diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 023639fa..077f7e85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,11 @@
 			<artifactId>bstats-bukkit</artifactId>
 			<version>1.1</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.googlecode.json-simple</groupId>
+			<artifactId>json-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.1</version>
+		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<version>3.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelper.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelper.java
index 3c65ffc9..be6b5f32 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelper.java
@@ -143,4 +143,9 @@ public abstract class BukkitVersionHelper {
      * Test if broken unloadChunk
      */
     public boolean isUnloadChunkBroken() { return false; }
+    /**
+     * Get skin URL for player
+     * @param player
+     */
+    public String getSkinURL(Player player) { return null; }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelperGeneric.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelperGeneric.java
index 54d98c3b..363002c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelperGeneric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/BukkitVersionHelperGeneric.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package org.dynmap.bukkit;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ import org.bukkit.Server;
 import org.bukkit.World;
 import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
 import org.dynmap.Log;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.external.biz.base64Coder.Base64Coder;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+import com.google.common.collect.ForwardingMultimap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 
 /**
  * Helper for isolation of bukkit version specific issues
@@ -95,6 +104,15 @@ public abstract class BukkitVersionHelperGeneric extends BukkitVersionHelper {
     protected Method server_getonlineplayers;
     /** Player */
     protected Method player_gethealth;
+    // CraftPlayer
+    private Class<?> obc_craftplayer;
+    private Method obcplayer_getprofile;
+    // GameProfile
+    private Class<?> cma_gameprofile;
+    private Method cmaprofile_getproperties;
+    // Property
+    private Class<?> cma_property;
+    private Method cmaproperty_getvalue;
 
     BukkitVersionHelperGeneric() {
         failed = false;
@@ -120,7 +138,17 @@ public abstract class BukkitVersionHelperGeneric extends BukkitVersionHelper {
         server_getonlineplayers = getMethod(Server.class, new String[] { "getOnlinePlayers" }, new Class[0]);
         /** Player */
         player_gethealth = getMethod(Player.class, new String[] { "getHealth" }, new Class[0]);
-        
+
+        // CraftPlayer
+        obc_craftplayer = getOBCClass("org.bukkit.craftbukkit.entity.CraftPlayer");
+        obcplayer_getprofile = getMethod(obc_craftplayer, new String[] { "getProfile" }, new Class[0]);
+        // GameProfile
+        cma_gameprofile = getOBCClass("com.mojang.authlib.GameProfile");
+        cmaprofile_getproperties = getMethod(cma_gameprofile, new String[] { "getProperties" }, new Class[0]);
+        // Property
+        cma_property = getOBCClass("com.mojang.authlib.properties.Property");
+	    cmaproperty_getvalue = getMethod(cma_property, new String[] { "getValue" }, new Class[0]);
+        		
         /* Get NMS classes and fields */
         if(!failed)
             loadNMS();
@@ -482,5 +510,52 @@ public abstract class BukkitVersionHelperGeneric extends BukkitVersionHelper {
             return ((Double) health).intValue();
         }
     }
+    
+    private static final Gson gson = new GsonBuilder().create();
+
+    public class TexturesPayload {
+        public long timestamp;
+        public String profileId;
+        public String profileName;
+        public boolean isPublic;
+        public Map<String, ProfileTexture> textures;
+
+    }
+    public class ProfileTexture {
+        public String url;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get skin URL for player
+     * @param player
+     */
+    public String getSkinURL(Player player) {
+    	String url = null;
+        Object profile = callMethod(player, obcplayer_getprofile, nullargs, null);
+    	if (profile != null) {
+    		Object propmap = callMethod(profile, cmaprofile_getproperties, nullargs, null);
+    		if ((propmap != null) && (propmap instanceof ForwardingMultimap)) {
+    			ForwardingMultimap<String, Object> fmm = (ForwardingMultimap<String, Object>) propmap;
+    			Collection<Object> txt = fmm.get("textures");
+    	        Object textureProperty = Iterables.getFirst(fmm.get("textures"), null);
+    	        if (textureProperty != null) {
+    				String val = (String) callMethod(textureProperty, cmaproperty_getvalue, nullargs, null);
+    				if (val != null) {
+    					TexturesPayload result = null;
+    					try {
+    						String json = new String(Base64Coder.decode(val), Charsets.UTF_8);
+    						result = gson.fromJson(json, TexturesPayload.class);
+    					} catch (JsonParseException e) {
+    					}
+    					if ((result != null) && (result.textures != null) && (result.textures.containsKey("SKIN"))) {
+    						url = result.textures.get("SKIN").url;
+    					}
+    				}
+    			}
+    		}
+    	}
+    	
+    	return url;
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/DynmapPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/DynmapPlugin.java
index 6ef7a0fd..af54d3a2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/DynmapPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/dynmap/bukkit/DynmapPlugin.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import java.util.concurrent.CancellationException;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
@@ -560,11 +561,15 @@ public class DynmapPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements DynmapAPI {
     public class BukkitPlayer extends BukkitCommandSender implements DynmapPlayer {
         private Player player;
         private OfflinePlayer offplayer;
+        private String skinurl;
+        private UUID uuid;
         
         public BukkitPlayer(Player p) {
             super(p);
             player = p;
             offplayer = p.getPlayer();
+            uuid = p.getUniqueId();
+            skinurl = helper.getSkinURL(p);
         }
         public BukkitPlayer(OfflinePlayer p) {
             super(null);
@@ -672,6 +677,14 @@ public class DynmapPlugin extends JavaPlugin implements DynmapAPI {
                 sortWeights.put(getName(), wt);
             }
         }
+        @Override
+        public String getSkinURL() {
+        	return skinurl;
+        }
+        @Override
+        public UUID getUUID() {
+        	return uuid;
+        }
     }
     /* Handler for generic console command sender */
     public class BukkitCommandSender implements DynmapCommandSender {