diff --git a/contracts/crowdsale/Crowdsale.sol b/contracts/crowdsale/Crowdsale.sol
index 242b67bf960..7e0bf0b7595 100644
--- a/contracts/crowdsale/Crowdsale.sol
+++ b/contracts/crowdsale/Crowdsale.sol
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ import "../math/SafeMath.sol";
  * Crowdsales have a start and end timestamps, where investors can make
  * token purchases and the crowdsale will assign them tokens based
  * on a token per ETH rate. Funds collected are forwarded to a wallet
- * as they arrive. The contract requires a MintableToken that will be
- * minted as contributions arrive, note that the crowdsale contract
+ * as they arrive. The contract requires a token contract which inherits
+ * the Mintable interface which provides the mint function that will be
+ * called as contributions arrive, note that the crowdsale contract
  * must be owner of the token in order to be able to mint it.
  */
 contract Crowdsale {
   using SafeMath for uint256;
 
-  // The token being sold
-  MintableToken public token;
+  // minter interface providing the tokens being sold
+  Mintable public token;
 
   // start and end timestamps where investments are allowed (both inclusive)
   uint256 public startTime;
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ contract Crowdsale {
   event TokenPurchase(address indexed purchaser, address indexed beneficiary, uint256 value, uint256 amount);
 
 
-  function Crowdsale(uint256 _startTime, uint256 _endTime, uint256 _rate, address _wallet, MintableToken _token) public {
+  function Crowdsale(uint256 _startTime, uint256 _endTime, uint256 _rate, address _wallet, Mintable _token) public {
     require(_startTime >= now);
     require(_endTime >= _startTime);
     require(_rate > 0);
diff --git a/contracts/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.sol b/contracts/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..45565ddfdd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
+
+import "../token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol";
+import "../crowdsale/Crowdsale.sol";
+import "./SimpleToken.sol";
+
+/**
+ * @title PreMintedCrowdsaleVault
+ * @dev Simple contract which acts as a vault for the pre minted tokens to be
+ * sold during crowdsale. The tokens approve function is limited to one call
+ * which makes the PreMintedCrowdsale to a capped crowdsale.
+ */
+contract PreMintedCrowdsaleVault {
+
+  SimpleToken public token;
+  PreMintedCrowdsale public crowdsale;
+
+  function PreMintedCrowdsaleVault(
+    uint256 _startTime,
+    uint256 _endTime,
+    uint256 _rate,
+    address _wallet
+  )
+    public
+  {
+    token = new SimpleToken();
+    PseudoMinter _pseudoMinter = new PseudoMinter(token, this);
+
+    crowdsale = new PreMintedCrowdsale(_startTime, _endTime, _rate, _wallet, _pseudoMinter);
+    _pseudoMinter.transferOwnership(crowdsale);
+
+    token.approve(_pseudoMinter, token.balanceOf(this));
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @title PreMintedCrowdsale
+ * @dev This is an example of a crowdsale which has had its tokens already minted
+ * in advance. By storing the spendable tokens in the PreMintedCrowdsaleVault
+ * and limiting the call to the tokens approve function, the crowdsale supports a
+ * definite hard cap.
+ */
+contract PreMintedCrowdsale is Crowdsale {
+
+  function PreMintedCrowdsale(
+    uint256 _startTime,
+    uint256 _endTime,
+    uint256 _rate,
+    address _wallet,
+    Mintable _token
+  )
+    public Crowdsale(_startTime, _endTime, _rate, _wallet, _token)
+  {
+  }
+
+  // @return true if crowdsale event has ended
+  function hasEnded() public view returns (bool) {
+    bool capReached = PseudoMinter(token).availableSupply() < rate;
+    return super.hasEnded() || capReached;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/contracts/examples/SampleCrowdsale.sol b/contracts/examples/SampleCrowdsale.sol
index a9d111f8c4b..d5241ef9e66 100644
--- a/contracts/examples/SampleCrowdsale.sol
+++ b/contracts/examples/SampleCrowdsale.sol
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ contract SampleCrowdsaleToken is MintableToken {
  */
 contract SampleCrowdsale is CappedCrowdsale, RefundableCrowdsale {
 
