diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3c80e270fd6a9f5ce038c6c5bf7dc5045d2a47b9..936af641127dd7c57c08d5a5c588676093d67f5e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 	* Version 2.5.1 released
 
+2025-02-12  Uwe Schulzweida
+
+	* GRIB_API: Handle LLAM as LCC
+
 2025-02-06  Uwe Schulzweida
 
 	* Added obsolete functions vlistNgrids() and vlistNzaxis() for ParaView vtkCDIReader
diff --git a/src/gribapi.h b/src/gribapi.h
index 87e9a23e30fa062572fc3314a9e18d5a71d8fdf7..784eb940a8e64e75d1f69e54d2b8fa50645ed675 100644
--- a/src/gribapi.h
+++ b/src/gribapi.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_LATLON_ROTSTR         3  // Stretched and Rotated Latitude/longitude
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_STERE                20  // Polar stereographic projection
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_LCC                  30  // Lambert conformal
+#define  GRIB2_GTYPE_LLAM                 33  // Lambert LAM
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_GAUSSIAN             40  // Gaussian latitude/longitude
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_GAUSSIAN_ROT         41  // Rotated Gaussian latitude/longitude
 #define  GRIB2_GTYPE_GAUSSIAN_STR         42  // Stretched Gaussian latitude/longitude
diff --git a/src/gribapi_utilities.c b/src/gribapi_utilities.c
index 068b7f4bbc062d838540238b83245fad48108df0..ee5b158633b7760dac7ff66825c1b92c778cda80 100644
--- a/src/gribapi_utilities.c
+++ b/src/gribapi_utilities.c
@@ -591,6 +591,7 @@ gribapiGetGridType(grib_handle *gh)
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_GAUSSIAN: return has_ni(gh) ? GRID_GAUSSIAN : GRID_GAUSSIAN_REDUCED;
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_LATLON_ROT: return GRID_PROJECTION;
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_LCC: return CDI_PROJ_LCC;
+    case GRIB2_GTYPE_LLAM: return CDI_PROJ_LCC;  // Handle LLAM as LCC
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_STERE: return CDI_PROJ_STERE;
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_SPECTRAL: return GRID_SPECTRAL;
     case GRIB2_GTYPE_GME: return GRID_GME;