diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 5d6ac8f..64fd3a5 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ begin
     gemspec.homepage = "http://github.com/codespeaks/modulr"
     gemspec.files = FileList["Rakefile", "README.markdown", "LICENSE", "VERSION", "{lib,bin,assets,example}/**/*", "vendor/rkelly/**/*"]
     gemspec.executable = "modulrize"
+    gemspec.add_dependency("coffee_machine")
   end
 rescue LoadError
   puts "Jeweler not available. Install it with: sudo gem install jeweler"
diff --git a/bin/modulrize b/bin/modulrize
index 0134d6d..fa12333 100755
--- a/bin/modulrize
+++ b/bin/modulrize
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ options = {
 opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
   opts.banner = 'Usage: modulrize program.js [options] > output.js'
   
+  opts.separator ''
+  opts.separator 'Options:'
+  
   opts.on('-o', '--output=FILE', 'Write the output to FILE. Defaults to stdout.') do |output|
     options[:output] = File.open(output, 'w')
   end
@@ -24,10 +27,39 @@ opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
     options[:lazy_eval] = modules
   end
   
-  opts.on_tail('-h', '--help', 'Show this message.') do
+  opts.on('--minify', 'Minify output using YUI Compressor.') do |minify|
+    options[:minify] = minify
+  end
+  
+  opts.on('-h', '--help', 'Show this message.') do
     puts opts
     exit
   end
+  
+  opts.separator ''
+  opts.separator 'Minification options (these are forwarded to YUI Compressor without the "minify-" prefix):'
+  
+  {
+    'line-break COLUMN'     => 'Insert a line break after the specified column number.',
+    'verbose'               => 'Display informational messages and warnings.',
+    'nomunge'               => 'Minify only, do not obfuscate.',
+    'preserve-semi'         => 'Preserve all semicolons.',
+    'disable-optimizations' => 'Disable all micro optimizations.'
+  }.each do |option, message|
+    prefixed_option = option.sub(/\A(\[no-\])?/, '--\\1minify-')
+    
+    def normalize_option(option)
+      option.gsub('-', '_').to_sym
+    end
+    
+    opts.on(prefixed_option, message) do |value|
+      if !options[:minify] || options[:minify] == true
+        options[:minify] = {}
+      end
+      options[:minify][normalize_option(option)] = value
+    end
+  end
+
 end
 
 opts.parse!
diff --git a/lib/modulr.rb b/lib/modulr.rb
index 4e176ff..b109a9e 100644
--- a/lib/modulr.rb
+++ b/lib/modulr.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class ModulrError < StandardError
   require 'modulr/js_module'
   require 'modulr/parser'
   require 'modulr/collector'
+  require 'modulr/minifier'
   require 'modulr/version'
   
   PATH_TO_MODULR_JS = File.join(LIB_DIR, '..', 'assets', 'modulr.js')
@@ -17,6 +18,15 @@ class ModulrError < StandardError
   def self.ize(input_filename, options = {})
     collector = Collector.new(options)
     collector.parse_file(input_filename)
-    collector.to_js
+    minify(collector.to_js, options[:minify])
   end
+  
+  protected
+    def self.minify(output, options)
+      if options
+        Minifier.minify(output, options == true ? {} : options)
+      else
+        output
+      end
+    end
 end
diff --git a/lib/modulr/minifier.rb b/lib/modulr/minifier.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca7c490
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/modulr/minifier.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+module Modulr
+  class MinifierError < ModulrError
+  end
+  
+  class Minifier
+    YUI_COMPRESSOR_PATH = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'vendor', 'yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar').freeze
+    
+    def self.minify(input, options = {})
+      new(options).minify(input)
+    end
+    
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      @options = options
+    end
+    
+    def minify(input)
+      run_yui_compressor do |pipe, stderr|
+        pipe.write(input)
+        pipe.close_write
+        output, error = pipe.read, stderr.read
+        raise MinifierError, error unless error.empty?
+        output
+      end
+    end
+    
+    protected
+      def run_yui_compressor(&block)
+        require 'coffee_machine'
+        CoffeeMachine.run_jar(YUI_COMPRESSOR_PATH, :args => yui_compressor_args, &block)
+      end
+      
+      def yui_compressor_args
+        args = ['--type js']
+        @options.each do |option, value|
+          args << "--#{option.to_s.gsub('_', '-')}"
+          args << value unless value == true || value == false
+        end
+        args.join(' ')
+      end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/vendor/yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar b/vendor/yuicompressor-2.4.2.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c29470b
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