diff --git a/source/dom/dom.js b/source/dom/dom.js
index 8d091b129..6d4b55903 100644
--- a/source/dom/dom.js
+++ b/source/dom/dom.js
@@ -69,6 +69,20 @@ enyo.dom = {
 		}
 		return 320;
 	},
+	getWindowHeight: function() {
+		if (window.innerHeight) {
+			return window.innerHeight;
+		}
+		if (document.body && document.body.offsetHeight) {
+			return document.body.offsetHeight;
+		}
+		if (document.compatMode=='CSS1Compat' &&
+			document.documentElement &&
+			document.documentElement.offsetHeight ) {
+			return document.documentElement.offsetHeight;
+		}
+		return 480;
+	},
 	// moved from FittableLayout.js into common protected code
 	_ieCssToPixelValue: function(inNode, inValue) {
 		var v = inValue;
@@ -124,5 +138,38 @@ enyo.dom = {
 	//* Gets the calculated margin of a node.
 	calcMarginExtents: function(inNode) {
 		return this.calcBoxExtents(inNode, "margin");
+	},
+	//* Returns an object like `{top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 100, right: 100, height: 10, width: 10}` that represents the object's position within the viewport. Negative values mean part of the object is not visible.
+	calcViewportPositionForNode: function(inNode) {
+		// Parse upward and grab our positioning relative to the viewport
+		var left = top = 0,
+			node = inNode,
+			width = node.offsetWidth,
+			height = node.offsetHeight,
+			docHeight = (document.body.parentNode.offsetHeight > this.getWindowHeight() ? this.getWindowHeight() - document.body.parentNode.scrollTop : document.body.parentNode.offsetHeight),
+			docWidth = (document.body.parentNode.offsetWidth > this.getWindowWidth() ? this.getWindowWidth() - document.body.parentNode.scrollLeft : document.body.parentNode.offsetWidth),
+			transformProp = enyo.dom.getStyleTransformProp(),
+			xregex = /translateX\((-?\d+)px\)/i,
+			yregex = /translateY\((-?\d+)px\)/i;
+		if (node.offsetParent) {
+			do {
+				left += node.offsetLeft - (node.offsetParent ? node.offsetParent.scrollLeft : 0);
+				if (transformProp && xregex.test(node.style[transformProp])) {
+					left += parseInt(node.style[transformProp].replace(xregex, '$1'));
+				}
+				top += node.offsetTop - (node.offsetParent ? node.offsetParent.scrollTop : 0);
+				if (transformProp && yregex.test(node.style[transformProp])) {
+					top += parseInt(node.style[transformProp].replace(yregex, '$1'));
+				}
+			} while (node = node.offsetParent);
+		}
+		return {
+			'top': top,
+			'left': left,
+			'bottom': docHeight - top - height,
+			'right': docWidth - left - width,
+			'height': height,
+			'width': width
+		};
 	}
 };
diff --git a/tools/test/core/tests/ViewportPositioningTest.js b/tools/test/core/tests/ViewportPositioningTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..195c0f1fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/test/core/tests/ViewportPositioningTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+enyo.kind({
+	name: "ViewportPositioningTest",
+	kind: enyo.TestSuite,
+	
+	testMeasuringViewportCoordinates: function() {
+		var K = enyo.kind({
+			kind: enyo.Control,
+			style: "position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 10px; width: 10px; height: 10px;"
+		});
+
+		// Similar to ControlTest, create a testing div to test DOM information with (delete at end)
+		var div = document.createElement("div");
+		document.body.appendChild(div);
+		// Apply fixed positioning so that we know where things should be relative to the viewport
+		div.style.position = 'fixed';
+		div.style.top = '0px';
+		div.style.left = '0px';
+		div.style.width = '100%';
+		div.style.height = '100%';
+
+		var k = new K();
+		k.renderInto(div);
+		
+		var p = enyo.dom.calcViewportPositionForNode(k.hasNode()),
+			// Bottom and right require calculating viewport size
+			fromBottom = (document.body.parentNode.offsetHeight > enyo.dom.getWindowHeight() ? enyo.dom.getWindowHeight() - document.body.parentNode.scrollTop : document.body.parentNode.offsetHeight) - 20,
+			fromRight = (document.body.parentNode.offsetWidth > enyo.dom.getWindowWidth() ? enyo.dom.getWindowWidth() - document.body.parentNode.scrollLeft : document.body.parentNode.offsetWidth) - 20;
+		if (p.top !== 10) {
+			this.log('top failed with value: ' + p.top + ' (should be 10)');
+		}
+		if (p.left !== 10) {
+			this.log('left failed with value: ' + p.left + ' (should be 10)');
+		}
+		if (p.bottom !== fromBottom) {
+			this.log('bottom measurement failed with value: ' + p.bottom + ' (should be ' + fromBottom + ')');
+		}
+		if (p.right !== fromRight) {
+			this.log('right measurement failed with value: ' + p.right + ' (should be ' + fromRight + ')');
+		}
+		if (p.width !== 10) {
+			this.log('width failed with value: ' + p.width + ' (should be 10)');
+		}
+		if (p.height !== 10) {
+			this.log('height failed with value: ' + p.height + ' (should be 10)');
+		}
+			
+		// Clean up
+		k.destroy();
+		document.body.removeChild(div);
+		
+		this.finish(this.logMessages && this.logMessages.length ? 'Following measurements failed:' : '');
+	}
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/test/core/tests/package.js b/tools/test/core/tests/package.js
index c947c451d..62a7596db 100644
--- a/tools/test/core/tests/package.js
+++ b/tools/test/core/tests/package.js
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ enyo.depends(
 	"ControlTest.js",
 	"ControlPropsTest.js",
 	"DecodePackagePathTest.js",
-	"PathResolverTest.js"
+	"PathResolverTest.js",
+	"ViewportPositioningTest.js"
 );