diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1d21d4be8b..d3b384219c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -205,3 +205,4 @@ Collate:
     'translate-qplot-lattice.r'
     'annotation-logticks.r'
     'utilities-help.r'
+    'stat-ellipse.R'
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 8598ef01b9..de743bec10 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ export(stat_contour)
 export(stat_density)
 export(stat_density2d)
 export(stat_ecdf)
+export(stat_ellipse)
 export(stat_function)
 export(stat_hline)
 export(stat_identity)
@@ -411,4 +412,5 @@ import(plyr)
 import(proto)
 import(reshape2)
 import(scales)
+importFrom(MASS,cov.trob)
 importFrom(MASS,kde2d)
diff --git a/R/stat-ellipse.R b/R/stat-ellipse.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ad29c6650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/stat-ellipse.R
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#' Calculate Data Ellipses
+#' 
+#' @param level The confidence level at which to draw an ellipse (default is 0.95),
+#'              or, if \code{type="euclid"}, the radius of the circle to be drawn.
+#' @param type The type of ellipse. 
+#'             The default \code{"t"} assumes a multivariate t-distribution, and 
+#'             \code{"norm"} assumes a multivariate normal distribution.
+#'             \code{"euclid"} draws a circle with the radius equal to \code{level}, representing the euclidian distance from the center.
+#'             This ellipse probably won't appear circular unless \code{coord_fixed()} is applied.
+#' @param segments The number of segments to be used in drawing the ellipse.  
+#' @param na.rm If \code{FALSE} (the default), removes missing values with
+#'    a warning.  If \code{TRUE} silently removes missing values.
+#' @inheritParams stat_identity
+#' 
+#' @details The code for calculating the ellipse is largely borrowed from car::ellipse.
+#' 
+#' @export
+#' @importFrom MASS cov.trob
+#' 
+#' @examples
+#' \donttest{
+#' ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions))+
+#'  geom_point()+
+#'  stat_ellipse()
+#'  
+#' ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+#'  geom_point()+
+#'  stat_ellipse()
+#'  
+#' ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+#'  geom_point()+
+#'  stat_ellipse(type = "norm", linetype = 2)+
+#'  stat_ellipse(type = "t")
+#'  
+#' ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+#'  geom_point()+
+#'  stat_ellipse(type = "norm", linetype = 2)+
+#'  stat_ellipse(type = "euclid", level = 3)+
+#'  coord_fixed()
+#'  
+#' ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+#'  stat_ellipse(geom = "polygon")
+#' }
+
+stat_ellipse <- function(mapping=NULL, data=NULL, geom="path", position="identity", 
+                         type = "t", level = 0.95, segments = 51, na.rm = FALSE, ...) {
+  StatEllipse$new(mapping=mapping, data=data, geom=geom, position=position, 
+                  type = type, level=level, segments=segments, na.rm = na.rm, ...)
+}
+
+
+StatEllipse <- proto(Stat,
+	{
+	  objname <- "ellipse"
+    
+    required_aes <- c("x", "y")
+		default_geom <- function(.) GeomPath
+
+		calculate_groups <- function(., data, scales, ...){
+			.super$calculate_groups(., data, scales,...)
+		}
+		calculate <- function(., data, scales, type = "t", level = 0.95, segments = 51, na.rm = FALSE, ...){
+		  data <- remove_missing(data, na.rm, vars = c("x","y"), name = "stat_ellipse", 
+		                         finite = TRUE)
+		  
+      dfn <- 2
+      dfd <- length(data$x) - 1
+      
+      if(!type %in% c("t","norm","euclid")){
+        message("Unrecognized ellipse type")
+        ellipse <- rbind(as.numeric(c(NA,NA)))
+      } else if (dfd < 3){
+        message("Too few points to calculate an ellipse")
+      	ellipse <- rbind(as.numeric(c(NA,NA)))
+      } else {
+        if(type == "t"){
+          v <- cov.trob(cbind(data$x, data$y))
+        }else if(type == "norm"){
+          v <- cov.wt(cbind(data$x, data$y))
+        } else if(type == "euclid"){
+          v <- cov.wt(cbind(data$x, data$y))
+          v$cov <- diag(rep(min(diag(v$cov)), 2))
+        }
+        shape <- v$cov
+        center <- v$center
+        chol_decomp <- chol(shape)
+        if(type == "euclid"){
+          radius <- level/max(chol_decomp)
+        }else{
+          radius <- sqrt(dfn * qf(level, dfn, dfd))          
+        }
+        angles <- (0:segments) * 2 * pi/segments
+        unit.circle <- cbind(cos(angles), sin(angles))
+        ellipse <- t(center + radius * t(unit.circle %*% chol_decomp))
+      }
+    
+      ellipse <- as.data.frame(ellipse)
+      colnames(ellipse) <- c("x","y")
+      return(ellipse)
+		}
+	}
+)
+
diff --git a/man/stat_ellipse.Rd b/man/stat_ellipse.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..214939f44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/stat_ellipse.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+\name{stat_ellipse}
+\alias{stat_ellipse}
+\title{Calculate Data Ellipses}
+\usage{
+  stat_ellipse(mapping = NULL, data = NULL, geom = "path",
+    position = "identity", type = "t", level = 0.95,
+    segments = 51, na.rm = FALSE, ...)
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{level}{The confidence level at which to draw an
+  ellipse (default is 0.95), or, if \code{type="euclid"},
+  the radius of the circle to be drawn.}
+
+  \item{type}{The type of ellipse.  The default \code{"t"}
+  assumes a multivariate t-distribution, and \code{"norm"}
+  assumes a multivariate normal distribution.
+  \code{"euclid"} draws a circle with the radius equal to
+  \code{level}, representing the euclidian distance from
+  the center.  This ellipse probably won't appear circular
+  unless \code{coord_fixed()} is applied.}
+
+  \item{segments}{The number of segments to be used in
+  drawing the ellipse.}
+
+  \item{na.rm}{If \code{FALSE} (the default), removes
+  missing values with a warning.  If \code{TRUE} silently
+  removes missing values.}
+
+  \item{mapping}{The aesthetic mapping, usually constructed
+  with \code{\link{aes}} or \code{\link{aes_string}}. Only
+  needs to be set at the layer level if you are overriding
+  the plot defaults.}
+
+  \item{data}{A layer specific dataset - only needed if you
+  want to override the plot defaults.}
+
+  \item{geom}{The geometric object to use display the data}
+
+  \item{position}{The position adjustment to use for
+  overlappling points on this layer}
+
+  \item{...}{other arguments passed on to
+  \code{\link{layer}}. This can include aesthetics whose
+  values you want to set, not map. See \code{\link{layer}}
+  for more details.}
+}
+\description{
+  Calculate Data Ellipses
+}
+\details{
+  The code for calculating the ellipse is largely borrowed
+  from car::ellipse.
+}
+\examples{
+\donttest{
+ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions))+
+ geom_point()+
+ stat_ellipse()
+
+ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+ geom_point()+
+ stat_ellipse()
+
+ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+ geom_point()+
+ stat_ellipse(type = "norm", linetype = 2)+
+ stat_ellipse(type = "t")
+
+ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+ geom_point()+
+ stat_ellipse(type = "norm", linetype = 2)+
+ stat_ellipse(type = "euclid", level = 3)+
+ coord_fixed()
+
+ggplot(faithful, aes(waiting, eruptions, color = eruptions > 3))+
+ stat_ellipse(geom = "polygon")
+}
+}
+