diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
index 2c69c449ba..8b2d5a6c92 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/course_module.py
@@ -352,6 +352,13 @@ class CourseDescriptor(SequenceDescriptor):
         """
         return self.metadata.get('tabs')
 
+    @property
+    def pdf_textbooks(self):
+        """
+        Return the pdf_textbooks config, as a python object, or None if not specified.
+        """
+        return self.metadata.get('pdf_textbooks')
+
     @tabs.setter
     def tabs(self, value):
         self.metadata['tabs'] = value
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
index a47141b183..b31aeb6b5a 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/tabs.py
@@ -119,6 +119,16 @@ def _textbooks(tab, user, course, active_page):
                 for index, textbook in enumerate(course.textbooks)]
     return []
 
+def _pdf_textbooks(tab, user, course, active_page):
+    """
+    Generates one tab per textbook.  Only displays if user is authenticated.
+    """
+    if user.is_authenticated():
+        # since there can be more than one textbook, active_page is e.g. "book/0".
+        return [CourseTab(textbook['tab_title'], reverse('pdf_book', args=[course.id, index]),
+                          active_page == "pdftextbook/{0}".format(index))
+                for index, textbook in enumerate(course.pdf_textbooks)]
+    return []
 
 def _staff_grading(tab, user, course, active_page):
     if has_access(user, course, 'staff'):
@@ -198,6 +208,7 @@ VALID_TAB_TYPES = {
     'discussion': TabImpl(need_name, _discussion),
     'external_link': TabImpl(key_checker(['name', 'link']), _external_link),
     'textbooks': TabImpl(null_validator, _textbooks),
+    'pdf_textbooks': TabImpl(null_validator, _pdf_textbooks),
     'progress': TabImpl(need_name, _progress),
     'static_tab': TabImpl(key_checker(['name', 'url_slug']), _static_tab),
     'peer_grading': TabImpl(null_validator, _peer_grading),
diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/staticbook/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/staticbook/views.py
index 6750d151ce..24f3964713 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/staticbook/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/staticbook/views.py
@@ -30,3 +30,23 @@ def index(request, course_id, book_index, page=None):
 
