diff --git a/hyde/ext/plugins/coffee.py b/hyde/ext/plugins/coffee.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adad40f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyde/ext/plugins/coffee.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+Coffee plugin
+"""
+
+import traceback
+
+from hyde.plugin import CLTransformer
+from hyde.fs import File
+
+class CoffeePlugin(CLTransformer):
+    """
+    The plugin class for Coffeescript
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, site):
+        super(CoffeePlugin, self).__init__(site)
+
+    @property
+    def executable_name(self):
+        return "coffee"
+
+    @property
+    def plugin_name(self):
+        """
+        The name of the plugin.
+        """
+        return "Coffee"
+
+    def begin_site(self):
+        """
+        Find all the coffee files and set their relative deploy path.
+        """
+        for resource in self.site.content.walk_resources():
+            if resource.source_file.kind == 'coffee':
+                new_name = resource.source_file.name_without_extension + ".js"
+                target_folder = File(resource.relative_deploy_path).parent
+                resource.relative_deploy_path = target_folder.child(new_name)
+
+    def text_resource_complete(self, resource, text):
+        """
+        Save the file to a temporary place and run the Coffee
+        compiler. Read the generated file and return the text as
+        output.
+        """
+
+        if not resource.source_file.kind == 'coffee':
+            return
+
+        coffee = self.app
+        source = File.make_temp(text)
+        target = File.make_temp('')
+        args = [unicode(coffee)]
+        args.extend(["-c", "-p", unicode(source)])
+        return self.call_app(args)
diff --git a/hyde/plugin.py b/hyde/plugin.py
index 66904fa..03e9eda 100644
--- a/hyde/plugin.py
+++ b/hyde/plugin.py
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class CLTransformer(Plugin):
             self.logger.debug(
                 "Calling executable [%s] with arguments %s" %
                     (args[0], unicode(args[1:])))
-            subprocess.check_output(args)
+            return subprocess.check_output(args)
         except subprocess.CalledProcessError, error:
             self.logger.error(traceback.format_exc())
             self.logger.error(error.output)