diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README
index 010cfc3..b093b08 100644
--- a/contrib/README
+++ b/contrib/README
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ vicious.contrib.rss
 vicious.contrib.sensors
   -
 
+vicious.contrib.wpa
+- provides information about the wifi status
+- requires 'wpa_cli' from wpa_supplicant
+- takes the interface as an argument, i.e "wlan0" or "wlan1"
+- returns a table with string keys: {ssid}, {qual}, {ip}, {bssid}
+
 
 Usage examples
 --------------
diff --git a/contrib/wpa.lua b/contrib/wpa.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6ec70f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/wpa.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+---------------------------------------------------
+-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2
+--  * (c) 2012, jinleileiking. <jinleileiking@gmail.com>
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+-- {{{ Grab environment
+local tonumber = tonumber
+local math = { ceil = math.ceil }
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local helpers = require("vicious.helpers")
+local io = {
+    open = io.open,
+    popen = io.popen
+}
+local string = {
+    find = string.find,
+    match = string.match
+}
+-- }}}
+
+
+-- Wifi: provides wireless information for a requested interface
+module("vicious.contrib.wpa")
+
+local info = {
+  ["{ssid}"] = "N/A",
+  ["{bssid}"]  = "N/A",
+  ["{ip}"]  = "N/A",
+  ["{qual}"]  = "N/A",
+}
+
+-- {{{ Wireless widget type
+local function worker(format, warg)
+    if not warg then return info end
+
+    local wpa_cmd = "wpa_cli -i'" .. warg ..  "' status 2>&1"
+    local f = io.popen(wpa_cmd)
+    local output = f:read("*all")
+    f:close()
+
+    if not output then return info end
+
+    state = string.match(output, 'wpa_state=([%a]+)') or 'N/A'
+    info["{bssid}"] = string.match(output, 'bssid=([%d%a:]+)') or 'N/A'
+    info["{ssid}"] = string.match(output, 'ssid=([%a]+)') or 'N/A'
+    info["{ip}"] = string.match(output, 'ip_address=([%d.]+)') or 'N/A'
+
+    if not state == 'COMPLETED' then
+        return info
+    end
+
+    local wpa_cmd = "wpa_cli -i'" .. warg ..  "' bss " .. bssid .. " 2>&1"
+    local f = io.popen(wpa_cmd)
+    local output = f:read("*all")
+    f:close()
+
+    if not output then return info end
+
+    info["{qual}"] = string.match(output, 'qual=([%d]+)')
+
+    return info
+end
+-- }}}
+
+setmetatable(_M, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })
+
+