diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/DojoStyleRenderer.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/DojoStyleRenderer.java
index e4c9b460..528ccad1 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/DojoStyleRenderer.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/DojoStyleRenderer.java
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ import org.springframework.faces.ui.resource.ResourceHelper;
 
 public class DojoStyleRenderer extends Renderer {
 
-	private String dijitThemePath = "/dijit/themes/";
+	private static final String dijitThemePath = "/dijit/themes/";
 
-	private String dijitTheme = "tundra";
+	private static final String dijitTheme = "tundra";
 
-	private ResourceHelper resourceHelper = new ResourceHelper();
+	private static final ResourceHelper resourceHelper = new ResourceHelper();
 
 	public void encodeBegin(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
 
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceGroupRenderer.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceGroupRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..61297b0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceGroupRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.springframework.faces.ui;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
+import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
+import javax.faces.render.Renderer;
+
+import org.springframework.faces.ui.resource.ResourceHelper;
+
+public class ResourceGroupRenderer extends Renderer {
+
+	private static final ResourceHelper resourceHelper = new ResourceHelper();
+
+	public void encodeBegin(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
+
+		if (component.getChildCount() > 0) {
+			resourceHelper.beginCombineStyles(context);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
+		if (component.getChildCount() > 0) {
+			resourceHelper.endCombineStyles(context);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceRenderer.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceRenderer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9a294a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/ResourceRenderer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.springframework.faces.ui;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
+import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
+import javax.faces.render.Renderer;
+
+import org.springframework.faces.ui.resource.ResourceHelper;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+public class ResourceRenderer extends Renderer {
+
+	private static final ResourceHelper resourceHelper = new ResourceHelper();
+
+	public void encodeEnd(FacesContext context, UIComponent component) throws IOException {
+		String resourcePath = (String) component.getAttributes().get("resourcePath");
+		Assert.hasText(resourcePath, "Resource component " + component.getClientId(context)
+				+ " is missing a resourcePath.");
+		if (!resourcePath.startsWith("/")) {
+			resourcePath = "/" + resourcePath;
+			component.getAttributes().put("resourcePath", resourcePath);
+		}
+		resourceHelper.renderResource(context, resourcePath);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceHelper.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceHelper.java
index 56d297ed..bc0f9bf9 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceHelper.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceHelper.java
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 package org.springframework.faces.ui.resource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -37,6 +39,22 @@ public class ResourceHelper {
 
 	private static final String RENDERED_RESOURCES_KEY = "org.springframework.faces.RenderedResources";
 
+	private static final String COMBINED_RESOURCES_KEY = "org.springframework.faces.CombinedResources";
+
+	/**
+	 * Renders either a script or style resource depending on the resourcePath
+	 * @param facesContext
+	 * @param resourcePath
+	 * @throws IOException
+	 */
+	public void renderResource(FacesContext facesContext, String resourcePath) throws IOException {
+		if (resourcePath.endsWith(".js")) {
+			renderScriptLink(facesContext, resourcePath);
+		} else if (resourcePath.endsWith(".css")) {
+			renderStyleLink(facesContext, resourcePath);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Render a <code><script/></code> tag for a given script resource.
 	 * @param facesContext
@@ -81,6 +99,9 @@ public class ResourceHelper {
 	public void renderStyleLink(FacesContext facesContext, String cssPath) throws IOException {
 		if (alreadyRendered(facesContext, cssPath)) {
 			return;
+		} else if (isCombineStyles(facesContext)) {
+			addStyle(facesContext, cssPath);
+			return;
 		}
 		ResponseWriter writer = facesContext.getResponseWriter();
 		writer.startElement("link", null);
@@ -110,6 +131,37 @@ public class ResourceHelper {
 		markRendered(facesContext, module);
 	}
 
