diff --git a/src/Contours.cc b/src/Contours.cc
index e702abc..c586b3d 100755
--- a/src/Contours.cc
+++ b/src/Contours.cc
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Contour::Init(Handle<Object> target) {
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "area", Area);
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "arcLength", ArcLength);
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "approxPolyDP", ApproxPolyDP);
+	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "convexHull", ConvexHull);
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "boundingRect", BoundingRect);
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "minAreaRect", BoundingRect);
 	NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "isConvex", IsConvex);
@@ -135,6 +136,23 @@ Contour::ApproxPolyDP(const Arguments &args) {
 }
 
 
+Handle<Value>
+Contour::ConvexHull(const Arguments &args) {
+	HandleScope scope;
+
+	Contour *self = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Contour>(args.This());
+
+	int pos        = args[0]->NumberValue();
+	bool clockwise = args[1]->BooleanValue();
+
+	cv::Mat hull;
+	cv::convexHull(cv::Mat(self->contours[pos]), hull, clockwise);
+	hull.copyTo(self->contours[pos]);
+
+	return scope.Close(v8::Null());
+}
+
+
 Handle<Value>
 Contour::BoundingRect(const Arguments &args) {
 	HandleScope scope;
diff --git a/src/Contours.h b/src/Contours.h
index d8b3fa4..c0f8879 100755
--- a/src/Contours.h
+++ b/src/Contours.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Contour: public node::ObjectWrap {
 	static Handle<Value> Area(const v8::Arguments&);
 	static Handle<Value> ArcLength(const v8::Arguments&);
 	static Handle<Value> ApproxPolyDP(const v8::Arguments&);
+	static Handle<Value> ConvexHull(const v8::Arguments&);
 	static Handle<Value> BoundingRect(const v8::Arguments&);
 	static Handle<Value> MinAreaRect(const v8::Arguments&);
 	static Handle<Value> IsConvex(const v8::Arguments&);