diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84d870dc..49b96332 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ To read all the issues of a given repository
 issues.list(options, function(err, issues) {});
 ```
 
+To comment in a issue
+
+```js
+issues.comment(issue, comment,function(err, comment) {});
+```
+
 ##Setup
 
 Github.js has the following dependency:
diff --git a/github.js b/github.js
index 6f8dc215..ec253d65 100644
--- a/github.js
+++ b/github.js
@@ -832,6 +832,14 @@
         }
         _requestAllPages(path + '?' + query.join("&"), cb);
       };
+
+      this.comment = function(issue, comment, cb) {
+        _request("POST", issue.comments_url, {body:comment}, function(err,res) {
+          cb(err,res);
+        });
+      };
+
+
     };
 
     // Top Level API
diff --git a/test/test.issue.js b/test/test.issue.js
index e69de29b..e28ccb81 100644
--- a/test/test.issue.js
+++ b/test/test.issue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var test = require('tape'); //jshint ignore:line
+var Github = require("../");
+var test_user = require('./user.json');
+
+test("Issues API", function(t) {
+	var github = new Github({
+      username: test_user.USERNAME,
+      password: test_user.PASSWORD,
+      auth: "basic"
+    });
+
+    var issues = github.getIssues('mikedeboertest', 'TestRepo');
+
+    t.test('issues.list', function(q) {
+        issues.list({},function(err, issues) {
+			q.error(err);
+			t.equals(issues.length > 0, true, 'Issues!');
+			q.end();
+        });
+        t.end();
+    });
+
+    t.test('issues.comment', function(q) {
+        issues.list({},function(err, issuesList) {
+			issues.comment(issuesList[0], 'Comment test', function(err, res){
+				q.error(err);
+				t.equals(res.body, 'Comment test', 'Comments!');
+				q.end();
+	        });  
+        });
+    });
+
+
+});
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