diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 446c1e6a3b..86c5f4eadd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 * Fixed compilation failures with LESS v1.7.0 and GRUNT v0.4.4 [[view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1180)]
 * Added better error handling across the library [[view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1197)]
 * Updated captions/subtiles file fetching to support cross-origin requests in older IE browsers [[view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1095)]
+* Added support for playback rate switching [[view](https://github.com/videojs/video.js/pull/1132)]
 
 --------------------
 
diff --git a/build/source-loader.js b/build/source-loader.js
index 1178856a4b..84ee8cdff5 100644
--- a/build/source-loader.js
+++ b/build/source-loader.js
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ var sourceFiles = [
   "src/js/control-bar/volume-control.js",
   "src/js/control-bar/mute-toggle.js",
   "src/js/control-bar/volume-menu-button.js",
+  "src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu-button.js",
   "src/js/poster.js",
   "src/js/loading-spinner.js",
   "src/js/big-play-button.js",
diff --git a/sandbox/index.html.example b/sandbox/index.html.example
index a73ba38a21..25d2e7c72c 100644
--- a/sandbox/index.html.example
+++ b/sandbox/index.html.example
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     <source src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.webm" type='video/webm'>
     <source src="http://video-js.zencoder.com/oceans-clip.ogv" type='video/ogg'>
     <track kind="captions" src="../build/demo-files/demo.captions.vtt" srclang="en" label="English"></track><!-- Tracks need an ending tag thanks to IE9 -->
-    <p class="vjs-no-js">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank">supports HTML5 video</a>
+    <p class="vjs-no-js">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that <a href="http://videojs.com/html5-video-support/" target="_blank">supports HTML5 video</a></p>
   </video>
 
   <script>
diff --git a/src/css/video-js.less b/src/css/video-js.less
index ea05a57bd8..30f6e21cb4 100644
--- a/src/css/video-js.less
+++ b/src/css/video-js.less
@@ -265,6 +265,27 @@ fonts to show/hide properly.
   content: @pause-icon;
 }
 
