diff --git a/Docs/Request/Request.md b/Docs/Request/Request.md
index bf05d8c4c..62bace7cf 100644
--- a/Docs/Request/Request.md
+++ b/Docs/Request/Request.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ An XMLHttpRequest Wrapper.
 * timeout    - (*integer*: defaults to 0) In conjunction with `onTimeout` event, it determines the amount of milliseconds before considering a connection timed out. (It's suggested to not use timeout with big files and only when knowing what's expected.)
 * headers    - (*object*) An object to use in order to set the request headers.
 * urlEncoded - (*boolean*: defaults to *true*) If set to true, the content-type header is set to www-form-urlencoded + encoding
+* responseType - (*string*: defaults to *null*, may be *arrayBuffer* or *blob*) Provides access to the  XHR Level 2  *responseType*, allowing requests of binary data.
 * encoding   - (*string*: defaults to 'utf-8') The encoding to be set in the request header.
 * noCache    - (*boolean*; defaults to *false*) If *true*, appends a unique *noCache* value to the request to prevent caching. (IE has a bad habit of caching ajax request values. Including this script and setting the *noCache* value to true will prevent it from caching. The server should ignore the *noCache* value.)
 * isSuccess  - (*function*) Overrides the built-in isSuccess function.
@@ -80,17 +81,29 @@ Fired when the Request is making progresses in the download or upload. (This is
 		url: 'image.jpg',
 		onProgress: function(event, xhr){
 			var loaded = event.loaded, total = event.total;
-
 			console.log(parseInt(loaded / total * 100, 10));
 		}
 	});
 
 	myRequest.send();
 
+	var mySound = new Request({
+		method: 'get',
+		url: 'squarepusher.wav',
+		responseType: 'arraybuffer',
+		onSuccess: function(res){
+			myAudioContext.decodeAudioData(res, function(buffer){
+				if (buffer) myAudioBuffer = buffer;
+			});
+		}
+	}).send();
+	
 ### See Also:
 
  - [MDC: nsIDOMProgressEvent](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XPCOM_Interface_Reference/nsIDOMProgressEvent)
 
+ - [W3C: XHR Level 2](http://www.w3.org/TR/XMLHttpRequest/)
+ 
 #### complete
 
 Fired when the Request is completed.
diff --git a/Source/Request/Request.js b/Source/Request/Request.js
index b18ba4435..8ce5f5a49 100644
--- a/Source/Request/Request.js
+++ b/Source/Request/Request.js
@@ -74,11 +74,22 @@ var Request = this.Request = new Class({
 		if (progressSupport) xhr.onprogress = xhr.onloadstart = empty;
 		clearTimeout(this.timer);
 
-		this.response = {text: this.xhr.responseText || '', xml: this.xhr.responseXML};
-		if (this.options.isSuccess.call(this, this.status))
-			this.success(this.response.text, this.response.xml);
-		else
-			this.failure();
+		if (this.options.responseType && (this.options.responseType == 'arraybuffer' || this.options.responseType == 'blob')){
+			this.response = {};
+			this.response[this.options.responseType] = this.xhr.response || '';
+			if (this.options.isSuccess.call(this, this.status)){
+				this.success(this.response[this.options.responseType]);
+			} else {
+				this.failure();
+			}
+		} else {
+			this.response = {text: this.xhr.responseText || '', xml: this.xhr.responseXML};
+			if (this.options.isSuccess.call(this, this.status)){
+				this.success(this.response.text, this.response.xml);
+			} else {
+				this.failure();
+			}
+		}
 	},
 
 	isSuccess: function(){
@@ -91,6 +102,7 @@ var Request = this.Request = new Class({
 	},
 
 	processScripts: function(text){
+		if (typeof text != 'string') return text;
 		if (this.options.evalResponse || (/(ecma|java)script/).test(this.getHeader('Content-type'))) return Browser.exec(text);
 		return text.stripScripts(this.options.evalScripts);
 	},
@@ -198,7 +210,7 @@ var Request = this.Request = new Class({
 
 		xhr.open(method.toUpperCase(), url, this.options.async, this.options.user, this.options.password);
 		if (this.options.user && 'withCredentials' in xhr) xhr.withCredentials = true;
-
+		if (this.options.responseType) xhr.responseType = this.options.responseType;
 		xhr.onreadystatechange = this.onStateChange.bind(this);
 
 		Object.each(this.headers, function(value, key){