diff --git a/build/deps.js b/build/deps.js
index c7bf692e..e335cf45 100644
--- a/build/deps.js
+++ b/build/deps.js
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ var deps = {
 			'geometry/LineUtil.js',
 			'layer/vector2/Polyline.js',
 			'geometry/PolyUtil.js',
-			'layer/vector2/Polygon.js'
+			'layer/vector2/Polygon.js',
+			'layer/vector2/Rectangle.js'
 		],
 		desc: 'New vector layers implementation.'
 	},
diff --git a/src/layer/vector2/Rectangle.js b/src/layer/vector2/Rectangle.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0af0a0a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/layer/vector2/Rectangle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * L.Rectangle extends Polygon and creates a rectangle when passed a LatLngBounds object.
+ */
+
+L.Rectangle = L.Polygon.extend({
+	initialize: function (latLngBounds, options) {
+		L.Polygon.prototype.initialize.call(this, this._boundsToLatLngs(latLngBounds), options);
+	},
+
+	setBounds: function (latLngBounds) {
+		this.setLatLngs(this._boundsToLatLngs(latLngBounds));
+	},
+
+	_boundsToLatLngs: function (latLngBounds) {
+		latLngBounds = L.latLngBounds(latLngBounds);
+		return [
+			latLngBounds.getSouthWest(),
+			latLngBounds.getNorthWest(),
+			latLngBounds.getNorthEast(),
+			latLngBounds.getSouthEast()
+		];
+	}
+});
+
+L.rectangle = function (latLngBounds, options) {
+	return new L.Rectangle(latLngBounds, options);
+};