diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c192b51..4de69bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,42 @@ V::lang('ar');
  * `dateBefore` - Field is a valid date and is before the given date
  * `dateAfter` - Field is a valid date and is after the given date
  * `contains` - Field is a string and contains the given string
+ * `creditCard` - Field is a valid credit card number
+
+
+## Credit Card Validation usage
+
+Credit card validation currently allows you to validate a Visa `visa`,
+Mastercard `mastercard`, Dinersclub `dinersclub`, American Express `amex`
+or Discover `discover`
+
+This will check the credit card against each card type
+
+```php
+$v->rule('creditCard', 'credit_card');
+```
+
+To optionally filter card types, add the slug to an array as the next parameter:
+
+```php
+$v->rule('creditCard', 'credit_card', ['visa', 'mastercard']);
+```
+
+If you only want to validate one type of card, put it as a string:
+
+```php
+$v->rule('creditCard', 'credit_card', 'visa');
+```
+
+If the card type information is coming from the client, you might also want to
+still specify an array of valid card types:
+
+```php
+$cardType = 'amex';
+$v->rule('creditCard', 'credit_card', $cardType, ['visa', 'mastercard']);
+$v->validate(); // false
+```
+
 
 ## Adding Custom Validation Rules
 
diff --git a/lang/en.php b/lang/en.php
index d2f3a0b..0a83aeb 100644
--- a/lang/en.php
+++ b/lang/en.php
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ return array(
     'dateAfter' => "must be date after '%s'",
     'contains' => "must contain %s",
     'boolean' => "must be a boolean",
-    'lengthBetween' => "must be between %d and %d characters"
+    'lengthBetween' => "must be between %d and %d characters",
+    'creditCard' => "must be a valid credit card number"
 );
 
 
diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index 6632a7c..d92e2e6 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -472,6 +472,116 @@ class Validator
         return (is_bool($value)) ? true : false;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validate that a field contains a valid credit card
+     * optionally filtered by an array
+     *
+     * @param string  $field
+     * @param string $value
+     * @param array $params
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function validateCreditCard($field, $value, $params)
+    {
+        /**
+         * I there has been an array of valid cards supplied, or the name of the users card
+         * or the name and an array of valid cards
+         */
+        if (!empty($params)) {
+            /**
+             * array of valid cards
+             */
+            if (is_array($params[0])) {
+                $cards = $params[0];
+            } else if (is_string($params[0])){
+                $cardType  = $params[0];
+                if (isset($params[1]) && is_array($params[1])) {
+                    $cards = $params[1];
+                    if (!in_array($cardType, $cards)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        /**
+         * Luhn algorithm
+         *
+         * @return bool
+         */
+        $numberIsValid = function () use ($value) {
+            $number = preg_replace('/[^0-9]+/', '', $value);
+            $sum = 0;
+
+            $strlen = strlen($number);
+            if ($strlen < 13) {
+                return false;
+            }
+            for ($i = 0; $i < $strlen; $i++) {
+                $digit = (int) substr($number, $strlen - $i - 1, 1);
+                if ($i % 2 == 1) {
+                    $sub_total = $digit * 2;
+                    if ($sub_total > 9) {
+                        $sub_total = ($sub_total - 10) + 1;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $sub_total = $digit;
+                }
+                $sum += $sub_total;
+            }
+            if ($sum > 0 && $sum % 10 == 0) {
+                    return true;
+            }
+                return false;
+        };
+
+        if ($numberIsValid()) {
+            if (!isset($cards)) {
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                $cardRegex = array(
+                    'visa'          => '#^4[0-9]{12}(?:[0-9]{3})?$#',
+                    'mastercard'    => '#^5[1-5][0-9]{14}$#',
+                    'amex'          => '#^3[47][0-9]{13}$#',
+                    'dinersclub'    => '#^3(?:0[0-5]|[68][0-9])[0-9]{11}$#',
+                    'discover'      => '#^6(?:011|5[0-9]{2})[0-9]{12}$#',
+                );
+
+                if (isset($cardType)) {
+                    // if we don't have any valid cards specified and the card we've been given isn't in our regex array
+                    if (!isset($cards) && !in_array($cardType, array_keys($cardRegex))) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+
+                    // we only need to test against one card type
+                    return (preg_match($cardRegex[$cardType], $value) === 1);
+
+                } else if (isset($cards)) {
+                    // if we have cards, check our users card against only the ones we have
+                    foreach($cards as $card) {
+                        if (in_array($card, array_keys($cardRegex))) {
+                            // if the card is valid, we want to stop looping
+                            if (preg_match($cardRegex[$card], $value) === 1) {
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // loop through every card
+                    foreach($cardRegex as $regex) {
+                        // until we find a valid one
+                        if (preg_match($regex, $value) === 1) {
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if we've got this far, the card has passed no validation so it's invalid!
+        return false;
+    }
+
+
     /**
      *  Get array of fields and data
      */
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php b/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
index dce9829..d1ed886 100644
--- a/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Valitron/ValidateTest.php
@@ -654,6 +654,58 @@ class ValidateTest extends BaseTestCase
         $v->rule('boolean', 'test');
         $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
     }
+
+    public function testCreditCardValid()
+    {
+        $visa         = array(4539511619543489, 4532949059629052, 4024007171194938, 4929646403373269, 4539135861690622);
+        $mastercard   = array(5162057048081965, 5382687859049349, 5484388880142230, 5464941521226434, 5473481232685965);
+        $amex         = array(371442067262027, 340743030537918, 345509167493596, 343665795576848, 346087552944316);
+        $dinersclub   = array(30363194756249, 30160097740704, 38186521192206, 38977384214552, 38563220301454);
+        $discover     = array(6011712400392605, 6011536340491809, 6011785775263015, 6011984124619056, 6011320958064251);
+
+        foreach (compact('visa', 'mastercard', 'amex', 'dinersclub', 'discover') as $type => $numbers) {
+            foreach($numbers as $number) {
+                $v = new Validator(array('test' => $number));
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test');
+                $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', array($type, 'mastercard', 'visa'));
+                $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', $type);
+                $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', $type, array($type, 'mastercard', 'visa'));
+                $this->assertTrue($v->validate());
+                unset($v);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testcreditCardInvalid()
+    {
+        $visa         = array(3539511619543489, 3532949059629052, 3024007171194938, 3929646403373269, 3539135861690622);
+        $mastercard   = array(4162057048081965, 4382687859049349, 4484388880142230, 4464941521226434, 4473481232685965);
+        $amex         = array(271442067262027, 240743030537918, 245509167493596, 243665795576848, 246087552944316);
+        $dinersclub   = array(20363194756249, 20160097740704, 28186521192206, 28977384214552, 28563220301454);
+        $discover     = array(5011712400392605, 5011536340491809, 5011785775263015, 5011984124619056, 5011320958064251);
+
+        foreach (compact('visa', 'mastercard', 'amex', 'dinersclub', 'discover') as $type => $numbers) {
+            foreach($numbers as $number) {
+                $v = new Validator(array('test' => $number));
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test');
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', array($type, 'mastercard', 'visa'));
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', $type);
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', $type, array($type, 'mastercard', 'visa'));
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', 'invalidCardName');
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                $v->rule('creditCard', 'test', 'invalidCardName', array('invalidCardName', 'mastercard', 'visa'));
+                $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+                unset($v);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 function sampleFunctionCallback($field, $value, array $params) {