diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
index ca0f71d9bf7..6fc67b5aab5 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/codegen/Bindings.conf
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 DOMInterfaces = {
 
+'DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope': {
+    'createGlobal': True,
+},
 'EventListener': {
     'nativeType': 'EventListenerBinding::EventListener',
 },
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
index 2e34e78e7c3..6d3f9c5cc44 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/global.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use dom::bindings::js::{JS, JSRef, Root};
 use dom::bindings::utils::{Reflectable, Reflector};
+use dom::workerglobalscope::WorkerGlobalScope;
 use dom::window::Window;
 use page::Page;
 use script_task::ScriptChan;
@@ -16,27 +17,32 @@ use url::Url;
 
 pub enum GlobalRef<'a> {
     Window(JSRef<'a, Window>),
+    Worker(JSRef<'a, WorkerGlobalScope>),
 }
 
 pub enum GlobalRoot<'a, 'b> {
     WindowRoot(Root<'a, 'b, Window>),
+    WorkerRoot(Root<'a, 'b, WorkerGlobalScope>),
 }
 
 #[deriving(Encodable)]
 pub enum GlobalField {
     WindowField(JS<Window>),
+    WorkerField(JS<WorkerGlobalScope>),
 }
 
 impl<'a> GlobalRef<'a> {
     pub fn get_cx(&self) -> *mut JSContext {
         match *self {
             Window(ref window) => window.get_cx(),
+            Worker(ref worker) => worker.get_cx(),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn as_window<'b>(&'b self) -> &'b JSRef<'b, Window> {
         match *self {
             Window(ref window) => window,
+            Worker(_) => fail!("expected a Window scope"),
         }
     }
 
@@ -57,6 +63,7 @@ impl<'a> Reflectable for GlobalRef<'a> {
     fn reflector<'b>(&'b self) -> &'b Reflector {
         match *self {
             Window(ref window) => window.reflector(),
+            Worker(ref worker) => worker.reflector(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -65,6 +72,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b> GlobalRoot<'a, 'b> {
     pub fn root_ref<'c>(&'c self) -> GlobalRef<'c> {
         match *self {
             WindowRoot(ref window) => Window(window.root_ref()),
+            WorkerRoot(ref worker) => Worker(worker.root_ref()),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -73,12 +81,14 @@ impl GlobalField {
     pub fn from_rooted(global: &GlobalRef) -> GlobalField {
         match *global {
             Window(ref window) => WindowField(JS::from_rooted(window)),
+            Worker(ref worker) => WorkerField(JS::from_rooted(worker)),
         }
     }
 
     pub fn root(&self) -> GlobalRoot {
         match *self {
             WindowField(ref window) => WindowRoot(window.root()),
+            WorkerField(ref worker) => WorkerRoot(worker.root()),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/utils.rs b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/utils.rs
index 628debb24ea..36f68a93f3e 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/bindings/utils.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/bindings/utils.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 use dom::bindings::codegen::PrototypeList;
 use dom::bindings::codegen::PrototypeList::MAX_PROTO_CHAIN_LENGTH;
 use dom::bindings::conversions::{FromJSValConvertible, IDLInterface};
-use dom::bindings::global::{GlobalRef, GlobalField, WindowField};
+use dom::bindings::global::{GlobalRef, GlobalField, WindowField, WorkerField};
 use dom::bindings::js::{JS, Temporary, Root};
 use dom::bindings::trace::Untraceable;
 use dom::browsercontext;
@@ -591,7 +591,12 @@ pub fn global_object_for_js_object(obj: *mut JSObject) -> GlobalField {
             Err(_) => (),
         }
 
