diff --git a/lib/FallbackMemberBuilder.js b/lib/FallbackMemberBuilder.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5408268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/FallbackMemberBuilder.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Handles building members (properties, methods) in a pre-ES5 environment
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz
+ *
+ *  This file is part of ease.js.
+ *
+ *  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ *  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ *  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author  Mike Gerwitz
+ * @package core
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Supertype
+ */
+var MemberBuilder = require( __dirname + '/MemberBuilder' );
+
+/**
+ * Responsible for building class members
+ */
+module.exports = exports = function FallbackMemberBuilder(
+    wrap_method, wrap_override
+)
+{
+    // permit omitting 'new' keyword
+    if ( !( this instanceof module.exports ) )
+    {
+        return new module.exports( wrap_method, wrap_override );
+    }
+
+    // invoke parent constructor
+    module.exports.prototype.constructor.call( this,
+        wrap_method, wrap_override
+    );
+};
+
+// inherit from MemberBuilder
+module.exports.prototype   = new MemberBuilder();
+module.exports.constructor = module.exports;
+
+
+/**
+ * Getters are unsupported in a pre-ES5 environment
+ *
+ * Simply throw an exception, as it clearly represents that the developer did
+ * not account for the possibility that their software may have been executed in
+ * a pre-ES5 environment.
+ */
+exports.prototype.buildGetter = function()
+{
+    throw Error( 'Getters are unsupported in this environment' );
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Setters are unsupported in a pre-ES5 environment
+ *
+ * Simply throw an exception, as it clearly represents that the developer did
+ * not account for the possibility that their software may have been executed in
+ * a pre-ES5 environment.
+ */
+exports.prototype.buildSetter = function()
+{
+    throw Error( 'Setters are unsupported in this environment' );
+};
diff --git a/test/FallbackMemberBuilderTest.js b/test/FallbackMemberBuilderTest.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c719177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/FallbackMemberBuilderTest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ * Tests fallback method builder (for pre-ES5 environment)
+ *
+ * Note that this test case can also be run in an ES5 environment.
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2010 Mike Gerwitz
+ *
+ *  This file is part of ease.js.
+ *
+ *  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+ *  terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
+ *  Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+ *  any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ *  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author  Mike Gerwitz
+ * @package test
+ */
+
+require( './common' ).testCase(
+{
+    setUp: function()
+    {
+        // stub factories used for testing
+        var stubFactory = this.require( 'MethodWrapperFactory' )(
+             function( func ) { return func; }
+        );
+
+        this.sut = this.require( 'FallbackMemberBuilder' )(
+            stubFactory, stubFactory
+        );
+    },
+
+
+    'Inherits from MemberBuilder': function()
+    {
+        this.assertOk( this.sut instanceof this.require( 'MemberBuilder' ),
+            'FallbackMemberBuilder should inherit from MemberBuilder'
+        );
+    },
+
+
+    /**
+     * Getters and setters are unsupported in pre-ES5 environments
+     */
+    'buildGetter() and buildSetter() methods throw exceptions': function()
+    {
+        // getter test
+        try
+        {
+            this.sut.buildGetter();
+            this.fail( 'Exception should have been called (getter)' );
+        }
+        catch ( e )
+        {
+            this.assertOk(
+                e.message.match( /unsupported/ ),
+                'Incorrect exception thrown (getter)'
+            );
+        }
+
+        // setter test
+        try
+        {
+            this.sut.buildSetter();
+            this.fail( 'Exception should have been called (getter)' );
+        }
+        catch ( e )
+        {
+            this.assertOk(
+                e.message.match( /unsupported/ ),
+                'Incorrect exception thrown (setter)'
+            );
+        }
+    },
+});
+
diff --git a/test/MemberBuilder-MethodTest.js b/test/MemberBuilder-MethodTest.js
index 228adc0..73f5117 100644
--- a/test/MemberBuilder-MethodTest.js
+++ b/test/MemberBuilder-MethodTest.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var common    = require( './common' ),
     util      = common.require( 'util' ),
 
     // stub factories used for testing
-    stubFactory= common.require( '/MethodWrapperFactory' )(
+    stubFactory = common.require( '/MethodWrapperFactory' )(
          function( func ) { return func; }
     ),