diff --git a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
index 23e0a792..fc7f6811 100644
--- a/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/doc-src/content/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ The Documentation for the [latest preview release](http://beta.compass-style.org
 * The comma-delimited-list has been renamed to delimited-list and
   generalized to accept a delimiter which defaults to a comma.
   The old function continues to exist, but is deprecated.
+* A new CSS3 mixin for [appearance](/reference/compass/css3/appearance/) was added.
 
 0.11.beta.2 (02/01/2011)
 ------------------------
diff --git a/doc-src/content/reference/compass/css3/appearance.haml b/doc-src/content/reference/compass/css3/appearance.haml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2eb66b0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/content/reference/compass/css3/appearance.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- 
+title: Compass Appearance
+crumb: Appearance
+framework: compass
+stylesheet: compass/css3/_appearance.scss
+meta_description: Specify the CSS3 appearance property.
+layout: core
+classnames:
+  - reference
+  - core
+  - css3
+---
+- render 'reference' do
+  :markdown
+    Provides a mixin for `appearance`.
+    See the CSS3 specification: [appearance](http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-ui/#appearance).
diff --git a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/_css3.scss b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/_css3.scss
index 41f0447f..3ca84aa0 100644
--- a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/_css3.scss
+++ b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/_css3.scss
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
 @import "css3/font-face";
 @import "css3/transform";
 @import "css3/transition";
+@import "css3/appearance";
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_appearance.scss b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_appearance.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..128fe4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frameworks/compass/stylesheets/compass/css3/_appearance.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+@import "shared";
+
+// Change the appearance for Mozilla, Webkit and the future
+//
+// @param $ap
+//   [ none | normal | icon | window | button | menu | field ]
+
+@mixin appearance($ap) {
+  $ap: unquote($ap);
+  @include experimental(appearance, $ap,
+    -moz, -webkit, not -o, not -ms, not -khtml, official
+  );
+}