diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8fa2ff01d..4cd24152b 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "gobject-sys 0.3.4 (git+https://github.com/gtk-rs/sys)",
  "gstreamer-sys 0.1.1 (git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-sys)",
  "libc 0.2.26 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-rational 0.1.38 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -78,6 +79,28 @@ name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.26"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-integer"
+version = "0.1.34"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits 0.1.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-rational"
+version = "0.1.38"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-integer 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "num-traits 0.1.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.1.39"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pkg-config"
 version = "0.3.9"
@@ -91,4 +114,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum gstreamer-sys 0.1.1 (git+https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-sys)" = "<none>"
 "checksum lazy_static 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3b37545ab726dd833ec6420aaba8231c5b320814b9029ad585555d2a03e94fbf"
 "checksum libc 0.2.26 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "30885bcb161cf67054244d10d4a7f4835ffd58773bc72e07d35fecf472295503"
+"checksum num-integer 0.1.34 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ef1a4bf6f9174aa5783a9b4cc892cacd11aebad6c69ad027a0b65c6ca5f8aa37"
+"checksum num-rational 0.1.38 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "33c881e104a26e1accc09449374c095ff2312c8e0c27fab7bbefe16eac7c776d"
+"checksum num-traits 0.1.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1708c0628602a98b52fad936cf3edb9a107af06e52e49fdf0707e884456a6af6"
 "checksum pkg-config 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "3a8b4c6b8165cd1a1cd4b9b120978131389f64bdaf456435caa41e630edba903"
diff --git a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
index 14ea1264c..d16f712d8 100644
--- a/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gstreamer/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ glib-sys = { version = "0.3.4", git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/sys" }
 gobject-sys = { version = "0.3.4", git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/sys" }
 gstreamer-sys = { version = "0.1.1", git = "https://github.com/sdroege/gstreamer-sys", features = ["v1_8"] }
 glib = { version = "0.1.3", git = "https://github.com/gtk-rs/glib" }
+num-rational = { version = "0.1.38", default-features = false, features = [] }
 
 [features]
 v1_10 = ["gstreamer-sys/v1_10", "v1_8"]
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/caps.rs b/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
index cecae34f8..e33e09d7f 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ unsafe impl Send for CapsRef {}
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use glib::ToValue;
+    use Fraction;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_simple() {
@@ -236,15 +237,15 @@ mod tests {
                 ("int", &12.to_value()),
                 ("bool", &true.to_value()),
                 ("string", &"bla".to_value()),
-                //("fraction", (1, 2).into()),
+                ("fraction", &Fraction::new(1, 2).to_value()),
                 //("array", vec![1.into(), 2.into()].into()),
             ],
         );
         assert_eq!(
             caps.to_string(),
-            "foo/bar, int=(int)12, bool=(boolean)true, string=(string)bla"
+            "foo/bar, int=(int)12, bool=(boolean)true, string=(string)bla, fraction=(fraction)1/2"
         ); //, \
-        //            fraction=(fraction)1/2, array=(int)< 1, 2 >"
+        //            array=(int)< 1, 2 >"
         //);
 
         let s = caps.get_structure(0).unwrap();
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ mod tests {
                     ("int", &12.to_value()),
                     ("bool", &true.to_value()),
                     ("string", &"bla".to_value()),
-                    //("fraction", (1, 2).into()),
+                    ("fraction", &Fraction::new(1, 2).to_value()),
                     //("array", vec![1.into(), 2.into()].into()),
                 ],
             ).as_ref()
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
index b9a0cd395..8d0ad7aae 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ extern crate gstreamer_sys as ffi;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate glib;
 
+extern crate num_rational;
+
 use glib::translate::{from_glib, from_glib_full};
 
 macro_rules! callback_guard {
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ mod bin;
 mod bus;
 pub use bin::BinExtManual;
 
