diff --git a/lib/twitter/api.rb b/lib/twitter/api.rb
index 84fd6dc99..2ee947a8d 100644
--- a/lib/twitter/api.rb
+++ b/lib/twitter/api.rb
@@ -1847,12 +1847,11 @@ def status_destroy(*args)
     end
     alias tweet_destroy status_destroy
 
-    # Retweets tweets
+    # Retweets the specified Tweets as the authenticating user
     #
     # @see https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/statuses/retweet/:id
     # @rate_limited Yes
     # @authentication_required Requires user context
-    # @raise [Twitter::Error::Forbidden] Error raised when tweet has already been retweeted.
     # @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid.
     # @return [Array<Twitter::Tweet>] The original tweets with retweet details embedded.
     # @overload retweet(*ids)
@@ -1864,6 +1863,36 @@ def status_destroy(*args)
     #   @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
     #   @option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :trim_user Each tweet returned in a timeline will include a user object with only the author's numerical ID when set to true, 't' or 1.
     def retweet(*args)
+      options = args.extract_options!
+      args.flatten.threaded_map do |id|
+        begin
+          response = post("/1.1/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", options)
+          retweeted_status = response.dup
+          retweeted_status[:body] = response[:body].delete(:retweeted_status)
+          retweeted_status[:body][:retweeted_status] = response[:body]
+          Twitter::Tweet.from_response(retweeted_status)
+        rescue Twitter::Error::Forbidden
+        end
+      end.compact
+    end
+
+    # Retweets the specified Tweets as the authenticating user and raises an error if one has already been retweeted
+    #
+    # @see https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/post/statuses/retweet/:id
+    # @rate_limited Yes
+    # @authentication_required Requires user context
+    # @raise [Twitter::Error::Forbidden] Error raised when tweet has already been retweeted.
+    # @raise [Twitter::Error::Unauthorized] Error raised when supplied user credentials are not valid.
+    # @return [Array<Twitter::Tweet>] The original tweets with retweet details embedded.
+    # @overload retweet(*ids)
+    #   @param ids [Array<Integer>, Set<Integer>] An array of Tweet IDs.
+    #   @example Retweet the Tweet with the ID 28561922516
+    #     Twitter.retweet(28561922516)
+    # @overload retweet(*ids, options)
+    #   @param ids [Array<Integer>, Set<Integer>] An array of Tweet IDs.
+    #   @param options [Hash] A customizable set of options.
+    #   @option options [Boolean, String, Integer] :trim_user Each tweet returned in a timeline will include a user object with only the author's numerical ID when set to true, 't' or 1.
+    def retweet!(*args)
       options = args.extract_options!
       args.flatten.threaded_map do |id|
         response = post("/1.1/statuses/retweet/#{id}.json", options)
diff --git a/spec/twitter/api/statuses_spec.rb b/spec/twitter/api/statuses_spec.rb
index 9fbb92954..59323887e 100644
--- a/spec/twitter/api/statuses_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/twitter/api/statuses_spec.rb
@@ -373,6 +373,24 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "#retweet!" do
+    before do
+      stub_post("/1.1/statuses/retweet/28561922516.json").to_return(:body => fixture("retweet.json"), :headers => {:content_type => "application/json; charset=utf-8"})
+    end
+    it "requests the correct resource" do
+      @client.retweet!(28561922516)
+      expect(a_post("/1.1/statuses/retweet/28561922516.json")).to have_been_made
+    end
+    it "returns an array of Tweets with retweet details embedded" do
+      tweets = @client.retweet!(28561922516)
+      expect(tweets).to be_an Array
+      expect(tweets.first).to be_a Twitter::Tweet
+      expect(tweets.first.text).to eq "As for the Series, I'm for the Giants. Fuck Texas, fuck Nolan Ryan, fuck George Bush."
+      expect(tweets.first.retweeted_tweet.text).to eq "RT @gruber: As for the Series, I'm for the Giants. Fuck Texas, fuck Nolan Ryan, fuck George Bush."
+      expect(tweets.first.retweeted_tweet.id).not_to eq tweets.first.id
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "#tweet" do
     before do
       stub_post("/1.1/statuses/update.json").with(:body => {:status => "The problem with your code is that it's doing exactly what you told it to do."}).to_return(:body => fixture("status.json"), :headers => {:content_type => "application/json; charset=utf-8"})