diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
index c7cfa10c88..f07d3ac0f2 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Format/GML.js
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         // only accept on geometry per feature - look for highest "order"
         var order = ["MultiPolygon", "Polygon",
                      "MultiLineString", "LineString",
-                     "MultiPoint", "Point", "Envelope"];
+                     "MultiPoint", "Point", "Envelope", "Box"];
         var type, nodeList, geometry, parser;
         for(var i=0; i<order.length; ++i) {
             type = order[i];
@@ -804,6 +804,23 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
                 gml.appendChild(polyMember);
             }
             return gml;
+
+        },
+ 
+        /**
+         * Method: buildGeometry.bounds
+         * Given an OpenLayers bounds, create a GML box.
+         *
+         * Parameters:
+         * bounds - {<OpenLayers.Geometry.Bounds>} A bounds object.
+         *
+         * Returns:
+         * {DOMElement} A GML box node.
+         */
+        bounds: function(bounds) {
+            var gml = this.createElementNS(this.gmlns, "gml:Box");
+            gml.appendChild(this.buildCoordinatesNode(bounds));
+            return gml;
         }
     },
 
@@ -825,11 +842,17 @@ OpenLayers.Format.GML = OpenLayers.Class(OpenLayers.Format.XML, {
         coordinatesNode.setAttribute("decimal", ".");
         coordinatesNode.setAttribute("cs", ",");
         coordinatesNode.setAttribute("ts", " ");
-        
-        var points = (geometry.components) ? geometry.components : [geometry];
+
         var parts = [];
-        for(var i=0; i<points.length; i++) {
-            parts.push(points[i].x + "," + points[i].y);
+
+        if(geometry instanceof OpenLayers.Bounds){
+            parts.push(geometry.left + "," + geometry.bottom);
+            parts.push(geometry.right + "," + geometry.top);
+        } else {
+            var points = (geometry.components) ? geometry.components : [geometry];
+            for(var i=0; i<points.length; i++) {
+                parts.push(points[i].x + "," + points[i].y);                
+            }            
         }
 
         var txtNode = this.createTextNode(parts.join(" "));
diff --git a/tests/Format/GML.html b/tests/Format/GML.html
index b6215ccded..3548a5b0ee 100644
--- a/tests/Format/GML.html
+++ b/tests/Format/GML.html
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
         var output = parser.write(data);
         var output = output.replace(/<\?[^>]*\?>/, ''); // Remove XML Prolog
         t.eq(output, multilinestring, "MultiLine geometry round trips correctly.");
+
     }    
     function test_Format_GML_read_point_geom(t) {
         t.plan(3);
@@ -325,6 +326,17 @@
         t.eq(output, multilinestring_xy, "MultiLine geometry round trips correctly.");
     }
     
+    function test_buildGeometryNode_bounds(t) {
+        t.plan(1);
+        var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.GML();
+        var bounds = new OpenLayers.Bounds(-180, -90, 180, 90);
+        var output, expect;
+        
+        // test that bounds are written as gml:Box
+        var output = parser.buildGeometryNode(bounds);
+        var expect = '<gml:Box xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml"><gml:coordinates decimal="." cs="," ts=" ">-180,-90 180,90</gml:coordinates></gml:Box>';
+        t.xml_eq(output, expect, "[xy true] Bounds correctly written as gml:Box");
+    }
 
     var test_content = ['<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>\n<ogr:FeatureCollection\n     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"\n     xsi:schemaLocation="http://ogr.maptools.org/ testoutput.xsd"\n     xmlns:ogr="http://ogr.maptools.org/"\n     xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">\n  <gml:boundedBy>\n    <gml:Box>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-1254041.389711702</gml:X><gml:Y>250906.9515983529</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n      <gml:coord><gml:X>-634517.1199908922</gml:X><gml:Y>762236.2940800377</gml:Y></gml:coord>\n    </gml:Box>\n  </gml:boundedBy>                    \n  <gml:featureMember>\n    <ogr:states fid="F0">\n      <ogr:geometryProperty><gml:Polygon><gml:outerBoundaryIs><gml:LinearRing><gml:coordinates>-634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0 -653761.64509297756,471181.53429472551,0 -673343.60852865304,250906.9515983529,0 -1088825.734430399,299284.85108220269,0 -1254041.3897117018,324729.27754874947,0 -1235750.4212498858,434167.33911316615,0 -1190777.7803201093,704392.96327195223,0 -1181607.835811228,762236.29408003774,0 -634517.11999089224,691849.77929356066,0</gml:coordinates></gml:LinearRing></gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon></ogr:geometryProperty>\n      <ogr:NAME>WY</ogr:NAME>\n    <ogr:LONGNAME><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></ogr:LONGNAME>\n    </ogr:states>\n  </gml:featureMember>\n</ogr:FeatureCollection>\n',
  '<wfs:FeatureCollection' +