+mod value;
+pub use value::*;
+
 use std::ptr;
 
 pub fn init() -> Result<(), glib::Error> {
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/message.rs b/gstreamer/src/message.rs
index e864705bf..4138e96c9 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/message.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/message.rs
@@ -1951,7 +1951,10 @@ impl<'a> RedirectBuilder<'a> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn entries(self, entries: &'a [(&'a str, Option<&'a TagList>, Option<&'a Structure>)]) -> Self {
+    pub fn entries(
+        self,
+        entries: &'a [(&'a str, Option<&'a TagList>, Option<&'a Structure>)],
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
             entries: Some(entries),
             ..self
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/value.rs b/gstreamer/src/value.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4391f4140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gstreamer/src/value.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,218 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2017 Sebastian Dröge <sebastian@centricular.com>
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+use num_rational::Rational32;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::ops;
+use std::mem;
+
+use glib;
+use glib::value::{Value, FromValue, FromValueOptional, ToValue, SetValue, SetValueOptional};
+use glib::translate::{from_glib, ToGlibPtr, ToGlibPtrMut};
+
+use ffi;
+use gobject_ffi;
+
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Ord, PartialOrd, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
+pub struct Fraction(pub Rational32);
+
+impl Fraction {
+    pub fn new(num: i32, den: i32) -> Fraction {
+        (num, den).into()
+    }
+
+    pub fn approximate_f32(x: f32) -> Option<Fraction> {
+        Rational32::approximate_float(x).map(|r| r.into())
+    }
+
+    pub fn approximate_f64(x: f64) -> Option<Fraction> {
+        Rational32::approximate_float(x).map(|r| r.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Fraction {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.0.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Deref for Fraction {
+    type Target = Rational32;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Rational32 {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::DerefMut for Fraction {
+    fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut Rational32 {
+        &mut self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl AsRef<Rational32> for Fraction {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &Rational32 {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Mul<Fraction> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn mul(self, other: Fraction) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.mul(other.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Mul<i32> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn mul(self, other: i32) -> Fraction {
+        self.mul(Fraction::from(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Div<Fraction> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn div(self, other: Fraction) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.div(other.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Div<i32> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn div(self, other: i32) -> Fraction {
+        self.div(Fraction::from(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Add<Fraction> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn add(self, other: Fraction) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.add(other.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Add<i32> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn add(self, other: i32) -> Fraction {
+        self.add(Fraction::from(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Sub<Fraction> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn sub(self, other: Fraction) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.sub(other.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Sub<i32> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn sub(self, other: i32) -> Fraction {
+        self.sub(Fraction::from(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Rem<Fraction> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn rem(self, other: Fraction) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.rem(other.0))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Rem<i32> for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn rem(self, other: i32) -> Fraction {
+        self.rem(Fraction::from(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl ops::Neg for Fraction {
+    type Output = Fraction;
+
+    fn neg(self) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(self.0.neg())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<i32> for Fraction {
+    fn from(x: i32) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(x.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<(i32, i32)> for Fraction {
+    fn from(x: (i32, i32)) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(x.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<(i32, i32)> for Fraction {
+    fn into(self) -> (i32, i32) {
+        self.0.into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Rational32> for Fraction {
+    fn from(x: Rational32) -> Fraction {
+        Fraction(x)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Fraction> for Rational32 {
+    fn from(x: Fraction) -> Rational32 {
+        x.0
+    }
+}
+
+impl glib::types::StaticType for Fraction {
+    fn static_type() -> glib::types::Type {
+        unsafe { from_glib(ffi::gst_fraction_get_type()) }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromValue<'a> for Fraction {
+    unsafe fn from_value(v: &'a Value) -> Fraction {
+        let n = ffi::gst_value_get_fraction_numerator(v.to_glib_none().0);
+        let d = ffi::gst_value_get_fraction_denominator(v.to_glib_none().0);
+
+        Fraction::new(n, d)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> FromValueOptional<'a> for Fraction {
+    unsafe fn from_value_optional(v: &'a Value) -> Option<Fraction> {
+        Some(Fraction::from_value(v))
+    }
+}
+
+impl SetValue for Fraction {
+    unsafe fn set_value(v: &mut Value, f: &Self) {
+        ffi::gst_value_set_fraction(v.to_glib_none_mut().0, *f.numer(), *f.denom());
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_simple() {
+        let f: Fraction = (1, 2).into();
+        println!("{}", f * 2);
+    }
+}