diff --git a/contrib/init.lua b/contrib/init.lua
index 8df46b5..e0f681a 100644
--- a/contrib/init.lua
+++ b/contrib/init.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require("vicious.contrib.mpc")
 require("vicious.contrib.netcfg")
 require("vicious.contrib.net")
 require("vicious.contrib.ossvol")
+require("vicious.contrib.pop")
 require("vicious.contrib.pulse")
 require("vicious.contrib.rss")
 require("vicious.contrib.sensors")
diff --git a/contrib/pop.lua b/contrib/pop.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b87eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/pop.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+---------------------------------------------------
+-- Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2
+--  * (c) 2010, Boris Bolgradov <>
+--
+-- This widget type depends on luasocket.
+--
+-- Widget arguments are host, port, username and
+-- password, i.e.:
+--    {"mail.myhost.com", 110, "John", "132435"}
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+-- {{{ Grab environment
+local setmetatable = setmetatable
+local socket = require("socket")
+local tonumber = tonumber
+-- }}}
+
+
+-- POP: provides the count of new messages in a POP3 mailbox
+module("vicious.contrib.pop")
+
+
+-- {{{ POP3 count widget type
+local function worker(format, warg)
+    if not warg or #warg ~= 4 then
+        return {"N/A"}
+    end
+
+    local host, port = warg[1], tonumber(warg[2])
+    local user, pass = warg[3], warg[4]
+
+    local client = socket.tcp()
+    client:settimeout(3)
+    client:connect(host, port)
+    client:receive("*l")
+    client:send("USER " .. user .. "\r\n")
+    client:receive("*l")
+    client:send("PASS " .. pass .. "\r\n")
+    client:receive("*l")
+    client:send("STAT" .. "\r\n")
+    local response = client:receive("*l")
+    client:close()
+
+    if response:find("%+OK") then
+        response = response:match("%+OK (%d+)")
+    end
+
+    return {response}
+end
+-- }}}
+
+setmetatable(_M, { __call = function(_, ...) return worker(...) end })