diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index f3530a64f..2ce7a9de0 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ CMD_DOC_SRC := doc_src/count.txt doc_src/dirh.txt doc_src/dirs.txt	\
 	doc_src/fishd.txt doc_src/help.txt doc_src/mimedb.txt			\
 	doc_src/nextd.txt doc_src/open.txt doc_src/popd.txt				\
 	doc_src/prevd.txt doc_src/psub.txt doc_src/pushd.txt			\
-	doc_src/set_color.txt doc_src/tokenize.txt doc_src/type.txt		\
-	doc_src/umask.txt doc_src/vared.txt
+	doc_src/set_color.txt doc_src/tokenize.txt doc_src/trap.txt		\
+	doc_src/type.txt doc_src/umask.txt doc_src/vared.txt
 
 #
 # Files generated by running doxygen on the files in $(CMD_DOC_SRC)
diff --git a/doc_src/trap.txt b/doc_src/trap.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd4d2fe81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc_src/trap.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+
+\section trap trap - perform an action when the shell recives a signal
+
+\subsection trap-synopsis Synopsis
+<tt>trap [OPTIONS] [[ARG] SIGSPEC ... ]</tt>
+
+\subsection trap-description Description
+
+Trap is a shellscript wrapper around the fish event delivery
+framework. IT is defined for backwards compatibility reasons. For
+other uses, it is recomended to define a <a
+href='index.html#event'>event handler</a>.
+
+- ARG is the command to be executed on signal delivary
+- SIGSPEC is the name of the signal to trap
+- \c -h or \c --help Display help and exit
+- \c -l or \c --list-signals print a list of signal names
+- \c -p or \c --print print all defined signal handlers
+
+If ARG and SIGSPEC are both specified, ARG is the command to be
+executed when the signal specified by SIGSPEC is delivered.
+
+If ARG is absent (and there is a single SIGSPEC) or -, each specified
+signal is reset to its original disposition (the value it had upon
+entrance to the shell).  If ARG is the null string the signal
+specified by each SIGSPEC is ignored by the shell and by the commands
+it invokes.
+
+If ARG is not present and -p has been supplied, then the trap commands
+associated with each SIGSPEC are displayed. If no arguments are
+supplied or if only -p is given, trap prints the list of commands
+associated with each signal.
+
+Signal names are case insensitive and the SIG prefix is optional.
+
+The return status is 1 if any SIGSPEC is invalid; otherwise trap
+returns 0.
diff --git a/init/fish_function.fish b/init/fish_function.fish
index 44e5abfc9..c49b17129 100644
--- a/init/fish_function.fish
+++ b/init/fish_function.fish
@@ -545,6 +545,144 @@ function __bold -d "Print argument in bold"
 	set_color normal
 end
 
+
+function __trap_translate_signal
+	set upper (echo $argv[1]|tr a-z A-Z)
+	if expr $upper : 'SIG.*' >/dev/null
+		echo $upper | cut -c 4-
+	else
+		echo $upper
+	end
+end
+
+function __trap_switch
+
+	switch $argv[1]
+		case EXIT
+			echo --on-exit %self
+		
+		case '*'
+			echo --on-signal $argv[1]
+	end	
+
+end
+
+function trap -d 'Perform an action when the shell recives a signal'
+
+	set -l mode
+	set -l cmd 
+	set -l sig 
+	set -l shortopt
+	set -l longopt
+
+	set shortopt -o lph
+	if getopt -T >/dev/null
+		set longopt
+	else
+		set longopt -l print,help,list-signals
+	end
+
+	if not getopt -n type -Q $shortopt $longopt -- $argv
+		return 1
+	end
+
+	set -l tmp (getopt $shortopt $longopt -- $argv)
+
+	eval set opt $tmp
+
+	while count $opt >/dev/null
+		switch $opt[1]
+			case -h --help
+				help trap
+				return 0
+			
+			case -p --print
+				set mode print
+			
+			case -l --list-signals
+				set mode list
+			
+			case --
+				 set -e opt[1]
+				 break
+
+		end
+		set -e opt[1]
+	end
+
+	if not count $mode >/dev/null
+
+		switch (count $opt)
+
+			case 0
+				set mode print
+
+			case 1
+				set mode clear
+
+			case '*'
+				if test opt[1] = -
+					set -e opt[1]
+					set mode clear
+				else
+					set mode set
+				end
+		end
+	end
+
+	switch $mode
+		case clear
+			for i in $opt
+				set -- sig (__trap_translate_signal $i)
+				if test $sig
+					functions -e __trap_handler_$sig				
+				end
+			end
+
+		case set
+			set -l cmd $opt[1]
+			set -e opt[1]
+
+			for i in $opt
+
+				set -l -- sig (__trap_translate_signal $i)
+				set -- sw (__trap_switch $sig)
+
+				if test $sig
+					eval "function __trap_handler_$sig $sw; $cmd; end"
+				else
+					return 1
+				end
+			end
+
+		case print
+			set -l names 
+
+			if count $opt >/dev/null
+				set -- names $opt
+			else
+				set -- names (functions -na|grep "^__trap_handler_"|sed -re 's/__trap_handler_//' )
+			end
+
+			for i in $names
+
+				set -- sig (__trap_translate_signal $i)
+
+				if test sig
+					functions __trap_handler_$i
+				else
+					return 1
+				end
+
+			end
+
+		case list
+			kill -l
+			
+	end
+
+end
+
 function __fish_type_help -d "Help for the type shellscript function"
 
 set bullet \*