diff --git a/examples/network/data/dotLanguage/dotEdgeStyles.html b/examples/network/data/dotLanguage/dotEdgeStyles.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d5644b08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/network/data/dotLanguage/dotEdgeStyles.html
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+<head>
+  <title>Network | DOT edge styles</title>
+
+  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
+  <script src="../../../../dist/vis.js"></script>
+  <link href="../../../../dist/vis-network.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
+
+  <style type="text/css">
+    body, html {
+      font: 10pt sans;
+      line-height: 1.5em;;
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      padding: 0;
+      margin: 0;
+      color: #4d4d4d;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      overflow: hidden;
+    }
+
+    #header {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 10px;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+    }
+
+    #contents {
+      height: 100%;
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      position: relative;
+    }
+
+    #left, #right {
+      position: absolute;
+      width: 50%;
+      height: 100%;
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 10px;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      display: inline-block;
+    }
+
+    #left {
+      top: 0;
+      left: 0;
+    }
+
+    #right {
+      top: 0;
+      right: 0;
+    }
+
+    #error {
+      color: red;
+    }
+
+    #data {
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+      resize: none;
+    }
+
+    #draw, #reset {
+      padding: 5px 15px;
+    }
+
+    #mynetwork {
+      width: 100%;
+      height: 100%;
+      border: 1px solid #d3d3d3;
+      box-sizing: border-box;
+    }
+
+    a:hover {
+      color: red;
+    }
+
+  </style>
+  
+</head>
+<body>
+
+<div id="header">
+  <h1>DOT edge styles</h1>
+
+  <div>
+    <p>
+      Example of edge styles support
+    </p>
+
+    <ul>
+      <li> label: text displayed on the edge</li>
+      <li> color: edge color</li>
+      <li> style: edge style is solid(default), dashed or dotted</li>
+    </ul>
+  </div>
+
+  <div>
+    <button id="draw" title="Draw the DOT graph (Ctrl+Enter)">Draw</button>
+    <button id="reset" title="Reset the DOT graph">Reset</button>
+    <span id="error"></span>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div id="contents">
+  <div id="left">
+    <textarea id="data">
+    </textarea>
+  </div>
+  <div id="right">
+    <div id="mynetwork"></div>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<script type="text/javascript">
+  var dotDefault = "digraph {\n" +
+    " Parent -> C1[label=\"default\"];  // Default style is solid \n" +
+    " Parent -> C2[label=\"solid pink\", color=\"pink\"];\n" +
+    " Parent -> C3[label=\"dashed green\", style=\"dashed\", color=\"green\"];\n" +
+    " Parent -> C4[label=\"dotted purple\", style=\"dotted\", color=\"purple\"];\n" +
+    "}";
+
+  // create a network
+  var container = document.getElementById('mynetwork');
+  var options = {
+    physics: {
+      stabilization: false,
+      barnesHut: {
+        springLength: 200
+      }
+    }
+  };
+  var data = {};
+  var network = new vis.Network(container, data, options);
+
+  $('#draw').click(draw);
+  $('#reset').click(reset);
+
+  $(window).resize(resize);
+  $(window).load(draw);
+
+  $('#data').keydown(function (event) {
+    if (event.ctrlKey && event.keyCode === 13) { // Ctrl+Enter
+      draw();
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      event.preventDefault();
+    }
+  });
+
+  function resize() {
+    $('#contents').height($('body').height() - $('#header').height() - 30);
+  }
+
+  function draw () {
+    try {
+      resize();
+      $('#error').html('');
+
+      // Provide a string with data in DOT language
+      data = vis.network.convertDot($('#data').val());
+
+      network.setData(data);
+    }
+    catch (err) {
+      // set the cursor at the position where the error occurred
+      var match = /\(char (.*)\)/.exec(err);
+      if (match) {
+        var pos = Number(match[1]);
+        var textarea = $('#data')[0];
+        if(textarea.setSelectionRange) {
+          textarea.focus();
+          textarea.setSelectionRange(pos, pos);
+        }
+      }
+
+      // show an error message
+      $('#error').html(err.toString());
+    }
+  }
+
+  function reset() {
+    $('#data').val(dotDefault);
+    draw();
+  }
+
+  window.onload = function() {
+    reset();
+  }
+</script>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/lib/network/dotparser.js b/lib/network/dotparser.js
index 9bb7e3c1f..577f5ed90 100644
--- a/lib/network/dotparser.js
+++ b/lib/network/dotparser.js
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ var NODE_ATTR_MAPPING = {
 };
 var EDGE_ATTR_MAPPING = Object.create(NODE_ATTR_MAPPING);
 EDGE_ATTR_MAPPING.color = 'color.color';
+EDGE_ATTR_MAPPING.style = 'dashes';
 
 // token types enumeration
 var TOKENTYPE = {
@@ -682,6 +683,13 @@ function parseEdge(graph, from) {
 function parseAttributeList() {
   var attr = null;
 
+  // edge styles of dot and vis
+  var edgeStyles = {
+    'dashed': true,
+    'solid': false,
+    'dotted': [1, 5]
+  };
+
   while (token === '[') {
     getToken();
     attr = {};
@@ -701,6 +709,12 @@ function parseAttributeList() {
         throw newSyntaxError('Attribute value expected');
       }
       var value = token;
+
+      // convert from dot style to vis
+      if (name === 'style') {
+        value = edgeStyles[value];
+      }
+
       setValue(attr, name, value); // name can be a path
 
       getToken();
@@ -885,7 +899,6 @@ function DOTToGraph (data) {
         }
       }
 
-      // TODO: support of solid/dotted/dashed edges (attr = 'style')
       // TODO: support for attributes 'dir' and 'arrowhead' (edge arrows)
 
       if (dotEdge.to instanceof Object) {
