diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/EVK1100/evk1100_conf.h b/src/platform/avr32/EVK1100/evk1100_conf.h
index 11999228..f661f341 100644
--- a/src/platform/avr32/EVK1100/evk1100_conf.h
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/EVK1100/evk1100_conf.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
   _ROM( AUXLIB_UART, luaopen_uart, uart_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_PIO, luaopen_pio, pio_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_PWM, luaopen_pwm, pwm_map )\
+  _ROM( AUXLIB_I2C, luaopen_i2c, i2c_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_SPI, luaopen_spi, spi_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_TMR, luaopen_tmr, tmr_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_TERM, luaopen_term, term_map )\
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@
 #define NUM_TIMER             3
 #endif
 #define NUM_PWM               7
+#define NUM_I2C               1
 #define NUM_ADC               8
 #define NUM_CAN               0
 
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/MIZAR32/mizar32_conf.h b/src/platform/avr32/MIZAR32/mizar32_conf.h
index 44f04cd4..12b5ca7b 100644
--- a/src/platform/avr32/MIZAR32/mizar32_conf.h
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/MIZAR32/mizar32_conf.h
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
   _ROM( AUXLIB_UART, luaopen_uart, uart_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_PIO, luaopen_pio, pio_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_PWM, luaopen_pwm, pwm_map )\
+  _ROM( AUXLIB_I2C, luaopen_i2c, i2c_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_SPI, luaopen_spi, spi_map )\
   _ROM( AUXLIB_TMR, luaopen_tmr, tmr_map )\
   NETLINE\
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@
 #define NUM_TIMER             3
 #endif
 #define NUM_PWM               7         // PWM7 is on GPIO50
+#define NUM_I2C               1
 #define NUM_ADC               8         // Though ADC3 pin is the Ethernet IRQ
 #define NUM_CAN               0
 
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/conf.lua b/src/platform/avr32/conf.lua
index 126cf2a8..e3cf207b 100644
--- a/src/platform/avr32/conf.lua
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/conf.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -- Configuration file for the AVR32 microcontrollers
 
-specific_files = "crt0.s trampoline.s platform.c exception.s intc.c pm.c flashc.c pm_conf_clocks.c usart.c gpio.c tc.c spi.c platform_int.c adc.c pwm.c ethernet.c"
+specific_files = "crt0.s trampoline.s platform.c exception.s intc.c pm.c flashc.c pm_conf_clocks.c usart.c gpio.c tc.c spi.c platform_int.c adc.c pwm.c i2c.c ethernet.c"
 addm( "FORAVR32" )
 
 -- See board.h for possible BOARD values.
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/conf.py b/src/platform/avr32/conf.py
index 13f5f79d..6a74a0e0 100644
--- a/src/platform/avr32/conf.py
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/conf.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Configuration file for the AVR32 microcontrollers
 
-specific_files = "crt0.s trampoline.s platform.c exception.s intc.c pm.c flashc.c pm_conf_clocks.c usart.c gpio.c tc.c spi.c platform_int.c adc.c pwm.c ethernet.c"
+specific_files = "crt0.s trampoline.s platform.c exception.s intc.c pm.c flashc.c pm_conf_clocks.c usart.c gpio.c tc.c spi.c platform_int.c adc.c pwm.c i2c.c ethernet.c"
 comp.Append(CPPDEFINES = 'FORAVR32')
 
