diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch/Endpoints/Indices/Recovery.php b/src/Elasticsearch/Endpoints/Indices/Recovery.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64a7348a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch/Endpoints/Indices/Recovery.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * User: zach
+ * Date: 3/24/14
+ * Time: 4:59 PM
+ */
+
+namespace Elasticsearch\Endpoints\Indices;
+
+use Elasticsearch\Endpoints\AbstractEndpoint;
+use Elasticsearch\Common\Exceptions;
+
+/**
+ * Class Recovery
+ *
+ * @category Elasticsearch
+ * @package Elasticsearch\Endpoints\Indices
+ * @author   Zachary Tong <zachary.tong@elasticsearch.com>
+ * @license  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Apache2
+ * @link     http://elasticsearch.org
+ */
+
+class Recovery extends AbstractEndpoint
+{
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getURI()
+    {
+        $index = $this->index;
+        $uri   = "/_recovery";
+
+        if (isset($index) === true) {
+            $uri = "/$index/_recovery";
+        }
+
+        return $uri;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    protected function getParamWhitelist()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'detailed',
+            'active_only',
+            'human'
+        );
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * @return string
+     */
+    protected function getMethod()
+    {
+        return 'GET';
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php b/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
index 43b8a7a2f..74dd69af5 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch/Namespaces/IndicesNamespace.php
@@ -398,6 +398,31 @@ public function refresh($params = array())
         return $response['data'];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * $params['index']       = (list) A comma-separated list of index names; use `_all` or empty string for all indices
+     *        ['detailed']    = (bool) Whether to display detailed information about shard recovery
+     *        ['active_only'] = (bool) Display only those recoveries that are currently on-going
+     *        ['human']       = (bool) Whether to return time and byte values in human-readable format.
+     *
+     * @param $params array Associative array of parameters
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function recovery($params = array())
+    {
+        $index = $this->extractArgument($params, 'index');
+
+        /** @var callback $endpointBuilder */
+        $endpointBuilder = $this->dicEndpoints;
+
+        /** @var \Elasticsearch\Endpoints\Indices\Flush $endpoint */
+        $endpoint = $endpointBuilder('Indices\Recovery');
+        $endpoint->setIndex($index);
+        $endpoint->setParams($params);
+        $response = $endpoint->performRequest();
+        return $response['data'];
+    }
+
 
     /**
      * $params['index']              = (list) A comma-separated list of index names; use `_all` to check the types across all indices (Required)