diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/traffic.py b/bumblebee/modules/traffic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a2509f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/traffic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import netifaces
+import re
+
+import bumblebee.util
+import bumblebee.input
+import bumblebee.output
+import bumblebee.engine
+
+class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
+    def __init__(self, engine, config):
+        widgets = [
+            bumblebee.output.Widget(name="traffic.down"),
+            bumblebee.output.Widget(name="traffic.up"),
+        ]
+        super(Module, self).__init__(engine, config, widgets)
+        self._exclude = tuple(filter(len, self.parameter("exclude", "lo,virbr,docker,vboxnet,veth").split(",")))
+        self._update_widgets(widgets)
+        self._status = None
+
+    def state(self, widget):
+        if widget.name == "traffic.down":
+            return "down"
+        if widget.name == "traffic.up":
+            return "up"
+        return self._status
+
+    def update(self, widgets):
+        self._update_widgets(widgets)
+
+    def _update_widgets(self, widgets):
+        _ifconfdata = bumblebee.util.execute('ifconfig')
+        interfaces = [ i for i in netifaces.interfaces() if not i.startswith(self._exclude) ]
+
+        interface = interfaces[0]
+        if interface is '':
+            interface = 'lo'
+
+        try:
+            _block = re.compile(r"" + interface + ":(.*\n)*", re.MULTILINE)
+            _down = re.compile(r"RX packets .*  bytes (.*) \(", re.MULTILINE)
+            _current_down = re.search(_down,re.search(_block,_ifconfdata).group(0)).group(1)
+            _up = re.compile(r"TX packets .*  bytes (.*) \(", re.MULTILINE)
+            _current_up = re.search(_up,re.search(_block,_ifconfdata).group(0)).group(1)
+        except:
+            _current_up = -1
+            _current_down = -1
+
+        widget_down = self.widget("traffic.down")
+        widget_up = self.widget("traffic.up")
+        if not widget_down:
+            widget_down = bumblebee.output.Widget(name="traffic.down")
+            widgets.append(widget_down)
+        if not widget_up:
+            widget_up = bumblebee.output.Widget(name="traffic.down")
+            widgets.append(widget_up)
+
+        _prev_down = widget_down.get("absdown", 0)
+        if _current_down is not -1:
+            _speed_down = bumblebee.util.bytefmt(int(_current_down) - int(_prev_down))
+            widget_down.set("absdown", _current_down)
+        else:
+            _speed_down = bumblebee.util.bytefmt(0)
+            widget_down.set("absdown", _prev_down)
+        widget_down.full_text("{}".format(_speed_down))
+
+        _prev_up = widget_up.get("absup", 0)
+        if _current_up is not -1:
+            _speed_up = bumblebee.util.bytefmt(int(_current_up) - int(_prev_up))
+            widget_up.set("absup", _current_up)
+        else:
+            _speed_up = bumblebee.util.bytefmt(0)
+            widget_up.set("absup", _prev_up)
+        widget_up.full_text("{}".format(_speed_up))
+
+# vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/themes/icons/ascii.json b/themes/icons/ascii.json
index 0457a52..976a021 100644
--- a/themes/icons/ascii.json
+++ b/themes/icons/ascii.json
@@ -63,4 +63,8 @@
 	"sensors": {
 		"prefix": "sensors"
 	}
+	"traffic": {
+		"down": { "prefix": "down"},
+		"up": {"prefix": "up"}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
index b3b2867..526b6b7 100644
--- a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
+++ b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
@@ -78,5 +78,9 @@
 	},
   "sensors": {
     "prefix": "🌡"
+  },
+  "traffic":{
+	  "down": { "prefix": "" },
+	  "up": { "prefix": "" }
   }
 }