diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9719c70e..51df2bbf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Attributes
 ==========
 
 * `node['yum']['epel_release']` - Set the epel release version based on `node['platform_version']`.
+* `node['yum']['ius_release']` - Set the IUS release to install.
 
 Recipes
 =======
@@ -37,6 +38,13 @@ epel
 
 Installs the EPEL repository via RPM. Uses the `node['yum']['epel_release']` attribute to select the right version of the repository package to install. Also uses the node's platform version (as an integer) for the major release of EL.
 
+ius
+----
+
+Installs the [IUS Community repositories](http://iuscommunity.org/Repos) via RPM. Uses the `node['yum']['ius_release']` attribute to select the right versino of the package to install.
+
+The IUS repository requires EPEL, and the recipe includes `yum::epel` to install this.
+
 Resources/Providers
 ===================
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index 20a129b6..93570fc4 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 default[:yum][:exclude]
 default[:yum][:installonlypkgs]
 
-
 default['yum']['epel_release'] = case node['platform_version'].to_i
                                   when 6
                                     "6-5"
@@ -31,3 +30,4 @@
                                   when 4
                                     "4-10"
                                   end
+default['yum']['ius_release'] = '1.0-8'
diff --git a/recipes/epel.rb b/recipes/epel.rb
index 3ffc0dfd..ccc3cffd 100644
--- a/recipes/epel.rb
+++ b/recipes/epel.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/epel-release-#{epel}.noarch.rpm" do
   source "http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/#{major}/i386/epel-release-#{epel}.noarch.rpm"
-  not_if "rpm -qa | grep -qx 'epel-release-#{epel}'"
+  not_if "rpm -qa | grep -qx '^epel-release-#{epel}.noarch$'"
 end
 
 
diff --git a/recipes/ius.rb b/recipes/ius.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c0dd186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/ius.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Author:: Joshua Timberman (<joshua@opscode.com>)
+# Cookbook Name:: yum
+# Recipe:: ius
+#
+# Copyright:: Copyright (c) 2011 Opscode, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+include_recipe "yum::epel"
+
+major = node['platform_version'].to_i
+ius   = node['yum']['ius_release']
+
+remote_file "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/ius-release-#{ius}.ius.el#{major}.noarch.rpm" do
+  source "http://dl.iuscommunity.org/pub/ius/stable/Redhat/#{major}/i386/ius-release-#{ius}.ius.el#{major}.noarch.rpm"
+  not_if "rpm -qa | grep -qx 'ius-release-#{ius}'"
+end
+
+rpm_package "ius-release" do
+  source "#{Chef::Config[:file_cache_path]}/ius-release-#{ius}.ius.el#{major}.noarch.rpm"
+end