diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 115881945..3bb2845d4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ PROGS       := \
   mv \
   nl \
   nproc \
+  od \
   paste \
   printenv \
   pwd \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5266fa81d..8e9aef0cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ To do
 - mktemp
 - mv (almost done, one more option)
 - numfmt
-- od
+- od (in progress, needs lots of work)
 - pathchk
 - pinky
 - pr
diff --git a/src/od/od.rs b/src/od/od.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fca7f2962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/od/od.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#![crate_name = "od"]
+#![allow(unstable)]
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the uutils coreutils package.
+ *
+ * (c) Ben Hirsch <benhirsch24@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+extern crate getopts;
+extern crate collections;
+
+use collections::string::String;
+use std::io::File;
+
+#[derive(Show)]
+enum Radix { Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal, Binary }
+
+pub fn uumain(args: Vec<String>) -> isize {
+    let opts = [
+        getopts::optopt("A", "address-radix",
+                        "Select the base in which file offsets are printed.", "RADIX"),
+        getopts::optopt("j", "skip-bytes",
+                        "Skip bytes input bytes before formatting and writing.", "BYTES"),
+        getopts::optopt("N", "read-bytes",
+                        "limit dump to BYTES input bytes", "BYTES"),
+        getopts::optopt("S", "strings",
+                        ("output strings of at least BYTES graphic chars. 3 is assumed when \
+                          BYTES is not specified."),
+                        "BYTES"),
+        getopts::optopt("t", "format", "select output format or formats", "TYPE"),
+        getopts::optflag("v", "output-duplicates", "do not use * to mark line suppression"),
+        getopts::optopt("w", "width",
+                        ("output BYTES bytes per output line. 32 is implied when BYTES is not \
+                          specified."),
+                        "BYTES"),
+        getopts::optflag("h", "help", "display this help and exit."),
+        getopts::optflag("v", "version", "output version information and exit."),
+    ];
+
+    let matches = match getopts::getopts(args.tail(), &opts) {
+        Ok(m) => m,
+        Err(f) => panic!("Invalid options\n{}", f)
+    };
+
+
+    let mut rad = Radix::Octal;
+    if matches.opt_present("A") {
+        rad = parse_radix(matches.opt_str("A"));
+    } else {
+        println!("{}", getopts::usage("od", &opts));
+    }
+
+    let mut fname;
+    match args.last() {
+        Some(n) => fname = n,
+        None    => { panic!("Need fname for now") ; }
+    };
+
+    main(rad, fname.clone());
+
+    0
+}
+
+fn main(radix: Radix, fname: String) {
+    let mut f = match File::open(&Path::new(fname)) {
+        Ok(f) => f,
+        Err(e) => panic!("file error: {}", e)
+    };
+
+    let mut addr = 0;
+    let bytes = &mut [b'\x00'; 16];
+    loop {
+        match f.read(bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                print!("{:07o}", addr);
+                match radix {
+                    Radix::Decimal => {},
+                    Radix::Octal => {
+                        for b in range(0, n / std::u16::BYTES) {
+                            let bs = &bytes[(2 * b) .. (2 * b + 2)];
+                            let p: u16 = (bs[1] as u16) << 8 | bs[0] as u16;
+                            print!(" {:06o}", p);
+                        }
+                        if n % std::u16::BYTES == 1 {
+                            print!(" {:06o}", bytes[n - 1]);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => { }
+                };
+                print!("\n");
+                addr += n;
+            },
+            Err(_) => { println!("{:07o}", addr); break; }
+        };
+    };
+}
+
+fn parse_radix(radix_str: Option<String>) -> Radix {
+    let rad = match radix_str {
+        Some(s) => {
+            let st = s.into_bytes();
+            if st.len() != 1 {
+                panic!("Radix must be one of [d, o, b, x]\n");
+            }
+
+            let radix: char = *(st.get(0)
+                                  .expect("byte string of length 1 lacks a 0th elem")) as char;
+            if radix == 'd' {
+                Radix::Decimal
+            } else if radix == 'x' {
+                Radix::Hexadecimal
+            } else if radix == 'o' {
+                Radix::Octal
+            } else if radix == 'b' {
+                Radix::Binary
+            } else {
+                panic!("Radix must be one of [d, o, b, x]\n");
+            }
+        },
+        None => Radix::Octal
+    };
+
+    rad
+}