diff --git a/bash_it.sh b/bash_it.sh
index 70082205..6e87100d 100755
--- a/bash_it.sh
+++ b/bash_it.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ done
 source "${BASH_IT}/themes/colors.theme.bash"
 # shellcheck source=./themes/githelpers.theme.bash
 source "${BASH_IT}/themes/githelpers.theme.bash"
+# shellcheck source=./themes/p4helpers.theme.bash
+source "${BASH_IT}/themes/p4helpers.theme.bash"
 # shellcheck source=./themes/base.theme.bash
 source "${BASH_IT}/themes/base.theme.bash"
 
diff --git a/themes/base.theme.bash b/themes/base.theme.bash
index a18c3729..fda845de 100644
--- a/themes/base.theme.bash
+++ b/themes/base.theme.bash
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ SCM_GIT_STAGED_CHAR="S:"
 SCM_GIT_STASH_CHAR_PREFIX="{"
 SCM_GIT_STASH_CHAR_SUFFIX="}"
 
+SCM_P4='p4'
+SCM_P4_CHAR='⌛'
+SCM_P4_CHANGES_CHAR='C:'
+SCM_P4_DEFAULT_CHAR='D:'
+SCM_P4_OPENED_CHAR='O:'
+
 SCM_HG='hg'
 SCM_HG_CHAR='☿'
 
@@ -71,6 +77,7 @@ function scm {
   if [[ "$SCM_CHECK" = false ]]; then SCM=$SCM_NONE
   elif [[ -f .git/HEAD ]]; then SCM=$SCM_GIT
   elif which git &> /dev/null && [[ -n "$(git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree 2> /dev/null)" ]]; then SCM=$SCM_GIT
+  elif which p4 &> /dev/null && [[ -n "$(p4 set P4CLIENT 2> /dev/null)" ]]; then SCM=$SCM_P4
   elif [[ -d .hg ]]; then SCM=$SCM_HG
   elif which hg &> /dev/null && [[ -n "$(hg root 2> /dev/null)" ]]; then SCM=$SCM_HG
   elif [[ -d .svn ]]; then SCM=$SCM_SVN
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ function scm {
 function scm_prompt_char {
   if [[ -z $SCM ]]; then scm; fi
   if [[ $SCM == $SCM_GIT ]]; then SCM_CHAR=$SCM_GIT_CHAR
+  elif [[ $SCM == $SCM_P4 ]]; then SCM_CHAR=$SCM_P4_CHAR
   elif [[ $SCM == $SCM_HG ]]; then SCM_CHAR=$SCM_HG_CHAR
   elif [[ $SCM == $SCM_SVN ]]; then SCM_CHAR=$SCM_SVN_CHAR
   else SCM_CHAR=$SCM_NONE_CHAR
@@ -93,6 +101,7 @@ function scm_prompt_vars {
   SCM_DIRTY=0
   SCM_STATE=''
   [[ $SCM == $SCM_GIT ]] && git_prompt_vars && return
+  [[ $SCM == $SCM_P4 ]] && p4_prompt_vars && return
   [[ $SCM == $SCM_HG ]] && hg_prompt_vars && return
   [[ $SCM == $SCM_SVN ]] && svn_prompt_vars && return
 }
@@ -125,6 +134,7 @@ function scm_prompt_info_common {
   fi
 
   # TODO: consider adding minimal status information for hg and svn
+  [[ ${SCM} == ${SCM_P4} ]] && p4_prompt_info && return
   [[ ${SCM} == ${SCM_HG} ]] && hg_prompt_info && return
   [[ ${SCM} == ${SCM_SVN} ]] && svn_prompt_info && return
 }
@@ -193,6 +203,26 @@ function git_prompt_vars {
   SCM_CHANGE=$(_git-short-sha 2>/dev/null || echo "")
 }
 
