diff --git a/Parser.js b/Parser.js
index 4fec946ee..0f18fe4bc 100644
--- a/Parser.js
+++ b/Parser.js
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@ var sizeFuncs = [
     "\\large", "\\Large", "\\LARGE", "\\huge", "\\Huge"
 ];
 
+// A list of the style-changing functions, for use in parseImplicitGroup
+var styleFuncs = [
+    "\\displaystyle", "\\textstyle", "\\scriptstyle", "\\scriptscriptstyle"
+];
+
 // Parses an implicit group, which is a group that starts at the end of a
 // specified, and ends right before a higher explicit group ends, or at EOL. It
 // is used for functions that appear to affect the current style, like \Large or
@@ -259,7 +264,9 @@ Parser.prototype.parseImplicitGroup = function(pos, mode) {
         return this.parseFunction(pos, mode);
     }
 
-    if (start.result.result === "\\left") {
+    var func = start.result.result;
+
+    if (func === "\\left") {
         // If we see a left:
         // Parse the entire left function (including the delimiter)
         var left = this.parseFunction(pos, mode);
@@ -282,17 +289,28 @@ Parser.prototype.parseImplicitGroup = function(pos, mode) {
         } else {
             throw new ParseError("Missing \\right", this.lexer, body.position);
         }
-    } else if (start.result.result === "\\right") {
+    } else if (func === "\\right") {
         // If we see a right, explicitly fail the parsing here so the \left
         // handling ends the group
         return null;
-    } else if (utils.contains(sizeFuncs, start.result.result)) {
+    } else if (utils.contains(sizeFuncs, func)) {
         // If we see a sizing function, parse out the implict body
         var body = this.handleExpressionBody(start.result.position, mode);
         return new ParseResult(
             new ParseNode("sizing", {
                 // Figure out what size to use based on the list of functions above
-                size: "size" + (utils.indexOf(sizeFuncs, start.result.result) + 1),
+                size: "size" + (utils.indexOf(sizeFuncs, func) + 1),
+                value: body.body
+            }, mode),
+            body.position);
+    } else if (utils.contains(styleFuncs, func)) {
+        // If we see a styling function, parse out the implict body
+        var body = this.handleExpressionBody(start.result.position, mode);
+        return new ParseResult(
+            new ParseNode("styling", {
+                // Figure out what style to use by pulling out the style from
+                // the function name
+                style: func.slice(1, func.length - 5),
                 value: body.body
             }, mode),
             body.position);
diff --git a/buildTree.js b/buildTree.js
index d90f4c8e5..3a5f5d2db 100644
--- a/buildTree.js
+++ b/buildTree.js
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ var getTypeOfGroup = function(group) {
         return getTypeOfGroup(group.value.value);
     } else if (group.type === "sizing") {
         return getTypeOfGroup(group.value.value);
+    } else if (group.type === "styling") {
+        return getTypeOfGroup(group.value.value);
     } else if (group.type === "delimsizing") {
         return groupToType[group.value.delimType];
     } else {
@@ -547,6 +549,22 @@ var groupTypes = {
         return span;
     },
 
+    styling: function(group, options, prev) {
+        var style = {
+            "display": Style.DISPLAY,
+            "text": Style.TEXT,
+            "script": Style.SCRIPT,
+            "scriptscript": Style.SCRIPTSCRIPT
+        };
+
+        var newStyle = style[group.value.style];
+
+        var inner = buildExpression(
+            group.value.value, options.withStyle(newStyle), prev);
+
+        return makeSpan([options.style.reset(), newStyle.cls()], inner);
+    },
+
     delimsizing: function(group, options, prev) {
         var delim = group.value.value;
 
diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index 20da6f9eb..0d6e8cac9 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ var duplicatedFunctions = [
         }
     },
 
-    // Sizing functions
+    // Sizing functions (handled in Parser.js explicitly, hence no handler)
     {
         funcs: [
             "\\tiny", "\\scriptsize", "\\footnotesize", "\\small",
@@ -319,6 +319,18 @@ var duplicatedFunctions = [
         data: {
             numArgs: 0
         }
+    },
+
+    // Style changing functions (handled in Parser.js explicitly, hence no
+    // handler)
+    {
+        funcs: [
+            "\\displaystyle", "\\textstyle", "\\scriptstyle",
+            "\\scriptscriptstyle"
+        ],
+        data: {
+            numArgs: 0
+        }
     }
 ];
 
diff --git a/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/firefox-1.png b/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/firefox-1.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c1965e8c
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/firefox-1.png differ
diff --git a/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/record.json b/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/record.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cae6ac65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/huxley/DisplayStyle.hux/record.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[
+  {
+    "action": "screenshot"
+  }
+]
diff --git a/test/huxley/Huxleyfile.json b/test/huxley/Huxleyfile.json
index 1d7c0a880..8b8f01337 100644
--- a/test/huxley/Huxleyfile.json
+++ b/test/huxley/Huxleyfile.json
@@ -159,5 +159,11 @@
         "name": "Sqrt",
         "screenSize": [1024, 768],
         "url": "http://localhost:7936/test/huxley/test.html?m=\\sqrt{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{x}}}_{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{x}}}^{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{x}}}^{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{\\sqrt{x}}}}}"
+    },
+
+    {
+        "name": "DisplayStyle",
+        "screenSize": [1024, 768],
+        "url": "http://localhost:7936/test/huxley/test.html?m={\\displaystyle\\sqrt{x}}{\\sqrt{x}}{\\displaystyle \\frac12}{\\frac12}{\\displaystyle x^1_2}{x^1_2}"
     }
 ]
diff --git a/test/katex-tests.js b/test/katex-tests.js
index 7d8900984..4c0d4fc9e 100644
--- a/test/katex-tests.js
+++ b/test/katex-tests.js
@@ -916,3 +916,36 @@ describe("A TeX-compliant parser", function() {
         }
     });
 });
+
+describe("A style change parser", function() {
+    it("should not fail", function() {
+        expect("\\displaystyle x").toParse();
+        expect("\\textstyle x").toParse();
+        expect("\\scriptstyle x").toParse();
+        expect("\\scriptscriptstyle x").toParse();
+    });
+
+    it("should produce the correct style", function() {
+        var displayParse = parseTree("\\displaystyle x")[0];
+        expect(displayParse.value.style).toMatch("display");
+
+        var scriptscriptParse = parseTree("\\scriptscriptstyle x")[0];
+        expect(scriptscriptParse.value.style).toMatch("scriptscript");
+    });
+
+    it("should only change the style within its group", function() {
+        var text = "a b { c d \\displaystyle e f } g h";
+        expect(text).toParse();
+
+        var parse = parseTree(text);
+
+        var displayNode = parse[2].value[2];
+
+        expect(displayNode.type).toMatch("styling");
+
+        var displayBody = displayNode.value.value;
+
+        expect(displayBody.length).toEqual(2);
+        expect(displayBody[0].value).toMatch("e");
+    });
+});