diff --git a/jquery.touchsupport.js b/jquery.touchsupport.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88378af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jquery.touchsupport.js
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+$ = jQuery;
+(function ($) {
+
+    // Detect touch support
+    $.support.touch = 'ontouchend' in document;
+
+    // Ignore browsers without touch support
+    if (!$.support.touch) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    var mouseProto = $.ui.mouse.prototype,
+            _mouseInit = mouseProto._mouseInit,
+            _mouseDestroy = mouseProto._mouseDestroy,
+            touchHandled;
+
+    /**
+     * Simulate a mouse event based on a corresponding touch event
+     * @param {Object} event A touch event
+     * @param {String} simulatedType The corresponding mouse event
+     */
+    function simulateMouseEvent(event, simulatedType) {
+
+        // Ignore multi-touch events
+        if (event.originalEvent.touches.length > 1) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        event.preventDefault();
+
+        var touch = event.originalEvent.changedTouches[0],
+                simulatedEvent = document.createEvent('MouseEvents');
+
+        // Initialize the simulated mouse event using the touch event's coordinates
+        simulatedEvent.initMouseEvent(
+                simulatedType, // type
+                true, // bubbles                    
+                true, // cancelable                 
+                window, // view                       
+                1, // detail                     
+                touch.screenX, // screenX                    
+                touch.screenY, // screenY                    
+                touch.clientX, // clientX                    
+                touch.clientY, // clientY                    
+                false, // ctrlKey                    
+                false, // altKey                     
+                false, // shiftKey                   
+                false, // metaKey                    
+                0, // button                     
+                null              // relatedTarget              
+                );
+
+        // Dispatch the simulated event to the target element
+        event.target.dispatchEvent(simulatedEvent);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the jQuery UI widget's touchstart events
+     * @param {Object} event The widget element's touchstart event
+     */
+    mouseProto._touchStart = function (event) {
+
+        var self = this;
+
+        // Ignore the event if another widget is already being handled
+        if (touchHandled || !self._mouseCapture(event.originalEvent.changedTouches[0])) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Set the flag to prevent other widgets from inheriting the touch event
+        touchHandled = true;
+
+        // Track movement to determine if interaction was a click
+        self._touchMoved = false;
+
+        // Simulate the mouseover event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mouseover');
+
+        // Simulate the mousemove event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mousemove');
+
+        // Simulate the mousedown event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mousedown');
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the jQuery UI widget's touchmove events
+     * @param {Object} event The document's touchmove event
+     */
+    mouseProto._touchMove = function (event) {
+
+        // Ignore event if not handled
+        if (!touchHandled) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Interaction was not a click
+        this._touchMoved = true;
+
+        // Simulate the mousemove event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mousemove');
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Handle the jQuery UI widget's touchend events
+     * @param {Object} event The document's touchend event
+     */
+    mouseProto._touchEnd = function (event) {
+
+        // Ignore event if not handled
+        if (!touchHandled) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Simulate the mouseup event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mouseup');
+
+        // Simulate the mouseout event
+        simulateMouseEvent(event, 'mouseout');
+
+        // If the touch interaction did not move, it should trigger a click
+        if (!this._touchMoved) {
+
+            // Simulate the click event
+            simulateMouseEvent(event, 'click');
+        }
+
+        // Unset the flag to allow other widgets to inherit the touch event
+        touchHandled = false;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * A duck punch of the $.ui.mouse _mouseInit method to support touch events.
+     * This method extends the widget with bound touch event handlers that
+     * translate touch events to mouse events and pass them to the widget's
+     * original mouse event handling methods.
+     */
+    mouseProto._mouseInit = function () {
+
+        var self = this;
+
+        // Delegate the touch handlers to the widget's element
+        self.element.bind({
+            touchstart: $.proxy(self, '_touchStart'),
+            touchmove: $.proxy(self, '_touchMove'),
+            touchend: $.proxy(self, '_touchEnd')
+        });
+
+        // Call the original $.ui.mouse init method
+        _mouseInit.call(self);
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Remove the touch event handlers
+     */
+    mouseProto._mouseDestroy = function () {
+
+        var self = this;
+
+        // Delegate the touch handlers to the widget's element
+        self.element.unbind({
+            touchstart: $.proxy(self, '_touchStart'),
+            touchmove: $.proxy(self, '_touchMove'),
+            touchend: $.proxy(self, '_touchEnd')
+        });
+
+        // Call the original $.ui.mouse destroy method
+        _mouseDestroy.call(self);
+    };
+
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/signatureBasic.html b/signatureBasic.html
index 5502fe0..3945854 100644
--- a/signatureBasic.html
+++ b/signatureBasic.html
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.9.0/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
 <script src="jquery.signature.js"></script>
+<script src="jquery.touchsupport.js"></script>
 <script>
 $(function() {
 	$('#sig').signature();