+/* Playback toggle
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+*/
+.vjs-default-skin .vjs-playback-rate .vjs-playback-rate-value {
+  font-size: 1.5em;
+  line-height: 2;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+}
+
+.vjs-default-skin .vjs-playback-rate.vjs-menu-button .vjs-menu .vjs-menu-content {
+  width: 4em;
+  left: -2em;
+  list-style: none;
+}
+
 /* Volume/Mute
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 .vjs-default-skin .vjs-mute-control,
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/control-bar.js b/src/js/control-bar/control-bar.js
index 0443acae04..3db1031319 100644
--- a/src/js/control-bar/control-bar.js
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/control-bar.js
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ vjs.ControlBar.prototype.options_ = {
     'progressControl': {},
     'fullscreenToggle': {},
     'volumeControl': {},
-    'muteToggle': {}
-    // 'volumeMenuButton': {}
+    'muteToggle': {},
+    // 'volumeMenuButton': {},
+    'playbackRateMenuButton': {}
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu-button.js b/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu-button.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7755df74c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/control-bar/playback-rate-menu-button.js
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/**
+ * The component for controlling the playback rate
+ *
+ * @param {vjs.Player|Object} player
+ * @param {Object=} options
+ * @constructor
+ */
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton = vjs.MenuButton.extend({
+  /** @constructor */
+  init: function(player, options){
+    vjs.MenuButton.call(this, player, options);
+
+    this.updateVisibility();
+    this.updateLabel();
+
+    player.on('loadstart', vjs.bind(this, this.updateVisibility));
+    player.on('ratechange', vjs.bind(this, this.updateLabel));
+  }
+});
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.createEl = function(){
+  var el = vjs.Component.prototype.createEl.call(this, 'div', {
+    className: 'vjs-playback-rate vjs-menu-button vjs-control',
+    innerHTML: '<div class="vjs-control-content"><span class="vjs-control-text">Playback Rate</span></div>'
+  });
+
+  this.labelEl_ = vjs.createEl('div', {
+    className: 'vjs-playback-rate-value',
+    innerHTML: 1.0
+  });
+
+  el.appendChild(this.labelEl_);
+
+  return el;
+};
+
+// Menu creation
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.createMenu = function(){
+  var menu = new vjs.Menu(this.player());
+  var rates = this.player().options().playbackRates;
+
+  if (rates) {
+    for (var i = rates.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+      menu.addChild(
+        new vjs.PlaybackRateMenuItem(this.player(), {rate: rates[i] + 'x'})
+        );
+    };
+  }
+
+  return menu;
+};
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.updateARIAAttributes = function(){
+  // Current playback rate
+  this.el().setAttribute('aria-valuenow', this.player().playbackRate());
+};
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.onClick = function(){
+  // select next rate option
+  var currentRate = this.player().playbackRate();
+  var rates = this.player().options().playbackRates;
+  // this will select first one if the last one currently selected
+  var newRate = rates[0];
+  for (var i = 0; i <rates.length ; i++) {
+    if (rates[i] > currentRate) {
+      newRate = rates[i];
+      break;
+    }
+  };
+  this.player().playbackRate(newRate);
+};
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.playbackRateSupported = function(){
+  return this.player().tech
+    && this.player().tech.features['playbackRate']
+    && this.player().options().playbackRates
+    && this.player().options().playbackRates.length > 0
+  ;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Hide playback rate controls when they're no playback rate options to select
+ */
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.updateVisibility = function(){
+  if (this.playbackRateSupported()) {
+    this.removeClass('vjs-hidden');
+  } else {
+    this.addClass('vjs-hidden');
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Update button label when rate changed
+ */
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton.prototype.updateLabel = function(){
+  if (this.playbackRateSupported()) {
+    this.labelEl_.innerHTML = this.player().playbackRate() + 'x';
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * The specific menu item type for selecting a playback rate
+ *
+ * @constructor
+ */
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuItem = vjs.MenuItem.extend({
+  contentElType: 'button',
+  /** @constructor */
+  init: function(player, options){
+    var label = this.label = options['rate'];
+    var rate = this.rate = parseFloat(label, 10);
+
+    // Modify options for parent MenuItem class's init.
+    options['label'] = label;
+    options['selected'] = rate === 1;
+    vjs.MenuItem.call(this, player, options);
+
+    this.player().on('ratechange', vjs.bind(this, this.update));
+  }
+});
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuItem.prototype.onClick = function(){
+  vjs.MenuItem.prototype.onClick.call(this);
+  this.player().playbackRate(this.rate);
+};
+
+vjs.PlaybackRateMenuItem.prototype.update = function(){
+  this.selected(this.player().playbackRate() == this.rate);
+};
diff --git a/src/js/core.js b/src/js/core.js
index d330e33c9f..1f7e165259 100644
--- a/src/js/core.js
+++ b/src/js/core.js
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ vjs.options = {
   // defaultVolume: 0.85,
   'defaultVolume': 0.00, // The freakin seaguls are driving me crazy!
 
+  // default playback rates
+  'playbackRates': [],
+  // Add playback rate selection by adding rates
+  // 'playbackRates': [0.5, 1, 1.5, 2],
+
   // Included control sets
   'children': {
     'mediaLoader': {},
diff --git a/src/js/exports.js b/src/js/exports.js
index 02487b2074..11ae06948e 100644
--- a/src/js/exports.js
+++ b/src/js/exports.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ goog.exportSymbol('videojs.PosterImage', vjs.PosterImage);
 goog.exportSymbol('videojs.Menu', vjs.Menu);
 goog.exportSymbol('videojs.MenuItem', vjs.MenuItem);
 goog.exportSymbol('videojs.MenuButton', vjs.MenuButton);
+goog.exportSymbol('videojs.PlaybackRateMenuButton', vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.MenuButton.prototype, 'createItems', vjs.MenuButton.prototype.createItems);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.TextTrackButton.prototype, 'createItems', vjs.TextTrackButton.prototype.createItems);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.ChaptersButton.prototype, 'createItems', vjs.ChaptersButton.prototype.createItems);
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'setAutoplay', vjs.Html5.prototype.setA
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'setLoop', vjs.Html5.prototype.setLoop);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'enterFullScreen', vjs.Html5.prototype.enterFullScreen);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'exitFullScreen', vjs.Html5.prototype.exitFullScreen);
+goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'playbackRate', vjs.Html5.prototype.playbackRate);
+goog.exportProperty(vjs.Html5.prototype, 'setPlaybackRate', vjs.Html5.prototype.setPlaybackRate);
 
