diff --git a/src/storm/models/ModelType.cpp b/src/storm/models/ModelType.cpp
index 956c9baed..d556448bb 100644
--- a/src/storm/models/ModelType.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/models/ModelType.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 return ModelType::MarkovAutomaton;
             } else if (type == "S2PG") {
                 return ModelType::S2pg;
-            } else if (type == "Pomdp") {
+            } else if (type == "POMDP") {
                 return ModelType::Pomdp;
             } else {
                 STORM_LOG_THROW(false, storm::exceptions::InvalidTypeException, "Type " << type << "not known.");
diff --git a/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.cpp b/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.cpp
index b49e72cb4..4baa24751 100644
--- a/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@ namespace storm {
                 // In debug mode, ensure that every observability is used.
             }
 
+            template<typename ValueType, typename RewardModelType>
+            uint32_t Pomdp<ValueType, RewardModelType>::getObservation(uint64_t state) const {
+                return observations.at(state);
+            }
+
+            template<typename ValueType, typename RewardModelType>
+            uint64_t Pomdp<ValueType, RewardModelType>::getNrObservations() const {
+                return nrObservations;
+            }
+
 
             template class Pomdp<double>;
             template class Pomdp<storm::RationalNumber>;
diff --git a/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.h b/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.h
index 7be220743..4d4d54747 100644
--- a/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.h
+++ b/src/storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.h
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ namespace storm {
 
                 virtual void printModelInformationToStream(std::ostream& out) const override;
 
+                uint32_t getObservation(uint64_t state) const;
+
+                uint64_t getNrObservations() const;
+
+
 
             protected:
                 // TODO: consider a bitvector based presentation (depending on our needs).
diff --git a/src/storm/parser/DirectEncodingParser.cpp b/src/storm/parser/DirectEncodingParser.cpp
index c18d1965c..e6743e941 100644
--- a/src/storm/parser/DirectEncodingParser.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/parser/DirectEncodingParser.cpp
@@ -109,10 +109,11 @@ namespace storm {
         std::shared_ptr<storm::storage::sparse::ModelComponents<ValueType, RewardModelType>> DirectEncodingParser<ValueType, RewardModelType>::parseStates(std::istream& file, storm::models::ModelType type, size_t stateSize, ValueParser<ValueType> const& valueParser) {
             // Initialize
             auto modelComponents = std::make_shared<storm::storage::sparse::ModelComponents<ValueType, RewardModelType>>();
-            bool nonDeterministic = (type == storm::models::ModelType::Mdp || type == storm::models::ModelType::MarkovAutomaton);
+            bool nonDeterministic = (type == storm::models::ModelType::Mdp || type == storm::models::ModelType::MarkovAutomaton || type == storm::models::ModelType::Pomdp);
             storm::storage::SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType> builder = storm::storage::SparseMatrixBuilder<ValueType>(0, 0, 0, false, nonDeterministic, 0);
             modelComponents->stateLabeling = storm::models::sparse::StateLabeling(stateSize);
-
+            modelComponents->observabilityClasses = std::vector<uint32_t>();
+            modelComponents->observabilityClasses->resize(stateSize);
             // We parse rates for continuous time models.
             if (type == storm::models::ModelType::Ctmc) {
                 modelComponents->rateTransitions = true;
@@ -152,6 +153,19 @@ namespace storm {
                             STORM_LOG_WARN("Rewards were not imported");
                             line = line.substr(posEndReward+1);
                         }
+
+                        if (type == storm::models::ModelType::Pomdp) {
+                            if (boost::starts_with(line, "{")) {
+                                size_t posEndObservation = line.find("}");
+                                std::string observation = line.substr(1, posEndObservation-1);
+                                STORM_LOG_TRACE("State observation " << observations);
+                                modelComponents->observabilityClasses.get()[state] = std::stoi(observation);
+                                line = line.substr(posEndObservation+1);
+                            } else {
+                                STORM_LOG_THROW(false, storm::exceptions::WrongFormatException, "Expected an observation for state " << state << ".");
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         // Check for labels
                         std::vector<std::string> labels;
                         boost::split(labels, line, boost::is_any_of(" "));
diff --git a/src/storm/storage/prism/Program.cpp b/src/storm/storage/prism/Program.cpp
index fce0c6682..d8dece894 100644
--- a/src/storm/storage/prism/Program.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/storage/prism/Program.cpp
@@ -1684,6 +1684,7 @@ namespace storm {
                 case Program::ModelType::MDP: out << "mdp"; break;
                 case Program::ModelType::CTMDP: out << "ctmdp"; break;
                 case Program::ModelType::MA: out << "ma"; break;
+                case Program::ModelType::POMDP: out << "pomdp"; break;
             }
             return out;
         }
diff --git a/src/storm/utility/DirectEncodingExporter.cpp b/src/storm/utility/DirectEncodingExporter.cpp
index 8c93b3b7f..ff5301045 100644
--- a/src/storm/utility/DirectEncodingExporter.cpp
+++ b/src/storm/utility/DirectEncodingExporter.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include "storm/models/sparse/Mdp.h"
 #include "storm/models/sparse/Ctmc.h"
 #include "storm/models/sparse/MarkovAutomaton.h"
+#include "storm/models/sparse/Pomdp.h"
 
 #include "storm/models/sparse/StandardRewardModel.h"
 
@@ -75,6 +76,10 @@ namespace storm {
                     os << "]";
                 }
 
+                if (sparseModel->getType() == storm::models::ModelType::Pomdp) {
+                    os << " {" << sparseModel->template as<storm::models::sparse::Pomdp<ValueType>>()->getObservation(group) << "}";
+                }
+
                 // Write labels
                 for(auto const& label : sparseModel->getStateLabeling().getLabelsOfState(group)) {
                     os << " " << label;