diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 39f348a8e6..67a4b8dd87 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "global": "^4.3.0",
     "safe-json-parse": "^4.0.0",
+    "inherits": "^2.0.1",
     "videojs-swf": "4.5.4",
     "vtt.js": "git+https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js.git#shim-build"
   },
diff --git a/src/js/extends.js b/src/js/extends.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a68ab0b123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/js/extends.js
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import * as Lib from './lib';
+
+/**
+ * A combination of node inherits and babel's inherits (after transpile).
+ * Both work the same but node adds `super_` to the subClass
+ * and Bable adds the superClass as __proto__. Both seem useful.
+ */
+const _inherits = function (subClass, superClass) {
+  if (typeof superClass !== 'function' && superClass !== null) {
+    throw new TypeError('Super expression must either be null or a function, not ' + typeof superClass);
+  }
+
+  subClass.prototype = Object.create(superClass && superClass.prototype, {
+    constructor: {
+      value: subClass,
+      enumerable: false,
+      writable: true,
+      configurable: true
+    }
+  });
+
+  if (superClass) {
+    // node
+    subClass.super_ = superClass;
+  }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Function for subclassing using the same inheritance that
+ * videojs uses internally
+ *
+ * ```
+ * var Button = videojs.getComponent('Button');
+ *
+ * var MyButton = videojs.extends(Button, {
+ *   constructor: function(player, options) {
+ *     Button.call(this, player, options);
+ *   },
+ *
+ *   onClick: function() {
+ *     // doSomething
+ *   }
+ * });
+ * ```
+ */
+const extendsFn = function(superClass, subClassMethods={}) {
+  let subClass = function() {
+    superClass.apply(this, arguments);
+  };
+  let methods = {};
+
+  if (subClassMethods.constructor !== Object.prototype.constructor) {
+    subClass = subClassMethods.constructor;
+    methods = subClassMethods;
+  } else if (typeof subClassMethods === 'function') {
+    subClass = subClassMethods;
+  }
+
+  _inherits(subClass, superClass);
+
+  // Extend subObj's prototype with functions and other properties from props
+  for (var name in methods) {
+    if (methods.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
+      subClass.prototype[name] = methods[name];
+    }
+  }
+
+  return subClass;
+};
+
+export default extendsFn;
diff --git a/src/js/video.js b/src/js/video.js
index bdbec35044..7b709efdd3 100644
--- a/src/js/video.js
+++ b/src/js/video.js
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import * as setup from './setup';
 import Component from './component';
 import * as Lib from './lib';
 import * as Util from './util.js';
-
+import Player from './player';
+import extendsFn from './extends.js';
 
 if (typeof HTMLVideoElement === 'undefined') {
   document.createElement('video');
@@ -36,9 +37,10 @@ videojs.TOUCH_ENABLED = Lib.TOUCH_ENABLED;
 videojs.util = Util;
 
 // Probably want to keep this one for 5.0?
-import Player from './player';
 videojs.players = Player.players;
 
+videojs.extends = extendsFn;
+
 // REMOVING: We probably should not include this in 5.0 thought it would make it
 // more backwards compatible
 // // Expose but deprecate the window[componentName] method for accessing components
@@ -55,6 +57,4 @@ videojs.players = Player.players;
 //   Lib.obj.merge(module.exports[name], component);
 // });
 
-
-
 export default videojs;
diff --git a/test/api/api.js b/test/api/api.js
index 483f6ad96b..c627f77dd0 100644
--- a/test/api/api.js
+++ b/test/api/api.js
@@ -255,4 +255,27 @@ function testHelperMakeTag(){
   return videoTag;
 }
 
-})();
\ No newline at end of file
+test('should extend Component', function(){
+  var Component = videojs.getComponent('Component');
+  var MyComponent = videojs.extends(Component, {
+    constructor: function() {
+      this.bar = true;
+    },
+    foo: function() {
+      return true;
+    }
+  });
+
+  var myComponent = new MyComponent();
+  ok(myComponent instanceof Component, 'creates an instance of Component');
+  ok(myComponent instanceof MyComponent, 'creates an instance of MyComponent');
+  ok(myComponent.bar, 'the constructor function is used');
+  ok(myComponent.foo(), 'instance methods are applied');
+
+  var NoMethods = videojs.extends(Component);
+  var noMethods = new NoMethods({});
+  ok(noMethods.on, 'should extend component with no methods or constructor');
+});
+
+
+})();