diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes.rb b/lib/arel/nodes.rb
index c454152d0d98bc5a7737689f9d6a2a8d72fe0a43..db2f22750ae1a26256dad2ce9efc07551e3e67c2 100644
--- a/lib/arel/nodes.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 require 'arel/nodes/count'
 require 'arel/nodes/values'
 require 'arel/nodes/offset'
+require 'arel/nodes/limit'
+require 'arel/nodes/top'
 require 'arel/nodes/sum'
 require 'arel/nodes/exists'
 require 'arel/nodes/max'
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/limit.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/limit.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..68ea95daf50ebfa3d185a723c55f68af5650650d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/limit.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class Limit < Arel::Nodes::Unary
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/select_core.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/select_core.rb
index acc6bb9815d8cd9621208ed518601708d11af06e..501a2aaf7c0ea20cbc9e5bf4f91bd58017ef569c 100644
--- a/lib/arel/nodes/select_core.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/select_core.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 module Arel
   module Nodes
     class SelectCore < Arel::Nodes::Node
-      attr_accessor :froms, :projections, :wheres, :groups
+      attr_accessor :top, :froms, :projections, :wheres, :groups
       attr_accessor :having
 
       def initialize
+        @top         = nil
         @froms       = nil
         @projections = []
         @wheres      = []
diff --git a/lib/arel/nodes/top.rb b/lib/arel/nodes/top.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56e2e97e8dd6957344eb63344306b7693b93731a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/nodes/top.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module Arel
+  module Nodes
+    class Top < Arel::Nodes::Unary
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
index 10d23378aeb4b9fb7e41a5b1c36acdaf77c8f1df..cb656d5340f6f584e02ecaed3ee8bd0eb24ef4d5 100644
--- a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def initialize engine, table = nil
     end
 
     def taken
-      @ast.limit
+      @ast.limit && @ast.limit.expr
     end
 
     def constraints
@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ def where_sql
     end
 
     def take limit
-      @ast.limit = limit
+      @ast.limit = Nodes::Limit.new(limit)
+      @ctx.top   = Nodes::Top.new(limit)
       self
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors.rb b/lib/arel/visitors.rb
index 2b0a06d5340f4c399fdf26193438830b4f0109f8..8410b2b912eaa43ff395ceaaf3fbe1d20982bccd 100644
--- a/lib/arel/visitors.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require 'arel/visitors/sqlite'
 require 'arel/visitors/postgresql'
 require 'arel/visitors/mysql'
+require 'arel/visitors/mssql'
 require 'arel/visitors/oracle'
 require 'arel/visitors/join_sql'
 require 'arel/visitors/where_sql'
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ module Visitors
       'postgresql'      => Arel::Visitors::PostgreSQL,
       'mysql'           => Arel::Visitors::MySQL,
       'mysql2'          => Arel::Visitors::MySQL,
+      'mssql'           => Arel::Visitors::MSSQL,
+      'sqlserver'       => Arel::Visitors::MSSQL,
       'oracle_enhanced' => Arel::Visitors::Oracle,
       'sqlite'          => Arel::Visitors::SQLite,
       'sqlite3'         => Arel::Visitors::SQLite,
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors/mssql.rb b/lib/arel/visitors/mssql.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9b0e77c19bc8478d32ab8df8063b6b1bfe12d820
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors/mssql.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module Arel
+  module Visitors
+    class MSSQL < Arel::Visitors::ToSql
+      private
+
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_Limit o
+        ""
+      end
+
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_Top o
+        "TOP #{visit o.expr}"
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors/mysql.rb b/lib/arel/visitors/mysql.rb
index ace8fb0979714dcdba94a2dffd3542a44244a93d..b37d76f710dd8887fd3a0949dfc8f8528f7493b6 100644
--- a/lib/arel/visitors/mysql.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors/mysql.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ def visit_Arel_Nodes_Lock o
       # :'(
       # http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/select.html#id3482214
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectStatement o
-        o.limit = 18446744073709551615 if o.offset && !o.limit
+        o.limit = Arel::Nodes::Limit.new(18446744073709551615) if o.offset && !o.limit
         super
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors/sqlite.rb b/lib/arel/visitors/sqlite.rb
index c45160851d17f67e4b778b5edca6494348d3fc2a..237ae913bbb4998e9348ac4d9a6c225b5e21c379 100644
--- a/lib/arel/visitors/sqlite.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors/sqlite.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module Visitors
     class SQLite < Arel::Visitors::ToSql
       private
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectStatement o
-        o.limit = -1 if o.offset && !o.limit
+        o.limit = Arel::Nodes::Limit.new(-1) if o.offset && !o.limit
         super
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb b/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
index a2105d704334d2d0e63ea97a9d5e7452c23d97ac..7435e4156176440bb2d681e40708741354d52656 100644
--- a/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/visitors/to_sql.rb
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectStatement o
         [
           o.cores.map { |x| visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectCore x }.join,
           ("ORDER BY #{o.orders.map { |x| visit x }.join(', ')}" unless o.orders.empty?),
-          ("LIMIT #{visit o.limit}" if o.limit),
+          (visit(o.limit) if o.limit),
           (visit(o.offset) if o.offset),
           (visit(o.lock) if o.lock),
         ].compact.join ' '
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ def visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectStatement o
 
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_SelectCore o
         [
-          "SELECT #{o.projections.map { |x| visit x }.join ', '}",
+          "SELECT",
+          (visit(o.top) if o.top),
+          "#{o.projections.map { |x| visit x }.join ', '}",
           ("FROM #{visit o.froms}" if o.froms),
           ("WHERE #{o.wheres.map { |x| visit x }.join ' AND ' }" unless o.wheres.empty?),
           ("GROUP BY #{o.groups.map { |x| visit x }.join ', ' }" unless o.groups.empty?),
@@ -100,6 +102,15 @@ def visit_Arel_Nodes_Offset o
         "OFFSET #{visit o.expr}"
       end
 
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_Limit o
+        "LIMIT #{visit o.expr}"
+      end
+
+      # FIXME: this does nothing on most databases, but does on MSSQL
+      def visit_Arel_Nodes_Top o
+        ""
+      end
+
       # FIXME: this does nothing on SQLLite3, but should do things on other
       # databases.
       def visit_Arel_Nodes_Lock o
diff --git a/test/visitors/test_mssql.rb b/test/visitors/test_mssql.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b658e46828e7ea45bd8432a39da6c2968392f44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/visitors/test_mssql.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require 'helper'
+
+module Arel
+  module Visitors
+    describe 'the mssql visitor' do
+      before do
+        @visitor = MSSQL.new Table.engine
+      end
+
+      it 'uses TOP to limit results' do
+        stmt = Nodes::SelectStatement.new
+        stmt.cores.last.top = Nodes::Top.new(1)
+        sql = @visitor.accept(stmt)
+        sql.must_be_like "SELECT TOP 1"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/visitors/test_to_sql.rb b/test/visitors/test_to_sql.rb
index e08dc89793b0eb368faec72be24c57c1d320d229..33783f7d234bd0186eba2e418e7bc581000bc23d 100644
--- a/test/visitors/test_to_sql.rb
+++ b/test/visitors/test_to_sql.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module Visitors
 
       it "should escape LIMIT" do
         sc = Arel::Nodes::SelectStatement.new
-        sc.limit = "omg"
+        sc.limit = Arel::Nodes::Limit.new("omg")
         assert_match(/LIMIT 'omg'/, @visitor.accept(sc))
       end