diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0978889..47744c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 A simple publish/subscribe pattern
 
 - Plain old vanilla JS
-- Just 0.6kb gzipped
+- Just 1kb gzipped
 
 ## Installation
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ const event = new Event()
 publishClick({ event })
 
 event.subscribe('global.click', ({ target }) => {
-  console.log('Somebody clicked', target)
+  console.log('Somebody clicked on', target)
 })
 ```
 
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ event.subscribe('global.escape', () => {
 })
 ```
 
+#### Swipe
+
+```js
+import Event, { publishSwipe } from 'core-events'
+
+const event = new Event()
+
+publishSwipe({ event, sensitivity: { x: 10, y: 50 } })
+
+event.subscribe('global.swipe', ({ direction, target }) => {
+  console.log(`Somebody swiped ${direction} on`, target)
+})
+```
+
 ## Browser support
 
 Core Events is packaged with Babel, and
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index d2ac97e..8a9e83a 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { publishClick, publishEscape } from './publish'
+import { publishClick, publishEscape, publishSwipe } from './publish'
 
 const _ = new WeakMap()
 
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ class Event {
   }
 }
 
-export { publishClick, publishEscape }
+export { publishClick, publishEscape, publishSwipe }
 
 export default Event
diff --git a/src/publish.js b/src/publish.js
index fbe99b8..1782bb0 100644
--- a/src/publish.js
+++ b/src/publish.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { supportsPassive } from './support'
+
 const publishClick = ({ event, name = 'global.click' }) => {
   window.addEventListener('click', ({ target }) => {
     event.publish(name, { target })
@@ -12,4 +14,55 @@ const publishEscape = ({ event, name = 'global.escape' }) => {
   })
 }
 
-export { publishClick, publishEscape }
+const publishSwipe = ({
+  event,
+  name = 'global.swipe',
+  sensitivity = { x: 10, y: 10 }
+}) => {
+  let swipeStarted = false
+  let swipeTarget = null
+  let swipeStartX = null
+  let swipeStartY = null
+
+  const swipeStart = e => {
+    swipeStarted = true
+    swipeTarget = e.target
+    swipeStartX = e.screenX
+    swipeStartY = e.screenY
+  }
+
+  const swipeEnd = e => {
+    if (swipeStarted) {
+      if (Math.abs(e.screenX - swipeStartX) >= sensitivity.x) {
+        e.screenX < swipeStartX
+          ? event.publish(name, { direction: 'left', target: swipeTarget })
+          : event.publish(name, { direction: 'right', target: swipeTarget })
+      }
+
+      if (Math.abs(e.screenY - swipeStartY) >= sensitivity.y) {
+        e.screenY < swipeStartY
+          ? event.publish(name, { direction: 'up', target: swipeTarget })
+          : event.publish(name, { direction: 'down', target: swipeTarget })
+      }
+
+      swipeStarted = false
+      swipeTarget = null
+      swipeStartX = null
+      swipeStartY = null
+    }
+  }
+
+  window.addEventListener('touchstart', e => {
+    swipeStart(e.changedTouches[ 0 ])
+  }, supportsPassive ? { passive: true } : false)
+
+  window.addEventListener('touchend', e => {
+    swipeEnd(e.changedTouches[ 0 ])
+  }, supportsPassive ? { passive: true } : false)
+
+  window.addEventListener('mousedown', e => swipeStart(e))
+
+  window.addEventListener('mouseup', e => swipeEnd(e))
+}
+
+export { publishClick, publishEscape, publishSwipe }
diff --git a/src/support.js b/src/support.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aeb7866
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+let testedPassiveSupport = false
+let passive = false
+
+const testPassiveSupport = () => {
+  try {
+    const opts = Object.defineProperty({}, 'passive', {
+      get: () => {
+        passive = true
+      }
+    })
+
+    window.addEventListener('test', null, opts)
+  } catch (e) {}
+}
+
+const supportsPassive = () => {
+  if (!testedPassiveSupport) {
+    testPassiveSupport()
+    testedPassiveSupport = true
+  }
+
+  return passive
+}
+
+export { supportsPassive }