diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 1f4058f2de..6cbbfd4fd0 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var browserifyTask = require('./grunt/tasks/browserify');
 var populistTask = require('./grunt/tasks/populist');
 var webdriverPhantomJSTask = require('./grunt/tasks/webdriver-phantomjs');
 var webdriverJasmineTasks = require('./grunt/tasks/webdriver-jasmine');
+var sauceTunnelTask = require('./grunt/tasks/sauce-tunnel');
 var npmTask = require('./grunt/tasks/npm');
 var releaseTasks = require('./grunt/tasks/release');
 
@@ -46,6 +47,8 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
   grunt.registerMultiTask('populist', populistTask);
 
+  grunt.registerTask('sauce-tunnel', sauceTunnelTask);
+
   grunt.registerMultiTask('webdriver-jasmine', webdriverJasmineTasks);
 
   grunt.registerMultiTask('npm', npmTask);
diff --git a/grunt/tasks/sauce-tunnel.js b/grunt/tasks/sauce-tunnel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc3de1164a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grunt/tasks/sauce-tunnel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+var grunt = require('grunt');
+var SauceTunnel = require('sauce-tunnel');
+
+module.exports = function(){
+  var task = this;
+  var config = task.data;
+  var shouldStayAliveForever = task.flags.keepalive;
+
+  var SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY = process.env.SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY;
+  if (!SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY) grunt.fatal('Requires the environment variable SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY to be set');
+
+  var SAUCE_USERNAME = process.env.SAUCE_USERNAME;
+  if (!SAUCE_USERNAME) grunt.fatal('Requires the environment variable SAUCE_USERNAME to be set');
+
+  var taskCompletedSuccessfully = task.async();
+
+  var stunnel = new SauceTunnel(SAUCE_USERNAME, SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY, /*identifier*/null, /*tunneled*/true, /*tunnelTimeout*/10e3);
+  process.on('exit', stunnel.stop.bind(stunnel, function(){}));
+
+  stunnel.on('log:error', grunt.log.error.bind(grunt.log));
+  stunnel.on('log:writeln', grunt.log.writeln.bind(grunt.log));
+
+  stunnel.on('verbose:ok', grunt.verbose.ok.bind(grunt.verbose));
+  stunnel.on('verbose:error', grunt.verbose.error.bind(grunt.verbose));
+  stunnel.on('verbose:debug', grunt.verbose.debug.bind(grunt.verbose));
+  stunnel.on('verbose:writeln', grunt.verbose.writeln.bind(grunt.verbose));
+
+  stunnel.openTunnel(function(isOpen){
+    if (shouldStayAliveForever && isOpen){
+      grunt.verbose.writeln('Keeping the sauce-tunnel open forever because you used the keepalive flag `' + task.name + '`');
+      return;
+    }
+    grunt.verbose.writeln('To keep the sauce-tunnel open forever, use the grunt task `' + task.name + ':keepalive`');
+    taskCompletedSuccessfully(isOpen);
+  });
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb21489676..3788776cae 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@
     "jasmine-tapreporter": "~0.2.2",
     "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.5.0",
     "es5-shim": "~2.1.0",
-    "wd": "~0.2.2"
+    "wd": "~0.2.2",
+    "sauce-tunnel": "~1.1.0"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10.0"