+	public void beginCombineStyles(FacesContext facesContext) {
+		List combinedResources = new ArrayList();
+		facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().put(COMBINED_RESOURCES_KEY, combinedResources);
+	}
+
+	private boolean isCombineStyles(FacesContext facesContext) {
+		return facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().containsKey(COMBINED_RESOURCES_KEY);
+	}
+
+	private void addStyle(FacesContext facesContext, String stylePath) {
+		List combinedResources = (List) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().get(COMBINED_RESOURCES_KEY);
+		combinedResources.add(stylePath);
+	}
+
+	public void endCombineStyles(FacesContext facesContext) throws IOException {
+		List combinedResources = (List) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestMap()
+				.remove(COMBINED_RESOURCES_KEY);
+		StringBuffer combinedPath = new StringBuffer();
+		for (int i = 0; i < combinedResources.size(); i++) {
+			String resourcePath = (String) combinedResources.get(i);
+			if (i == 1) {
+				combinedPath.append("?appended=");
+			}
+			if (i > 1) {
+				combinedPath.append(",");
+			}
+			combinedPath.append(resourcePath);
+		}
+		renderStyleLink(facesContext, combinedPath.toString());
+	}
+
 	private void markRendered(FacesContext facesContext, String scriptPath) {
 		Set renderedResources = (Set) facesContext.getExternalContext().getRequestMap().get(RENDERED_RESOURCES_KEY);
 		if (renderedResources == null) {
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServlet.java b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServlet.java
index 432f25fc..c0365504 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServlet.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServlet.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.faces.ui.resource;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -22,9 +23,13 @@ import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -32,9 +37,10 @@ import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
- * Special action for resolving and rendering static resources from within a JAR file.
+ * Special resource servlet for efficiently resolving and rendering static resources from within a JAR file.
  * 
  * @author Jeremy Grelle
  */
@@ -48,8 +54,12 @@ public class ResourceServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
 	private static final String HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL_HEADER = "Cache-Control";
 
+	private static final String GZIP_ENABLED_PARAM = "gzipEnabled";
+
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(ResourceServlet.class);
 
+	private boolean gzipEnabled = true;
+
 	private Map defaultMimeTypes = new HashMap();
 	{
 		defaultMimeTypes.put(".css", "text/css");
@@ -61,91 +71,166 @@ public class ResourceServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		defaultMimeTypes.put(".png", "image/png");
 	}
 
+	private Set compressedMimeTypes = new HashSet();
+	{
+		compressedMimeTypes.add("text/css");
+		compressedMimeTypes.add("text/javascript");
+	}
+
+	public void init() throws ServletException {
+		String gzipEnabledParamValue = getServletConfig().getInitParameter(GZIP_ENABLED_PARAM);
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(gzipEnabledParamValue)) {
+			gzipEnabled = Boolean.valueOf(gzipEnabledParamValue).booleanValue();
+		}
+	}
+
 	protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
 
-		String localResourcePath = request.getPathInfo();
+		String rawResourcePath = request.getPathInfo();
 
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			log.debug("Attempting to GET resource: " + localResourcePath);
+			log.debug("Attempting to GET resource: " + rawResourcePath);
 		}
 
-		URL resource = getRequestResourceURL(localResourcePath);
+		URL[] resources = getRequestResourceURLs(request);
 
-		if (resource == null) {
+		if (resources == null || resources.length == 0) {
 			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				log.debug("Resource not found: " + localResourcePath);
+				log.debug("Resource not found: " + rawResourcePath);
 			}
 			response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_FOUND);
 			return;
 		}
 
-		URLConnection resourceConn = resource.openConnection();
-		long lastModified = resourceConn.getLastModified();
+		prepareResponse(response, resources, rawResourcePath);
 
-		String mimeType = getServletContext().getMimeType(resource.getPath());
-		if (mimeType == null) {
-			String extension = resource.getPath().substring(resource.getPath().lastIndexOf('.'));
-			mimeType = (String) defaultMimeTypes.get(extension);
-		}
-		response.setContentType(mimeType);
+		OutputStream out = selectOutputStream(request, response);
 
-		response.setHeader(HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH_HEADER, Long.toString(resourceConn.getContentLength()));
-		response.setDateHeader(HTTP_LAST_MODIFIED_HEADER, lastModified);
-		configureCaching(response, 31556926);
-
-		InputStream in = resourceConn.getInputStream();
-		OutputStream out = response.getOutputStream();
 		try {
-			byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
-			while (in.available() > 0) {
-				int len = in.read(buffer);
-				out.write(buffer, 0, len);
+			for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
+				URLConnection resourceConn = resources[i].openConnection();
+				InputStream in = resourceConn.getInputStream();
+				try {
+					byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+					while (in.available() > 0) {
+						int len = in.read(buffer);
+						out.write(buffer, 0, len);
+					}
+				} finally {
+					in.close();
+				}
 			}
 		} finally {
-			in.close();
 			out.close();
 		}
 	}
 
