diff --git a/History b/History
index bf885c358..c28784d50 100644
--- a/History
+++ b/History
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 0.9.0 - March 20, 2010
+  * Added support for popular/recent search
   * Patch from @sferik for API versioning and bulk user import
   * Patch from @abozanich for search exclusions
 0.8.6 - March 11, 2010
diff --git a/lib/twitter/search.rb b/lib/twitter/search.rb
index 88bfcc88a..f6c76ec91 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/search.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/search.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ def lang(lang)
       @query[:lang] = lang
       self
     end
+    
+    # popular|recent
+    def result_type(result_type)
+      @query[:result_type] = result_type
+      self
+    end
 
     # Limits the number of results per page
     def per_page(num)
diff --git a/test/twitter/search_test.rb b/test/twitter/search_test.rb
index d0da344f2..2d6bc2977 100644
--- a/test/twitter/search_test.rb
+++ b/test/twitter/search_test.rb
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ class SearchTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
       @search.class.expects(:get).with('http://search.twitter.com/search.json', :query => {:phrase => "Who Dat", :q => ''}, :format => :json, :headers => {'User-Agent' => 'Ruby Twitter Gem'}).returns({'foo' => 'bar'})
       @search.fetch()
     end
+    
+    should "should be able to set the result type" do
+      @search.result_type("popular")
+      @search.class.expects(:get).with('http://search.twitter.com/search.json', :query => {:result_type => 'popular', :q => ''}, :format => :json, :headers => {'User-Agent' => 'Ruby Twitter Gem'}).returns({'foo' => 'bar'})
+      @search.fetch()
+    end
 
     should "should be able to clear the filters set" do
       @search.from('jnunemaker').to('oaknd1')