(BLIFToken::kw_model);
   if (parseId(name, "expected model name"))
     return failure();
   while (getToken().isModelHeaderKeyword()) {
     switch (getToken().getKind()) {
     case BLIFToken::kw_inputs:
-      if (parseIdList(inputs, "expected input list"))
+      if (parseIdList(inputs, "expected input list", 1))
         return failure();
       break;
     case BLIFToken::kw_outputs:
-      if (parseIdList(outputs, "expected output list"))
+      if (parseIdList(outputs, "expected output list", 1))
         return failure();
       break;
     case BLIFToken::kw_clock:
-      if (parseIdList(clocks, "expected clock list"))
+      if (parseIdList(clocks, "expected clock list", 1))
         return failure();
       break;
     default:
diff --git a/test/Dialect/BLIF/parse-basic.blif b/test/Dialect/BLIF/parse-basic.blif
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10ba2ad8b81f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Dialect/BLIF/parse-basic.blif
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+; RUN: circt-translate -import-blif -verify-diagnostics -split-input-file %s | circt-opt | FileCheck %s
+
+.model simple
+.inputs a B
+.outputs c
+.names a b c
+11 1
+.end
+
+;// -----
+
+# unamed model
+.names a b \
+c # test \
+11 1
+
diff --git a/test/lit.cfg.py b/test/lit.cfg.py
index 6ff8c38100cd..791317c1f457 100644
--- a/test/lit.cfg.py
+++ b/test/lit.cfg.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 config.test_format = lit.formats.ShTest(not llvm_config.use_lit_shell)
 
 # suffixes: A list of file extensions to treat as test files.
-config.suffixes = ['.td', '.mlir', '.ll', '.fir', '.sv']
+config.suffixes = ['.td', '.mlir', '.ll', '.blif', '.fir', '.sv']
 
 # test_source_root: The root path where tests are located.
 config.test_source_root = os.path.dirname(__file__)