-  function SampleCrowdsale(uint256 _startTime, uint256 _endTime, uint256 _rate, uint256 _goal, uint256 _cap, address _wallet, MintableToken _token) public
+  function SampleCrowdsale(uint256 _startTime, uint256 _endTime, uint256 _rate, uint256 _goal, uint256 _cap, address _wallet, Mintable _token) public
     CappedCrowdsale(_cap)
     FinalizableCrowdsale()
     RefundableCrowdsale(_goal)
diff --git a/contracts/mocks/CappedCrowdsaleImpl.sol b/contracts/mocks/CappedCrowdsaleImpl.sol
index 39a3bc88ed4..31676f99814 100644
--- a/contracts/mocks/CappedCrowdsaleImpl.sol
+++ b/contracts/mocks/CappedCrowdsaleImpl.sol
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ contract CappedCrowdsaleImpl is CappedCrowdsale {
     uint256 _rate,
     address _wallet,
     uint256 _cap,
-    MintableToken _token
+    Mintable _token
   ) public
     Crowdsale(_startTime, _endTime, _rate, _wallet, _token)
     CappedCrowdsale(_cap)
diff --git a/contracts/mocks/FinalizableCrowdsaleImpl.sol b/contracts/mocks/FinalizableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
index a03a0ad3dfd..748cf416465 100644
--- a/contracts/mocks/FinalizableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
+++ b/contracts/mocks/FinalizableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ contract FinalizableCrowdsaleImpl is FinalizableCrowdsale {
     uint256 _endTime,
     uint256 _rate,
     address _wallet,
-    MintableToken _token
+    Mintable _token
   ) public
     Crowdsale(_startTime, _endTime, _rate, _wallet, _token)
   {
diff --git a/contracts/mocks/RefundableCrowdsaleImpl.sol b/contracts/mocks/RefundableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
index d1744b6de75..0efde0b3da3 100644
--- a/contracts/mocks/RefundableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
+++ b/contracts/mocks/RefundableCrowdsaleImpl.sol
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ contract RefundableCrowdsaleImpl is RefundableCrowdsale {
     uint256 _rate,
     address _wallet,
     uint256 _goal,
-    MintableToken _token
+    Mintable _token
   ) public
     Crowdsale(_startTime, _endTime, _rate, _wallet, _token)
     RefundableCrowdsale(_goal)
diff --git a/contracts/token/ERC20/Mintable.sol b/contracts/token/ERC20/Mintable.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0ff221b6ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/token/ERC20/Mintable.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
+
+
+/**
+ * @title Mintable
+ * @dev Interface for mintable token contracts
+ */
+contract Mintable {
+  function mint(address _to, uint256 _amount) public returns (bool);
+}
diff --git a/contracts/token/ERC20/MintableToken.sol b/contracts/token/ERC20/MintableToken.sol
index 21915ea15a7..21a2c862941 100644
--- a/contracts/token/ERC20/MintableToken.sol
+++ b/contracts/token/ERC20/MintableToken.sol
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
 
+import "./Mintable.sol";
 import "./StandardToken.sol";
 import "../../ownership/Ownable.sol";
 
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ import "../../ownership/Ownable.sol";
  * @dev Issue: * https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/zeppelin-solidity/issues/120
  * Based on code by TokenMarketNet: https://github.com/TokenMarketNet/ico/blob/master/contracts/MintableToken.sol
  */
-contract MintableToken is StandardToken, Ownable {
+contract MintableToken is Mintable, StandardToken, Ownable {
   event Mint(address indexed to, uint256 amount);
   event MintFinished();
 