 def index_shifted(request, course_id, page):
     return index(request, course_id=course_id, page=int(page) + 24)
+
+
+@login_required
+def pdf_index(request, course_id, book_index, chapter=None, page=None):
+    course = get_course_with_access(request.user, course_id, 'load')
+    staff_access = has_access(request.user, course, 'staff')
+
+    book_index = int(book_index)
+    textbook = course.pdf_textbooks[book_index]
+
+#    if page is None:
+#        page = textbook.start_page
+
+    return render_to_response('static_pdfbook.html',
+                              {'book_index': book_index, 
+                               'course': course, 
+                               'textbook': textbook,
+                               'page': page,
+                               'chapter': chapter,
+                               'staff_access': staff_access})
diff --git a/lms/templates/static_pdfbook.html b/lms/templates/static_pdfbook.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29cf00d83f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lms/templates/static_pdfbook.html
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<%inherit file="main.html" />
+<%namespace name='static' file='static_content.html'/>
+<%block name="title"><title>${course.number} Textbook</title></%block>
+
+<%block name="headextra">
+<%static:css group='course'/>
+<%static:js group='courseware'/>
+</%block>
+
+<%block name="js_extra">
+
+  <!-- Use latest PDF.js build from Github -->
+  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://raw.github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/gh-pages/build/pdf.js"></script>
+  
+  <script type="text/javascript">
+    //
+    // NOTE: 
+    // Modifying the URL below to another server will likely *NOT* work. Because of browser
+    // security restrictions, we have to use a file server with special headers
+    // (CORS) - most servers don't support cross-origin browser requests.
+    //
+    var url = "${textbook['url']}";
+
+    //
+    // Disable workers to avoid yet another cross-origin issue (workers need the URL of
+    // the script to be loaded, and currently do not allow cross-origin scripts)
+    //
+    PDFJS.disableWorker = true;
+
+    var pdfDoc = null,
+        pageNum = 1,
+        scale = 0.8,
+        canvas = document.getElementById('the-canvas'),
+        ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
+
+    //
+    // Get page info from document, resize canvas accordingly, and render page
+    //
+    function renderPage(num) {
+      // Using promise to fetch the page
+      pdfDoc.getPage(num).then(function(page) {
+        var viewport = page.getViewport(scale);
+        canvas.height = viewport.height;
+        canvas.width = viewport.width;
+
+        // Render PDF page into canvas context
+        var renderContext = {
+          canvasContext: ctx,
+          viewport: viewport
+        };
+        page.render(renderContext);
+      });
+
+      // Update page counters
+      document.getElementById('page_num').textContent = pageNum;
+      document.getElementById('page_count').textContent = pdfDoc.numPages;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Go to previous page
+    //
+    function goPrevious() {
+      if (pageNum <= 1)
+        return;
+      pageNum--;
+      renderPage(pageNum);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Go to next page
+    //
+    function goNext() {
+      if (pageNum >= pdfDoc.numPages)
+        return;
+      pageNum++;
+      renderPage(pageNum);
+    }
+
+    //
+    // Asynchronously download PDF as an ArrayBuffer
+    //
+    PDFJS.getDocument(url).then(function getPdfHelloWorld(_pdfDoc) {
+      pdfDoc = _pdfDoc;
+      renderPage(pageNum);
+    });
+  </script>  
+</%block>
+
+<!-- TODO: what should active_page be set to here???? textbook/0 or pdftextbook/0? -->
+<%include file="/courseware/course_navigation.html" args="active_page='textbook/{0}'.format(book_index)" />
+
+<section class="container">
+  <div class="book-wrapper">
+
+    <section class="book">
+      <section class="page">
+  <div>
+    <button id="prev" onclick="goPrevious()">Previous</button>
+    <button id="next" onclick="goNext()">Next</button>
+    &nbsp; &nbsp;
+    <span>Page: <span id="page_num"></span> / <span id="page_count"></span></span>
+  </div>
+
+  <div>
+    <canvas id="the-canvas" style="border:1px solid black"></canvas>
+  </div>
+
+      </section>
+    </section>
+  </div>
+</section>
diff --git a/lms/urls.py b/lms/urls.py
index a203d468e7..de71366cda 100644
--- a/lms/urls.py
+++ b/lms/urls.py
@@ -233,6 +233,17 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
             'staticbook.views.index'),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/book-shifted/(?P<page>[^/]*)$',
             'staticbook.views.index_shifted'),
+
+        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/pdfbook/(?P<book_index>[^/]*)/$',
+            'staticbook.views.pdf_index', name="pdf_book"),
+        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/pdfbook/(?P<book_index>[^/]*)/(?P<page>[^/]*)$',
+            'staticbook.views.pdf_index'),
+
+        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/pdfbook/(?P<book_index>[^/]*)/chapter/(?P<chapter>[^/]*)/$',
+            'staticbook.views.pdf_index'),
+        url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/pdfbook/(?P<book_index>[^/]*)/chapter/(?P<chapter>[^/]*)/(?P<page>[^/]*)$',
+            'staticbook.views.pdf_index'),
+
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/courseware/?$',
             'courseware.views.index', name="courseware"),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/courseware/(?P<chapter>[^/]*)/$',
@@ -241,6 +252,7 @@ if settings.COURSEWARE_ENABLED:
             'courseware.views.index', name="courseware_section"),
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/courseware/(?P<chapter>[^/]*)/(?P<section>[^/]*)/(?P<position>[^/]*)/?$',
             'courseware.views.index', name="courseware_position"),
+
         url(r'^courses/(?P<course_id>[^/]+/[^/]+/[^/]+)/progress$',
             'courseware.views.progress', name="progress"),
         # Takes optional student_id for instructor use--shows profile as that student sees it.