diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers.js b/lib/OpenLayers.js
index 78b35da424..360c7868d1 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers.js
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@
                 "OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.js",
+                "OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1.js",
                 "OpenLayers/Format/OWSCommon/v1_0_0.js",
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
index 20e8abf79f..2149b0a516 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD.js
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
  */
 OpenLayers.Format.SLD = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML.VersionedOGC, {
     
+    /**
+     * APIProperty: profile
+     * {String} If provided, use a custom profile.
+     *
+     * Currently supported profiles:
+     * - GeoServer - parses GeoServer vendor specific capabilities for SLD.
+     */
+    profile: null,
+
     /**
      * APIProperty: defaultVersion
      * {String} Version number to assume if none found.  Default is "1.0.0".
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..663db29d37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* Copyright (c) 2006-2012 by OpenLayers Contributors (see authors.txt for 
+ * full list of contributors). Published under the Clear BSD license.  
+ * See http://svn.openlayers.org/trunk/openlayers/license.txt for the
+ * full text of the license. */
+
+/**
+ * @requires OpenLayers/Format/SLD/v1_0_0.js
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Class: OpenLayers.Format.SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer
+ * Read SLD version 1.0.0 with GeoServer-specific enhanced options.
+ * See http://svn.osgeo.org/geotools/trunk/modules/extension/xsd/xsd-sld/src/main/resources/org/geotools/sld/bindings/StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd
+ * 
+ * Inherits from:
+ *  - <OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0>
+ */
+OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0_GeoServer = OpenLayers.Class(
+    OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0, {
+
+    /**
+     * Property: version
+     * {String} The specific parser version.
+     */
+    version: "1.0.0",
+
+    /**
+     * Property: profile
+     * {String} The specific profile
+     */
+    profile: "GeoServer",
+
+   /**
+     * Constructor: OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0_GeoServer
+     * Create a new parser for GeoServer-enhanced SLD version 1.0.0.
+     *
+     * Parameters:
+     * options - {Object} An optional object whose properties will be set on
+     *     this instance.
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Property: readers
+     * Contains public functions, grouped by namespace prefix, that will
+     *     be applied when a namespaced node is found matching the function
+     *     name.  The function will be applied in the scope of this parser
+     *     with two arguments: the node being read and a context object passed
+     *     from the parent.
+     */
+    readers: {
+        "sld": OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
+            "Priority": function(node, obj) {
+                var value = this.readers.ogc._expression.call(this, node);
+                if (value) {
+                    obj.priority = value;
+                }
+            },
+            "VendorOption": function(node, obj) {
+                if (!obj.vendorOptions) {
+                    obj.vendorOptions = [];
+                }
+                obj.vendorOptions.push({
+                    name: node.getAttribute("name"),
+                    value: this.getChildValue(node)
+                });
+            }
+        }, OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.readers["sld"]),
+        "ogc": OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.readers["ogc"]
+    },
+
+    /**
+     * Property: writers
+     * As a compliment to the readers property, this structure contains public
+     *     writing functions grouped by namespace alias and named like the
+     *     node names they produce.
+     */
+    writers: {
+        "sld": OpenLayers.Util.applyDefaults({
+            "Priority": function(priority) {
+                return this.writers.sld._OGCExpression.call(
+                    this, "sld:Priority", priority
+                );
+            },
+            "VendorOption": function(option) {
+                return this.createElementNSPlus("sld:VendorOption", {
+                    attributes: {name: option.name},
+                    value: option.value
+                });
+            },
+            "TextSymbolizer": function(symbolizer) {
+                var node = OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["sld"]["TextSymbolizer"].apply(this, arguments);
+                if (symbolizer.externalGraphic || symbolizer.graphicName) {
+                    this.writeNode("Graphic", symbolizer, node);
+                }
+                if ("priority" in symbolizer) {
+                    this.writeNode("Priority", symbolizer.priority, node);
+                }
+                var options = symbolizer.vendorOptions;
+                if (options) {
+                    for (var i=0, ii=options.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                        this.writeNode("VendorOption", options[i], node);
+                    }
