diff --git a/spec/operators/catch-spec.js b/spec/operators/catch-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aecb320754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/operators/catch-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/* globals describe, it, expect */
+var Rx = require('../../dist/cjs/Rx');
+var Observable = Rx.Observable;
+
+describe('Observable.prototype.catch()', function () {
+  it('should pass the error as the first argument', function (done) {
+    Observable.throw('bad')
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        expect(err).toBe('bad');
+        return Observable.empty();
+      })
+      .subscribe(function () { },
+        function (err) {
+          expect('this was called').not.toBeTruthy();
+        },
+        done);
+  });
+  
+  it('should catch the error and allow the return of a new observable to use', function (done) {
+    var expected = [1, 2, 'foo'];
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        return Observable.of('foo');
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, function (err) {
+        expect('this was called').not.toBeTruthy();
+      }, function () {
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+  
+  it('should catch and allow the observable to be repeated with the third (caught) argument', function (done) {
+    var expected = [1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2];
+    var retries = 0;
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .catch(function (err, caught) {
+        if (retries++ == 2) {
+          throw 'done';
+        }
+        return caught;
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, function (err) {
+        expect(err).toBe('done');
+        done();
+      }, function () {
+        expect('this was called').not.toBeTruthy();
+      })
+  });
+  
+  it('should complete if you return Observable.empty()', function (done) {
+    var expected = [1, 2];
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        return Observable.empty();
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, function (err) {
+        expect('this was called').not.toBeTruthy();
+      }, function () {
+        done();
+      });
+  });
+  
+  
+  it('should error if you return Observable.throw()', function (done) {
+    var expected = [1, 2];
+    Observable.of(1, 2, 3)
+      .map(function (n) {
+        if (n === 3) {
+          throw 'bad';
+        }
+        return n;
+      })
+      .catch(function (err) {
+        return Observable.throw('haha');
+      })
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, function (err) {
+        expect(err).toBe('haha');
+        done();
+      }, function () {
+        expect('this was called').not.toBeTruthy();
+      });
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/Observable.ts b/src/Observable.ts
index 4383474e8b..3da06c02b8 100644
--- a/src/Observable.ts
+++ b/src/Observable.ts
@@ -134,4 +134,6 @@ export default class Observable<T> {
 
   publish: () => ConnectableObservable<T>;
   multicast: (subjectFactory: () => Subject<T>) => ConnectableObservable<T>;
+  
+  catch: (selector: (err: any, source: Observable<T>, caught: Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) => Observable<T>;
 }
diff --git a/src/Rx.ts b/src/Rx.ts
index b3a0f44bb0..650eeaabac 100644
--- a/src/Rx.ts
+++ b/src/Rx.ts
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ import partition from './operators/partition';
 
 observableProto.partition = partition;
 
+import _catch from './operators/catch';
+
+observableProto.catch = _catch;
+
 export default {
     Subject,
     Scheduler,
diff --git a/src/operators/catch.ts b/src/operators/catch.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..351fddbce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/operators/catch.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import Operator from '../Operator';
+import Observer from '../Observer';
+import Subscriber from '../Subscriber';
+import Observable from '../Observable';
+
+import tryCatch from '../util/tryCatch';
+import {errorObject} from '../util/errorObject';
+
+export default function _catch<T>(selector: (err:any, caught:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) {
+  var catchOperator = new CatchOperator(selector);
+  var caught = this.lift(catchOperator);
+  catchOperator.caught = caught;
+  return caught;
+}
+
+export class CatchOperator<T, R> extends Operator<T, R> {
+  selector: (err:any, caught:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>;
+  caught: Observable<any>;
+  source: Observable<T>;
+  
+  constructor(selector: (err:any, caught:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>) {
+    super();
+    this.selector = selector;
+  }
+
+  call(observer: Observer<T>): Observer<T> {
+    return new CatchSubscriber(observer, this.selector, this.caught);
+  }
+}
+
+export class CatchSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+  selector: (err:any, caught:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>;
+  caught: Observable<any>;
+  
+  constructor(destination: Observer<T>, selector: (err:any, caught:Observable<any>) => Observable<any>, caught: Observable<any>) {
+    super(destination);
+    this.selector = selector;
+    this.caught = caught;
+  }
+
+  _error(err) {
+    const result = tryCatch(this.selector)(err, this.caught);
+    if (result === errorObject) {
+      this.destination.error(errorObject.e);
+    } else {
+      this.add(result.subscribe(this.destination));
+    }
+  }
+}