diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index cb5a87bb9f..b126e5120b 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
 
 		<script>
 
+		var Base64={_keyStr:"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/=",encode:function(e){var t="";var n,r,i,s,o,u,a;var f=0;e=Base64._utf8_encode(e);while(f<e.length){n=e.charCodeAt(f++);r=e.charCodeAt(f++);i=e.charCodeAt(f++);s=n>>2;o=(n&3)<<4|r>>4;u=(r&15)<<2|i>>6;a=i&63;if(isNaN(r)){u=a=64}else if(isNaN(i)){a=64}t=t+this._keyStr.charAt(s)+this._keyStr.charAt(o)+this._keyStr.charAt(u)+this._keyStr.charAt(a)}return t},decode:function(e){var t="";var n,r,i;var s,o,u,a;var f=0;e=e.replace(/[^A-Za-z0-9\+\/\=]/g,"");while(f<e.length){s=this._keyStr.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));o=this._keyStr.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));u=this._keyStr.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));a=this._keyStr.indexOf(e.charAt(f++));n=s<<2|o>>4;r=(o&15)<<4|u>>2;i=(u&3)<<6|a;t=t+String.fromCharCode(n);if(u!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(r)}if(a!=64){t=t+String.fromCharCode(i)}}t=Base64._utf8_decode(t);return t},_utf8_encode:function(e){e=e.replace(/\r\n/g,"\n");var t="";for(var n=0;n<e.length;n++){var r=e.charCodeAt(n);if(r<128){t+=String.fromCharCode(r)}else if(r>127&&r<2048){t+=String.fromCharCode(r>>6|192);t+=String.fromCharCode(r&63|128)}else{t+=String.fromCharCode(r>>12|224);t+=String.fromCharCode(r>>6&63|128);t+=String.fromCharCode(r&63|128)}}return t},_utf8_decode:function(e){var t="";var n=0;var r=c1=c2=0;while(n<e.length){r=e.charCodeAt(n);if(r<128){t+=String.fromCharCode(r);n++}else if(r>191&&r<224){c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&31)<<6|c2&63);n+=2}else{c2=e.charCodeAt(n+1);c3=e.charCodeAt(n+2);t+=String.fromCharCode((r&15)<<12|(c2&63)<<6|c3&63);n+=3}}return t}};
+
 		$(document).ready(function() {
 
 			// ------------------ gist load ----------------
@@ -492,7 +494,8 @@
 				var input = editor.getValue();
 				window.localStorage.setItem(SOL_CACHE_FILE, input);
 
-				var inputIncludingImports = includeLocalImports(input);
+				var inputIncludingImports = includeLocalAndRemoteImports(input, compile);
+				if (!inputIncludingImports) return;
 				var optimize = document.querySelector('#optimize').checked;
 				
 				try {
@@ -540,21 +543,27 @@
 				onChange();
 			};
 
-			function includeLocalImports(input) {
+			var cachedRemoteFiles = {};
+			function includeLocalAndRemoteImports(input, asyncCallback, needAsync) {
 				var importRegex = /import\s[\'\"]([^\'\"]+)[\'\"];/g;
-				var imports = [];
-				var matches = [];
 				var match;
-				while ((match = importRegex.exec(input)) !== null) {
-				if (match[1] && getFiles().indexOf(fileKey(match[1])) !== -1) {
-					imports.push(match[1]);
-					matches.push(match[0]);
-				}
-				}
-				for (var i in imports) {
-					imported = includeLocalImports(window.localStorage.getItem( fileKey(imports[i]) ));
-					input = input.replace(matches[i], imported);
+				for (var runs = 0; (match = importRegex.exec(input)) !== null && runs < 100; runs++) {
+					var githubMatch = /^(https?:\/\/)?(www.)?github.com\/([^\/]*\/[^\/]*)\/(.*)/.exec(match[1]);
+					if (getFiles().indexOf(fileKey(match[1])) !== -1)
+						input = input.replace(match[0], window.localStorage.getItem( fileKey(match[1]) ));
+					else if (match[1] in cachedRemoteFiles)
+						input = input.replace(match[0], cachedRemoteFiles[match[1]]);
+					else if (githubMatch) {
+						$.getJSON('https://api.github.com/repos/' + githubMatch[3] + '/contents/' + githubMatch[4], function(result) {
+							var content = Base64.decode(result.content);
+							cachedRemoteFiles[match[1]] = content;
+							includeLocalAndRemoteImports(input.replace(match[0], content), asyncCallback, true);
+						});
+						return null;
+					}
 				}
+				if (needAsync)
+					asyncCallback(input);
 				return input;
 			}