+	private OutputStream selectOutputStream(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+			throws IOException {
+
+		String acceptEncoding = request.getHeader("Accept-Encoding");
+		String mimeType = response.getContentType();
+
+		if (gzipEnabled && StringUtils.hasText(acceptEncoding) && acceptEncoding.contains("gzip")
+				&& compressedMimeTypes.contains(mimeType)) {
+			log.debug("Enabling GZIP compression for the current response.");
+			return new GZIPResponseStream(response);
+		} else {
+			return response.getOutputStream();
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void prepareResponse(HttpServletResponse response, URL[] resources, String rawResourcePath)
+			throws IOException {
+		long lastModified = -1;
+		int contentLength = 0;
+		String mimeType = null;
+		for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
+			URLConnection resourceConn = resources[i].openConnection();
+			if (resourceConn.getLastModified() > lastModified) {
+				lastModified = resourceConn.getLastModified();
+			}
+
+			String currentMimeType = getServletContext().getMimeType(resources[i].getPath());
+			if (currentMimeType == null) {
+				String extension = resources[i].getPath().substring(resources[i].getPath().lastIndexOf('.'));
+				currentMimeType = (String) defaultMimeTypes.get(extension);
+			}
+			if (mimeType == null) {
+				mimeType = currentMimeType;
+			} else if (!mimeType.equals(currentMimeType)) {
+				throw new MalformedURLException("Combined resource path: " + rawResourcePath
+						+ " is invalid. All resources in a combined resource path must be of the same mime type.");
+			}
+			contentLength += resourceConn.getContentLength();
+		}
+
+		response.setContentType(mimeType);
+		response.setHeader(HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH_HEADER, Long.toString(contentLength));
+		response.setDateHeader(HTTP_LAST_MODIFIED_HEADER, lastModified);
+		configureCaching(response, 31556926);
+	}
+
 	protected long getLastModified(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			log.debug("Checking last modified of resource: " + request.getPathInfo());
 		}
-		URL resource;
+		URL[] resources;
 		try {
-			resource = getRequestResourceURL(request.getPathInfo());
+			resources = getRequestResourceURLs(request);
 		} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		if (resource == null) {
+		if (resources == null || resources.length == 0) {
 			return -1;
 		}
 
-		URLConnection resourceConn;
-		try {
-			resourceConn = resource.openConnection();
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			return -1;
+		long lastModified = -1;
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < resources.length; i++) {
+			URLConnection resourceConn;
+			try {
+				resourceConn = resources[i].openConnection();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+				return -1;
+			}
+			if (resourceConn.getLastModified() > lastModified) {
+				lastModified = resourceConn.getLastModified();
+			}
 		}
-		return resourceConn.getLastModified();
+		return lastModified;
 	}
 
-	private URL getRequestResourceURL(String localResourcePath) throws MalformedURLException {
+	private URL[] getRequestResourceURLs(HttpServletRequest request) throws MalformedURLException {
 
-		String jarResourcePath = "META-INF" + localResourcePath;
-
-		URL resource;
-
-		resource = getServletContext().getResource(localResourcePath);
-		if (resource == null) {
-			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				log.debug("Searching classpath for resource: " + jarResourcePath);
-			}
-			resource = ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader().getResource(jarResourcePath);
+		String rawResourcePath = request.getPathInfo();
+		String appendedPaths = request.getParameter("appended");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(appendedPaths)) {
+			rawResourcePath = rawResourcePath + "," + appendedPaths;
 		}
-
-		return resource;
+		String[] localResourcePaths = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(rawResourcePath, ",");
+		URL[] resources = new URL[localResourcePaths.length];
+		for (int i = 0; i < localResourcePaths.length; i++) {
+			String localResourcePath = localResourcePaths[i];
+			URL resource = getServletContext().getResource(localResourcePath);
+			if (resource == null) {
+				String jarResourcePath = "META-INF" + localResourcePath;
+				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					log.debug("Searching classpath for resource: " + jarResourcePath);
+				}
+				resource = ClassUtils.getDefaultClassLoader().getResource(jarResourcePath);
+			}
+			if (resource == null) {
+				if (resources.length > 1) {
+					log.debug("Combined resource not found: " + localResourcePath);
+				}
+				return null;
+			} else {
+				resources[i] = resource;
+			}
+		}
+		return resources;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -158,4 +243,75 @@ public class ResourceServlet extends HttpServlet {
 		// HTTP 1.1 header
 		response.setHeader(HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL_HEADER, "max-age=" + seconds);
 	}
+
+	private class GZIPResponseStream extends ServletOutputStream {
+
+		private ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = null;
+
+		private GZIPOutputStream gzipStream = null;
+
+		private boolean closed = false;
+
+		private HttpServletResponse response = null;
+
+		private ServletOutputStream servletStream = null;
+
+		public GZIPResponseStream(HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
+			super();
+			closed = false;
+			this.response = response;
+			this.servletStream = response.getOutputStream();
+			byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			gzipStream = new GZIPOutputStream(byteStream);
+		}
+
+		public void close() throws IOException {
+			if (closed) {
+				throw new IOException("This output stream has already been closed");
+			}
+			gzipStream.finish();
+
+			byte[] bytes = byteStream.toByteArray();
+
+			response.setContentLength(bytes.length);
+			response.addHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+			servletStream.write(bytes);
+			servletStream.flush();
+			servletStream.close();
+			closed = true;
+		}
+
+		public void flush() throws IOException {
+			if (closed) {
+				throw new IOException("Cannot flush a closed output stream");
+			}
+			gzipStream.flush();
+		}
+
+		public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+			if (closed) {
+				throw new IOException("Cannot write to a closed output stream");
+			}
+			gzipStream.write((byte) b);
+		}
+
+		public void write(byte b[]) throws IOException {
+			write(b, 0, b.length);
+		}
+
+		public void write(byte b[], int off, int len) throws IOException {
+			if (closed) {
+				throw new IOException("Cannot write to a closed output stream");
+			}
+			gzipStream.write(b, off, len);
+		}
+
+		public boolean closed() {
+			return (this.closed);
+		}
+
+		public void reset() {
+			// noop
+		}
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/faces-config.xml b/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/faces-config.xml
index 352e1e4d..d21b45af 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/faces-config.xml
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/faces-config.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
   		<component-type>spring.faces.DojoIncludeStyles</component-type>
   		<component-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.DynamicComponent</component-class>
   	</component>
+	
+	<component>
+		<component-type>spring.faces.ResourceGroup</component-type>
+		<component-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.DynamicComponent</component-class>
+	</component>
+	
+	<component>
+  		<component-type>spring.faces.Resource</component-type>
+  		<component-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.DynamicComponent</component-class>
+  	</component>
   	
