diff --git a/lib/member_builder.js b/lib/member_builder.js
index 0b50692..371f70b 100644
--- a/lib/member_builder.js
+++ b/lib/member_builder.js
@@ -43,6 +43,46 @@ exports.buildProp = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords )
 };
 
 
+/**
+ * Copies a getter to the appropriate member prototype, depending on
+ * visibility, and assigns necessary metadata from keywords
+ *
+ * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} members
+ *
+ * @param  {Object}  meta   metadata container
+ * @param  {string}  name   getter name
+ * @param  {*}       value  getter value
+ *
+ * @param  {Object.<string,boolean>}  keywords  parsed keywords
+ *
+ * @return  {undefined}
+ */
+exports.buildGetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords )
+{
+    getMemberVisibility( members, keywords ).__defineGetter__( name, value );
+};
+
+
+/**
+ * Copies a setter to the appropriate member prototype, depending on
+ * visibility, and assigns necessary metadata from keywords
+ *
+ * @param  {{public: Object, protected: Object, private: Object}} members
+ *
+ * @param  {Object}  meta   metadata container
+ * @param  {string}  name   setter name
+ * @param  {*}       value  setter value
+ *
+ * @param  {Object.<string,boolean>}  keywords  parsed keywords
+ *
+ * @return  {undefined}
+ */
+exports.buildSetter = function( members, meta, name, value, keywords )
+{
+    getMemberVisibility( members, keywords ).__defineSetter__( name, value );
+};
+
+
 /**
  * Returns member prototype to use for the requested visibility
  *
diff --git a/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js b/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4fe908c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test-member_builder-gettersetter.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/**
+ * Tests getter/setter builder
+ *
+ *  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
+ */
+
+var common    = require( './common' ),
+    assert    = require( 'assert' ),
+
+    buildGetter = common.require( 'member_builder' ).buildGetter,
+    buildSetter = common.require( 'member_builder' ).buildSetter,
+
+    // member visibility types are quoted because they are reserved keywords
+    members = {},
+    meta    = {},
+
+    // stub values
+    name  = 'foo',
+    value = function() {}
+;
+
+
+function setUp()
+{
+    // clear out the members for a fresh start
+    members  = { 'public': {}, 'protected': {}, 'private': {} };
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Partially applied function to quickly build getter from common test data
+ */
+function buildGetterSetterQuick( keywords, val )
+{
+    keywords = keywords || {};
+    val      = val || value;
+
+    setUp();
+
+    buildGetter( members, meta, name, val, keywords );
+    buildSetter( members, meta, name, val, keywords );
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * Asserts that the given property exists only in the prototype for the
+ * requested visibility
+ */
+function assertOnlyVisibility( vis, name, value, message )
+{
+    var check = [ 'public', 'protected', 'private' ],
+        i     = check.length,
+        visi  = '',
+        cmp;
+
+    // forEach not used for pre-ES5 browser support
+    while ( i-- )
+    {
+        visi = check[ i ];
+        cmp  = ( visi === vis ) ? value : undefined;
+
+        assert.deepEqual(
+            members[ visi ].__lookupGetter__( name ),
+            cmp,
+            ( message + " (0)" )
+        );
+
+        assert.deepEqual(
+            members[ visi ].__lookupSetter__( name ),
+            cmp,
+            ( message + " (1)" )
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+
+( function testRecognizesPublicProperty()
+{
+    buildGetterSetterQuick( { 'public': true } );
+
+    assertOnlyVisibility( 'public',
+        name,
+        value,
+        "Public properties are copied only to the public member prototype"
+    );
+} )();
+
+
+( function testRecognizesProtectedProperty()
+{
+    buildGetterSetterQuick( { 'protected': true } );
+
+    assertOnlyVisibility( 'protected',
+        name,
+        value,
+        "Protected properties are copied only to the protected member prototype"
+    );
+} )();
+
+
+( function testRecognizesPrivateProperty()
+{
+    buildGetterSetterQuick( { 'private': true } );
+
+    assertOnlyVisibility( 'private',
+        name,
+        value,
+        "Private properties are copied only to the private member prototype"
+    );
+} )();
+
+
+( function testCopiedIntoPublicPrototypeByDefault()
+{
+    buildGetterSetterQuick();
+
+    assertOnlyVisibility( 'public',
+        name,
+        value,
+        "Properties are copied only to the public member prototype by default"
+    );
+} )();
+
+
+( function testThrowsTypeErrorIfMultipleVisibilityKeywordsAreGiven()
+{
+    assert.throws( function()
+    {
+        buildGetterSetterQuick( {
+            'public':    true,
+            'protected': true,
+        } );
+    }, TypeError, "Cannot specify multiple visibility keywords (0)" );
+
+    assert.throws( function()
+    {
+        buildGetterSetterQuick( {
+            'public':  true,
+            'private': true,
+        } );
+    }, TypeError, "Cannot specify multiple visibility keywords (1)" );
+
+    assert.throws( function()
+    {
+        buildGetterSetterQuick( {
+            'protected': true,
+            'private':   true,
+        } );
+    }, TypeError, "Cannot specify multiple visibility keywords (2)" );
+
+} )();
+