+function p4_prompt_vars {
+  IFS=$'\t' read -r \
+     opened_count non_default_changes default_count \
+     add_file_count edit_file_count delete_file_count \
+     <<< "$(_p4-opened-counts)"
+  if [[ "${opened_count}" -gt 0 ]]; then
+    SCM_DIRTY=1
+    SCM_STATE=${SCM_THEME_PROMPT_DIRTY}
+    [[ "${opened_count}" -gt 0 ]] && SCM_BRANCH+=" ${SCM_P4_OPENED_CHAR}${opened_count}"
+    [[ "${non_default_changes}" -gt 0 ]] && SCM_BRANCH+=" ${SCM_P4_CHANGES_CHAR}${non_default_changes}"
+    [[ "${default_count}" -gt 0 ]] && SCM_BRANCH+=" ${SCM_P4_DEFAULT_CHAR}${default_count}"
+  else
+    SCM_DIRTY=0
+    SCM_STATE=${SCM_THEME_PROMPT_DIRTY}
+  fi
+
+  SCM_PREFIX=${P4_THEME_PROMPT_PREFIX:-$SCM_THEME_PROMPT_PREFIX}
+  SCM_SUFFIX=${P4_THEME_PROMPT_SUFFIX:-$SCM_THEME_PROMPT_SUFFIX}
+}
+
 function svn_prompt_vars {
   if [[ -n $(svn status 2> /dev/null) ]]; then
     SCM_DIRTY=1
@@ -363,6 +393,11 @@ function git_prompt_info {
   echo -e "${SCM_PREFIX}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}${SCM_SUFFIX}"
 }
 
+function p4_prompt_info() {
+  p4_prompt_vars
+  echo -e "${SCM_PREFIX}${SCM_BRANCH}:${SCM_CHANGE}${SCM_STATE}${SCM_SUFFIX}"
+}
+
 function svn_prompt_info {
   svn_prompt_vars
   echo -e "${SCM_PREFIX}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}${SCM_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/themes/p4helpers.theme.bash b/themes/p4helpers.theme.bash
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27a777ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/p4helpers.theme.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+function _p4-opened {
+  timeout 2.0s p4 opened -s 2> /dev/null
+}
+
+function _p4-opened-counts {
+  # Return the following counts seperated by tabs:
+  #  - count of opened files
+  #  - count of pending changesets (other than defaults)
+  #  - count of files in the default changeset
+  #  - count of opened files in add mode
+  #  - count of opened files in edit mode
+  #  - count of opened files in delete mode
+  _p4-opened | awk '
+  BEGIN {
+    opened=0;
+    type_array["edit"]=0;
+    type_array["add"]=0;
+    type_array["delete"]=0;
+    change_array["change"]=0;
+  }
+  {
+    # p4 opened prints one file per line, and all lines begin with "//"
+    # Here is an examples:
+    #
+    #   $ p4 opened
+    #   //depot/some/file.py#4 - edit change 716431 (text)
+    #   //depot/another/file.py - edit default change (text)
+    #   //now/add/a/newfile.sh -  add change 435645 (text+k)
+    #
+    #
+    if ($1 ~ /^\/\//) {
+        opened += 1
+        change_array[$5] += 1
+        type_array[$3] += 1
+    }
+  }
+  END {
+    default_changes=change_array["change"];
+    non_default_changes=length(change_array) - 1;
+    print opened "\t" non_default_changes "\t" default_changes "\t" type_array["add"] "\t" type_array["edit"] "\t" type_array["delete"]
+  }
+'
+}
diff --git a/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash b/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
index c352a87a..ade246e9 100644
--- a/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
+++ b/themes/powerline/powerline.base.bash
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ function __powerline_scm_prompt {
     fi
     if [[ "${SCM_GIT_CHAR}" == "${SCM_CHAR}" ]]; then
       scm_prompt+="${SCM_CHAR}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}"
+    elif [[ "${SCM_P4_CHAR}" == "${SCM_CHAR}" ]]; then
+      scm_prompt+="${SCM_CHAR}${SCM_BRANCH}${SCM_STATE}"
     fi
     echo "${scm_prompt}${scm}|${color}"
   fi