diff --git a/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.h b/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.h
index d8238d275..3a17c38d3 100644
--- a/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.h
+++ b/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.h
@@ -39,8 +39,19 @@
 #define kMapBoxDefaultLatLonBoundingBox ((RMSphericalTrapezium){ .northEast = { .latitude =  90, .longitude =  180 }, \
                                                                  .southWest = { .latitude = -90, .longitude = -180 } })
 
-@class RMMapView;
+// constants for the image quality API (see http://mapbox.com/developers/api/#image_quality)
+typedef enum : NSUInteger {
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityFull   = 0, // default
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG32  = 1, // 32 color indexed PNG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG64  = 2, // 64 color indexed PNG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG128 = 3, // 128 color indexed PNG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG256 = 4, // 256 color indexed PNG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG70 = 5, // 70% quality JPEG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG80 = 6, // 80% quality JPEG
+    RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG90 = 7  // 90% quality JPEG
+} RMMapBoxSourceQuality;
 
+@class RMMapView;
 
 /** An RMMapBoxSource is used to display map tiles from a network-based map hosted on [MapBox](http://mapbox.com/plans) or the open source [TileStream](https://github.com/mapbox/tilestream) software. Maps are reference by their [TileJSON](http://mapbox.com/developers/tilejson/) endpoint or file. */
 @interface RMMapBoxSource : RMAbstractWebMapSource
@@ -86,4 +97,9 @@
 /** Info about the TileJSON in a Cocoa-native format. */
 @property (nonatomic, readonly, retain) NSDictionary *infoDictionary;
 
+/** Image quality that is retrieved from the network. Useful for lower-bandwidth environments. The default is to provide full-quality imagery. 
+*
+*   Note that you may want to clear the tile cache after changing this value in order to provide a consistent experience. */
+@property (nonatomic, assign) RMMapBoxSourceQuality imageQuality;
+
 @end
diff --git a/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.m b/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.m
index cb302480f..523d6e773 100644
--- a/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.m
+++ b/MapView/Map/RMMapBoxSource.m
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ - (id)initWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info;
 
 @implementation RMMapBoxSource
 
-@synthesize infoDictionary=_infoDictionary;
+@synthesize infoDictionary=_infoDictionary, imageQuality=_imageQuality;
 
 - (id)initWithTileJSON:(NSString *)tileJSON
 {
@@ -190,6 +190,61 @@ - (NSURL *)URLForTile:(RMTile)tile
     tileURLString = [tileURLString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"{x}" withString:[[NSNumber numberWithInteger:x]    stringValue]];
     tileURLString = [tileURLString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"{y}" withString:[[NSNumber numberWithInteger:y]    stringValue]];
 
+    if (_imageQuality != RMMapBoxSourceQualityFull)
+    {
+        NSString *qualityExtension;
+
+        switch (_imageQuality)
+        {
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG32:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".png32";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG64:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".png64";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG128:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".png128";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityPNG256:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".png256";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG70:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".jpg70";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG80:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".jpg80";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityJPEG90:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".jpg90";
+                break;
+            }
+            case RMMapBoxSourceQualityFull:
+            default:
+            {
+                qualityExtension = @".png";
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        tileURLString = [tileURLString stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@".png"
+                                                                 withString:qualityExtension
+                                                                    options:NSAnchoredSearch | NSBackwardsSearch
+                                                                      range:NSMakeRange(0, [tileURLString length])];
+    }
+
 	return [NSURL URLWithString:tileURLString];
 }