diff --git a/test/objects.js b/test/objects.js
index ac56c495f..e45633e8c 100644
--- a/test/objects.js
+++ b/test/objects.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     "flatten", "foldl", "foldr", "forEach", "functions", "head", "identity", "include",
     "indexOf", "inject", "intersect", "invoke", "isArguments", "isArray", "isDate", "isElement", "isEmpty", "isEqual",
     "isFunction", "isNaN", "isNull", "isNumber", "isRegExp", "isString", "isUndefined", "keys", "last", "lastIndexOf", "map", "max",
-    "methods", "min", "noConflict", "pluck", "range", "reduce", "reduceRight", "reject", "rest", "select",
+    "methods", "min", "mixin", "noConflict", "pluck", "range", "reduce", "reduceRight", "reject", "rest", "select",
     "size", "some", "sortBy", "sortedIndex", "tail", "tap", "template", "times", "toArray", "uniq",
     "uniqueId", "values", "without", "wrap", "zip"];
     same(expected, _.methods(_), 'provides a sorted list of functions');
diff --git a/test/utility.js b/test/utility.js
index 1b365d2be..c9498c227 100644
--- a/test/utility.js
+++ b/test/utility.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     while(i++ < 100) ids.push(_.uniqueId());
     equals(_.uniq(ids).length, ids.length, 'can generate a globally-unique stream of ids');
   });
-  
+
   test("utility: times", function() {
     var vals = [];
     _.times(3, function (i) { vals.push(i); });
@@ -39,7 +39,16 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     _(3).times(function (i) { vals.push(i); });
     ok(_.isEqual(vals, [0,1,2]), "works as a wrapper");
   });
-  
+
+  test("utility: mixin", function() {
+    _.mixin({
+      myReverse: function(string) {
+        return string.split('').reverse().join('');
+      }
+    });
+    equals(_.myReverse('panacea'), 'aecanap', 'mixed in a function to _');
+    equals(_('champ').myReverse(), 'pmahc', 'mixed in a function to the OOP wrapper');
+  });
 
   test("utility: template", function() {
     var basicTemplate = _.template("<%= thing %> is gettin' on my noives!");
diff --git a/underscore.js b/underscore.js
index 42770faeb..87034bd2e 100644
--- a/underscore.js
+++ b/underscore.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       hasOwnProperty        = ObjProto.hasOwnProperty,
       propertyIsEnumerable  = ObjProto.propertyIsEnumerable;
 
-  // All native implementations we hope to use are declared here.
+  // All ECMA5 native implementations we hope to use are declared here.
   var
     nativeForEach      = ArrayProto.forEach,
     nativeMap          = ArrayProto.map,
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@
   // underscore functions. Wrapped objects may be chained.
   var wrapper = function(obj) { this._wrapped = obj; };
 
+  // A method to easily add functions to the OOP wrapper.
+  var addToWrapper = function(name, func) {
+    wrapper.prototype[name] = function() {
+      var args = _.toArray(arguments);
+      unshift.call(args, this._wrapped);
+      return result(func.apply(_, args), this._chain);
+    };
+  };
+
   // Create a safe reference to the Underscore object for reference below.
   var _ = function(obj) { return new wrapper(obj); };
 
@@ -431,7 +440,7 @@
     return _.map(obj, _.identity);
   };
 
-  // Return a sorted list of the function names available in Underscore.
+  // Return a sorted list of the function names available on the object.
   _.functions = function(obj) {
     return _.select(_.keys(obj), function(key){ return _.isFunction(obj[key]); }).sort();
   };
@@ -579,6 +588,14 @@
     throw breaker;
   };
 
+  // Add your own custom functions to the Underscore object, ensuring that
+  // they're correctly added to the OOP wrapper as well.
+  _.mixin = function(obj) {
+    _.each(_.functions(obj), function(name){
+      addToWrapper(name, _[name] = obj[name]);
+    });
+  };
+
   // Generate a unique integer id (unique within the entire client session).
   // Useful for temporary DOM ids.
   var idCounter = 0;
@@ -634,14 +651,7 @@
   };
 
   // Add all of the Underscore functions to the wrapper object.
-  each(_.functions(_), function(name) {
-    var method = _[name];
-    wrapper.prototype[name] = function() {
-      var args = _.toArray(arguments);
-      unshift.call(args, this._wrapped);
-      return result(method.apply(_, args), this._chain);
-    };
-  });
+  _.mixin(_);
 
   // Add all mutator Array functions to the wrapper.
   each(['pop', 'push', 'reverse', 'shift', 'sort', 'splice', 'unshift'], function(name) {