diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a463bbe..c8fc9bf 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -312,6 +312,46 @@ More information on this topic:
 
 * `"How to use Google Guice to create objects that require parameters?" on Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/996300/how-to-use-google-guice-to-create-objects-that-require-parameters>`_
 * `Google Guice assisted injection <http://code.google.com/p/google-guice/wiki/AssistedInject>`_
+Child injectors
+---------------
+
+Concept similar to Guice's child injectors is supported by ``Injector``. This way you can
+have one injector that inherits bindings from other injector (parent) but these bindings
+can be overriden in it and it doesn't affect parent injector bindings::
+
+    >>> def configure_parent(binder):
+    ...     binder.bind(str, to='asd')
+    ...     binder.bind(int, to=42)
+    ...
+    >>> def configure_child(binder):
+    ...     binder.bind(str, to='qwe')
+    ...
+    >>> parent = Injector(configure_parent)
+    >>> child = parent.create_child_injector(configure_child)
+    >>> parent.get(str), parent.get(int)
+    ('asd', 42)
+    >>> child.get(str), child.get(int)
+    ('qwe', 42)
+
+**Note**: Default scopes are bound only to root injector. Binding them manually to child
+injectors will result in unexpected behaviour.
+**Note 2**: Once a binding key is present in parent injector scope (like ``singleton``
+scope), provider saved there takes predecence when binding is overridden in child injector in
+the same scope. This behaviour is subject to change::
+
+    >>> def configure_parent(binder):
+    ...     binder.bind(str, to='asd', scope=singleton)
+    ...
+    >>> def configure_child(binder):
+    ...     binder.bind(str, to='qwe', scope=singleton)
+    ...
+    >>> parent = Injector(configure_parent)
+    >>> child = parent.create_child_injector(configure_child)
+    >>> child.get(str) # this behaves as expected
+    'qwe'
+    >>> parent.get(str) # wat
+    'qwe'
+
 
 Scopes
 ======
diff --git a/injector.py b/injector.py
index d027a07..0cd980f 100644
--- a/injector.py
+++ b/injector.py
@@ -196,11 +196,13 @@ class Binder(object):
         """Create a new Binder.
 
         :param injector: Injector we are binding for.
+        :param auto_bind: Whether to automatically bind missing types.
+        :param parent: Parent binder.
         """
         self.injector = injector
         self._auto_bind = auto_bind
         self._bindings = {}
-        self.parent = parent or _EmptyBinder()
+        self.parent = parent
 
     def bind(self, interface, to=None, annotation=None, scope=None):
         """Bind an interface to an implementation.
@@ -284,7 +286,14 @@ class Binder(object):
                                   (interface, to))
 
     def _get_binding(self, key):
-        return self._bindings.get(key) or self.parent._get_binding(key)
+        binding = self._bindings.get(key)
+        if not binding and self.parent:
+            binding = self.parent._get_binding(key)
+
+        if not binding:
+            raise KeyError
+
+        return binding
 
     def get_binding(self, cls, key):
         try:
@@ -297,10 +306,6 @@ class Binder(object):
                 return binding
             raise UnsatisfiedRequirement(cls, key)
 
-class _EmptyBinder(object):
-    def _get_binding(self, key):
-        raise KeyError
-
 
 class Scope(object):
     """A Scope looks up the Provider for a binding.
@@ -439,6 +444,7 @@ class Injector(object):
 
                         Signature is ``configure(binder)``.
         :param auto_bind: Whether to automatically bind missing types.
+        :param parent: Parent injector.
         """
         # Stack of keys currently being injected. Used to detect circular
         # dependencies.