 goog.exportSymbol('videojs.Flash', vjs.Flash);
 goog.exportProperty(vjs.Flash, 'isSupported', vjs.Flash.isSupported);
diff --git a/src/js/media/flash.js b/src/js/media/flash.js
index 523b4816c7..83eaf3246c 100644
--- a/src/js/media/flash.js
+++ b/src/js/media/flash.js
@@ -317,7 +317,6 @@ vjs.Flash.prototype.enterFullScreen = function(){
   return false;
 };
 
-
 // Create setters and getters for attributes
 var api = vjs.Flash.prototype,
     readWrite = 'rtmpConnection,rtmpStream,preload,defaultPlaybackRate,playbackRate,autoplay,loop,mediaGroup,controller,controls,volume,muted,defaultMuted'.split(','),
diff --git a/src/js/media/html5.js b/src/js/media/html5.js
index 668ed6cc02..97214031ac 100644
--- a/src/js/media/html5.js
+++ b/src/js/media/html5.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ vjs.Html5 = vjs.MediaTechController.extend({
     // volume cannot be changed from 1 on iOS
     this.features['volumeControl'] = vjs.Html5.canControlVolume();
 
+    // just in case; or is it excessively...
+    this.features['playbackRate'] = vjs.Html5.canControlPlaybackRate();
+
     // In iOS, if you move a video element in the DOM, it breaks video playback.
     this.features['movingMediaElementInDOM'] = !vjs.IS_IOS;
 
@@ -242,6 +245,9 @@ vjs.Html5.prototype.seeking = function(){ return this.el_.seeking; };
 vjs.Html5.prototype.ended = function(){ return this.el_.ended; };
 vjs.Html5.prototype.defaultMuted = function(){ return this.el_.defaultMuted; };
 
+vjs.Html5.prototype.playbackRate = function(){ return this.el_.playbackRate; };
+vjs.Html5.prototype.setPlaybackRate = function(val){ this.el_.playbackRate = val; };
+
 /* HTML5 Support Testing ---------------------------------------------------- */
 
 vjs.Html5.isSupported = function(){
@@ -274,6 +280,12 @@ vjs.Html5.canControlVolume = function(){
   return volume !== vjs.TEST_VID.volume;
 };
 
+vjs.Html5.canControlPlaybackRate = function(){
+  var playbackRate =  vjs.TEST_VID.playbackRate;
+  vjs.TEST_VID.playbackRate = (playbackRate / 2) + 0.1;
+  return playbackRate !== vjs.TEST_VID.playbackRate;
+};
+
 // HTML5 Feature detection and Device Fixes --------------------------------- //
 (function() {
   var canPlayType,
diff --git a/src/js/media/media.js b/src/js/media/media.js
index 842c759677..47a69eb1e9 100644
--- a/src/js/media/media.js
+++ b/src/js/media/media.js
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ vjs.MediaTechController.prototype.features = {
 
   // Resizing plugins using request fullscreen reloads the plugin
   'fullscreenResize': false,
+  'playbackRate': false,
 
   // Optional events that we can manually mimic with timers
   // currently not triggered by video-js-swf
diff --git a/src/js/player.js b/src/js/player.js
index dd9c74445a..cb112d890b 100644
--- a/src/js/player.js
+++ b/src/js/player.js
@@ -1449,6 +1449,20 @@ vjs.Player.prototype.listenForUserActivity = function(){
   });
 };
 
