diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 003af4e2..1033d770 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@
 
 namespace chaiscript
 {
+   // NAMESPACE HANLDING
+   // Namespace typedef to provide cleaner and more explicit syntax to users.
+   typedef dispatch::Dynamic_Object Namespace;
+   // END NAMESPACE HANDLING
 
   namespace detail
   {
@@ -74,6 +78,19 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
     chaiscript::detail::Dispatch_Engine m_engine;
 
+    // NAMESPACE HANDLING
+    std::map<std::string, dispatch::Dynamic_Object> m_namespaces;
+    std::map<std::string, std::function<void()>> m_namespace_generators;
+
+    /// Helper function to add a namespace to the engine.
+    void add_namespace(const std::string& t_namespace_name) {
+       if (m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name)) {
+          if (!m_engine.get_scripting_objects().count(t_namespace_name)) // Add namespace if it hasn't already been added.
+             m_engine.add_global(var(m_namespaces[t_namespace_name]), t_namespace_name);
+       }
+    }
+    // END NAMESPACE HANDLING
+
     /// Evaluates the given string in by parsing it and running the results through the evaluator
     Boxed_Value do_eval(const std::string &t_input, const std::string &t_filename = "__EVAL__", bool /* t_internal*/  = false) 
     {
@@ -184,6 +201,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
       m_engine.add(fun([this](const Boxed_Value &t_bv, const std::string &t_name){ add_global_const(t_bv, t_name); }), "add_global_const");
       m_engine.add(fun([this](const Boxed_Value &t_bv, const std::string &t_name){ add_global(t_bv, t_name); }), "add_global");
       m_engine.add(fun([this](const Boxed_Value &t_bv, const std::string &t_name){ set_global(t_bv, t_name); }), "set_global");
+
+      // NAMESPACE HANDLING
+      m_engine.add(fun([this](const std::string& t_namespace_name) { register_namespace(t_namespace_name); import(t_namespace_name); }), "namespace");
+      m_engine.add(fun([this](const std::string& t_namespace_name) { import(t_namespace_name); }), "import");
+      // END NAMESPACE HANDLING
     }
 
 
@@ -694,6 +716,57 @@ namespace chaiscript
     T eval_file(const std::string &t_filename, const Exception_Handler &t_handler = Exception_Handler()) {
       return m_engine.boxed_cast<T>(eval_file(t_filename, t_handler));
     }
+
+    // NAMESPACE HANDLING
+    /// \brief Imports a namespace object into the global scope of this ChaiScript instance.
+    void import(const std::string& t_namespace_name)
+    {
+       if (m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name))
+          add_namespace(t_namespace_name);
+       else if (m_namespace_generators.count(t_namespace_name)) {
+          m_namespace_generators[t_namespace_name]();
+          add_namespace(t_namespace_name);
+       }
+       else
+          throw std::runtime_error("No registered namespace: " + t_namespace_name);
+    }
+
+    /// \brief Registers a new namespace with ChaiScript engine.
+    /// \throw std::runtime_error In the case that the namespace name was already registered.
+    void register_namespace(const std::string& t_namespace_name) {
+       if (!m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name))
+          m_namespaces.emplace(std::make_pair(t_namespace_name, dispatch::Dynamic_Object()));
+       else
+          throw std::runtime_error("Namespace: " + t_namespace_name + " was already registered.");
+    }
+
+    /// \brief Registers a new namespace with ChaiScript engine.
+    /// \throw std::runtime_error In the case that the namespace name was already registered.
+    void register_namespace(const dispatch::Dynamic_Object& namespace_object, const std::string& t_namespace_name) {
+       if (!m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name))
+          m_namespaces.emplace(std::make_pair(t_namespace_name, namespace_object));
+       else
+          throw std::runtime_error("Namespace: " + t_namespace_name + " was already registered.");
+    }
+
+    /// \brief Registers a new namespace with ChaiScript engine. Permits move semantics.
+    /// \throw std::runtime_error In the case that the namespace name was already registered.
+    void register_namespace(dispatch::Dynamic_Object&& t_namespace_object, const std::string& t_namespace_name) {
+       if (!m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name))
+          m_namespaces.emplace(std::make_pair(t_namespace_name, t_namespace_object));
+    }
+
+    /// \brief Registers a namespace generator, which delays generation of the namespace until it is imported, saving memory if it is never used.
+    /// \throw std::runtime_error In the case that the namespace name was already registered.
+    void register_namespace(const std::function<dispatch::Dynamic_Object()>& t_namespace_generator, const std::string& t_namespace_name) {
+       if (!m_namespaces.count(t_namespace_name)) {
+          std::function<void()> namespace_generator = [=]() { register_namespace(t_namespace_generator(), t_namespace_name); };
+          m_namespace_generators.emplace(std::make_pair(t_namespace_name, namespace_generator));
+       }
+       else
+          throw std::runtime_error("Namespace: " + t_namespace_name + " was already registered.");
+    }
+    // END NAMESPACE HANDLING
   };
 
 }