diff --git a/lib/active_shipping.rb b/lib/active_shipping.rb
index 31c8aa4a3..656d1f797 100644
--- a/lib/active_shipping.rb
+++ b/lib/active_shipping.rb
@@ -45,3 +45,4 @@
 require 'active_shipping/errors'
 require 'active_shipping/external_return_label_request'
 require 'active_shipping/external_return_label_response'
+require 'active_shipping/address_standardization_response'
diff --git a/lib/active_shipping/address_standardization_response.rb b/lib/active_shipping/address_standardization_response.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78fb8deea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/active_shipping/address_standardization_response.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+module ActiveShipping
+
+  # The `AddressStandarizationResponse` object is returned by the {ActiveShipping::Carrier#????}
+  # call. The most important method is {#standardize_addresses}, which will return a list of 
+  # standardized, correctly-spelled, validated, full addresses.
+  #
+  # @note This only works for USPS and in the US
+  #
+  # @!attribute addresses
+  #    The correct addresses returned from USPS
+  class AddressStandardizationResponse < Response
+
+  	attr_reader :locations
+
+  	# Initializes a new AddressStandarizationResponse instance.
+    #
+    # @param success (see ActiveShipping::Response#initialize)
+    # @param message (see ActiveShipping::Response#initialize)
+    # @param params (see ActiveShipping::Response#initialize)
+    # @option options (see ActiveShipping::Response#initialize)
+    def initialize(success, message, params = {}, options = {})
+      @locations = options[:locations]
+      super
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/active_shipping/carriers/usps.rb b/lib/active_shipping/carriers/usps.rb
index 6afd4e2f8..f861c4277 100644
--- a/lib/active_shipping/carriers/usps.rb
+++ b/lib/active_shipping/carriers/usps.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class USPS < Carrier
       :us_rates => 'RateV4',
       :world_rates => 'IntlRateV2',
       :test => 'CarrierPickupAvailability',
-      :track => 'TrackV2'
+      :track => 'TrackV2',
+      :address_standarization => 'Verify'
     }
     USE_SSL = {
       :us_rates => false,
@@ -229,6 +230,12 @@ def find_rates(origin, destination, packages, options = {})
       end
     end
 
+    def standardize_addresses(addresses, options = {})
+      request = build_address_standardization_request(addresses)
+
+      parse_address_standardize_response(commit(:address_standarization, request, false), addresses, options)
+    end
+
     def valid_credentials?
       # Cannot test with find_rates because USPS doesn't allow that in test mode
       test_mode? ? canned_address_verification_works? : super
@@ -607,7 +614,6 @@ def parse_tracking_response(response, options = {})
       end
     end
 
-
     def parse_tracking_info(response, node)
       success = !has_error?(node)
       message = response_message(node)
@@ -654,6 +660,71 @@ def parse_tracking_info(response, node)
       )
     end
 
+    def build_address_standardization_request(addresses)
+      xml_builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new do |xml|
+        xml.AddressValidateRequest('USERID' => @options[:login]) do
+        xml.IncludeOptionalElements(true)
+          xml.ReturnCarrierRoute(true)
+          Array(addresses).each_with_index do |address, id|
+            xml.Address('ID' => id) do
+              xml.FirmName(address[:firm_name])
+              xml.Address1(address[:address1])
+              xml.Address2(address[:address2])
+              xml.City(address[:city])
+              xml.State(address[:state])
+              xml.Urbanization(address[:urbanization])
+              xml.Zip5(address[:postal_code])
+              xml.Zip4(address[:zip4])
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+      save_request(xml_builder.to_xml)
+    end
+
+    def parse_address_standardize_response(response, addresses, options = {})
+      success = true
+      message = ''
+      address_hash = {}
+      locations = []
+
+      xml = Nokogiri.XML(response)
+
+      if error = xml.at_xpath('/Error | //ServiceErrors/ServiceError')
+        success = false
+        message = error.at('Description').text
+      else
+        xml.root.xpath('Address').each do |address|
+          if address.at('Error')
+            success = false
+            message = address.at('Error/Description').text
+            break
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
+      if success
+        addresses = Hash.from_xml(response)["AddressValidateResponse"]["Address"]
+        if addresses.is_a?(Array)
+          addresses.each do |address|
+            locations << Location.new(:address1 => address["Address1"],
+                         :address2 => address["Address2"],
+                         :postal_code => address["Zip5"],
+                         :city => address["City"],
+                         :state => address["State"])
+          end
+        else
+          locations << Location.new(:address1 => addresses["Address1"],
+                         :address2 => addresses["Address2"],
+                         :postal_code => addresses["Zip5"],
+                         :city => addresses["City"],
+                         :state => addresses["State"])
+        end
+      end
+
+      AddressStandardizationResponse.new(success, message, Hash.from_xml(response), :locations => locations, :addresses => addresses, :xml => response, :request => last_request)
+    end
+
     def error_description_node(node)
       node.xpath('Error/Description')
     end