-        fail!("found DOM global that doesn't unwrap to Window")
+        match FromJSValConvertible::from_jsval(ptr::mut_null(), ObjectOrNullValue(global), ()) {
+            Ok(worker) => return WorkerField(worker),
+            Err(_) => (),
+        }
+
+        fail!("found DOM global that doesn't unwrap to Window or WorkerGlobalScope")
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/dedicatedworkerglobalscope.rs b/src/components/script/dom/dedicatedworkerglobalscope.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13eb6c958da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/dedicatedworkerglobalscope.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use dom::bindings::codegen::Bindings::DedicatedWorkerGlobalScopeBinding;
+use dom::bindings::codegen::InheritTypes::DedicatedWorkerGlobalScopeDerived;
+use dom::bindings::js::Temporary;
+use dom::bindings::utils::{Reflectable, Reflector};
+use dom::eventtarget::EventTarget;
+use dom::eventtarget::WorkerGlobalScopeTypeId;
+use dom::workerglobalscope::DedicatedGlobalScope;
+use dom::workerglobalscope::WorkerGlobalScope;
+use script_task::ScriptTask;
+
+use js::rust::Cx;
+
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+#[deriving(Encodable)]
+pub struct DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope {
+    workerglobalscope: WorkerGlobalScope,
+}
+
+impl DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope {
+    pub fn new_inherited(cx: Rc<Cx>) -> DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope {
+        DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope {
+            workerglobalscope: WorkerGlobalScope::new_inherited(DedicatedGlobalScope, cx),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(cx: Rc<Cx>) -> Temporary<DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope> {
+        let scope = box DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope::new_inherited(cx.clone());
+        DedicatedWorkerGlobalScopeBinding::Wrap(cx.ptr, scope)
+    }
+
+    pub fn init() -> Temporary<DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope> {
+        let (_js_runtime, js_context) = ScriptTask::new_rt_and_cx();
+        DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope::new(js_context.clone())
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_rust_cx<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Rc<Cx> {
+        self.workerglobalscope.get_rust_cx()
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait DedicatedWorkerGlobalScopeMethods {
+}
+
+impl Reflectable for DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope {
+    fn reflector<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Reflector {
+        self.workerglobalscope.reflector()
+    }
+}
+
+impl DedicatedWorkerGlobalScopeDerived for EventTarget {
+    fn is_dedicatedworkerglobalscope(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.type_id {
+            WorkerGlobalScopeTypeId(DedicatedGlobalScope) => true,
+            _ => false
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/eventtarget.rs b/src/components/script/dom/eventtarget.rs
index 25a50b40ab3..1683f280100 100644
--- a/src/components/script/dom/eventtarget.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/eventtarget.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use dom::bindings::utils::{Reflectable, Reflector};
 use dom::event::Event;
 use dom::eventdispatcher::dispatch_event;
 use dom::node::NodeTypeId;
+use dom::workerglobalscope::WorkerGlobalScopeId;
 use dom::xmlhttprequest::XMLHttpRequestId;
 use dom::virtualmethods::VirtualMethods;
 use js::jsapi::{JS_CompileUCFunction, JS_GetFunctionObject, JS_CloneFunctionObject};
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ pub enum ListenerPhase {
 pub enum EventTargetTypeId {
     NodeTargetTypeId(NodeTypeId),
     WindowTypeId,
+    WorkerTypeId,
+    WorkerGlobalScopeTypeId(WorkerGlobalScopeId),
     XMLHttpRequestTargetTypeId(XMLHttpRequestId)
 }
 