 # See board.h for possible BOARD values.
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/i2c.c b/src/platform/avr32/i2c.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d8b4ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/i2c.c
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+// This file implements I2C protocol on AVR32 devices in eLua.
+//
+// For reasons outlined below, it does not use the Atmel TWI hardware
+// but implements it by bit-banging two GPIO lines.
+//
+//      Martin Guy <martinwguy@gmail.com>, June 2011
+
+// AVR32 has two families of "two wire" interfaces, both of them inadequate:
+//
+// AT32UC3A[01]* and AT32UC3B* have a single "TWI" "I2C-compatibile" interface
+//   that can be switched between master and slave modes;
+// AT32UC3A[34]* and AT32UC3C* devices have separate "TWIM" and "TWIS"
+//   interfaces, three of each in the C series.
+// Their registers and functionality are completely different,
+//
+// All currently supported eLua AVR32 targets
+// (EVK1100 Mizar32 == AT32UC3A0* and EVK1101 == AT32UC3B*)
+// have one "TWI" interface.
+//
+// 1) "TWI" hardware limitations
+// 
+// The only repeated start sequence that TWI can generate as master is
+// START/ADDRESS(W)/WRITE 1, 2 or 3 bytes/START/ADDRESS(R)/READ n BYTES/STOP.
+//
+// It cannot emit START/ADDRESS(R/W)/STOP, which is necessary to probe
+// for the presence of a device on the bus. Their SDK writes a single 0 bytes
+// to do this, which has different effects on different hardware.
+// This makes I2C unimplementable using this variant of the hardware.
+//
+// Worse, you have to have all the data in hand before you start any transfer
+// because if you fail to rewrite the "Transmit Holding Register" with the next
+// byte while the current byte is being sent, the hardware automatically
+// generates a STOP without asking you.
+// This makes eLua's current Lua and C I2C interfaces unimplementable.
+//
+// 2) "TWIM" and "TWIS" hardware limitations
+//
+// This seems to be able to generate a wider range of repeated start signals
+// but the amount of data you can send or receive in one packet is limited to
+// 255 bytes.
+//
+// 3) Bit-banging them as GPIO pins
+//
+// Given the two sets of incompatible hardware and the fact that neither is
+// capable either of speaking I2C or of implementing the current eLua I2C
+// interface, we just bit-bang the IO pins.
+//
+// Some of the chips (e.g. AVR32UC3[01]*) have a GPIO open-collector mode,
+// which sounds promising, but others (AVR32UC3A[34], AVR32UC3[BC]) do not
+// so we obtain a pseudo-open-collector mode by switching the GPIO pins
+// between output (always low) and input (of high impedance).
+//
+// The disadvantage of bit-banging GPIO pins instead of using the TWI hardware
+// is that in TWI mode, the pins "are open-drain outputs with slew-rate
+// limitation and inputs with spike-filtering" (AT32UC3A Datasheet, para 8.3).
+// In GPIO mode, a "glitch filter" is available to reject pulses of 1 CPU cycle
+// but this only affects the interrupt function, not the value read from the
+// PVR register. (para 22.4.8)
+
+// This first hack only support a single I2C channel and is only tested on the
+// currently supported hardware (AVR32UC3A0*), all of which has a single TWI
+// interface.
+// To extend it to have multiple I2C channels you need to turn the variables
+//   started, delay, sda_regs, scl_regs
+// and the constants
+//   {SDA,SCL}_{PIN,PORT,PINMASK}
+// into arrays[NUM_I2C] and index them with id.
+
+#include "platform_conf.h"
+#include "compiler.h"
+#include "gpio.h"
+#include "i2c.h"
+
+// Which port/pins are used for I2C?
+
+#if   defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A0128) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A0256) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A0512) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A1128) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A1256) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A1512)
+
+// One master-slave TWI interface
+# define SDA_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA29
+# define SCL_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA30
+
+#elif defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A364)  || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A364S)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A3128) || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A3128S) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A3256) || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A3256S) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A464)  || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A464S)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A4128) || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A4128S) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A4256) || defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3A4256S)
+
+// The first of the two TWIM/TWIS interfaces, in pin configuration A
+# define SDA_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA25
+# define SCL_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA26
+
+#elif defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B064)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B0128) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B0256) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B0512) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B164)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B1128) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B1256) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3B1512)
+
+// One master-slave TWI interface
+# define SDA_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA10
+# define SCL_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PA09
+
+#elif defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C064C)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C0128C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C0256C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C0512C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C164C)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C1128C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C1256C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C1512C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C264C)  || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C2128C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C2256C) || \
+      defined(ELUA_CPU_AT32UC3C2512C)
+
+// One master-slave TWI interface
+# define SDA_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PC02
+# define SCL_PIN     AVR32_PIN_PC03
+
+#else
+# error "I2C pin assignment is unknown for this CPU"
