diff --git a/src/Core.js b/src/Core.js
index 1dc22c9..9caaa5c 100644
--- a/src/Core.js
+++ b/src/Core.js
@@ -20,6 +20,33 @@ _html2canvas.Util.trimText = (function(isNative){
   };
 })( String.prototype.trim );
 
+(function() {
+
+  // TODO: support all possible length values
+  var TEXT_SHADOW_PROPERTY = /((rgba|rgb)\([^\)]+\)(\s-?\d+px){0,})/g;
+  var TEXT_SHADOW_VALUES = /(-?\d+px)|(#.+)|(rgb\(.+\))|(rgba\(.+\))/g;
+  _html2canvas.Util.parseTextShadows = function (value) {
+    if (value === 'none') {
+      return [];
+    }
+
+    // find multiple shadow declarations
+    var shadows = value.match(TEXT_SHADOW_PROPERTY),
+      results = [];
+    for (var i = 0; i < shadows.length; i++) {
+      var s = shadows[i].match(TEXT_SHADOW_VALUES);
+      results.push({
+        color: s[0],
+        offsetX: s[1] ? s[1].replace('px', '') : 0,
+        offsetY: s[2] ? s[2].replace('px', '') : 0,
+        blur: s[3] ? s[3].replace('px', '') : 0
+      });
+    }
+    return results;
+  };
+})();
+
+
 _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
     var whitespace = ' \r\n\t',
         method, definition, prefix, prefix_i, block, results = [],
diff --git a/src/Parse.js b/src/Parse.js
index 643d534..bad6ab2 100644
--- a/src/Parse.js
+++ b/src/Parse.js
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ _html2canvas.Parse = function (images, options) {
     var align = false,
     bold = getCSS(el, "fontWeight"),
     family = getCSS(el, "fontFamily"),
-    size = getCSS(el, "fontSize");
+    size = getCSS(el, "fontSize"),
+    shadow = getCSS(el, "textShadow");
 
     switch(parseInt(bold, 10)){
       case 401:
@@ -94,6 +95,17 @@ _html2canvas.Parse = function (images, options) {
     ctx.setVariable("font", [getCSS(el, "fontStyle"), getCSS(el, "fontVariant"), bold, size, family].join(" "));
     ctx.setVariable("textAlign", (align) ? "right" : "left");
 
+    if (shadow !== "none") {
+      var shadows = _html2canvas.Util.parseTextShadows(shadow);
+
+      // TODO: support multiple text shadows
+      // apply the first text shadow
+      ctx.setVariable("shadowColor", shadows[0].color);
+      ctx.setVariable("shadowOffsetX", shadows[0].offsetX);
+      ctx.setVariable("shadowOffsetY", shadows[0].offsetY);
+      ctx.setVariable("shadowBlur", shadows[0].blur);
+    }
+
     if (text_decoration !== "none"){
       return _html2canvas.Util.Font(family, size, doc);
     }
diff --git a/tests/qunit/index.html b/tests/qunit/index.html
index 4545f06..acef453 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/index.html
+++ b/tests/qunit/index.html
@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@
                 <div style="padding: 15% 0 3%;"></div>
             </div>
 
+            <div id="textShadows">
+                <div style=""></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: 2px 2px rgb(2, 2, 2)"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: 3px 3px rgba(2, 2, 2, .2)"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: rgb(2, 2, 2) 4px 4px"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: rgba(2, 2, 2, .2) 5px 5px"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: rgb(2, 2, 2) 6px 6px, #222222 2px 2px"></div>
+                <div style="text-shadow: 7px 7px rgba(2, 2, 2, .2), #222222 2px 2px"></div>
+            </div>
+
             <div id="backgroundPosition">
                 <div style="background-position: 1px 0;"></div>
                 <div style="background-position: 1em 0;"></div>
diff --git a/tests/qunit/unit/css.js b/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
index 0feb7e2..8ecd566 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
@@ -143,7 +143,36 @@ $(function() {
             });
             
         });
-    }); 
+    });
+
+    test('text-shadow', function() {
+
+      $('#textShadows div').each(function(i, el) {
+        var index = i+1;
+        var value = _html2canvas.Util.getCSS(el, 'textShadow'),
+          shadows = _html2canvas.Util.parseTextShadows(value);
+        if (i == 0) {
+          QUnit.equal(shadows.length, 0, 'div #' + index);
+        } else {
+          QUnit.equal(shadows.length, (i >= 6 ? 2 : 1), 'div #' + index);
+          QUnit.equal(shadows[0].offsetX, i, 'div #' + index + ' offsetX');
+          QUnit.equal(shadows[0].offsetY, i, 'div #' + index + ' offsetY');
+          if (i < 2) {
+            QUnit.equal(shadows[0].color, 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)', 'div #' + index + ' color');
+          } else if (i % 2 == 0) {
+            QUnit.equal(shadows[0].color, 'rgb(2, 2, 2)', 'div #' + index + ' color');
+          } else {
+            var opacity = '0.199219';
+            QUnit.equal(shadows[0].color, 'rgba(2, 2, 2, '+opacity+')', 'div #' + index + ' color');
+          }
+
+          // only testing blur once
+          if (i == 1) {
+            QUnit.equal(shadows[0].blur, '1', 'div #' + index + ' blur');
+          }
+        }
+      });
+    });
     
     test('background-image', function () {