diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Strategy/BBOX.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Strategy/BBOX.js
index a513a34ddf..53b171a83f 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Strategy/BBOX.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Strategy/BBOX.js
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Strategy, {
      */
     bounds: null,
     
+    /** 
+     * Property: resolution 
+     * {Float} The current data resolution. 
+     */ 
+    resolution: null, 
+           
     /**
      * APIProperty: ratio
      * {Float} The ratio of the data bounds to the viewport bounds (in each
@@ -31,6 +37,21 @@ OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Strategy, {
      */
     ratio: 2,
 
+    /** 
+     * Property: resFactor 
+     * {Float} Optional factor used to determine when previously requested 
+     *     features are invalid.  If set, the resFactor will be compared to the
+     *     resolution of the previous request to the current map resolution.
+     *     If resFactor > (old / new) and 1/resFactor < (old / new).  If you
+     *     set a resFactor of 1, data will be requested every time the
+     *     resolution changes.  If you set a resFactor of 3, data will be
+     *     requested if the old resolution is 3 times the new, or if the new is
+     *     3 times the old.  If the old bounds do not contain the new bounds
+     *     new data will always be requested (with or without considering
+     *     resFactor). 
+     */ 
+    resFactor: null, 
+    
     /**
      * Property: response
      * {<OpenLayers.Protocol.Response>} The protocol response object returned
@@ -107,6 +128,7 @@ OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Strategy, {
         var mapBounds = this.getMapBounds();
         if ((options && options.force) || this.invalidBounds(mapBounds)) {
             this.calculateBounds(mapBounds);
+            this.resolution = this.layer.map.getResolution(); 
             this.triggerRead();
         }
     },
@@ -130,6 +152,10 @@ OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Strategy, {
 
     /**
      * Method: invalidBounds
+     * Determine whether the previously requested set of features is invalid. 
+     *     This occurs when the new map bounds do not contain the previously 
+     *     requested bounds.  In addition, if <resFactor> is set, it will be 
+     *     considered.
      *
      * Parameters:
      * mapBounds - {<OpenLayers.Bounds>} the current map extent, will be
@@ -142,7 +168,12 @@ OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Strategy, {
         if(!mapBounds) {
             mapBounds = this.getMapBounds();
         }
-        return !this.bounds || !this.bounds.containsBounds(mapBounds);
+        var invalid = !this.bounds || !this.bounds.containsBounds(mapBounds);
+        if(!invalid && this.resFactor) {
+            var ratio = this.resolution / this.layer.map.getResolution();
+            invalid = (ratio >= this.resFactor || ratio <= (1 / this.resFactor));
+        }
+        return invalid;
     },
  
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Strategy/BBOX.html b/tests/Strategy/BBOX.html
index 6352d8bee6..f03dd6523f 100644
--- a/tests/Strategy/BBOX.html
+++ b/tests/Strategy/BBOX.html
@@ -165,6 +165,33 @@
         map.destroy();
 
     }
+    
+    function test_resFactor(t) {
+        t.plan(2);
+        
+        var map = new OpenLayers.Map("map");
+        var bbox = new OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX();
+        var fakeProtocol = new OpenLayers.Protocol({
+            'read': function() { 
+                t.ok(true, "read called once without resfactor"); 
+            }
+        });
+        var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("test", {
+            strategies: [bbox],
+            protocol: fakeProtocol,
+            isBaseLayer: true
+        });
+        map.addLayer(layer);
+        map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(0, 0), 0);
+        map.zoomIn();
+        
+        fakeProtocol.read = function() { 
+            t.ok("read called again on zooming with resFactor: 1");
+        }
+        bbox.resFactor = 1;
+        map.zoomIn();
+        
+    }
 
     function test_createFilter(t) {
         t.plan(3);