+                }
+                return node;
+            },
+            "PointSymbolizer": function(symbolizer) {
+                var node = OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["sld"]["PointSymbolizer"].apply(this, arguments);
+                var options = symbolizer.vendorOptions;
+                if (options) {
+                    for (var i=0, ii=options.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                        this.writeNode("VendorOption", options[i], node);
+                    }
+                }
+                return node;
+            },
+            "LineSymbolizer": function(symbolizer) {
+                var node = OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["sld"]["LineSymbolizer"].apply(this, arguments);
+                var options = symbolizer.vendorOptions;
+                if (options) {
+                    for (var i=0, ii=options.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                        this.writeNode("VendorOption", options[i], node);
+                    }
+                }
+                return node;
+            },
+            "PolygonSymbolizer": function(symbolizer) {
+                var node = OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["sld"]["PolygonSymbolizer"].apply(this, arguments);
+                var options = symbolizer.vendorOptions;
+                if (options) {
+                    for (var i=0, ii=options.length; i<ii; ++i) {
+                        this.writeNode("VendorOption", options[i], node);
+                    }
+                }
+                return node;
+            }
+        }, OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["sld"]),
+        "ogc": OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0.prototype.writers["ogc"]
+    },
+
+    CLASS_NAME: "OpenLayers.Format.SLD.v1_0_0_GeoServer"
+
+});
diff --git a/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.html b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e9ea0fbe21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<html> 
+<head> 
+    <script src="../../OLLoader.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+
+    var xml = new OpenLayers.Format.XML(); 
+    function readXML(id) {
+        return xml.read(document.getElementById(id).firstChild.nodeValue);
+    }
+
+    function test_VendorExtensions(t) {
+
+        var cases = [
+            "poly_label.sld"
+        ];
+        var len = cases.length;
+        t.plan(len);
+
+        var format = new OpenLayers.Format.SLD({
+            profile: "GeoServer",
+            multipleSymbolizers: true,
+            namedLayersAsArray: true,
+            schemaLocation: "http://www.opengis.net/sld StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd"
+        });
+            
+        var c, doc, data, out;
+        for (var i=0; i<len; ++i) {
+            c = cases[i];
+            doc = readXML(c);
+            data = format.read(doc);
+            out = format.write(data);
+            t.xml_eq(out, doc.documentElement, "round-tripped " + c);
+        }
+            
+    }
+    
+    </script> 
+</head> 
+<body>
+<div id="poly_label.sld"><!--
+<StyledLayerDescriptor version="1.0.0"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/sld StyledLayerDescriptor.xsd"
+    xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/sld"
+    xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc"
+    xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <NamedLayer>
+    <Name>Polygon with styled label</Name>
+    <UserStyle>
+      <Title>SLD Cook Book: Polygon with styled label</Title>
+      <FeatureTypeStyle>
+        <Rule>
+          <PolygonSymbolizer>
+            <Fill>
+              <CssParameter name="fill">#40FF40</CssParameter>
+            </Fill>
+            <Stroke>
+              <CssParameter name="stroke">#FFFFFF</CssParameter>
+              <CssParameter name="stroke-width">2</CssParameter>
+            </Stroke>
+          </PolygonSymbolizer>        
+          <TextSymbolizer>
+            <Label>
+              <ogc:PropertyName>name</ogc:PropertyName>
+            </Label>
+            <Font>
+              <CssParameter name="font-family">Arial</CssParameter>
+              <CssParameter name="font-size">11</CssParameter>
+              <CssParameter name="font-weight">bold</CssParameter>
+              <CssParameter name="font-style">normal</CssParameter>
+            </Font>
+            <Fill>
+              <CssParameter name="fill">#000000</CssParameter>
+            </Fill>
+            <Priority>
+                <ogc:PropertyName>population</ogc:PropertyName>
+            </Priority>
+            <VendorOption name="autoWrap">60</VendorOption>
+            <VendorOption name="maxDisplacement">150</VendorOption>
+          </TextSymbolizer>
+        </Rule>
+      </FeatureTypeStyle>
+    </UserStyle>
+  </NamedLayer>
+</StyledLayerDescriptor>
+--></div>
+</body> 
+</html> 
diff --git a/tests/list-tests.html b/tests/list-tests.html
index 1421c2b6dc..92ebdec19a 100644
--- a/tests/list-tests.html
+++ b/tests/list-tests.html
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     <li>Format/Text.html</li>
     <li>Format/SLD.html</li>
     <li>Format/SLD/v1_0_0.html</li>
+    <li>Format/SLD/v1_0_0_GeoServer.html</li>
     <li>Format/Filter.html</li>
     <li>Format/Filter/v1.html</li>
     <li>Format/Filter/v1_0_0.html</li>