diff --git a/src/components/mdRatingBar/mdRatingBar.vue b/src/components/mdRatingBar/mdRatingBar.vue
index da0a668..a643999 100644
--- a/src/components/mdRatingBar/mdRatingBar.vue
+++ b/src/components/mdRatingBar/mdRatingBar.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 <template>
   <div class="md-rating-bar" :class="[themeClass]" :disabled="disabled">
     <div class="back-stars" :disabled="disabled">
-      <md-icon v-for="i in numStars">star</md-icon>
+      <md-icon v-for="i in numStars" :key="i"
+               @mouseover.native="hoverStars"
+               @click.native="clickStars">star</md-icon>
     </div>
     <div class="front-stars" :style="frontStarsStyle">
-      <md-icon v-for="i in numStars" class="md-accent">star</md-icon>
+      <md-icon v-for="i in numStars" class="md-accent"
+               @mouseover.native="hoverStars"
+               @click.native="clickStars"
+               @mouseout.native="onMouseOut">star</md-icon>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -22,13 +27,22 @@
         type: Number,
         default: 5
       },
-      rating: {
+      disabled: Boolean,
+      value: {
         type: Number,
+        validator: (value) => {
+          return value >= 0 && value <= 1;
+        },
         default: 0
-      },
-      disabled: Boolean
+      }
     },
     mixins: [theme],
+    data: () => ({
+      rating: NaN
+    }),
+    mounted: function() {
+      this.rating = this.value;
+    },
     computed: {
       frontStarsStyle() {
         return {
@@ -36,6 +50,45 @@
           'margin-left': -iconSize * this.numStars + 'px'
         };
       }
+    },
+    watch: {
+      value(val) {
+        this.rating = this.value;
+      }
+    },
+    methods: {
+      hoverStars(evt) {
+        if (!this.disabled) {
+          var selected = this.getIconIndex(evt.target);
+
+          this.rating = selected / this.numStars;
+        }
+      },
+      clickStars(evt) {
+        if (!this.disabled) {
+          var selected = this.getIconIndex(evt.target);
+
+          this.$emit('input', selected / this.numStars);
+        }
+      },
+      getIconIndex(iconSelected) {//icon is a dom element
+        let ratingIcons = this.$el.querySelectorAll('.back-stars > .md-icon, .front-stars > .md-icon');
+        let selected = -1;
+
+        ratingIcons = Array.prototype.slice.call(ratingIcons);
+        ratingIcons.some((icon, i) => {//find index
+          if (icon === iconSelected) {
+            selected = (i + 1) % this.numStars;
+            selected = !selected ? this.numStars : selected;
+            return true;
+          }
+        });
+
+        return selected;
+      },
+      onMouseOut() {
+        this.rating = this.value;
+      }
     }
   };
 </script>