+vjs.Player.prototype.playbackRate = function(rate) {
+  if (rate !== undefined) {
+    this.techCall('setPlaybackRate', rate);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  if (this.tech && this.tech.features && this.tech.features['playbackRate']) {
+    return this.techGet('playbackRate');
+  } else {
+    return 1.0;
+  }
+
+};
+
 // Methods to add support for
 // networkState: function(){ return this.techCall('networkState'); },
 // readyState: function(){ return this.techCall('readyState'); },
@@ -1461,7 +1475,6 @@ vjs.Player.prototype.listenForUserActivity = function(){
 // videoWidth: function(){ return this.techCall('videoWidth'); },
 // videoHeight: function(){ return this.techCall('videoHeight'); },
 // defaultPlaybackRate: function(){ return this.techCall('defaultPlaybackRate'); },
-// playbackRate: function(){ return this.techCall('playbackRate'); },
 // mediaGroup: function(){ return this.techCall('mediaGroup'); },
 // controller: function(){ return this.techCall('controller'); },
 // defaultMuted: function(){ return this.techCall('defaultMuted'); }
diff --git a/test/unit/api.js b/test/unit/api.js
index 6e4a7b5d8c..309a0b1f0f 100644
--- a/test/unit/api.js
+++ b/test/unit/api.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ test('should be able to access expected player API methods', function() {
   ok(player.textTracks, 'textTracks exists');
   ok(player.requestFullScreen, 'requestFullScreen exists');
   ok(player.cancelFullScreen, 'cancelFullScreen exists');
+  ok(player.playbackRate, 'playbackRate exists');
 
   // Unsupported Native HTML5 Methods
   // ok(player.canPlayType, 'canPlayType exists');
@@ -138,6 +139,7 @@ test('should export useful components to the public', function () {
   ok(videojs.Menu, 'Menu should be public');
   ok(videojs.MenuItem, 'MenuItem should be public');
   ok(videojs.MenuButton, 'MenuButton should be public');
+  ok(videojs.PlaybackRateMenuButton, 'PlaybackRateMenuButton should be public');
 
   ok(videojs.util, 'util namespace should be public');
   ok(videojs.util.mergeOptions, 'mergeOptions should be public');
diff --git a/test/unit/controls.js b/test/unit/controls.js
index be690e9948..7a144b8926 100644
--- a/test/unit/controls.js
+++ b/test/unit/controls.js
@@ -103,3 +103,12 @@ test('calculateDistance should use changedTouches, if available', function() {
 
   equal(slider.calculateDistance(event), 0.5, 'we should have touched exactly in the center, so, the ratio should be half');
 });
+
+test('should hide playback rate control if it\'s not supported', function(){
+  expect(1);
+
+  var player = PlayerTest.makePlayer();
+  var playbackRate = new vjs.PlaybackRateMenuButton(player);
+
+  ok(playbackRate.el().className.indexOf('vjs-hidden') >= 0, 'playbackRate is not hidden');
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/media.html5.js b/test/unit/media.html5.js
index 6982115296..a8e3780ebc 100644
--- a/test/unit/media.html5.js
+++ b/test/unit/media.html5.js
@@ -92,3 +92,30 @@ test('should return a maybe for mp4 on OLD ANDROID', function() {
   vjs.IS_OLD_ANDROID = isOldAndroid;
   vjs.Html5.unpatchCanPlayType();
 });
+
+test('test playbackRate', function() {
+  var el, player, playbackRate, tech;
+
+  el = document.createElement('div');
+  el.innerHTML = '<div />';
+
+  player = {
+    id: function(){ return 'id'; },
+    el: function(){ return el; },
+    options_: {},
+    options: function(){ return {}; },
+    controls: function(){ return false; },
+    usingNativeControls: function(){ return false; },
+    on: function(){ return this; },
+    ready: function(){}
+  };
+
+  tech = new vjs.Html5(player, {});
+  tech.createEl();
+
+  tech.el_.playbackRate = 1.25;
+  strictEqual(tech.playbackRate(), 1.25);
+
+  tech['setPlaybackRate'](0.75);
+  strictEqual(tech.playbackRate(), 0.75);
+});