diff --git a/lib/s3/bucket.rb b/lib/s3/bucket.rb
index f8ea8c1..8df1a59 100644
--- a/lib/s3/bucket.rb
+++ b/lib/s3/bucket.rb
@@ -124,6 +124,15 @@ def object(key)
       Object.send(:new, self, :key => key)
     end
 
+    # Returns the root directories in the bucket and caches the result
+    #
+    # ==== Parameters
+    # * <tt>params</tt> - additional params for <tt>list_directories</tt>
+    #   request.
+    def directories(params = {})
+      Proxy.new(lambda { list_directories(params) }, :owner => self)
+    end
+
     def inspect #:nodoc:
       "#<#{self.class}:#{name}>"
     end
@@ -167,6 +176,11 @@ def list_bucket(params = {})
       objects_attributes.map { |object_attributes| Object.send(:new, self, object_attributes) }
     end
 
+    def list_directories(params = {})
+      response = bucket_request(:get, :params => params.merge(:delimiter => "/"))
+      parse_list_directories_result(response.body)
+    end
+
     def bucket_headers(options = {})
       bucket_request(:head, :params => options)
     rescue Error::ResponseError => e
diff --git a/lib/s3/parser.rb b/lib/s3/parser.rb
index f0c6f86..f023af3 100644
--- a/lib/s3/parser.rb
+++ b/lib/s3/parser.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ def parse_list_bucket_result(xml)
       objects_attributes
     end
 
+    def parse_list_directories_result(xml)
+      names = []
+      rexml_document(xml).elements.each("ListBucketResult/CommonPrefixes/Prefix") do |e|
+        names << e.text
+      end
+      names
+    end
+
     def parse_copy_object_result(xml)
       object_attributes = {}
       document = rexml_document(xml)