diff --git a/src/endpoints/contacts.js b/src/endpoints/contacts.js
index 96fa1df..8dc376e 100644
--- a/src/endpoints/contacts.js
+++ b/src/endpoints/contacts.js
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ class Contacts {
       .then(response => responseHandler(response))
       .catch(error => errorHandler(error))
   }
+
+  createContact(properties) {
+
+    let mappedProperties = Object.keys(properties).map((property) => ({
+	     property: property,
+       value: properties[property],
+    }))
+
+    return this.api.post('contacts/v1/contact', {properties: [ ...mappedProperties ]})
+      .then(response => responseHandler(response))
+      .catch(error => errorHandler(error))
+  }
 }
 
 export default Contacts
diff --git a/src/helpers/request.js b/src/helpers/request.js
index 5ec8e18..9de7570 100644
--- a/src/helpers/request.js
+++ b/src/helpers/request.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ class Request {
   }
 
   // TODO
-  post() {
-
+  post(endPoint, params = {}) {
+    return this.apiInstance.post(`${endPoint}?hapikey=${this.apiKey}`, this.normalizeParams(params))
   }
 
   // TODO
diff --git a/test/config.js b/test/config.js
index 542d05a..18bc751 100644
--- a/test/config.js
+++ b/test/config.js
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
  */
 module.exports = {
   apiKey: 'demo',
+  credentials: {
+    username: 'testapi@hubspot.com',
+    password: 'HubSpot',
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/contacts.js b/test/contacts.js
index 22ef893..fffd39b 100644
--- a/test/contacts.js
+++ b/test/contacts.js
@@ -22,4 +22,32 @@ describe('Contacts', () => {
         .catch(error => done(error))
     })
   })
+
+  describe('Create a contact', () => {
+
+    let newContact = {
+      email: Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,11) + '@domain.com',
+      firstname: 'James',
+      lastname: 'Bond',
+      website: 'http://www.mycompany.com',
+      company: 'My Company',
+    }
+
+    it('Should return the details of the new contact record', done => {
+
+      api.contacts.createContact(newContact)
+        .then(response => {
+          expect(response.status).to.equal(200)
+          expect(response.data).to.be.a('object')
+          expect(response.data.properties).to.be.a('object')
+          expect(response.data.properties.email.value).to.be.equal(newContact.email)
+          expect(response.data.properties.firstname.value).to.be.equal(newContact.firstname)
+          expect(response.data.properties.lastname.value).to.be.equal(newContact.lastname)
+          expect(response.data.properties.website.value).to.be.equal(newContact.website)
+          expect(response.data.properties.company.value).to.be.equal(newContact.company)
+          done()
+        })
+        .catch(error => done(error))
+    })
+  })
 })