diff --git a/src/cgmath/quaternion.rs b/src/cgmath/quaternion.rs
index 32792fc..44d7260 100644
--- a/src/cgmath/quaternion.rs
+++ b/src/cgmath/quaternion.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::num::{zero, one, cast, sqrt};
 use angle::{Angle, Rad, acos, cos, sin, sin_cos};
 use approx::ApproxEq;
 use array::{Array, build};
-use matrix::{Mat3, ToMat3};
+use matrix::{Mat3, ToMat3, ToMat4, Mat4};
 use vector::{Vec3, Vector, EuclideanVector};
 
 /// A quaternion in scalar/vector form
@@ -291,6 +291,33 @@ ToMat3<S> for Quat<S> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<S: Float + ApproxEq<S>>
+ToMat4<S> for Quat<S> {
+    /// Convert the quaternion to a 4 x 4 rotation matrix
+    fn to_mat4(&self) -> Mat4<S> {
+        let x2 = self.v.x + self.v.x;
+        let y2 = self.v.y + self.v.y;
+        let z2 = self.v.z + self.v.z;
+
+        let xx2 = x2 * self.v.x;
+        let xy2 = x2 * self.v.y;
+        let xz2 = x2 * self.v.z;
+
+        let yy2 = y2 * self.v.y;
+        let yz2 = y2 * self.v.z;
+        let zz2 = z2 * self.v.z;
+
+        let sy2 = y2 * self.s;
+        let sz2 = z2 * self.s;
+        let sx2 = x2 * self.s;
+
+        Mat4::new(one::<S>() - yy2 - zz2, xy2 + sz2, xz2 - sy2, zero::<S>(),
+                  xy2 - sz2, one::<S>() - xx2 - zz2, yz2 + sx2, zero::<S>(),
+                  xz2 + sy2, yz2 - sx2, one::<S>() - xx2 - yy2, zero::<S>(),
+                  zero::<S>(), zero::<S>(), zero::<S>(), one::<S>())
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S: Float + ApproxEq<S>>
 Neg<Quat<S>> for Quat<S> {
     #[inline]
diff --git a/src/cgmath/transform.rs b/src/cgmath/transform.rs
index 9e759e2..d262b6e 100644
--- a/src/cgmath/transform.rs
+++ b/src/cgmath/transform.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 
 use std::{fmt,num};
 
+use std::num::one;
+
 use approx::ApproxEq;
 use matrix::{Matrix, Mat4, ToMat4};
 use point::{Point, Point3};
@@ -215,14 +217,24 @@ Transform3<S> for AffineMatrix3<S> {}
 /// displacement vector and scale amount.
 pub struct Transform3D<S>( Decomposed<S,Vec3<S>,Quat<S>> );
 
-impl<S: Float> Transform3D<S> {
+impl<S: Float + ApproxEq<S>> Transform3D<S> {
     #[inline]
     pub fn new(scale: S, rot: Quat<S>, disp: Vec3<S>) -> Transform3D<S> {
        Transform3D( Decomposed { scale: scale, rot: rot, disp: disp })
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn translate(x: S, y: S, z: S) -> Transform3D<S> {
+       Transform3D( Decomposed { scale: one(), rot: Quat::zero(), disp: Vec3::new(x, y, z) })
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn get<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a Decomposed<S,Vec3<S>,Quat<S>> {
         let &Transform3D(ref d) = self;
         d
     }
 }
+
+impl<S: Float + ApproxEq<S>> ToMat4<S> for Transform3D<S> {
+    fn to_mat4(&self) -> Mat4<S> { self.get().to_mat4() }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/quaternion.rs b/src/test/quaternion.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6d90cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/quaternion.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Copyright 2013 The CGMath Developers. For a full listing of the authors,
+// refer to the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+use cgmath::matrix::{ToMat4, ToMat3};
+use cgmath::quaternion::Quat;
+
+#[test]
+fn to_mat4()
+{
+    let quat = Quat::new(2f32, 3f32, 4f32, 5f32);
+
+    let mat_short = quat.to_mat4();
+    let mat_long = quat.to_mat3().to_mat4();
+
+    assert!(mat_short == mat_long);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/test.rs b/src/test/test.rs
index 8a23c9b..ce88552 100644
--- a/src/test/test.rs
+++ b/src/test/test.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ extern mod cgmath;
 
 // pub mod array;
 pub mod matrix;
-// pub mod quaternion;
+pub mod quaternion;
 pub mod vector;
 
 pub mod angle;