+#endif
+
+// Split these into port and pinmask
+#define SDA_PORT    ( SDA_PIN >> 5 )
+#define SCL_PORT    ( SCL_PIN >> 5 )
+#define SDA_PINMASK ( 1 << ( SDA_PIN & 31 ) )
+#define SCL_PINMASK ( 1 << ( SCL_PIN & 31 ) )
+
+// The set of GPIO registers we will be using for each bus line.
+// In practice, these two will always have the same value. Ho hum.
+static volatile avr32_gpio_port_t *sda_regs =
+        &AVR32_GPIO.port[ SDA_PORT ];
+static volatile avr32_gpio_port_t *scl_regs =
+        &AVR32_GPIO.port[ SCL_PORT ];
+
+// Half an I2C bus clock cycle, as a number of HSB(==CPU) clock cycles;
+// Be default, the slow mode setting
+static u32 delay = REQ_CPU_FREQ / 100000 / 2;
+
+// Local functions used by the bit-banger
+static void I2CDELAY(void); // Pause for half an I2C bus clock cycle
+static int READSCL(void);   // Set SCL as input and return current level of line
+static int READSDA(void);   // Set SDA as input and return current level of line
+static void CLRSCL(void);   // Actively drive SCL signal low
+static void CLRSDA(void);   // Actively drive SDA signal low
+static void ARBITRATION_LOST(void); // Bus control was lost
+
+// ************************
+// The bitbanger itself, taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I2C
+
+// We don't use GPIO open-drain mode, which is not available on all hardware
+// models. Instead, we use two modes to simulate open-drain:
+// output of 0 and input.
+u32 i2c_setup( u32 speed )
+{
+  // First, set both pins as high-impedance inputs to avoid startup glitches
+  sda_regs->oderc = SDA_PINMASK;
+  scl_regs->oderc = SCL_PINMASK;
+
+  // When they are outputs, they will always output 0.
+  sda_regs->ovrc = SDA_PINMASK;
+  scl_regs->ovrc = SCL_PINMASK;
+
+  // Let the GPIO hardware control these pins
+  sda_regs->gpers = SDA_PINMASK;
+  scl_regs->gpers = SCL_PINMASK;
+
+  // Figure out how many clock cycles correspond to half a clock waveform.
+  delay = REQ_CPU_FREQ / speed / 2;
+
+  return speed;
+}
+
+// Are we between a start bit and a stop bit?
+static int started = 0;
+
+void i2c_start_cond(void)
+{
+  if (started) {
+    // if started, do a restart cond
+    // set SDA to 1
+    READSDA();
+    I2CDELAY();
+    // Clock stretching
+    while (READSCL() == 0)
+      ;  // You can add a timeout to this loop to
+         // recover from SCL being stuck low.
+  }
+  if (READSDA() == 0)
+    ARBITRATION_LOST();
+  // SCL is high, set SDA from 1 to 0
+  CLRSDA();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  CLRSCL();
+  started = true;
+}
+ 
+void i2c_stop_cond(void)
+{
+  /* set SDA to 0 */
+  CLRSDA();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  /* Clock stretching */
+  while (READSCL() == 0)
+    ;  /* You should add timeout to this loop */
+  /* SCL is high, set SDA from 0 to 1 */
+  if (READSDA() == 0)
+    ARBITRATION_LOST();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  started = false;
+}
+ 
+/* Write a bit to I2C bus */
+static void i2c_write_bit(int bit)
+{
+  if (bit) 
+    READSDA();
+  else 
+    CLRSDA();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  /* Clock stretching */
+  while (READSCL() == 0)
+    ;  /* You should add timeout to this loop */
+  /* SCL is high, now data is valid */
+  /* If SDA is high, check that nobody else is driving SDA */
+  if (bit && READSDA() == 0) 
+    ARBITRATION_LOST();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  CLRSCL();
+}
+ 
+/* Read a bit from I2C bus */
+static int i2c_read_bit(void)
+{
+  int bit;
+
+  /* Let the slave drive data */
+  READSDA();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  /* Clock stretching */
+  while (READSCL() == 0)
+    ;  /* You should add timeout to this loop */
+  /* SCL is high, now data is valid */
+  bit = READSDA();
+  I2CDELAY();
+  CLRSCL();
+  return bit;
+}
+ 
+/* Write a byte to I2C bus. Return 0 if ack by the slave */
+int i2c_write_byte(unsigned char byte)
+{
+  unsigned bit;
+  int nack;
+
+  for (bit = 0; bit < 8; bit++) {
+    i2c_write_bit((byte & 0x80) != 0);
+    byte <<= 1;
+  }
+  nack = i2c_read_bit();
+
+  return nack;
+}
+ 
+/* Read a byte from I2C bus */
+unsigned char i2c_read_byte(int nack)
+{
+  unsigned char byte = 0;
+  unsigned bit;
+
+  for (bit = 0; bit < 8; bit++)
+    byte = (byte << 1) | i2c_read_bit();             
+  i2c_write_bit(nack);
+
+  return byte;
+}
+
+//*******************
+// Low-level functions used by the bit-banger
+
+// Pause for half an I2C bus clock cycle
+static void I2CDELAY()
+{
+  // Code stolen from sdramc.c::sdramc_ck_delay()
+
+  // Use the CPU cycle counter (CPU and HSB clocks are the same).
+  u32 delay_start_cycle = Get_system_register(AVR32_COUNT);
+  u32 delay_end_cycle = delay_start_cycle + delay;
+ 
+  // To be safer, the end of wait is based on an inequality test, so CPU cycle
+  // counter wrap around is checked.
+  if (delay_start_cycle > delay_end_cycle)
+  { 
+    while ((unsigned long)Get_system_register(AVR32_COUNT) > delay_end_cycle);
+  }
+  while ((unsigned long)Get_system_register(AVR32_COUNT) < delay_end_cycle);
+}
+
+// Set SCL as input and return current level of line
+static int READSCL()
+{
+  scl_regs->oderc = SCL_PINMASK;
+  return ( scl_regs->pvr & SCL_PINMASK ) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+// Set SDA as input and return current level of line
+static int READSDA()
+{
+  sda_regs->oderc = SDA_PINMASK;
+  return ( sda_regs->pvr & SDA_PINMASK ) ? 1 : 0;
+}
+
+// Actively drive SCL signal low
+static void CLRSCL(void)
+{
+  scl_regs->oders = SCL_PINMASK;
+}
+
+// Actively drive SDA signal low
+static void CLRSDA(void)
+{
+  sda_regs->oders = SDA_PINMASK;
+}
+
+// Bus control was lost.
+// Not currently used. With a higher-level I2C interface, this can do a
+// longjmp back to the eLua C interface routine which can retry the transfer
+// when the bus is free.
+static void ARBITRATION_LOST(void)
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/i2c.h b/src/platform/avr32/i2c.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d94304d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/i2c.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// Declarations for the low-level AVR32 I2C driver for eLua
+
+u32 i2c_setup( u32 speed );	// speed is in Hz
+void i2c_start_cond( void );
+void i2c_stop_cond( void );
+int i2c_write_byte( unsigned char byte );  // returns 0 if acked by slave
+unsigned char i2c_read_byte( int nack );
diff --git a/src/platform/avr32/platform.c b/src/platform/avr32/platform.c
index 2f1778a4..73fde8e0 100644
--- a/src/platform/avr32/platform.c
+++ b/src/platform/avr32/platform.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "spi.h"
 #include "adc.h"
 #include "pwm.h"
+#include "i2c.h"
 
