diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c615a4..6e9fcd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ test/images/*.png
 examples/*.png
 examples/*.jpg
 testing
-test.png
+out.png
+out.pdf
 .pomo
 node_modules
 
diff --git a/examples/multi-page-pdf.js b/examples/multi-page-pdf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bc7371
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/multi-page-pdf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+var Canvas = require('../')
+  , canvas = new Canvas(500, 500, 'pdf')
+  , ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
+  , fs = require('fs');
+
+var x, y;
+
+function reset() {
+  x = 50;
+  y = 80;
+}
+
+function h1(str) {
+  ctx.font = '22px Helvetica';
+  ctx.fillText(str, x, y);
+}
+
+function p(str) {
+  ctx.font = '10px Arial';
+  ctx.fillText(str, x, y += 20);
+}
+
+reset();
+h1('PDF demo');
+p('Multi-page PDF demonstration');
+ctx.nextPage();
+
+reset();
+h1('Page #2');
+p('This is the second page');
+ctx.nextPage();
+
+reset();
+h1('Page #3');
+p('This is the third page');
+
+fs.writeFile('out.pdf', canvas.toBuffer());
+console.log('created out.pdf');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/small-pdf.js b/examples/small-pdf.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c400f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/small-pdf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+
+var Canvas = require('../')
+  , canvas = new Canvas(500, 500, 'pdf')
+  , ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
+  , fs = require('fs');
+
+var y = 80
+  , x = 50;
+
+ctx.font = '22px Helvetica';
+ctx.fillText('node-canvas pdf', x, y);
+
+ctx.font = '10px Arial';
+ctx.fillText('Just a quick example of PDFs with node-canvas', x, y += 20);
+
+ctx.globalAlpha = .5;
+ctx.fillRect(x, y += 20, 10, 10);
+ctx.fillRect(x += 20, y, 10, 10);
+ctx.fillRect(x += 20, y, 10, 10);
+
+fs.writeFile('out.pdf', canvas.toBuffer());
+console.log('created out.pdf');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Canvas.cc b/src/Canvas.cc
index f770d8f..c4a186b 100644
--- a/src/Canvas.cc
+++ b/src/Canvas.cc
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <node_buffer.h>
 #include <node_version.h>
+#include <cairo-pdf.h>
 #include "closure.h"
 
 #ifdef HAVE_JPEG
@@ -53,9 +54,13 @@ Handle<Value>
 Canvas::New(const Arguments &args) {
   HandleScope scope;
   int width = 0, height = 0;
+  canvas_type_t type = CANVAS_TYPE_IMAGE;
   if (args[0]->IsNumber()) width = args[0]->Uint32Value();
   if (args[1]->IsNumber()) height = args[1]->Uint32Value();
-  Canvas *canvas = new Canvas(width, height);
+  if (args[2]->IsString()) type = !strcmp("pdf", *String::AsciiValue(args[2]))
+    ? CANVAS_TYPE_PDF
+    : CANVAS_TYPE_IMAGE;
+  Canvas *canvas = new Canvas(width, height, type);
   canvas->Wrap(args.This());
   return args.This();
 }
@@ -213,6 +218,15 @@ Canvas::ToBuffer(const Arguments &args) {
   cairo_status_t status;
   Canvas *canvas = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Canvas>(args.This());
 
+  // TODO: async / move this out
+  if (canvas->isPDF()) {
+    cairo_surface_finish(canvas->surface());
+    closure_t *closure = (closure_t *) canvas->closure();
+    Buffer *buf = Buffer::New(closure->len);
+    memcpy(Buffer::Data(buf), closure->data, closure->len);
+    return buf->handle_;
+  }
+
   // Async
   if (args[0]->IsFunction()) {
     closure_t *closure = (closure_t *) malloc(sizeof(closure_t));
@@ -353,11 +367,24 @@ Canvas::StreamJPEGSync(const Arguments &args) {
  * Initialize cairo surface.
  */
 
-Canvas::Canvas(int w, int h): ObjectWrap() {
+Canvas::Canvas(int w, int h, canvas_type_t t): ObjectWrap() {
+  type = t;
   width = w;
   height = h;
-  _surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, w, h);
-  V8::AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory(4 * width * height);
+  _surface = NULL;
+  _closure = NULL;
+
+  if (CANVAS_TYPE_PDF == t) {
+    _closure = malloc(sizeof(closure_t));
+    assert(_closure);
+    cairo_status_t status = closure_init((closure_t *) _closure, this);
+    assert(status == CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS);
+    _surface = cairo_pdf_surface_create_for_stream(toBuffer, _closure, w, h);
+  } else {
+    _surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, w, h);
+    assert(_surface);
+    V8::AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory(4 * w * h);
+  }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -365,7 +392,14 @@ Canvas::Canvas(int w, int h): ObjectWrap() {
  */
 
