diff --git a/nacl/nacl.py b/nacl/nacl.py
index 3b53c74edb03aea39ce6ddb9bf5baa279fc2ade1..dd3e1f156afc85af910193639fa58b901034e80f 100644
--- a/nacl/nacl.py
+++ b/nacl/nacl.py
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@ __all__ = ["ffi", "lib"]
 
 ffi = FFI()
 ffi.cdef(
-    # pylint: disable=C0301
+    # Secret Key Encryption
+    """
+        static const int crypto_secretbox_KEYBYTES;
+        static const int crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES;
+        static const int crypto_secretbox_ZEROBYTES;
+        static const int crypto_secretbox_BOXZEROBYTES;
+
+        int crypto_secretbox(unsigned char *c, const unsigned char *m, unsigned long long mlen, const unsigned char *n, const unsigned char *k);
+        int crypto_secretbox_open(unsigned char *m, const unsigned char *c, unsigned long long clen, const unsigned char *n, const unsigned char *k);
+    """
 
     # Public Key Encryption - Signatures
     """
@@ -59,6 +68,8 @@ def wrap_nacl_function(func):
         return ret == 0
     return wrapper
 
+lib.crypto_secretbox = wrap_nacl_function(lib.crypto_secretbox)
+lib.crypto_secretbox_open = wrap_nacl_function(lib.crypto_secretbox_open)
 
 lib.crypto_sign_seed_keypair = wrap_nacl_function(lib.crypto_sign_seed_keypair)
 lib.crypto_sign = wrap_nacl_function(lib.crypto_sign)
diff --git a/nacl/secret.py b/nacl/secret.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56924f8a6e5d653b8bac7b8e36d6dc02bbc27c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nacl/secret.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+from __future__ import division
+
+from . import six
+
+from . import nacl, encoding
+from .exceptions import CryptoError
+
+
+class SecretBox(encoding.Encodable, six.StringFixer, object):
+
+    KEY_SIZE = nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_KEYBYTES
+
+    def __init__(self, key, encoder=encoding.RawEncoder):
+        key = encoder.decode(key)
+
+        if len(key) != self.KEY_SIZE:
+            raise ValueError("The key must be exactly %s bytes long" %
+                                nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_KEYBYTES)
+
+        self._key = key
+
+    def __bytes__(self):
+        return self._key
+
+    def encrypt(self, plaintext, nonce, encoder=encoding.RawEncoder):
+        if len(nonce) != nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES:
+            raise ValueError("The nonce must be exactly %s bytes long" %
+                                nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES)
+
+        padded = b"\x00" * nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_ZEROBYTES + plaintext
+        ciphertext = nacl.ffi.new("unsigned char[]", len(padded))
+
+        if not nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox(
+                    ciphertext, padded, len(padded), nonce, self._key,
+                ):
+            raise CryptoError("Encryption failed")
+
+        box_zeros = nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_BOXZEROBYTES
+        ciphertext = nacl.ffi.buffer(ciphertext, len(padded))[box_zeros:]
+
+        return encoder.encode(ciphertext)
+
+    def decrypt(self, ciphertext, nonce, encoder=encoding.RawEncoder):
+        if len(nonce) != nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES:
+            raise ValueError("The nonce must be exactly %s bytes long" %
+                                nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_NONCEBYTES)
+
+        ciphertext = encoder.decode(ciphertext)
+
+        padded = b"\x00" * nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_BOXZEROBYTES + ciphertext
+        plaintext = nacl.ffi.new("unsigned char[]", len(padded))
+
+        if not nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_open(
+                    plaintext, padded, len(padded), nonce, self._key,
+                ):
+            raise CryptoError(
+                        "Decryption failed. Ciphertext failed verification")
+
+        box_zeros = nacl.lib.crypto_secretbox_ZEROBYTES
+        plaintext = nacl.ffi.buffer(plaintext, len(padded))[box_zeros:]
+
+        return plaintext