diff --git a/aviary/modules/assembly/assembly.smk b/aviary/modules/assembly/assembly.smk
index fa06fea4..07bb5caa 100644
--- a/aviary/modules/assembly/assembly.smk
+++ b/aviary/modules/assembly/assembly.smk
@@ -69,6 +69,28 @@ rule flye_assembly:
     script:
         "scripts/run_flye.py"
 
+rule metamdbg_assembly:
+    input:
+        fastq = "data/long_reads.fastq.gz"
+    output:
+        fasta = "data/metamdbg/contigs.fasta.gz",
+        log = "data/metamdbg/metaMDBG.log", # Some info here is surplus to snakemake log file.
+        junk1 = temp(directory("data/metamdbg/tmp/")),
+    params:
+        long_read_type = config["long_read_type"]
+    threads:
+        config["max_threads"]
+    resources: # TODO: Currently these are copied from flye_assembly, but they should be adjusted
+        mem_mb = lambda wildcards, attempt: min(int(config["max_memory"])*1024, 512*1024*attempt),
+        runtime = lambda wildcards, attempt: 24*60 + 24*60*attempt,
+    log:
+        "logs/metamdbg_assembly.log"
+    conda:
+        "envs/metamdbg.yaml"
+    benchmark:
+        "benchmarks/metamdbg_assembly.benchmark.txt"
+    script:
+        "scripts/run_metamdbg.py"
 
 # Polish the long reads assembly with Racon or Medaka
 rule polish_metagenome_flye:
diff --git a/aviary/modules/assembly/envs/metamdbg.yaml b/aviary/modules/assembly/envs/metamdbg.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fe951800
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aviary/modules/assembly/envs/metamdbg.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - bioconda
+dependencies:
+  - metamdbg = 1.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aviary/modules/assembly/scripts/run_metamdbg.py b/aviary/modules/assembly/scripts/run_metamdbg.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1417e609
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aviary/modules/assembly/scripts/run_metamdbg.py
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+from subprocess import run, STDOUT
+import os
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def dummy_fasta(output_fasta: str):
+    with open(output_fasta, "w") as out:
+        out.write(">dummy\n")
+        out.write("ACGT\n")
+
+
+def create_dummy_output(output_dir: str):
+    # need to create dummy output files
+    os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
+    output_fasta = f"{output_dir}/assembly.fasta"
+    dummy_fasta(output_fasta)
+    # Path.joinpath(Path(output_dir), "assembly_info.txt").touch()
+    # Path.joinpath(Path(output_dir), "assembly_graph.gfa").touch()
+    # os.makedirs(f"{output_dir}/00-assembly", exist_ok=True)
+    # os.makedirs(f"{output_dir}/10-consensus", exist_ok=True)
+    # os.makedirs(f"{output_dir}/20-repeat", exist_ok=True)
+    # os.makedirs(f"{output_dir}/30-contigger", exist_ok=True)
+    # os.makedirs(f"{output_dir}/40-polishing", exist_ok=True)
+
+
+def run_metamdbg(
+    long_read_type: str,
+    input_fastq: str,
+    output_dir: str,
+    threads: int,
+    log: str,
+):
+    # check if input_fastq has any reads
+    if os.path.getsize(input_fastq) == 0:
+        with open(log, "a") as logf:
+            logf.write(f"Input fastq file {input_fastq} is empty\n")
+            logf.write(f"Skipping metamdbg assembly\n")
+        create_dummy_output(output_dir)
+        return
+
+    if long_read_type == 'ont':
+        read_type = "--in-ont"
+    elif long_read_type == 'ont_hq':
+        read_type = "--in-ont"
+    elif long_read_type == 'ccs' or long_read_type == 'hifi':
+        read_type = "--in-hifi"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Invalid long read type: {long_read_type}")
+    
+    cmd = f"metaMDBG asm {read_type} {input_fastq} --out-dir {output_dir} --threads {threads}".split()
+    with open(log, "a") as logf:
+        run(cmd, stdout=logf, stderr=STDOUT)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    long_read_type = snakemake.params.long_read_type
+    input_fastq = snakemake.input.fastq
+    output_dir = "data/metamdbg"
+    threads = snakemake.threads
+    log = snakemake.log[0]
+
+    with open(log, "w") as logf: pass
+
+    run_metamdbg(
+        long_read_type=long_read_type,
+        input_fastq=input_fastq,
+        output_dir=output_dir,
+        threads=threads,
+        log=log,
+    )
diff --git a/test/data/ont_badread_10.4.1_GCA_000503915.1_ASM50391v1_genomic.fastq.gz b/test/data/ont_badread_10.4.1_GCA_000503915.1_ASM50391v1_genomic.fastq.gz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bf084e45
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