diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 52342ea7..3c73ab90 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ gem 'rails', '3.0.7'
 gem 'gravatar_image_tag', '1.0.0.pre2'
 gem 'will_paginate', '3.0.pre2'
 gem 'sqlite3-ruby', '1.3.2', :require => 'sqlite3'
+gem 'possessive', '1.0.0'
 
 group :development do
   gem 'rspec-rails', '2.5.0'
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5280848b..16748ca7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ GEM
     mime-types (1.16)
     nokogiri (1.4.4)
     polyglot (0.3.1)
+    possessive (1.0.0)
     rack (1.2.2)
     rack-mount (0.6.14)
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   factory_girl_rails (= 1.0)
   faker (= 0.3.1)
   gravatar_image_tag (= 1.0.0.pre2)
+  possessive (= 1.0.0)
   rails (= 3.0.7)
   rspec-rails (= 2.5.0)
   spork (= 0.9.0.rc5)
diff --git a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
index 7914d1a0..3576eeb1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/users_controller.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,15 @@ def index
   
   def show
     @user = User.find(params[:id])
-    @microposts = @user.microposts.paginate(:page => params[:page])
     @title = @user.name
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html do
+        @microposts = @user.microposts.paginate(:page => params[:page])
+      end
+      format.rss do
+        @microposts = @user.microposts
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   def following
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
index 711a45e0..533335c2 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
         <%= gravatar_for @user %>
         <%= @user.name %>
       </h1>
+      <%= link_to image_tag('feed-icon-14x14.png') + " RSS feed",
+                  user_path(@user, :rss) %>
       <%= render 'follow_form' if signed_in? %>
       <% if @user.microposts.any? %>
         <table class="microposts" summary="User microposts">
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.rss.builder b/app/views/users/show.rss.builder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec9c92cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/users/show.rss.builder
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+xml.instruct! :xml, :version => "1.0"
+xml.rss :version => "2.0" do
+  xml.channel do
+    xml.title "#{@user.name.possessive} Microposts"
+    xml.description "User Microposts"
+    xml.link user_url(@user, :rss)
+    @microposts.each_with_index do |micropost, n|
+      xml.item do
+        xml.title "micropost #{n+1}"
+        xml.description micropost.content
+        xml.pubDate micropost.created_at.to_s(:rfc822)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/public/images/feed-icon-14x14.png b/public/images/feed-icon-14x14.png
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b3c949d2
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/feed-icon-14x14.png differ
diff --git a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
index 907420ee..58ae8d58 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/users_controller_spec.rb
@@ -127,6 +127,11 @@
                                     :content => @user.microposts.count.to_s)
     end
     
+    it "should have a link to the RSS feed" do
+      get :show, :id => @user
+      response.should have_selector('a', :href => user_path(@user, :rss))
+    end
+    
     describe "when signed in as another user" do
       it "should be successful" do
         test_sign_in(Factory(:user, :email => Factory.next(:email)))
@@ -136,6 +141,70 @@
     end
   end
 
+  describe "GET 'show.rss'" do
+    before(:each) do
+      @user = Factory(:user)
+      @mp1  = Factory(:micropost, :user => @user, :content => "Foo bar")
+      @mp2  = Factory(:micropost, :user => @user, :content => "Baz quux")
+    end
+    
+    it "should be successful" do
+      do_get
+      response.should be_success
+    end
+    
+    it "should not paginate microposts" do
+      do_get
+      microposts = assigns(:microposts)
+      microposts.class.should == Array
+    end
+    
+    it "should have the right title" do
+      do_get
+      content = "#{@user.name.possessive} Microposts"
+      response.should have_selector('title', :content => content)
+    end
+    
+    it "should have the right URL" do
+      do_get
+      response.body.should =~ /#{user_url(@user, :rss)}/
+    end
+    
+    it "should have the right description" do
+      do_get
+      response.should have_selector('description',
+                                    :content => "User Microposts")
+    end
+
+    it "should have the micropost title" do
+      do_get
+      response.should have_selector('title', :content => 'micropost 1')
+      response.should have_selector('title', :content => 'micropost 2')
+    end
+
+    it "should have descriptions for the microposts" do
+      do_get
+      response.should have_selector('description', :content => @mp1.content)
+      response.should have_selector('description', :content => @mp2.content)
+    end
+
+    # Apparently RSpec does not handle uppercase correctly in selectors (i.e.,
+    # 'pubDate'), so this test fails unless I downcase 'pubDate' to lowercase
+    # 'pubdate'.
+
+    it "should have micropost publication date" do
+      do_get
+      response.should have_selector('pubDate'.downcase,
+                                    :content => @mp1.created_at.to_s(:rfc822))
+      response.should have_selector('pubDate'.downcase,
+                                    :content => @mp2.created_at.to_s(:rfc822))
+    end
+
+    def do_get
+      get :show, :id => @user, :format => :rss
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "GET 'new'" do
   
     it "should be successful" do