 // UIP sys tick data
 // NOTE: when using virtual timers, SYSTICKHZ and VTMR_FREQ_HZ should have the
@@ -961,6 +962,49 @@ u32 platform_pwm_op( unsigned id, int op, u32 data)
   return 0;
 }
 
+// ****************************************************************************
+// I2C support
+
+u32 platform_i2c_setup( unsigned id, u32 speed )
+{
+  return i2c_setup(speed);
+}
+
+void platform_i2c_send_start( unsigned id )
+{
+  i2c_start_cond();
+}
+
+void platform_i2c_send_stop( unsigned id )
+{
+  i2c_stop_cond();
+}
+
+int platform_i2c_send_address( unsigned id, u16 address, int direction )
+{
+  // Convert enum codes to R/w bit value.
+  // If TX == 0 and RX == 1, this test will be removed by the compiler
+  if ( ! ( PLATFORM_I2C_DIRECTION_TRANSMITTER == 0 &&
+           PLATFORM_I2C_DIRECTION_RECEIVER == 1 ) ) {
+    direction = ( direction == PLATFORM_I2C_DIRECTION_TRANSMITTER ) ? 0 : 1;
+  }
+
+  // Low-level returns nack (0=acked); we return ack (1=acked).
+  return ! i2c_write_byte( (address << 1) | direction );
+}
+
+int platform_i2c_send_byte( unsigned id, u8 data )
+{
+  // Low-level returns nack (0=acked); we return ack (1=acked).
+  return ! i2c_write_byte( data );
+}
+
+int platform_i2c_recv_byte( unsigned id, int ack )
+{
+  return i2c_read_byte( !ack );
+}
+
+
 // ****************************************************************************
 // Network support