diff --git a/lib/von/config.rb b/lib/von/config.rb
index 38a196e..f538721 100644
--- a/lib/von/config.rb
+++ b/lib/von/config.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ module Config
     attr_accessor :weekly_format
     attr_accessor :daily_format
     attr_accessor :hourly_format
+    attr_accessor :minutely_format
 
     attr_reader  :periods
 
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ def init!
       self.daily_format   = '%Y-%m-%d'
       # 2013-01-02 12:00
       self.hourly_format  = '%Y-%m-%d %H:00'
+      # 2013-01-02 12:05
+      self.minutely_format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'
     end
 
     # Set the Redis connection to use
@@ -78,4 +81,4 @@ def counter_options(field)
     end
 
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/von/period.rb b/lib/von/period.rb
index c0fd60f..0f01bac 100644
--- a/lib/von/period.rb
+++ b/lib/von/period.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Von
   class Period
-    AVAILABLE_PERIODS = [ :hourly, :daily, :weekly, :monthly, :yearly ]
+    AVAILABLE_PERIODS = [ :minutely, :hourly, :daily, :weekly, :monthly, :yearly ]
 
     attr_reader :counter_key
     attr_reader :length
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ def initialize(counter_key, period, length)
     # for the current period.
     def time_unit
       @time_unit ||= case @period
+      when :minutely
+        :minute
       when :hourly
         :hour
       when :daily
diff --git a/test/counter_test.rb b/test/counter_test.rb
index f41a01c..d762e13 100644
--- a/test/counter_test.rb
+++ b/test/counter_test.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   Counter = Von::Counter
 
   before :each do
-    Timecop.freeze(Time.local(2013, 01))
+    Timecop.freeze(Time.local(2013, 01, 01, 01, 01))
     Von.config.init!
     mock_connection!
   end
@@ -47,6 +47,21 @@
     @store['von:lists:foo:monthly'].size.must_equal 1
   end
 
+  it 'increments a minute counter' do
+    Von.configure do |config|
+      config.counter 'foo', :minutely => 60
+    end
+
+    Counter.increment('foo')
+    Counter.increment('foo')
+
+    @store.has_key?('von:counters:foo').must_equal true
+    @store.has_key?('von:counters:foo:minutely').must_equal true
+    @store['von:counters:foo']['total'].must_equal 2
+    @store['von:counters:foo:minutely']['2013-01-01 01:01'].must_equal 2
+    @store['von:lists:foo:minutely'].size.must_equal 1
+  end
+
   it "expires counters past the limit" do
     Von.configure do |config|
       config.counter 'foo', :monthly => 1
diff --git a/test/period_test.rb b/test/period_test.rb
index 057c4b4..388fecb 100644
--- a/test/period_test.rb
+++ b/test/period_test.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   end
 
   it "checks if the period is an hourly period" do
+    Period.new('foo', :minutely, 6).wont_be :hours?
     Period.new('foo', :hourly, 6).must_be :hours?
     Period.new('foo', :daily, 6).wont_be :hours?
     Period.new('foo', :weekly, 6).wont_be :hours?
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
   end
 
   it "knows what time unit it is" do
+    Period.new('foo', :minutely, 6).time_unit.must_equal :minute
     Period.new('foo', :hourly, 6).time_unit.must_equal :hour
     Period.new('foo', :daily, 6).time_unit.must_equal :day
     Period.new('foo', :weekly, 6).time_unit.must_equal :week
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@
   end
 
   it "pulls a time format from config options" do
+    Period.new('foo', :minutely, 6).format.must_equal Von.config.minutely_format
     Period.new('foo', :hourly, 6).format.must_equal Von.config.hourly_format
     Period.new('foo', :daily, 6).format.must_equal Von.config.daily_format
     Period.new('foo', :weekly, 6).format.must_equal Von.config.weekly_format
@@ -54,7 +57,8 @@
   end
 
   it "builds a redis field for the given period and current time" do
-    Timecop.freeze(Time.local(2013, 02, 01, 05))
+    Timecop.freeze(Time.local(2013, 02, 01, 05, 15))
+    Period.new('foo', :minutely, 6).field.must_equal '2013-02-01 05:15'
     Period.new('foo', :hourly, 6).field.must_equal '2013-02-01 05:00'
     Period.new('foo', :daily, 6).field.must_equal '2013-02-01'
     Period.new('foo', :weekly, 6).field.must_equal '2013-02-01'
@@ -62,4 +66,4 @@
     Period.new('foo', :yearly, 6).field.must_equal '2013'
   end
 
-end
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+end