diff --git a/configure.ac.in b/configure.ac.in
index af8bb324..8a14c4fd 100644
--- a/configure.ac.in
+++ b/configure.ac.in
@@ -179,6 +179,22 @@ if test x$want_xmms2 = xyes; then
     AC_DEFINE(XMMS2, 1, [Define if you want XMMS2 support])
 fi
 
+dnl
+dnl RSS
+dnl
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([rss],
+	      AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-rss], [enable if you want rss support (requires libmrss) @<:@default=no@:>@]),
+	      [want_rss="$enableval"], [want_rss=no])
+#
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_RSS, test x$want_rss = xyes)
+if test x$want_rss = xyes; then
+	WANT_GLIB=yes
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([MRSS], [mrss])
+	CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $MRSS_CFLAGS"
+	LIBS="$LIBS $MRSS_LIBS"
+	AC_DEFINE(RSS, 1, [Define if you want rss support])
+fi
 
 dnl
 dnl IMLIB2
@@ -218,10 +234,8 @@ if test x$want_portmon = xyes; then
         if test "x$PORT_MONITORS_MISSING" = xyes; then
               AC_MSG_ERROR([missing a needed network header for port monitoring])
         fi
-      PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0])
-      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"
-      LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
-        AC_DEFINE(TCP_PORT_MONITOR, 1, [Define if you want tcp port monitoring support])
+	WANT_GLIB=yes
+	AC_DEFINE(TCP_PORT_MONITOR, 1, [Define if you want tcp port monitoring support])
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -356,6 +370,15 @@ if test x$want_xft = "xyes"; then
     fi
 fi
 
+dnl
+dnl GLIB
+dnl
+
+if test x$WANT_GLIB = xyes; then
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GLIB], [glib-2.0])
+        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $GLIB_CFLAGS"
+	LIBS="$LIBS $GLIB_LIBS"
+fi
 
 dnl
 dnl KVM
@@ -519,4 +542,5 @@ $PACKAGE $VERSION configured successfully:
  * general:
   hddtemp:          $want_hddtemp
   portmon:          $want_portmon  
+  RSS:		    $want_rss
 EOF
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 72b323a6..c13e4e53 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ if BUILD_HDDTEMP
 hddtemp = hddtemp.c
 endif
 
+if BUILD_RSS
+rss = rss.c
+endif
+
 conky_SOURCES = 		\
 	$(audacious)            \
 	$(bmpx)                 \
@@ -67,6 +71,7 @@ conky_SOURCES = 		\
 	$(netbsd)               \
 	$(openbsd)              \
 	$(port_monitors)        \
+	$(rss)			\
 	$(solaris) 		\
 	timed_thread.c		\
 	timed_thread.h		\
diff --git a/src/conky.c b/src/conky.c
index c9073b56..0c0d200f 100644
--- a/src/conky.c
+++ b/src/conky.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static void print_version()
 #ifdef TCP_PORT_MONITOR
 	"  * portmon\n"
 #endif /* TCP_PORT_MONITOR */
+#ifdef RSS
+	"  * rss\n"
+#endif
 	"\n");	
 
 	exit(0);
@@ -1163,6 +1166,9 @@ enum text_object_type {
 	OBJ_bmpx_uri,
 	OBJ_bmpx_bitrate,
 #endif
+#ifdef RSS
+	OBJ_rss,
+#endif
 #ifdef TCP_PORT_MONITOR
 	OBJ_tcp_portmon,
 #endif
@@ -1276,6 +1282,12 @@ struct text_object {
 			int port;
 			char *dev;
 		} hddtemp; /* 2 */
+#endif
+#ifdef RSS
+		struct {
+			char *uri;
+			int count;
+		} rss;
 #endif
 	} data;
 };
@@ -2030,6 +2042,10 @@ static void free_text_objects(unsigned int count, struct text_object *objs)
 			case OBJ_bmpx_track:
 			case OBJ_bmpx_uri:
 			case OBJ_bmpx_bitrate:
+#endif
+#ifdef RSS
+			case OBJ_rss:
+				free(objs[i].data.rss.uri);
 #endif
 			case OBJ_pre_exec:
 			case OBJ_battery:
@@ -3100,6 +3116,21 @@ static struct text_object *construct_text_object(const char *s, const char *arg,
 		memset(&(info.bmpx), 0, sizeof(struct bmpx_s));
 	END
 #endif
+#ifdef RSS
+	OBJ(rss, 0) 
+		if (arg) {
+			int argc, count;
+			char *uri = (char *)malloc(64 * sizeof(char *));
+
+			argc = sscanf(arg, "%63s %d", uri, &count);
+			printf("argc: %d, uri: %s, count: %d\n", argc, uri, count);
+			obj->data.rss.uri = uri;
+			obj->data.rss.count = count;
+		} else
+			CRIT_ERR("rss: needs arguments");
+
+	END
+#endif
 #ifdef HDDTEMP
 	OBJ(hddtemp, 0)
 		if (!arg || scan_hddtemp(arg, &obj->data.hddtemp.dev, 
@@ -4254,6 +4285,30 @@ static void generate_text_internal(char *p, int p_max_size, struct text_object *
 			OBJ(hr) {
 				new_hr(p, obj->data.i);
 			}
+#ifdef RSS
+			OBJ(rss) {
+				GList *walk = NULL;
+				GList *list = NULL;
+				char *titles = malloc(1024*sizeof(char *));
+
+				memset(titles, 0, sizeof(titles));
+				list = get_rss_info(obj->data.rss.uri, obj->data.rss.count);
+				
+				for (walk = g_list_first(list); walk != NULL; walk = g_list_next(walk)) {
+					snprintf(titles, 1023, "%s%s\n", titles, (char *)walk->data);
+					free(walk->data);
+				}
+
+				/* we don't need last \n */
+				titles[strlen(titles)-2] = '\0';
+			
+				snprintf(p, p_max_size, "%s", titles);
+
+				free(titles);
+				g_list_free(walk);
+				g_list_free(list);		
+			}
+#endif
 #ifdef HDDTEMP
 			OBJ(hddtemp) {
 				char *temp;
diff --git a/src/conky.h b/src/conky.h
index 32d32625..8512c4a3 100644
--- a/src/conky.h
+++ b/src/conky.h
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
 #include <xmmsclient/xmmsclient.h>
 #endif
 
+#ifdef RSS
+#include <glib.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "mboxscan.h"
 #include "timed_thread.h"
 
@@ -243,6 +247,9 @@ enum {
 	INFO_XMMS2 = 22,
 #endif
 	INFO_ENTROPY = 23,
+#ifdef RSS
+	INFO_RSS = 24,
+#endif
 };
 
 
@@ -589,6 +596,11 @@ int scan_hddtemp(const char *arg, char **dev, char **addr, int *port);
 char *get_hddtemp_info(char *dev, char *addr, int port, char *unit);
 #endif /* HDDTEMP */
 
+/* in rss.c */
+#ifdef RSS
+GList* get_rss_info(char *uri, int count);
+#endif /* RSS */
+
 /* in linux.c */
 
 #endif