diff --git a/_listview.html b/_listview.html
index a5459686..016cf536 100644
--- a/_listview.html
+++ b/_listview.html
@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@
 		<li><a href="index.html">Page C</a></li>
 	</ul>
 	
+	<h2 class="ui-bar ui-bar-b">Basic Listview from OL element:</h2>
+	
+	<ol data-role="listview">
+		<li><a href="index.html">Page A</a></li>
+		<li><a href="index.html">Page B</a></li>
+		<li><a href="index.html">Page C</a></li>
+	</ol>
+	
 	<h2 class="ui-bar ui-bar-b">Basic inset Listview:</h2>
 	
 	<ul data-role="listview" data-inset="true">
@@ -187,7 +195,7 @@
 	
 
 	
-	<h2 class="ui-bar ui-bar-b">Basic Listview w/ split buttons:</h2>
+	<h2 class="ui-bar ui-bar-b">Basic OL Listview w/ split buttons:</h2>
 	
 	<ol data-role="listview" data-inset="true">
 		<li>
diff --git a/css/structure.css b/css/structure.css
index 23c9210c..211e86d0 100644
--- a/css/structure.css
+++ b/css/structure.css
@@ -179,11 +179,12 @@ div.ui-checkbox, div.ui-radio { position:relative;  margin: .2em 0 .5em;  }
 }
 
 /* listview */
-.ui-listview { margin: 0; }
+.ui-listview { margin: 0; counter-reset: listnumbering; }
 .ui-listview-inset { margin: 1em 15px;  }
 .ui-listview, .ui-li { list-style:none; padding:0; zoom: 1; }
 .ui-li { display: block; margin:0; position: relative; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; border-width: 0; border-top-width: 1px; }
-.ui-li-grouping { padding: .5em 15px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; }
+.ui-li-grouping { padding: .5em 15px; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; counter-reset: listnumbering;  }
+ol.ui-listview .ui-link-inherit:before { font-size: .8em; display: inline-block; padding-right: .3em; font-weight: normal;counter-increment: listnumbering; content: counter(listnumbering) ". "; }
 .ui-listview-inset .ui-li { border-right-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; }
 .ui-li:last-child { border-bottom-width: 1px; }
 .ui-li .ui-btn-inner { display: block; position: relative; padding: .5em 65px .5em 15px; }
diff --git a/js/jQuery.listview.js b/js/jQuery.listview.js
index 48f05a51..5dfcd1bb 100644
--- a/js/jQuery.listview.js
+++ b/js/jQuery.listview.js
@@ -157,9 +157,15 @@ $.fn.listview = function( options ) {
 			.end()
 			.find( "p,ul,dl" )
 				.addClass( "ui-li-desc" );
+			
+		/* auto-numbering for OL elements - we could add a $.support.cssBefore test
+			// to see if this JS generated numbering is necessary...
+		if($this.is('ol')){
+			$this.find('li').each(function( i ){
+				$(this).find('.ui-link-inherit:first').prepend('<span class="ui-li-dec"></span>');
+			});
+		}	*/	
 				
-				
-		
 		//tapping the whole LI triggers ajaxClick on the first link
 		$this.find( "li:has(a)" ).live( "tap", function() {
 			$( this ).find( "a:first" ).ajaxClick();