diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eaf0dfc..076942f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ Truncates a string to length-1 and appends '…'. If string is shorter than leng
 
 ####humanize.truncatewords(string, numWords)####
 Truncates a string to only include the first numWords words and appends '…'. If string has fewer words than numWords, then no-op
+
+####humanize.humanizeSeconds(seconds, numWords)####
+Converts seconds to other units if possible. So 24*60*60*2+120+120 seconds becomes "2 days 2 hours 2 minutes"
+
+The second argument can limit on how many units you want to see. The previous example with extra argument of 2 would only show 2 days 2 hours and omit the minutes part.
diff --git a/humanize.js b/humanize.js
index 7e6d415..12fa2c2 100644
--- a/humanize.js
+++ b/humanize.js
@@ -471,4 +471,69 @@
     return words.slice(0, numWords).join(' ') + '…';
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Converts seconds to other units if possible. So
+   * 24*60*60*2+120+120 seconds becomes "2 days 2 hours 2 minutes"
+   *
+   * The second argument can limit on how many units you want
+   * to see. The previous example with extra argument of 2 would
+   * only show 2 days 2 hours and omit the minutes part.
+   *
+   * If any of the units is 0 then the function wont't return
+   * those.
+   */
+  humanize.humanizeSeconds = function(seconds, numWords) {
+    if (seconds === 0)
+      return "0 minutes";
+
+    var week = Math.floor(seconds / (7 * 24 * 60 * 60));
+    var weekS = (week == 1) ? " week" : " weeks";
+    seconds = seconds % (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
+
+    var day = Math.floor(seconds / (24 * 60 * 60));
+    var dayS = (day == 1) ? " day" : " days";
+    seconds = seconds % (24 * 60 * 60);
+
+    var hour = Math.floor(seconds / 3600);
+    var hourS = (hour == 1) ? " hour" : " hours";
+    seconds = seconds % (3600);
+
+    var min = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
+    var minS = (min == 1) ? " minute" : " minutes";
+    seconds = seconds % (60);
+
+    // if number of words is undefined we default
+    // to showing all of them, 10 is enough not to
+    // reach 0 :)
+    if (isNaN(numWords))
+      numWords = 10;
+
+    var rtrn = "";
+    if (week !== 0 && numWords > 0) {
+      rtrn = rtrn + week + weekS + " ";
+      numWords--;
+    }
+
+    if (day !== 0 && numWords > 0) {
+      rtrn = rtrn + day + dayS + " ";
+      numWords--;
+    }
+
+    if (hour !== 0 && numWords > 0) {
+      rtrn = rtrn + hour + hourS + " ";
+      numWords--;
+    }
+
+    if (min !== 0 && numWords > 0) {
+      rtrn = rtrn + min + minS + " ";
+      numWords--;
+    }
+
+    // remove the trailing space
+    if (rtrn.length > 0)
+      rtrn = rtrn.substring(0, rtrn.length-1);
+
+    return rtrn;
+  };
+
 }).call(this);
diff --git a/specs/humanize.spec.js b/specs/humanize.spec.js
index 6b13376..4e96015 100644
--- a/specs/humanize.spec.js
+++ b/specs/humanize.spec.js
@@ -410,5 +410,20 @@ describe('humanize:', function() {
   });
 
 
+  describe('#humanizeSeconds', function() {
+    it('should be able to convert seconds to human readables', function() {
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(0).should.equal('0 minutes');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(60).should.equal('1 minute');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(120).should.equal('2 minutes');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(3600).should.equal('1 hour');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(7200).should.equal('2 hours');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(24*60*60).should.equal('1 day');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(2*24*60*60).should.equal('2 days');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(2*24*60*60 + 7200).should.equal('2 days 2 hours');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(2*24*60*60 + 7200 + 120).should.equal('2 days 2 hours 2 minutes');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(2*24*60*60 + 7200 + 120, 2).should.equal('2 days 2 hours');
+      humanize.humanizeSeconds(2*24*60*60 + 7200 + 120, 1).should.equal('2 days');
+    });
+  });
 
 });