diff --git a/lib/GraphDatabase._coffee b/lib/GraphDatabase._coffee
index 8371854..0ace80a 100644
--- a/lib/GraphDatabase._coffee
+++ b/lib/GraphDatabase._coffee
@@ -241,6 +241,45 @@ module.exports = class GraphDatabase
         catch error
             throw adjustError error
 
+    # wrapper around the Gremlin plugin to execute scripts bundled with
+    # Neo4j. Pass in the Gremlin script as a string, and optionally script
+    # parameters as a map -- recommended for both perf and security!
+    # http://docs.neo4j.org/chunked/snapshot/gremlin-plugin.html
+    # returns...
+    execute: (script, params, _) ->
+        try
+            services = @getServices _
+            endpoint = services.gremlin or
+                services.extensions?.GremlinPlugin?['execute_script']
+
+            if not endpoint
+                throw new Error 'Gremlin plugin not installed'
+
+            response = @_request.post
+                uri: endpoint
+                json: if params then {script, params} else {script}
+            , _
+
+            # XXX workaround for neo4j silent failures for invalid queries:
+            if response.statusCode is status.NO_CONTENT
+                throw new Error """
+                    Unknown Neo4j error for Gremlin script:
+
+                    #{script}
+
+                """
+
+            if response.statusCode isnt status.OK
+                # Database error
+                throw response
+
+            # Success: transform nodes/relationships
+            results = util.transform response.body, this
+            return results
+
+        catch error
+            throw adjustError error
+
     # XXX temporary backwards compatibility shim for query() argument order:
     do (actual = @::query) =>
         @::query = (query, params, callback) ->
@@ -259,6 +298,16 @@ module.exports = class GraphDatabase
 
             actual.call @, query, params, callback
 
+
+    #
+    do (actual = @::execute) =>
+        @::execute = (script, params, callback) ->
+            if typeof params is 'function'
+                callback = params
+                params = null
+
+            actual.call @, script, params, callback
+
     # executes a query against the given node index. lucene syntax reference:
     # http://lucene.apache.org/java/3_1_0/queryparsersyntax.html
     queryNodeIndex: (index, query, _) ->
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index dd776a1..e937b16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
         "clean": "rm lib/*.js",
         "postinstall": "npm run build",
         "profile": "_coffee test/profile",
-        "test": "_coffee test"
+        "test": "_coffee test",
+        "gremlin": "_coffee test/gremlin"
     },
     "keywords": [
         "neo4j", "graph", "database", "driver", "rest", "api", "client"
diff --git a/test/gremlin._coffee b/test/gremlin._coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..261f907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/gremlin._coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+# will be used for testing gremlin script executions
+# as well as validating the return results are as expected
+
+assert = require('assert')
+neo4j = require('..')
+
+db = new neo4j.GraphDatabase 'http://localhost:7474'
+
+# convenience wrapper
+createNode = (name) ->
+	node = db.createNode {name}
+	node.name = name
+	node.toString = -> name
+	node
+
+#create some nodes
+users = for i in [0..6]
+	createNode "gremlinTest#{i}"
+
+# save in parallel
+futures = (user.save() for user in users)
+future _ for future in futures
+
+# convenience aliases
+user0 = users[0]
+user1 = users[1]
+user2 = users[2]
+user3 = users[3]
+user4 = users[4]
+user5 = users[5]
+user6 = users[6]
+
+# test: can query a single user
+results = db.execute """
+	g.v(#{user0.id})
+""", {}, _
+
+assert.ok typeof results, 'object'
+assert.ok typeof results.data.name, 'string' # dislike this because it will throw for the wrong reasons possibly 
+assert.equal results.data.name, user0.name
+
+# test: create relationships between users (same as cypher tests), then query by relationships
+createFollowRelationships = (i, _) ->
+	user = users[i]
+	i1 = (i + 1) % users.length
+	i2 = (i + 2) % users.length
+	i3 = (i + 3) % users.length
+	f1 = user.createRelationshipTo users[i1], 'gremlin_follows', {}
+	f2 = user.createRelationshipTo users[i2], 'gremlin_follows', {}
+	f3 = user.createRelationshipTo users[i3], 'gremlin_follows', {}
+	f1 _
+	f2 _
+	f3 _
+
+# create follow relationships for each user in parallel
+futures = (createFollowRelationships(i) for user, i in users)
+future _ for future in futures
+
+relationships = db.execute """
+	g.v(#{user0.id}).in('gremlin_follows')
+""", {} , _
+
+# above is working, but lib should support returning instances of Node and Relationship if possible
+
+
+# handle multiple types of data return
+traversals = db.execute """
+	g.v(#{user0.id}).transform{ [it, it.out.toList(), it.in.count()] }
+""", {}, _
+
+assert.ok traversals instanceof Array
+assert.equal traversals.length, 1
+
+assert.ok traversals[0] instanceof Array
+assert.equal traversals[0].length, 3
+
+assert.ok typeof traversals[0][0], 'object'
+assert.ok traversals[0][1] instanceof Array
+assert.ok typeof traversals[0][2], 'number'
+
+console.log 'Multiple data types appear to have worked with .execute() and util.transform()'
+
+# ensure you can call without params
+
+params_test = db.execute """
+	g.v(#{user0.id})
+""", _
+
+assert.ok typeof params_test, 'object'
+assert.equal params_test.data.name, user0.name
+
+# Should be relatively clear at this point the .execute() function is working with gremlin on some level
+console.log 'Passed initial Gremlin tests'
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diff --git a/test/index._coffee b/test/index._coffee
index ca36a14..0807bc1 100644
--- a/test/index._coffee
+++ b/test/index._coffee
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 require './crud'
 require './cypher'
+require './gremlin'