diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index cb2665a..deb8b41 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 S3method(print,R6)
 S3method(print,R6ClassGenerator)
 export(R6Class)
+export(R7Class)
diff --git a/R/r6_class.R b/R/r6_class.R
index a83018f..c92577a 100644
--- a/R/r6_class.R
+++ b/R/r6_class.R
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ listify_superclass <- function(class) {
     functions = c(get_functions(class$public),
                   get_functions(class$private)),
     active = class$active,
+    parent_env = class$parent_env,
     super = listify_superclass(class$inherit)
   )
 }
diff --git a/R/r7_class.R b/R/r7_class.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c251f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/r7_class.R
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+#' @export
+R7Class <- function(classname = NULL, public = list(),
+                    private = NULL, active = NULL,
+                    inherit = NULL, lock = TRUE, class = TRUE,
+                    parent_env = parent.frame()) {
+
+  if (!all_named(public) || !all_named(private) || !all_named(active)) {
+    stop("All elements of public, private, and active must be named.")
+  }
+  if (any(duplicated(c(names(public), names(private), names(active))))) {
+    stop("All items in public, private, and active must have unique names.")
+  }
+  if (any(c("self", "private", "super") %in%
+      c(names(public), names(private), names(active)))) {
+    stop("Items cannot use reserved names 'self', 'private', and 'super'.")
+  }
+  if ("initialize" %in% c(names(private), names(active))) {
+    stop("'initialize' is not allowed in private or active.")
+  }
+
+  if (length(get_nonfunctions(active)) != 0) {
+    stop("All items in active must be functions.")
+  }
+
+  if (!is.null(inherit)) {
+    if (!inherits(inherit, "R7ClassGenerator")) {
+      stop("`inherit` must be a R7ClassGenerator.")
+    }
+
+    # Merge the new items over the inherited ones
+    public  <- merge_vectors(inherit$public,  public)
+    private <- merge_vectors(inherit$private, private)
+    active  <- merge_vectors(inherit$active,  active)
+
+    # Do some preparation work on the superclass, so that we don't have to do
+    # it each time an object is created.
+    super <- listify_superclass(inherit)
+  } else {
+    super <- NULL
+  }
+
+  if (class) {
+    classes <- c(classname, get_superclassnames(inherit), "R7")
+  } else {
+    classes <- NULL
+  }
+
+  newfun <- R7Class_newfun(classes, public, private, active, super,
+                           lock, parent_env)
+
+  structure(
+    list(new = newfun, classname = classname, public = public,
+         private = private, active = active, inherit = inherit,
+         parent_env = parent_env, lock = lock),
+    class = "R7ClassGenerator"
+  )
+}
+
+
+# Create the $new function for a R7ClassGenerator
+R7Class_newfun <- function(classes, public, private, active, super,
+                           lock, parent_env) {
+
+  has_private <- !is.null(private)
+
+  function(...) {
+    # Create the evaluation environment
+    eval_env <- new.env(parent = parent_env, hash = FALSE)
+
+    # Create the binding environment
+    public_bind_env <- new.env(parent = emptyenv(),
+                               hash = (length(public) > 100))
+    # Add self pointer
+    eval_env$self <- public_bind_env
+
+    # Fix environment for functions
+    public <- assign_func_envs(public, eval_env)
+
+    # Copy objects to environments
+    list2env2(public, envir = public_bind_env)
+
+    # Do same for private
+    if (has_private) {
+      private_bind_env <- new.env(parent = emptyenv(),
+                                  hash = (length(private) > 100))
+      eval_env$private <- private_bind_env
+      private <- assign_func_envs(private, eval_env)
+      list2env2(private, envir = private_bind_env)
+    }
+
+    # Set up active bindings
+    if (!is.null(active)) {
+      active <- assign_func_envs(active, eval_env)
+
+      for (name in names(active)) {
+        makeActiveBinding(name, active[[name]], public_bind_env)
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!is.null(super$functions) || !is.null(super$active)) {
+      eval_env$super <- create_r7_super_env(super, public_bind_env, private_bind_env)
+    }
+
+    if (lock) {
+      if (has_private) lockEnvironment(private_bind_env)
+      lockEnvironment(public_bind_env)
+    }
+
+    # Do locking at end, after adding private and super?
+#     lockEnvironment(eval_env)
+
+    class(public_bind_env) <- classes
+
+    if (is.function(public_bind_env$initialize)) {
+      public_bind_env$initialize(...)
+    } else if (length(list(...)) != 0 ) {
+      stop("Called new() with arguments, but there is no initialize method.")
+    }
+    public_bind_env
+  }
+}
+
+# Create and populate the self$super environment
+create_r7_super_env <- function(super, public_bind_env, private_bind_env = NULL) {
+  functions <- super$functions
+  active <- super$active
+
+  super_eval_env <- new.env(parent = super$parent_env, hash = FALSE)
+  super_bind_env <- new.env(parent = emptyenv(),
+                            hash = length(functions) + length(active) > 100)
+
+  super_eval_env$self <- public_bind_env
+  if (!is.null(private_bind_env)) {
+    super_eval_env$private <- private_bind_env
+  }
+
+  # Set up functions. All the functions can be found in self$super (the binding
+  # env). Their enclosing env may or may not be self$super.
+  if (!is.null(functions)) {
+    functions <- assign_func_envs(functions, super_eval_env)
+    list2env2(functions, envir = super_bind_env)
+  }
+
+  # Set up active bindings
+  if (!is.null(active)) {
+    active <- assign_func_envs(active, super_enc_env)
+    for (name in names(active)) {
+      makeActiveBinding(name, active[[name]], super_bind_env)
+    }
+  }
+
+  # Recurse if there are more superclasses
+  if (!is.null(super$super)) {
+    super_eval_env$super <- create_r7_super_env(super$super, public_bind_env)
+  }
+
+  super_bind_env
+}