diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index ef65fd8..173734d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -225,6 +225,22 @@ A note on tags: When passing tags, as params, please pass them as a list (not a
 
     client.create_text(blogName, tags=['hello', 'world'], ...)
 
+Getting notes for a post
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+In order to get the notes for a post, you need to have the post id and the blog that it is on.
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    data = client.notes(blogName, id='123456')
+
+The results include a timestamp you can use to make future calls.
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    data = client.notes(blogName, id='123456', before_timestamp=data["_links"]["next"]["query_params"]["before_timestamp"])
+
+
 Tagged Methods
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/pytumblr/__init__.py b/pytumblr/__init__.py
index 506ab65..d503a79 100644
--- a/pytumblr/__init__.py
+++ b/pytumblr/__init__.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def blog_following(self, blogname, **kwargs):
         """
         url = "/v2/blog/{}/following".format(blogname)
         return self.send_api_request("get", url, kwargs, ['limit', 'offset'])
-    
+
     @validate_blogname
     def followers(self, blogname, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -488,6 +488,23 @@ def edit_post(self, blogname, **kwargs):
         valid_options = ['id'] + self._post_valid_options(kwargs.get('type', None))
         return self.send_api_request('post', url, kwargs, valid_options)
 
+    @validate_blogname
+    def notes(self, blogname, id, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Gets the notes
+
+        :param blogname: a string, the url of the blog that houses the post
+        :param id: a string, the id of the post.
+        :param mode: a string. Undocumented. Automatically added by tumblr but it's use is not yet known.
+        :param before_timestamp: a string, retreives data before this timestamp
+
+        :returns: a dict created from the JSON response
+        """
+        url = "/v2/blog/{}/notes".format(blogname)
+        valid_options = ["id", "mode", "before_timestamp"]
+        kwargs.update({"id":id})
+        return self.send_api_request('get', url, kwargs, valid_options)
+
     # Parameters valid for /post, /post/edit, and /post/reblog.
     def _post_valid_options(self, post_type=None):
         # These options are always valid
diff --git a/tests/test_pytumblr.py b/tests/test_pytumblr.py
index 56217df..aa38556 100644
--- a/tests/test_pytumblr.py
+++ b/tests/test_pytumblr.py
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ def test_blogLikes_with_after(self, mock_get):
         response = self.client.blog_likes('codingjester.tumblr.com', after=1418684291)
         assert response['liked_posts'] == []
 
+    @mock.patch('requests.get')
+    def test_notes(self, mock_get):
+        mock_get.side_effect = wrap_response('{"meta": {"status": 200, "msg": "OK"}, "response": {"notes": [], "total_notes": 1, "can_hide_or_delete_notes": false} }')
+
+        response = self.client.notes('codingjester.tumblr.com', id='123456789098')
+        assert response["notes"] == []
+
     @mock.patch('requests.get')
     def test_blogLikes_with_before(self, mock_get):
         mock_get.side_effect = wrap_response('{"meta": {"status": 200, "msg": "OK"}, "response": {"liked_posts": [] } }')