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/webidls/DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.webidl b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.webidl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0c69219e1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope.webidl
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// http://www.whatwg.org/html/#dedicatedworkerglobalscope
+[Global/*=Worker,DedicatedWorker*/]
+/*sealed*/ interface DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope : WorkerGlobalScope {
+  //void postMessage(any message, optional sequence<Transferable> transfer);
+  //         attribute EventHandler onmessage;
+};
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/webidls/Worker.webidl b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/Worker.webidl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..273ab8e5bfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/Worker.webidl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* -*- Mode: IDL; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// http://www.whatwg.org/html/#abstractworker
+[NoInterfaceObject/*, Exposed=Window,Worker*/]
+interface AbstractWorker {
+  //         attribute EventHandler onerror;
+};
+
+// http://www.whatwg.org/html/#worker
+[Constructor(DOMString scriptURL)/*, Exposed=Window,Worker*/]
+interface Worker : EventTarget {
+  //void terminate();
+
+  //void postMessage(any message/*, optional sequence<Transferable> transfer*/);
+  //         attribute EventHandler onmessage;
+};
+Worker implements AbstractWorker;
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/webidls/WorkerGlobalScope.webidl b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/WorkerGlobalScope.webidl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8e3b92d193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/webidls/WorkerGlobalScope.webidl
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+// http://www.whatwg.org/html/#workerglobalscope
+//[Exposed=Worker]
+interface WorkerGlobalScope : EventTarget {
+  readonly attribute WorkerGlobalScope self;
+  //readonly attribute WorkerLocation location;
+
+  //void close();
+  //         attribute OnErrorEventHandler onerror;
+  //         attribute EventHandler onlanguagechange;
+  //         attribute EventHandler onoffline;
+  //         attribute EventHandler ononline;
+
+  // also has obsolete members
+};
+
+// http://www.whatwg.org/html/#WorkerGlobalScope-partial
+//[Exposed=Worker]
+partial interface WorkerGlobalScope {
+  //void importScripts(DOMString... urls);
+  //readonly attribute WorkerNavigator navigator;
+};
+//WorkerGlobalScope implements WindowTimers;
+//WorkerGlobalScope implements WindowBase64;
+
+// Proprietary
+partial interface WorkerGlobalScope {
+  [Replaceable]
+  readonly attribute Console console;
+};
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/worker.rs b/src/components/script/dom/worker.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d28d4958ab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/worker.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use dom::bindings::codegen::Bindings::WorkerBinding;
+use dom::bindings::error::{Fallible, Syntax};
+use dom::bindings::global::GlobalRef;
+use dom::bindings::js::{Temporary, RootCollection};
+use dom::bindings::utils::{Reflectable, Reflector, reflect_dom_object};
+use dom::dedicatedworkerglobalscope::DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope;
+use dom::eventtarget::{EventTarget, WorkerTypeId};
+use script_task::StackRootTLS;
+
+use servo_net::resource_task::load_whole_resource;
+use servo_util::str::DOMString;
+use servo_util::url::try_parse_url;
+
+use native;
+use rustrt::task::TaskOpts;
+
+#[deriving(Encodable)]
+pub struct Worker {
+    eventtarget: EventTarget,
+}
+
+impl Worker {
+    pub fn new_inherited() -> Worker {
+        Worker {
+            eventtarget: EventTarget::new_inherited(WorkerTypeId),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn new(global: &GlobalRef) -> Temporary<Worker> {
+        reflect_dom_object(box Worker::new_inherited(),
+                           global,
+                           WorkerBinding::Wrap)
+    }
+
+    // http://www.whatwg.org/html/#dom-worker
+    pub fn Constructor(global: &GlobalRef, scriptURL: DOMString) -> Fallible<Temporary<Worker>> {
+        // Step 2-4.
+        let worker_url = match try_parse_url(scriptURL.as_slice(), Some(global.get_url())) {
+            Ok(url) => url,
+            Err(_) => return Err(Syntax),
+        };
+
+        let resource_task = global.page().resource_task.deref().clone();
+
+        let mut task_opts = TaskOpts::new();
+        task_opts.name = Some(format!("Web Worker at {}", worker_url).into_maybe_owned());
+        native::task::spawn_opts(task_opts, proc() {
+            let roots = RootCollection::new();
+            let _stack_roots_tls = StackRootTLS::new(&roots);
+
+            let (filename, source) = match load_whole_resource(&resource_task, worker_url.clone()) {
+                Err(_) => {
+                    println!("error loading script {}", worker_url);
+                    return;
+                }
+                Ok((metadata, bytes)) => {
+                    (metadata.final_url, String::from_utf8(bytes).unwrap())
+                }
+            };
+
+            let global = DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope::init().root();
+            match global.get_rust_cx().evaluate_script(
+                global.reflector().get_jsobject(), source, filename.to_str(), 1) {
+                Ok(_) => (),
+                Err(_) => println!("evaluate_script failed")
+            }
+        });
+
+        Ok(Worker::new(global))
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait WorkerMethods {
+}
+
+impl Reflectable for Worker {
+    fn reflector<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Reflector {
+        self.eventtarget.reflector()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/script/dom/workerglobalscope.rs b/src/components/script/dom/workerglobalscope.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e6f9235723d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/script/dom/workerglobalscope.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+use dom::bindings::trace::Untraceable;
+use dom::bindings::global;
+use dom::bindings::js::{JS, JSRef, Temporary, OptionalSettable};
+use dom::bindings::utils::{Reflectable, Reflector};
+use dom::console::Console;
+use dom::eventtarget::{EventTarget, WorkerGlobalScopeTypeId};
+
+use js::jsapi::JSContext;
+use js::rust::Cx;
+
+use std::cell::Cell;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+#[deriving(PartialEq,Encodable)]
+pub enum WorkerGlobalScopeId {
+    DedicatedGlobalScope,
+}
+
+#[deriving(Encodable)]
+pub struct WorkerGlobalScope {
+    pub eventtarget: EventTarget,
+    js_context: Untraceable<Rc<Cx>>,
+    console: Cell<Option<JS<Console>>>,
+}
+
+impl WorkerGlobalScope {
+    pub fn new_inherited(type_id: WorkerGlobalScopeId,
+                         cx: Rc<Cx>) -> WorkerGlobalScope {
+        WorkerGlobalScope {
+            eventtarget: EventTarget::new_inherited(WorkerGlobalScopeTypeId(type_id)),
+            js_context: Untraceable::new(cx),
+            console: Cell::new(None),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_rust_cx<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Rc<Cx> {
+        &*self.js_context
+    }
+    pub fn get_cx(&self) -> *mut JSContext {
+        self.js_context.ptr
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait WorkerGlobalScopeMethods {
+    fn Self(&self) -> Temporary<WorkerGlobalScope>;
+    fn Console(&self) -> Temporary<Console>;
+}
+
+impl<'a> WorkerGlobalScopeMethods for JSRef<'a, WorkerGlobalScope> {
+    fn Self(&self) -> Temporary<WorkerGlobalScope> {
+        Temporary::from_rooted(self)
+    }
+
+    fn Console(&self) -> Temporary<Console> {
+        if self.console.get().is_none() {
+            let console = Console::new(&global::Worker(*self));
+            self.console.assign(Some(console));
+        }
+        Temporary::new(self.console.get().get_ref().clone())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Reflectable for WorkerGlobalScope {
+    fn reflector<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Reflector {
+        self.eventtarget.reflector()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/components/script/script.rs b/src/components/script/script.rs
index b95db6c76ce..54f6f0db30f 100644
--- a/src/components/script/script.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/script.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ extern crate js;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate native;
 extern crate net;
+extern crate rustrt;
 extern crate serialize;
 extern crate time;
 #[phase(plugin)]
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ pub mod dom {
     pub mod comment;
     pub mod console;
     pub mod customevent;
+    pub mod dedicatedworkerglobalscope;
     pub mod document;
     pub mod documentfragment;
     pub mod documenttype;
@@ -174,6 +176,8 @@ pub mod dom {
     pub mod validitystate;
     pub mod virtualmethods;
     pub mod window;
+    pub mod worker;
+    pub mod workerglobalscope;
     pub mod xmlhttprequest;
     pub mod xmlhttprequesteventtarget;
     pub mod xmlhttprequestupload;
diff --git a/src/components/script/script_task.rs b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
index 5551e9d6869..e173a37f762 100644
--- a/src/components/script/script_task.rs
+++ b/src/components/script/script_task.rs
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ impl ScriptChan {
     }
 }
 