diff --git a/contracts/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol b/contracts/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d20699a3bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contracts/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+pragma solidity ^0.4.18;
+
+import "./ERC20.sol";
+import "./Mintable.sol";
+import "../../math/SafeMath.sol";
+import "../../ownership/Ownable.sol";
+
+/**
+ * @title PseudoMinter
+ * @dev Proxy contract providing the necessary minting abbilities needed
+ * within crowdsale contracts to ERC20 token contracts with a pre minted
+ * fixed amount of tokens.
+ * PseudoMinter is initialized with the token contract and the vault contract
+ * which provides the spendable tokens. Cap is automatically set by approving
+ * to the PseudoMinter instance the chosen amount of tokens.  Be aware that
+ * this does not necessarily represent the hard cap of spendable tokens. If
+ * vault can arbitrarily call the tokens approve function, this might even
+ * be a security risk since the cap can be manipulated at will. Best practice
+ * is to design vault as a contract with limited ablity to call the tokens
+ * approve function.
+ * For an example implementation see contracts/example/PreMintedCrowdsale.sol
+ */
+contract PseudoMinter is Mintable, Ownable {
+  using SafeMath for uint256;
+
+  // The token being sold
+  ERC20 public token;
+  // address which provides tokens via token.approve(...) function
+  address public vault;
+  // amount of tokens which have been pseudo minted
+  uint256 public tokensMinted;
+
+  function PseudoMinter(ERC20 _token, address _vault) public {
+    require(address(_token) != 0x0);
+    require(_vault != 0x0);
+
+    token = _token;
+    vault = _vault;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @dev Function to pseudo mint tokens, once the approved amount is used,
+   *      cap is automatically reached.
+   * @param _to The address that will receive the minted tokens.
+   * @param _amount The amount of tokens to mint.
+   * @return A boolean that indicates if the operation was successful.
+   */
+  function mint(address _to, uint256 _amount) onlyOwner public returns (bool) {
+    tokensMinted.add(_amount);
+    token.transferFrom(vault, _to, _amount);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @dev returns amount of tokens that can be pseudo minted. Be aware that
+   * this does not necessarily represent the hard cap of spendable tokens!
+   */
+  function availableSupply() public view returns (uint256) {
+    return token.allowance(vault, this);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/crowdsale/CappedCrowdsale.test.js b/test/crowdsale/CappedCrowdsale.test.js
index 34bd423282e..69ef71b1e1d 100644
--- a/test/crowdsale/CappedCrowdsale.test.js
+++ b/test/crowdsale/CappedCrowdsale.test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ contract('CappedCrowdsale', function ([_, wallet]) {
 
   describe('creating a valid crowdsale', function () {
     it('should fail with zero cap', async function () {
-      await CappedCrowdsale.new(this.startTime, this.endTime, rate, wallet, 0).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+      await CappedCrowdsale
+        .new(this.startTime, this.endTime, rate, wallet, 0, this.token.address)
+        .should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/test/crowdsale/RefundableCrowdsale.test.js b/test/crowdsale/RefundableCrowdsale.test.js
index 63aedd2d691..d2a6530952a 100644
--- a/test/crowdsale/RefundableCrowdsale.test.js
+++ b/test/crowdsale/RefundableCrowdsale.test.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ contract('RefundableCrowdsale', function ([_, owner, wallet, investor]) {
 
