diff --git a/lib/jira/resource/issue.rb b/lib/jira/resource/issue.rb
index 5f917ffc..15fff45d 100644
--- a/lib/jira/resource/issue.rb
+++ b/lib/jira/resource/issue.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ class Issue < Base
                           :nested_under => 'fields'
       has_one :project,   :nested_under => 'fields'
 
+      has_one :issuetype, :nested_under => 'fields'
+
       def self.all(client)
         response = client.get(client.options[:rest_base_path] + "/search")
         json = parse_json(response.body)
diff --git a/spec/jira/resource/issue_spec.rb b/spec/jira/resource/issue_spec.rb
index 224f9959..f12ff040 100644
--- a/spec/jira/resource/issue_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jira/resource/issue_spec.rb
@@ -43,4 +43,9 @@
     subject.project.foo.should == 'bar'
   end
 
+  it "returns the issuetype" do
+    subject = JIRA::Resource::Issue.new(client, :attrs => {'fields' => {'issuetype' => {'foo' => 'bar'}}})
+    subject.issuetype.class.should == JIRA::Resource::Issuetype
+    subject.issuetype.foo.should == 'bar'
+  end
 end