-struct StackRootTLS;
+pub struct StackRootTLS;
 
 impl StackRootTLS {
-    fn new(roots: &RootCollection) -> StackRootTLS {
+    pub fn new(roots: &RootCollection) -> StackRootTLS {
         StackRoots.replace(Some(roots as *RootCollection));
         StackRootTLS
     }
@@ -210,6 +210,21 @@ impl ScriptTask {
                window_size: WindowSizeData)
                -> Rc<ScriptTask> {
         let (js_runtime, js_context) = ScriptTask::new_rt_and_cx();
+        unsafe {
+            // JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks clobbers the existing wrap callback,
+            // and JSCompartment::wrap crashes if that happens. The only way
+            // to retrieve the default callback is as the result of
+            // JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks, which is why we call it twice.
+            let callback = JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks((*js_runtime).ptr,
+                                                     None,
+                                                     Some(wrap_for_same_compartment),
+                                                     None);
+            JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks((*js_runtime).ptr,
+                                      callback,
+                                      Some(wrap_for_same_compartment),
+                                      Some(pre_wrap));
+        }
+
         let page = Page::new(id, None, layout_chan, window_size,
                              resource_task.clone(),
                              constellation_chan.clone(),
@@ -231,26 +246,12 @@ impl ScriptTask {
         })
     }
 
-    fn new_rt_and_cx() -> (js::rust::rt, Rc<Cx>) {
+    pub fn new_rt_and_cx() -> (js::rust::rt, Rc<Cx>) {
         let js_runtime = js::rust::rt();
         assert!({
             let ptr: *mut JSRuntime = (*js_runtime).ptr;
             ptr.is_not_null()
         });
-        unsafe {
-            // JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks clobbers the existing wrap callback,
-            // and JSCompartment::wrap crashes if that happens. The only way
-            // to retrieve the default callback is as the result of
-            // JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks, which is why we call it twice.
-            let callback = JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks((*js_runtime).ptr,
-                                                     None,
-                                                     Some(wrap_for_same_compartment),
-                                                     None);
-            JS_SetWrapObjectCallbacks((*js_runtime).ptr,
-                                      callback,
-                                      Some(wrap_for_same_compartment),
-                                      Some(pre_wrap));
-        }
 
         let js_context = js_runtime.cx();
         assert!({
diff --git a/src/test/content/test_interfaces.html b/src/test/content/test_interfaces.html
index a784a87f345..c26c9322278 100644
--- a/src/test/content/test_interfaces.html
+++ b/src/test/content/test_interfaces.html
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ var interfaceNamesInGlobalScope = [
   "Comment",
   "Console",
   "CustomEvent",
+  "DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope", // #2823
   "Document",
   "DocumentFragment",
   "DocumentType",
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ var interfaceNamesInGlobalScope = [
   "URLSearchParams",
   "ValidityState",
   "Window",
+  "Worker",
+  "WorkerGlobalScope", // #2823
   "XMLHttpRequest",
   "XMLHttpRequestUpload",
 ];