diff --git a/spec/operators/skipUntil-spec.js b/spec/operators/skipUntil-spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c979b35d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/operators/skipUntil-spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+/* globals describe, it, expect, jasmine */
+var Rx = require('../../dist/cjs/Rx');
+var Observable = Rx.Observable;
+
+describe('Observable.prototype.skipUntil()', function () {
+  it('should skip values until another observable notifies', function (done) {
+    var expected = [5];
+    
+    Observable.timer(0, 10)
+      .skipUntil(Observable.timer(45))
+      .take(1)
+      .subscribe(function (x) {
+        expect(x).toBe(expected.shift());
+      }, null, done);
+  });
+});
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diff --git a/src/Observable.ts b/src/Observable.ts
index c9cd2cafc7..9e5d2ffa9d 100644
--- a/src/Observable.ts
+++ b/src/Observable.ts
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ export default class Observable<T> {
   distinctUntilChanged: (compare?: (x: T, y: T) => boolean, thisArg?: any) => Observable<T>;
   distinctUntilKeyChanged: (key: string, compare?: (x: any, y: any) => boolean, thisArg?: any) => Observable<T>;
   skip: (count: number) => Observable<T>;
+  skipUntil: (notifier: Observable<any>) => Observable<T>;
   take: (count: number) => Observable<T>;
   takeUntil: (observable: Observable<any>) => Observable<T>;
   partition: (predicate: (x: T) => boolean) => Observable<T>[];
diff --git a/src/Rx.ts b/src/Rx.ts
index cb37fed12d..c536104369 100644
--- a/src/Rx.ts
+++ b/src/Rx.ts
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ observableProto.startWith = startWith;
 
 import take from './operators/take';
 import skip from './operators/skip';
+import skipUntil from './operators/skipUntil';
 import takeUntil from './operators/takeUntil';
 import filter from './operators/filter';
 import distinctUntilChanged from './operators/distinctUntilChanged';
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ import distinctUntilKeyChanged from './operators/distinctUntilKeyChanged';
 observableProto.take = take;
 observableProto.skip = skip;
 observableProto.takeUntil = takeUntil;
+observableProto.skipUntil = skipUntil;
 observableProto.filter = filter;
 observableProto.distinctUntilChanged = distinctUntilChanged;
 observableProto.distinctUntilKeyChanged = distinctUntilKeyChanged;
diff --git a/src/operators/skipUntil.ts b/src/operators/skipUntil.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a93c4691bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/operators/skipUntil.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import Operator from '../Operator';
+import Observer from '../Observer';
+import Subscriber from '../Subscriber';
+import Observable from '../Observable';
+
+export default function skipUntil(total) {
+  return this.lift(new SkipUntilOperator(total));
+}
+
+export class SkipUntilOperator<T, R> extends Operator<T, R> {
+  constructor(private notifier: Observable<any>) {
+    super();
+  }
+
+  call(observer: Observer<R>): Observer<T> {
+    return new SkipUntilSubscriber<T>(observer, this.notifier);
+  }
+}
+
+export class SkipUntilSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+  private notificationSubscriber: NotificationSubscriber<any> = new NotificationSubscriber();
+  
+  constructor(destination: Observer<T>, private notifier: Observable<any>) {
+    super(destination);
+    this.add(this.notifier.subscribe(this.notificationSubscriber))
+  }
+
+  _next(x) {
+    if (this.notificationSubscriber.hasNotified) {
+      this.destination.next(x);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+export class NotificationSubscriber<T> extends Subscriber<T> {
+  hasNotified: boolean = false;
+  
+  constructor() {
+    super(null);
+  }
+  
+  _next() {
+    this.hasNotified = true;
+    this.unsubscribe();
+  }
+}