diff --git a/tableaudocumentapi/datasource.py b/tableaudocumentapi/datasource.py
index 63157e9..a34cba5 100644
--- a/tableaudocumentapi/datasource.py
+++ b/tableaudocumentapi/datasource.py
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ def __init__(self, dsxml, filename=None):
         self._name = self._datasourceXML.get('name') or self._datasourceXML.get(
             'formatted-name')  # TDS files don't have a name attribute
         self._version = self._datasourceXML.get('version')
+        self._caption = self._datasourceXML.get('caption', '')
         self._connection_parser = ConnectionParser(
             self._datasourceXML, version=self._version)
         self._connections = self._connection_parser.get_connections()
@@ -207,6 +208,20 @@ def name(self):
     def version(self):
         return self._version
 
+    @property
+    def caption(self):
+        return self._caption
+
+    @caption.setter
+    def caption(self, value):
+        self._datasourceXML.set('caption', value)
+        self._caption = value
+
+    @caption.deleter
+    def caption(self):
+        del self._datasourceXML.attrib['caption']
+        self._caption = ''
+
     ###########
     # connections
     ###########
diff --git a/test/assets/datasource_test.tds b/test/assets/datasource_test.tds
index 5f280eb..407127d 100644
--- a/test/assets/datasource_test.tds
+++ b/test/assets/datasource_test.tds
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8' ?>
-<datasource formatted-name='postgres.1of3kl00aoax5d1a1ejma1397430' inline='true' source-platform='mac' version='9.3' xmlns:user='http://www.tableausoftware.com/xml/user'>
+<datasource caption='foo' formatted-name='postgres.1of3kl00aoax5d1a1ejma1397430' inline='true' source-platform='mac'
+            version='9.3' xmlns:user='http://www.tableausoftware.com/xml/user'>
   <repository-location />
   <connection authentication='username-password' class='postgres' dbname='TestV1' odbc-native-protocol='yes' port='5432' server='postgres91.test.tsi.lan' username='test'>
     <relation name='xy' table='[public].[xy]' type='table' />
diff --git a/test/test_datasource.py b/test/test_datasource.py
index baf5bc3..838bc55 100644
--- a/test/test_datasource.py
+++ b/test/test_datasource.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-import unittest
+import os
 import os.path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
 
 from tableaudocumentapi import Datasource, Workbook
 
@@ -22,6 +26,19 @@ class DataSourceFieldsTDS(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         self.ds = Datasource.from_file(TEST_TDS_FILE)
+        self.to_delete = set()
+
+    def cleanUp(self):
+        for path in self.to_delete:
+            if os.path.isdir(path):
+                shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=True)
+            elif os.path.isfile(path):
+                os.unlink(path)
+
+    def get_temp_file(self, filename):
+        tempdir = tempfile.mkdtemp('tda-datasource')
+        self.to_delete.add(tempdir)
+        return os.path.join(tempdir, filename)
 
     def test_datasource_returns_correct_fields(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(self.ds.fields)
@@ -63,6 +80,30 @@ def test_datasource_field_description(self):
         self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
         self.assertTrue(u'muted gray' in actual)
 
+    def test_datasource_caption(self):
+        actual = self.ds.caption
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
+        self.assertEqual(actual, 'foo')
+
+    def test_datasource_can_set_caption(self):
+        filename = self.get_temp_file('test_datasource_can_set_caption')
+        self.ds.caption = 'bar'
+        self.ds.save_as(filename)
+
+        actual = Datasource.from_file(filename)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual.caption)
+        self.assertEqual(actual.caption, 'bar')
+
+    def test_datasource_can_remove_caption(self):
+        filename = self.get_temp_file('test_datasource_can_remove_caption')
+        del self.ds.caption
+        self.ds.save_as(filename)
+
+        actual = Datasource.from_file(filename)
+        self.assertIsNotNone(actual)
+        self.assertEqual(actual.caption, '')
+
     def test_datasource_clear_repository_location(self):
         filename = os.path.join(TEST_ASSET_DIR, 'clear-repository-test.tds')
 

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