diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
index c5dae6ec0c..c4f5b893c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
@@ -42,10 +42,13 @@
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import static org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonAutoDetect.Visibility.*;
 
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ public class GitHub {
 
     private final Map<String,GHUser> users = new HashMap<String, GHUser>();
     private final Map<String,GHOrganization> orgs = new HashMap<String, GHOrganization>();
+	private String oauthAccessToken;
 
     private GitHub(String login, String apiToken, String password) {
         this.login = login;
@@ -74,6 +78,17 @@ private GitHub(String login, String apiToken, String password) {
             encodedAuthorization = null;
     }
 
+    private GitHub (String oauthAccessToken) throws IOException {
+    	
+		this.password = null;
+		this.encodedAuthorization = null;
+		
+		this.oauthAccessToken = oauthAccessToken;
+		
+		this.login = getMyself().getLogin();
+		
+    	
+    }
     /**
      * Obtains the credential from "~/.github"
      */
@@ -97,6 +112,9 @@ public static GitHub connect(String login, String apiToken, String password) thr
         return new GitHub(login,apiToken,password);
     }
 
+    public static GitHub connectUsingOAuth (String accessToken) throws IOException {
+    	return new GitHub(accessToken);
+    }
     /**
      * Connects to GitHub anonymously.
      *
@@ -107,12 +125,20 @@ public static GitHub connectAnonymously() {
     }
 
     /*package*/ void requireCredential() {
-        if (login==null || encodedAuthorization==null)
+        if ((login==null || encodedAuthorization==null) && oauthAccessToken == null)
             throw new IllegalStateException("This operation requires a credential but none is given to the GitHub constructor");
     }
 
     /*package*/ URL getApiURL(String tailApiUrl) throws IOException {
-        return new URL("http://github.com/api/v2/json"+tailApiUrl);
+    	
+    	if (oauthAccessToken != null) {
+    		// append the access token
+    		
+    		tailApiUrl = tailApiUrl + "?access_token=" + oauthAccessToken;
+    	}
+    	
+        return new URL("https://github.com/api/v2/json"+tailApiUrl);
+        
     }
 
     /*package*/ <T> T retrieve(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type) throws IOException {
@@ -129,10 +155,13 @@ public static GitHub connectAnonymously() {
 
     private <T> T _retrieve(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type, String method, boolean withAuth) throws IOException {
         while (true) {// loop while API rate limit is hit
+        	
+        	
             HttpURLConnection uc = (HttpURLConnection) getApiURL(tailApiUrl).openConnection();
 
-            if (withAuth)
+            if (withAuth && this.oauthAccessToken == null)
                 uc.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic " + encodedAuthorization);
+            
             uc.setRequestMethod(method);
 
             try {
@@ -172,9 +201,18 @@ private <T> T _retrieve(String tailApiUrl, Class<T> type, String method, boolean
     public GHUser getUser(String login) throws IOException {
         GHUser u = users.get(login);
         if (u==null) {
+        	
+        	if (oauthAccessToken != null) {
+        		u = retrieve("/user/show",JsonUser.class).user;
+        		u.root = this;
+                users.put(u.getLogin(),u);
+        	}
+        	else {
             u = retrieve("/user/show/"+login,JsonUser.class).user;
             u.root = this;
             users.put(login,u);
+        	}
+            
         }
         return u;
     }
@@ -202,6 +240,10 @@ public GHOrganization getOrganization(String name) throws IOException {
         return o;
     }
 
+    public Map<String, GHOrganization> getMyOrganizations() throws IOException {
+    	 return retrieveWithAuth("/organizations",JsonOrganizations.class).wrap(this);
+        
+    }
     /**
      * Gets the {@link GHUser} that represents yourself.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/JsonOrganizations.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/JsonOrganizations.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..620e5e68d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/JsonOrganizations.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * The MIT License
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+class JsonOrganizations {
+    public List<GHOrganization> organizations;
+
+    public Map<String,GHOrganization> wrap(GitHub root) {
+        Map<String,GHOrganization> map = new TreeMap<String, GHOrganization>();
+        for (GHOrganization o : organizations) {
+            o.root = root;
+            map.put(o.getLogin(),o);
+        }
+        return map;
+    }
+}