diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f0747c6..88a2719 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -274,6 +274,31 @@ $v->rule('min', 'bar', 0);
 $v->validate();
 ```
 
+You can also add rules on a per-field basis:
+```php
+$rules = [
+    'required',
+    ['lengthMin', 4]
+];   
+
+$v = new Valitron\Validator(array('foo' => 'bar'));
+$v->mapFieldRules('foo', $rules);
+$v->validate();
+```
+
+Or for multiple fields at once:
+
+```php
+$rules = [
+    'foo' => ['required', 'integer'],
+    'bar'=>['email', ['lengthMin', 4]]
+];
+
+$v = new Valitron\Validator(array('foo' => 'bar', 'bar' => 'mail@example.com));
+$v->mapFieldsRules($rules);
+$v->validate();
+```
+
 ## Adding field label to messages
 
 You can do this in two different ways, you can add a individual label to a rule or an array of all labels for the rules.
@@ -308,6 +333,7 @@ $v->validate();
 
 This introduces a new set of tags to your error language file which looks like `{field}`, if you are using a rule like `equals` you can access the second value in the language file by incrementing the field with a value like `{field1}`.
 
+
 ## Re-use of validation rules
 
 You can re-use your validation rules to quickly validate different data with the same rules by using the withData method:
diff --git a/src/Valitron/Validator.php b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
index dbf2086..1d30e22 100644
--- a/src/Valitron/Validator.php
+++ b/src/Valitron/Validator.php
@@ -1208,4 +1208,47 @@ class Validator
         $clone->_errors = array();
         return $clone;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to add validation rule(s) by field
+     *
+     * @param string field_name
+     * @param array $rules
+     */
+    public function mapFieldRules($field_name, $rules){
+        $me = $this;
+
+        array_map(function($rule) use($field_name, $me){
+
+            //rule must be an array
+            $rule = (array)$rule;
+
+            //First element is the name of the rule
+            $rule_name = array_shift($rule);
+
+            //find a custom message, if any
+            $message = null;
+            if (isset($rule['message'])){
+                $message = $rule['message'];
+                unset($rule['message']);
+            }
+            //Add the field and additional parameters to the rule
+            $added = call_user_func_array(array($me, 'rule'), array_merge(array($rule_name, $field_name), $rule));
+            if (! empty($message)){
+                $added->message($message);
+            }
+        }, (array) $rules);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to add validation rule(s) for multiple fields
+     *
+     * @param array $rules
+     */
+    public function mapFieldsRules($rules){
+        $me = $this;
+        array_map(function($field_name) use($rules, $me){
+            $me->mapFieldRules($field_name, $rules[$field_name]);
+        }, array_keys($rules));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Valitron/MapRulesTest.php b/tests/Valitron/MapRulesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46293e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Valitron/MapRulesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?php
+use Valitron\Validator;
+
+
+class MapRulesTest extends BaseTestCase
+{
+    public function testMapSingleFieldRules()
+    {
+
+        $rules = array(
+            'required',
+            array('lengthMin', 4)
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->mapFieldRules('myField', $rules);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+        $this->assertEquals(2, sizeof($v->errors('myField')));
+
+        $v2 = new Validator(array('myField' => 'myVal'));
+        $v2->mapFieldRules('myField', $rules);
+        $this->assertTrue($v2->validate());
+    }
+
+    public function testSingleFieldDot()
+    {
+
+        $v = new Valitron\Validator(array(
+            'settings' => array(
+                array('threshold' => 50),
+                array('threshold' => 90)
+            )
+        ));
+        $v->mapFieldRules('settings.*.threshold', array(
+            array('max', 50)
+        ));
+
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+
+    }
+
+    public function testMapMultipleFieldsRules()
+    {
+        $rules = array(
+            'myField1' => array(
+                'required',
+                array('lengthMin', 4)
+            ),
+            'myField2' => array(
+                'required',
+                array('lengthMin', 5)
+            )
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array(
+            'myField1' => 'myVal'
+        ));
+        $v->mapFieldsRules($rules);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+        $this->assertFalse($v->errors('myField1'));
+        $this->assertEquals(2, sizeof($v->errors('myField2')));
+
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomMessageSingleField()
+    {
+        $rules = array(
+            array('lengthMin', 14, 'message' => 'My Custom Error')
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array(
+            'myField' => 'myVal'
+        ));
+        $v->mapFieldRules('myField', $rules);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+        $errors = $v->errors('myField');
+        $this->assertEquals('My Custom Error', $errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomMessageMultipleFields()
+    {
+        $rules = array(
+            'myField1' => array(
+                array('lengthMin', 14, 'message'=>'My Custom Error 1')
+            ),
+            'myField2' => array(
+                array('lengthMin', 14, 'message'=>'My Custom Error 2')
+            )
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array(
+            'myField1' => 'myVal',
+            'myField2' => 'myVal',
+        ));
+
+        $v->mapFieldsRules($rules);
+        $this->assertFalse($v->validate());
+
+        $errors1 = $v->errors('myField1');
+        $this->assertEquals('My Custom Error 1', $errors1[0]);
+
+
+
+        $errors2 = $v->errors('myField2');
+        $this->assertEquals('My Custom Error 2', $errors2[0]);
+    }
+}
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