diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58bb84e..862854e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,12 +74,24 @@ Upload a file into storage:
 Storage::upload(Input::file('avatar'), 'user/avatar.jpg');
 ```
 
+Upload a remote file into storage:
+
+```php
+Storage::remoteUpload('http://laravel.com/favicon.ico', 'user/avatar.jpg');
+```
+
 Download a file from storage:
 
 ```php
 Storage::download('user/avatar.jpg', 'tmp/images/user-1/avatar.jpg');
 ```
 
+Download a remote file locally:
+
+```php
+Storage::remoteDownload('http://laravel.com/favicon.ico', 'tmp/images/user-1/avatar.jpg');
+```
+
 Delete a file from storage:
 
 ```php
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index ca19f76..42edd81 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
         "aws/aws-sdk-php": "2.*"
     },
     "suggest": {
-        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "Required for AmazonS3 driver."
+        "aws/aws-sdk-php": "Required for AmazonS3 driver.",
+        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "Required for remote uploads/downloads."
     },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
diff --git a/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/Base.php b/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/Base.php
index 903acbe..15090f6 100644
--- a/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/Base.php
+++ b/src/Dmyers/Storage/Adapter/Base.php
@@ -49,6 +49,26 @@ abstract public function put($path, $contents);
 	 */
 	abstract public function upload($path, $target);
 	
+	/**
+	 * Upload a remote file into storage.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url    The url to the remote file to upload.
+	 * @param string $target The path to the file to store.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function remoteUpload($url, $target)
+	{
+		$tmp_name = md5($url);
+		$tmp_path = Storage::config('tmp_path').'/'.$tmp_name;
+		
+		if (!$this->remoteDownload($url, $tmp_path)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		return $this->upload($tmp_path, $target);
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Download a file from storage.
 	 *
@@ -59,6 +79,28 @@ abstract public function upload($path, $target);
 	 */
 	abstract public function download($path, $target);
 	
+	/**
+	 * Download a remote file locally.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $url    The url to the remote file to download.
+	 * @param string $target The path to the local file to store.
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function remoteDownload($url, $target)
+	{
+		$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();
+		
+		try {
+			$client->get($url, array('save_to' => $target));
+		}
+		catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException $e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		
+		return true;
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * Delete a file from storage.
 	 *
@@ -168,4 +210,4 @@ public function render($path)
 			'Content-Type' => $mime,
 		));
 	}
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}