diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBan.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBan.java
index cc0376172cd..20c60699dce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/effects/EffBan.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.bukkit.event.Event;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
 
+
 import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Description;
 import ch.njol.skript.doc.Examples;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
 import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.skript.util.Timespan;
 import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;
 
 /**
@@ -55,16 +57,20 @@ public class EffBan extends Effect {
 	
 	static {
 		Skript.registerEffect(EffBan.class,
-				"ban %strings/offlineplayers% [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%]", "unban %strings/offlineplayers%",
-				"ban %players% by IP [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%]", "unban %players% by IP",
-				"IP(-| )ban %players% [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%]", "(IP(-| )unban|un[-]IP[-]ban) %players%");
+				"ban %strings/offlineplayers% [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%] [for %timespan%]", "unban %strings/offlineplayers%",
+				"ban %players% by IP [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%] [for %timespan%]", "unban %players% by IP",
+				"IP(-| )ban %players% [(by reason of|because [of]|on account of|due to) %-string%] [for %timespan%]", "(IP(-| )unban|un[-]IP[-]ban) %players%");
 	}
 	
 	@SuppressWarnings("null")
 	private Expression<?> players;
+	
 	@Nullable
 	private Expression<String> reason;
 	
+	@Nullable
+	private Expression<Timespan> duration;
+	
 	private boolean ban;
 	private boolean ipBan;
 	
@@ -73,6 +79,7 @@ public class EffBan extends Effect {
 	public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final Kleenean isDelayed, final ParseResult parseResult) {
 		players = exprs[0];
 		reason = exprs.length > 1 ? (Expression<String>) exprs[1] : null;
+		duration = exprs.length > 2 ? (Expression<Timespan>) exprs[2] : null;
 		ban = matchedPattern % 2 == 0;
 		ipBan = matchedPattern >= 2;
 		return true;
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ public boolean init(final Expression<?>[] exprs, final int matchedPattern, final
 	@Override
 	protected void execute(final Event e) {
 		final String reason = this.reason != null ? this.reason.getSingle(e) : null; // don't check for null, just ignore an invalid reason
-		final Date expires = null;
+		final Date expires = this.duration != null ? new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + this.duration.getSingle(e).getMilliSeconds()) : null;
 		final String source = "Skript ban effect";
 		for (final Object o : players.getArray(e)) {
 			if (o instanceof Player) {
@@ -126,6 +133,7 @@ protected void execute(final Event e) {
 	@Override
 	public String toString(final @Nullable Event e, final boolean debug) {
 		return (ipBan ? "IP-" : "") + (ban ? "" : "un") + "ban " + players.toString(e, debug) + (reason != null ? " on account of " + reason.toString(e, debug) : "");
-	}
-	
+	}	
 }
+
+// Imagine you had 1 cookie for every friend you had. Despite what you think, you'd have quite a lot of cookies.