diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5d05ed5..c9a45d8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ name = "rusqlite"
 
 [features]
 load_extension = ["libsqlite3-sys/load_extension"]
+blob = []
 
 [dependencies]
 time = "~0.1.0"
diff --git a/src/blob.rs b/src/blob.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..747c729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/blob.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+use std::mem;
+use std::ptr;
+
+use super::ffi;
+use {SqliteError, SqliteResult, SqliteConnection};
+
+pub struct SqliteBlob<'conn> {
+    conn: &'conn SqliteConnection,
+    blob: *mut ffi::sqlite3_blob,
+    pos: i32,
+}
+
+pub enum SeekFrom {
+    Start(i32),
+    End(i32),
+    Current(i32),
+}
+
+impl SqliteConnection {
+    pub fn blob_open<'a>(&'a self, db: &str, table: &str, column: &str, row: i64, read_only: bool) -> SqliteResult<SqliteBlob<'a>> {
+        let mut c = self.db.borrow_mut();
+        let mut blob = ptr::null_mut();
+        let db = try!(super::str_to_cstring(db));
+        let table = try!(super::str_to_cstring(table));
+        let column = try!(super::str_to_cstring(column));
+        let rc = unsafe{ ffi::sqlite3_blob_open(c.db(), db.as_ptr(), table.as_ptr(), column.as_ptr(), row, if read_only { 0 } else { 1 }, &mut blob) };
+        c.decode_result(rc).map(|_| {
+            SqliteBlob{ conn: self, blob: blob, pos: 0 }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'conn> SqliteBlob<'conn> {
+    pub fn reopen(&mut self, row: i64) -> SqliteResult<()> {
+        let rc = unsafe{ ffi::sqlite3_blob_reopen(self.blob, row) };
+        if rc != ffi::SQLITE_OK {
+            return self.conn.decode_result(rc);
+        }
+        self.pos = 0;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(&self) -> i32 {
+        unsafe{ ffi::sqlite3_blob_bytes(self.blob) }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> SqliteResult<i32> {
+        let mut n = buf.len() as i32;
+        let size = self.size();
+        if self.pos + n > size {
+            n = size - self.pos;
+        }
+        if n <= 0 {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+        let rc = unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_blob_read(self.blob, mem::transmute(buf.as_ptr()), n, self.pos) };
+        self.conn.decode_result(rc).map(|_| {
+            self.pos += n;
+            n
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> SqliteResult<i32> {
+        let n = buf.len() as i32;
+        let size = self.size();
+        if self.pos + n > size {
+            return Err(SqliteError{code: ffi::SQLITE_MISUSE, message: format!("pos = {} + n = {} > size = {}", self.pos, n, size)});
+        }
+        if n <= 0 {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+        let rc = unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_blob_write(self.blob, mem::transmute(buf.as_ptr()), n, self.pos) };
+        self.conn.decode_result(rc).map(|_| {
+            self.pos += n;
+            n
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub fn seek(&mut self, pos: SeekFrom) {
+        self.pos  = match pos {
+            SeekFrom::Start(offset) => offset,
+            SeekFrom::Current(offset) => self.pos + offset,
+            SeekFrom::End(offset) => self.size() + offset
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn close(mut self) -> SqliteResult<()> {
+        self.close_()
+    }
+
+    fn close_(&mut self) -> SqliteResult<()> {
+        let rc = unsafe { ffi::sqlite3_blob_close(self.blob) };
+        self.blob = ptr::null_mut();
+        self.conn.decode_result(rc)
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(unused_must_use)]
+impl<'conn> Drop for SqliteBlob<'conn> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        self.close_();
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use SqliteConnection;
+
+   #[test]
+    fn test_blob() {
+        let db = SqliteConnection::open_in_memory().unwrap();
+        let sql = "BEGIN;
+                CREATE TABLE test (content BLOB);
+                INSERT INTO test VALUES (ZEROBLOB(10));
+                END;";
+        db.execute_batch(sql).unwrap();
+        let rowid = db.last_insert_rowid();
+
+        let mut blob = db.blob_open("main", "test", "content", rowid, false).unwrap();
+        blob.write(b"Clob").unwrap();
+        let err = blob.write(b"5678901");
+        //writeln!(io::stderr(), "{:?}", err);
+        assert!(err.is_err());
+
+        assert!(blob.reopen(rowid).is_ok());
+        assert!(blob.close().is_ok());
+
+        blob = db.blob_open("main", "test", "content", rowid, true).unwrap();
+        let mut bytes = [0u8; 5];
+        assert_eq!(5, blob.read(&mut bytes[..]).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(5, blob.read(&mut bytes[..]).unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(0, blob.read(&mut bytes[..]).unwrap());
+
+        assert!(blob.reopen(rowid).is_ok());
+        blob.seek(super::SeekFrom::Start(0));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f98780b..ef0b291 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pub use transaction::{SqliteTransactionBehavior,
 pub mod types;
 mod transaction;
 #[cfg(feature = "load_extension")] mod load_extension_guard;
+#[cfg(feature = "blob")] pub mod blob;
 
 /// A typedef of the result returned by many methods.
 pub type SqliteResult<T> = Result<T, SqliteError>;
@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@ impl<'conn> SqliteStatement<'conn> {
     }
 
     /// Executes the prepared statement and maps a function over the resulting
-    /// rows. 
+    /// rows.
     ///
     /// Unlike the iterator produced by `query`, the returned iterator does not expose the possibility
     /// for accessing stale rows.