diff --git a/images/shapes.png b/images/shapes.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..357bf4e
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/shapes.png differ
diff --git a/opencv/cxtype.go b/opencv/cxtype.go
index 9fe7603..9037ef0 100644
--- a/opencv/cxtype.go
+++ b/opencv/cxtype.go
@@ -661,6 +661,24 @@ type Graph C.CvGraph
 type Chain C.CvChain
 type Contour C.CvContour
 
+type ContourType struct {
+	mode   C.int
+	method C.int
+	offset Point
+}
+
+const (
+	CV_RETR_EXTERNAL = C.CV_RETR_EXTERNAL
+	CV_RETR_LIST     = C.CV_RETR_LIST
+	CV_RETR_CCOMP    = C.CV_RETR_CCOMP
+	CV_RETR_TREE     = C.CV_RETR_TREE
+
+	CV_CHAIN_APPROX_NONE      = C.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_NONE
+	CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE    = C.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE
+	CV_CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_L1   = C.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_L1
+	CV_CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS = C.CV_CHAIN_APPROX_TC89_KCOS
+)
+
 /****************************************************************************************\
 *                                    Sequence types                                      *
 \****************************************************************************************/
diff --git a/opencv/imgproc.go b/opencv/imgproc.go
index 93b8070..83ae702 100644
--- a/opencv/imgproc.go
+++ b/opencv/imgproc.go
@@ -52,3 +52,32 @@ func Crop(src *IplImage, x, y, width, height int) *IplImage {
 
 	return dest
 }
+
+func CreateContourType() *ContourType {
+	return &ContourType{CV_RETR_EXTERNAL, CV_CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE, Point{0, 0}}
+}
+
+func (this *ContourType) FindContours(image *IplImage) []*Contour {
+	storage := C.cvCreateMemStorage(0)
+	header_size := (C.size_t)(unsafe.Sizeof(C.CvContour{}))
+	var seq *C.CvSeq
+	C.cvFindContours(
+		unsafe.Pointer(image),
+		storage,
+		&seq,
+		C.int(header_size),
+		this.mode,
+		this.method,
+		C.cvPoint(C.int(this.offset.X), C.int(this.offset.Y)))
+
+	var contours []*Contour
+	for i := 0; i < (int)(seq.total); i++ {
+		contour := (*Contour)((*_Ctype_CvContour)(unsafe.Pointer(C.cvGetSeqElem(seq, C.int(i)))))
+		contours = append(contours, contour)
+	}
+
+	storage_c := (*C.CvMemStorage)(storage)
+	C.cvReleaseMemStorage(&storage_c)
+
+	return contours
+}
diff --git a/opencv/imgproc_test.go b/opencv/imgproc_test.go
index 85ed22e..759dc06 100644
--- a/opencv/imgproc_test.go
+++ b/opencv/imgproc_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package opencv
 
 import (
+	"log"
 	"path"
 	"runtime"
 	"testing"
@@ -55,3 +56,24 @@ func TestCrop(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("excepted width is 200, returned %d\n", crop.Height())
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFindContours(t *testing.T) {
+	_, currentfile, _, _ := runtime.Caller(0)
+	filename := path.Join(path.Dir(currentfile), "../images/shapes.png")
+
+	image := LoadImage(filename)
+	if image == nil {
+		t.Fatal("LoadImage fail")
+	}
+	defer image.Release()
+
+	grayscale_image := CreateImage(image.Width(), image.Height(), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1)
+	CvtColor(image, grayscale_image, CV_BGR2GRAY)
+	defer grayscale_image.Release()
+
+	cType := CreateContourType()
+	contours := cType.FindContours(grayscale_image)
+	for i, c := range contours {
+		log.Printf("Contour[%v] = %v", i, c)
+	}
+}