diff --git a/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc b/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
index 45ed976..e9938cb 100644
--- a/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
+++ b/plugins/views_plugin_style_table.inc
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class views_plugin_style_table extends views_plugin_style {
     $options = parent::option_definition();
 
     $options['columns'] = array('default' => array());
+    $options['class'] = array('default' => array());
     $options['default'] = array('default' => '');
     $options['info'] = array('default' => array());
     $options['override'] = array('default' => TRUE, 'bool' => TRUE);
@@ -196,6 +197,14 @@ class views_plugin_style_table extends views_plugin_style {
       '#maxlength' => 255,
     );
 
+    $form['class'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'textfield',
+      '#title' => t('Table class'),
+      '#description' => t('The CSS class names will be added to the table. You may define multiple classes separated by spaces.'),
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['class'],
+      '#maxlength' => 255,
+    );
+
     // Note: views UI registers this theme handler on our behalf. Your module
     // will have to register your theme handlers if you do stuff like this.
     $form['#theme'] = 'views_ui_style_plugin_table';
diff --git a/theme/theme.inc b/theme/theme.inc
index e7f7a15..b8527f0 100644
--- a/theme/theme.inc
+++ b/theme/theme.inc
@@ -466,10 +466,25 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
   $vars['rows'] = array();
   $vars['field_classes'] = array();
   $vars['header'] = array();
+  $vars['classes_array'] = array();
 
   $options  = $view->style_plugin->options;
   $handler  = $view->style_plugin;
 
+  if (!empty($handler->options['class'])) {
+    $class = explode(' ', $handler->options['class']);
+    $class = array_map('views_clean_css_identifier', $class);
+
+    if (!empty($class)) {
+      // Trim empty class entries
+      foreach ($class as $key => $c) {
+        if (!empty($c)) {
+          $vars['classes_array'][] = $c;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   $default_row_class = isset($options['default_row_class']) ? $options['default_row_class'] : TRUE;
   $row_class_special = isset($options['row_class_special']) ? $options['row_class_special'] : TRUE;
 
@@ -634,7 +649,7 @@ function template_preprocess_views_view_table(&$vars) {
     $vars['row_classes'][count($vars['row_classes']) - 1][] = 'views-row-last';
   }
 
-  $vars['classes_array'] = array('views-table');
+  $vars['classes_array'][] = 'views-table';
   if (empty($vars['rows']) && !empty($options['empty_table'])) {
     $vars['rows'][0][0] = $view->display_handler->render_area('empty');
     // Calculate the amounts of rows with output.