   describe('creating a valid crowdsale', function () {
     it('should fail with zero goal', async function () {
-      await RefundableCrowdsale.new(this.startTime, this.endTime, rate, wallet, 0, { from: owner })
+      await RefundableCrowdsale.new(this.startTime, this.endTime, rate, wallet, 0, this.token.address, { from: owner })
         .should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.test.js b/test/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fd515acbc48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/examples/PreMintedCrowdsale.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import { advanceBlock } from '../helpers/advanceToBlock';
+import { increaseTimeTo, duration } from '../helpers/increaseTime';
+import latestTime from '../helpers/latestTime';
+import EVMRevert from '../helpers/EVMRevert';
+
+const BigNumber = web3.BigNumber;
+
+require('chai')
+  .use(require('chai-as-promised'))
+  .use(require('chai-bignumber')(BigNumber))
+  .should();
+
+const PreMintedCrowdsale = artifacts.require('PreMintedCrowdsale');
+const PreMintedCrowdsaleVault = artifacts.require('PreMintedCrowdsaleVault');
+const PseudoMinter = artifacts.require('./token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol');
+
+contract('PreMintedCrowdsale', function ([_, wallet]) {
+  const rate = new BigNumber(1000);
+  before(async function () {
+    // Advance to the next block to correctly read time in the solidity "now" function interpreted by testrpc
+    await advanceBlock();
+  });
+
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.startTime = latestTime() + duration.weeks(1);
+    this.endTime = this.startTime + duration.weeks(1);
+
+    this.vault = await PreMintedCrowdsaleVault.new(this.startTime, this.endTime, rate, wallet);
+    this.crowdsale = PreMintedCrowdsale.at(await this.vault.crowdsale());
+    this.pseudoMinter = PseudoMinter.at(await this.crowdsale.token());
+    this.tokenCap = new BigNumber(await this.pseudoMinter.availableSupply.call());
+    this.cap = this.tokenCap.div(rate);
+    this.lessThanCap = rate;
+  });
+
+  describe('accepting payments', function () {
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      await increaseTimeTo(this.startTime + duration.minutes(1));
+    });
+
+    it('should accept payments within cap', async function () {
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.cap.minus(this.lessThanCap)).should.be.fulfilled;
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.lessThanCap).should.be.fulfilled;
+    });
+
+    it('should reject payments outside cap', async function () {
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.cap);
+      await this.crowdsale.send(1).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+    });
+
+    it('should reject payments that exceed cap', async function () {
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.cap.plus(1)).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('ending', function () {
+    beforeEach(async function () {
+      await increaseTimeTo(this.startTime);
+    });
+
+    it('should not be ended if under cap', async function () {
+      let hasEnded = await this.crowdsale.hasEnded();
+      hasEnded.should.equal(false);
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.lessThanCap);
+      hasEnded = await this.crowdsale.hasEnded();
+      hasEnded.should.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should not be ended if just under cap', async function () {
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.cap.minus(1));
+      let hasEnded = await this.crowdsale.hasEnded();
+      hasEnded.should.equal(false);
+    });
+
+    it('should be ended if cap reached', async function () {
+      await this.crowdsale.send(this.cap);
+      let hasEnded = await this.crowdsale.hasEnded();
+      hasEnded.should.equal(true);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.test.js b/test/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4c2b0b1b773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import EVMRevert from '../../helpers/EVMRevert';
+
+const BigNumber = web3.BigNumber;
+
+require('chai')
+  .use(require('chai-as-promised'))
+  .use(require('chai-bignumber')(BigNumber))
+  .should();
+
+var PseudoMinter = artifacts.require('./token/ERC20/PseudoMinter.sol');
+var SimpleToken = artifacts.require('./example/SimpleToken.sol');
+
+contract('PseudoMinter', function ([owner, tokenAddress]) {
+  beforeEach(async function () {
+    this.simpleToken = await SimpleToken.new();
+    this.pseudoMinter = await PseudoMinter.new(this.simpleToken.address, owner);
+
+    this.cap = await this.simpleToken.totalSupply();
+    this.lessThanCap = 1;
+
+    await this.simpleToken.approve(this.pseudoMinter.address, this.cap);
+  });
+
+  it('should accept minting within approved cap', async function () {
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, this.cap.minus(this.lessThanCap)).should.be.fulfilled;
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, this.lessThanCap).should.be.fulfilled;
+
+    let amount = await this.simpleToken.balanceOf(tokenAddress);
+    amount.should.be.bignumber.equal(this.cap);
+  });
+
+  it('should reject minting outside approved cap', async function () {
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, this.cap).should.be.fulfilled;
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, 1).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+
+    let amount = await this.simpleToken.balanceOf(tokenAddress);
+    amount.should.be.bignumber.equal(this.cap);
+  });
+
+  it('should reject minting that exceed approved cap', async function () {
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, this.cap.plus(1)).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+
+    let amount = await this.simpleToken.balanceOf(tokenAddress);
+    amount.should.be.bignumber.equal(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should be able to change cap by calling tokens approve function', async function () {
+    await this.simpleToken.approve(this.pseudoMinter.address, 0);
+
+    let amount = await this.pseudoMinter.availableSupply.call();
+    amount.should.be.bignumber.equal(0);
+
+    await this.pseudoMinter.mint(tokenAddress, 1).should.be.rejectedWith(EVMRevert);
+  });
+});