diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dc95516..e5b52ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Installation
 
 Use go get.
 
-	go get gopkg.in/bluesuncorp/validator.v5
+	go get -u gopkg.in/bluesuncorp/validator.v5
 
 or to update
 
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ Please see http://godoc.org/gopkg.in/bluesuncorp/validator.v5 for detailed usage
 How to Contribute
 =================
 
-There will be always be a development branch for each version i.e. `v1-development`. In order to contribute, 
+There will always be a development branch for each version i.e. `v1-development`. In order to contribute, 
 please make your pull requests against those branches.
 
-If changes made fails the test or are broken, please create an issue, for discussion and create a pull request against
-the highest development branch for example this package has a v1 and v1-development branch
-however, there will also be a v2-development brach even though v2 doesn't exist yet.
+If the changes being proposed or requested are breaking changes, please create an issue, for discussion 
+or create a pull request against the highest development branch for example this package has a 
+v1 and v1-development branch however, there will also be a v2-development brach even though v2 doesn't exist yet.
 
 I strongly encourage everyone whom creates a custom validation function to contribute them and
 help make this package even better.
diff --git a/baked_in.go b/baked_in.go
index 4a3e7ee..b733fd0 100644
--- a/baked_in.go
+++ b/baked_in.go
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ var BakedInValidators = map[string]Func{
 	"email":       isEmail,
 	"url":         isURL,
 	"uri":         isURI,
+	"base64":      isBase64,
+}
+
+func isBase64(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
+	return matchesRegex(base64Regex, field)
 }
 
 func isURI(top interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param string) bool {
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index d27f152..62b3eb9 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -292,15 +292,23 @@ Here is a list of the current built in validators:
 		This may not conform to all possibilities of any rfc standard, but neither
 		does any email provider accept all posibilities...
 		(Usage: email)
+
 	url
 		This validates that a string value contains a valid url
 		This will accept any url the golang request uri accepts but must contain
 		a schema for example http:// or rtmp://
 		(Usage: url)
+
 	uri
 		This validates that a string value contains a valid uri
 		This will accept any uri the golang request uri accepts (Usage: uri)
 
+	base64
+		This validates that a string value contains a valid base64 value.
+		Although an empty string is valid base64 this will report an empty string
+		as an error, if you wish to accept an empty string as valid you can use
+		this with the omitempty tag. (Usage: base64)
+
 Validator notes:
 
 	regex
diff --git a/regexes.go b/regexes.go
index 8107a21..e5ed0fa 100644
--- a/regexes.go
+++ b/regexes.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const (
 	hslRegexString          = "^hsl\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*\\)$"
 	hslaRegexString         = "^hsla\\(\\s*(0|[1-9]\\d?|[12]\\d\\d|3[0-5]\\d|360)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0|[1-9]\\d?|100)%)\\s*,\\s*((0.[1-9]*)|[01])\\s*\\)$"
 	emailRegexString        = "^(((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+(\\.([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[!#\\$%&'\\*\\+\\-\\/=\\?\\^_`{\\|}~]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])+)*)|((\\x22)((((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(([\\x01-\\x08\\x0b\\x0c\\x0e-\\x1f\\x7f]|\\x21|[\\x23-\\x5b]|[\\x5d-\\x7e]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(\\([\\x01-\\x09\\x0b\\x0c\\x0d-\\x7f]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}]))))*(((\\x20|\\x09)*(\\x0d\\x0a))?(\\x20|\\x09)+)?(\\x22)))@((([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|\\d|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.)+(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])|(([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])([a-zA-Z]|\\d|-|\\.|_|~|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])*([a-zA-Z]|[\\x{00A0}-\\x{D7FF}\\x{F900}-\\x{FDCF}\\x{FDF0}-\\x{FFEF}])))\\.?$"
+	base64RegexString       = "(?:^(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{4}\\n?)*(?:[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{2}==|[A-Za-z0-9+\\/]{3}=)$)"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ var (
 	hslRegex          = regexp.MustCompile(hslRegexString)
 	hslaRegex         = regexp.MustCompile(hslaRegexString)
 	emailRegex        = regexp.MustCompile(emailRegexString)
+	base64Regex       = regexp.MustCompile(base64RegexString)
 )
 
 func matchesRegex(regex *regexp.Regexp, field interface{}) bool {
diff --git a/validator_test.go b/validator_test.go
index b710730..55c5cb6 100644
--- a/validator_test.go
+++ b/validator_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ import (
 	. "gopkg.in/check.v1"
 )
 
+// NOTES:
+// - Run "go test" to run tests
+// - Run "gocov test | gocov report" to report on test converage by file
+// - Run "gocov test | gocov annotate -" to report on all code and functions, those ,marked with "MISS" were never called
+
 type I interface {
 	Foo() string
 }
@@ -137,6 +142,26 @@ func isEqualFunc(val interface{}, current interface{}, field interface{}, param
 	return current.(string) == field.(string)
 }
 
+func (ms *MySuite) TestBase64Validation(c *C) {
+
+	s := "dW5pY29ybg=="
+
+	err := validate.Field(s, "base64")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = "dGhpIGlzIGEgdGVzdCBiYXNlNjQ="
+	err = validate.Field(s, "base64")
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+
+	s = ""
+	err = validate.Field(s, "base64")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+
+	s = "dW5pY29ybg== foo bar"
+	err = validate.Field(s, "base64")
+	c.Assert(err, NotNil)
+}
+
 func (ms *MySuite) TestStructOnlyValidation(c *C) {
 
 	type Inner struct {