diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
index 8dd7679..114a99a 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ namespace chaiscript
         return p1 % p2;
       }
 
+      template<typename Ret, typename P1, typename P2>
+      Ret shift_left(P1 p1, P2 p2)
+      {
+        return p1 << p2;
+      }
+
+      template<typename Ret, typename P1, typename P2>
+      Ret shift_right(P1 p1, P2 p2)
+      {
+        return p1 >> p2;
+      }
+
       template<typename P1, typename P2>
       P1 &assign(P1 &p1, const P2 &p2)
       {
@@ -717,6 +729,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
         opers_arithmetic_pod(m);
 
         m->add(fun(&detail::modulus<int, int, int>), "%");
+        m->add(fun(&detail::shift_left<int, int, int>), "<<");
+        m->add(fun(&detail::shift_right<int, int, int>), ">>");
 
         m->add(fun(&print), "print_string");
         m->add(fun(&println), "println_string");
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_common.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_common.hpp
index d748e0c..ed527ec 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_common.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_common.hpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
     class Token_Type { public: enum Type { Error, Int, Float, Id, Char, Str, Eol, Fun_Call, Inplace_Fun_Call, Arg_List, Variable, Equation, Var_Decl,
         Expression, Comparison, Additive, Multiplicative, Negate, Not, Array_Call, Dot_Access, Quoted_String, Single_Quoted_String,
         Lambda, Block, Def, While, If, For, Inline_Array, Inline_Map, Return, File, Prefix, Break, Map_Pair, Value_Range,
-        Inline_Range, Annotation, Try, Catch, Finally, Method, Attr_Decl }; };
+        Inline_Range, Annotation, Try, Catch, Finally, Method, Attr_Decl, Shift }; };
 
     namespace
     {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         const char *token_types[] = { "Internal Parser Error", "Int", "Float", "Id", "Char", "Str", "Eol", "Fun_Call", "Inplace_Fun_Call", "Arg_List", "Variable", "Equation", "Var_Decl",
           "Expression", "Comparison", "Additive", "Multiplicative", "Negate", "Not", "Array_Call", "Dot_Access", "Quoted_String", "Single_Quoted_String",
           "Lambda", "Block", "Def", "While", "If", "For", "Inline_Array", "Inline_Map", "Return", "File", "Prefix", "Break", "Map_Pair", "Value_Range",
-          "Inline_Range", "Annotation", "Try", "Catch", "Finally", "Method", "Attr_Decl"};
+          "Inline_Range", "Annotation", "Try", "Catch", "Finally", "Method", "Attr_Decl", "Shift"};
 
         return token_types[tokentype];
       }
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
index 526382b..e7b2526 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_eval.hpp
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
             case (Token_Type::Comparison) :
             case (Token_Type::Additive) :
             case (Token_Type::Multiplicative) :
+            case (Token_Type::Shift) :
                 return eval_comp_add_mul(ss, node);
             break;
 
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
index e40b85b..25d73f7 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_parser.hpp
@@ -1499,11 +1499,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
             int prev_stack_top = match_stack.size();
 
-            if (Additive()) {
+            if (Shift()) {
                 retval = true;
                 if (Symbol(">=", true) || Symbol(">", true) || Symbol("<=", true) || Symbol("<", true) || Symbol("==", true) || Symbol("!=", true)) {
                     do {
-                        if (!Additive()) {
+                        if (!Shift()) {
                             throw Eval_Error("Incomplete comparison expression", File_Position(line, col), filename);
                         }
                     } while (retval && (Symbol(">=", true) || Symbol(">", true) || Symbol("<=", true) || Symbol("<", true) || Symbol("==", true) || Symbol("!=", true)));
@@ -1587,6 +1587,30 @@ namespace chaiscript
             return retval;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Top-level expression, parses a string of binary boolean operators from input
+         */
+        bool Shift() {
+            bool retval = false;
+
+            int prev_stack_top = match_stack.size();
+
+            if (Additive()) {
+                retval = true;
+                if (Symbol("<<", true) || Symbol(">>", true)) {
+                    do {
+                        if (!Additive()) {
+                            throw Eval_Error("Incomplete shift expression", File_Position(line, col), filename);
+                        }
+                    } while (retval && (Symbol("<<", true) || Symbol(">>", true)));
+
+                    build_match(Token_Type::Shift, prev_stack_top);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return retval;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Top-level expression, parses a string of binary boolean operators from input
          */
diff --git a/unittests/shift.chai b/unittests/shift.chai
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcbfa7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/shift.chai
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+print(2 << 2)
diff --git a/unittests/shift.txt b/unittests/shift.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45a4fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unittests/shift.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8