diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index be186b9..90abc42 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added `Lua.Thread`.
 - Added `Lua.set_global/3`, `Lua.get_global/2`.
 - Added `Lua.set_package_path/2`.
+- Added `Lua.require!/2`.
 
 ## [0.3.0] - 2016-08-08
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 316d0d0..eeb8cc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ https://hexdocs.pm/exlua/
 | `Lua.eval_file`         | `luerl:evalfile`        | `luaL_dofile`           |
 | `Lua.eval_file!`        | `luerl:evalfile`        | `luaL_dofile`           |
 | `Lua.gc`                | `luerl:gc`              | `lua_gc`                |
+| `Lua.get_global`        | `luerl:get_global_key`  | `lua_getglobal`         |
+| `Lua.get_table`         | `luerl:get_table`       | `lua_gettable`          |
 | `Lua.load`              | `luerl:load`            | `luaL_loadstring`       |
 | `Lua.load!`             | `luerl:load`            | `luaL_loadstring`       |
 | `Lua.load_file`         | `luerl:loadfile`        | `luaL_loadfile`         |
 | `Lua.load_file!`        | `luerl:loadfile`        | `luaL_loadfile`         |
-| `Lua.get_global`        | `luerl:get_global_key`  | `lua_getglobal`         |
-| `Lua.get_table`         | `luerl:get_table`       | `lua_gettable`          |
+| `Lua.require!`          | -                       | `luaL_requiref`         |
 | `Lua.set_global`        | `luerl:set_global_key`  | `lua_setglobal`         |
 | `Lua.set_table`         | `luerl:set_table`       | `lua_settable`          |
 
diff --git a/lib/lua.ex b/lib/lua.ex
index 445ebbf..9167b13 100644
--- a/lib/lua.ex
+++ b/lib/lua.ex
@@ -157,6 +157,12 @@ defmodule Lua do
     set_table(state, [:package, :path], path)
   end
 
+  @doc "Attempts to load a package of the given name."
+  @spec require!(Lua.State.t, binary) :: Lua.State.t
+  def require!(%State{luerl: _} = state, package_name) when is_binary(package_name) do
+    call_function!(state, :require, [package_name])
+  end
+
   @spec wrap_callback(fun) :: fun
   defp wrap_callback(function) do
     fn args, state ->