 	<component>
     	<component-type>spring.faces.DojoClientTextValidator</component-type>
@@ -131,6 +141,18 @@
 			<renderer-type>spring.faces.DojoStyleRenderer</renderer-type>
 			<renderer-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.DojoStyleRenderer</renderer-class>
 		</renderer>
+		
+		<renderer>
+			<component-family>spring.faces.DynamicComponent</component-family>
+			<renderer-type>spring.faces.ResourceGroupRenderer</renderer-type>
+			<renderer-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.ResourceGroupRenderer</renderer-class>
+		</renderer>
+		
+		<renderer>
+			<component-family>spring.faces.DynamicComponent</component-family>
+			<renderer-type>spring.faces.ResourceRenderer</renderer-type>
+			<renderer-class>org.springframework.faces.ui.ResourceRenderer</renderer-class>
+		</renderer>
 	</render-kit>
 
 </faces-config>
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springfaces.taglib.xml b/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springfaces.taglib.xml
index 9a23a9c2..cc28afe7 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springfaces.taglib.xml
+++ b/spring-faces/src/main/resources/META-INF/springfaces.taglib.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@
 			<renderer-type>spring.faces.DojoStyleRenderer</renderer-type>
 		</component>
 	</tag>
+	<tag>
+		<tag-name>resourceGroup</tag-name>
+		<component>
+			<component-type>spring.faces.ResourceGroup</component-type>
+			<renderer-type>spring.faces.ResourceGroupRenderer</renderer-type>
+		</component>
+	</tag>
+	<tag>
+		<tag-name>resource</tag-name>
+		<component>
+			<component-type>spring.faces.Resource</component-type>
+			<renderer-type>spring.faces.ResourceRenderer</renderer-type>
+		</component>
+	</tag>
 	<tag>
 		<tag-name>commandButton</tag-name>
 		<component>
diff --git a/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java
index f150083e..521fce5b 100644
--- a/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java
+++ b/spring-faces/src/test/java/org/springframework/faces/ui/resource/ResourceServletTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package org.springframework.faces.ui.resource;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import javax.servlet.ServletConfig;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
 
@@ -31,6 +34,20 @@ public class ResourceServletTests extends TestCase {
 		String requestPath = "/dojo/dojo.js";
 		request.setPathInfo(requestPath);
 		servlet.doGet(request, response);
+
+		assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
+	}
+
+	public final void testExecute_CombinedResources() throws Exception {
+
+		String requestPath = "/dojo/dojo.js";
+		request.setPathInfo(requestPath);
+		Map params = new HashMap();
+		params.put("appended", "/dijit/dijit.js,/dijit/Dialog.js");
+		request.setParameters(params);
+		servlet.doGet(request, response);
+
+		assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
 	}
 
 	public final void testExecute_ResourceNotFound() throws Exception {