 Canvas::~Canvas() {
-  cairo_surface_destroy(_surface);
+  switch (type) {
+    case CANVAS_TYPE_PDF:
+      closure_destroy((closure_t *) _closure);
+      break;
+    case CANVAS_TYPE_IMAGE:
+      cairo_surface_destroy(_surface);
+      break;
+  }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -374,20 +408,27 @@ Canvas::~Canvas() {
 
 void
 Canvas::resurface(Handle<Object> canvas) {
-  // Re-surface
-  int old_width = cairo_image_surface_get_width(_surface);
-  int old_height = cairo_image_surface_get_height(_surface);
-  cairo_surface_destroy(_surface);
-  _surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height);
-  V8::AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory(4 * (width * height - old_width * old_height));
-
-  // Reset context
-  Handle<Value> context = canvas->Get(String::New("context"));
-  if (!context->IsUndefined()) {
-    Context2d *context2d = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Context2d>(context->ToObject());
-    cairo_t *prev = context2d->context();
-    context2d->setContext(cairo_create(surface()));
-    cairo_destroy(prev);
+  switch (type) {
+    case CANVAS_TYPE_PDF:
+      cairo_pdf_surface_set_size(_surface, width, height);
+      break;
+    case CANVAS_TYPE_IMAGE:
+      // Re-surface
+      int old_width = cairo_image_surface_get_width(_surface);
+      int old_height = cairo_image_surface_get_height(_surface);
+      cairo_surface_destroy(_surface);
+      _surface = cairo_image_surface_create(CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, width, height);
+      V8::AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory(4 * (width * height - old_width * old_height));
+
+      // Reset context
+      Handle<Value> context = canvas->Get(String::New("context"));
+      if (!context->IsUndefined()) {
+        Context2d *context2d = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Context2d>(context->ToObject());
+        cairo_t *prev = context2d->context();
+        context2d->setContext(cairo_create(surface()));
+        cairo_destroy(prev);
+      }
+      break;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Canvas.h b/src/Canvas.h
index c2def8d..846693f 100644
--- a/src/Canvas.h
+++ b/src/Canvas.h
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ using namespace node;
 #define CANVAS_MAX_STATES 64
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Canvas types.
+ */
+
+typedef enum {
+  CANVAS_TYPE_IMAGE,
+  CANVAS_TYPE_PDF
+} canvas_type_t;
+
 /*
  * Canvas.
  */
@@ -34,6 +43,7 @@ class Canvas: public node::ObjectWrap {
   public:
     int width;
     int height;
+    canvas_type_t type;
     static Persistent<FunctionTemplate> constructor;
     static void Initialize(Handle<Object> target);
     static Handle<Value> New(const Arguments &args);
@@ -59,15 +69,18 @@ class Canvas: public node::ObjectWrap {
     static int EIO_AfterToBuffer(eio_req *req);
 #endif
 
+    inline bool isPDF(){ return CANVAS_TYPE_PDF == type; }
     inline cairo_surface_t *surface(){ return _surface; }
+    inline void *closure(){ return _closure; }
     inline uint8_t *data(){ return cairo_image_surface_get_data(_surface); }
     inline int stride(){ return cairo_image_surface_get_stride(_surface); }
-    Canvas(int width, int height);
+    Canvas(int width, int height, canvas_type_t type);
     void resurface(Handle<Object> canvas);
 
   private:
     ~Canvas();
     cairo_surface_t *_surface;
+    void *_closure;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
index 4c0c885..553e34b 100644
--- a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
+++ b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.cc
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Context2d::Initialize(Handle<Object> target) {
   Local<ObjectTemplate> proto = constructor->PrototypeTemplate();
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "drawImage", DrawImage);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "putImageData", PutImageData);
+  NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "nextPage", NextPage);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "save", Save);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "restore", Restore);
   NODE_SET_PROTOTYPE_METHOD(constructor, "rotate", Rotate);
@@ -411,6 +412,21 @@ Context2d::New(const Arguments &args) {
   return args.This();
 }
 
+/*
+ * Create a new page.
+ */
+
+Handle<Value>
+Context2d::NextPage(const Arguments &args) {
+  HandleScope scope;
+  Context2d *context = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Context2d>(args.This());
+  if (!context->canvas()->isPDF()) {
+    return ThrowException(Exception::Error(String::New("only PDF canvases support .nextPage()")));
+  }
+  cairo_show_page(context->context());
+  return Undefined();
+}
+
 /*
  * Put image data.
  *
diff --git a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
index ad08331..b91784f 100644
--- a/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
+++ b/src/CanvasRenderingContext2d.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class Context2d: public node::ObjectWrap {
     static Handle<Value> IsPointInPath(const Arguments &args);
     static Handle<Value> BeginPath(const Arguments &args);
     static Handle<Value> ClosePath(const Arguments &args);
+    static Handle<Value> NextPage(const Arguments &args);
     static Handle<Value> Clip(const Arguments &args);
     static Handle<Value> Fill(const Arguments &args);
     static Handle<Value> Stroke(const Arguments &args);