diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 042e351..1bdd8ed 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Mar 18, 2015 - Added support for JP2 bits per component box.
+
 Jan 10, 2015 - v0.8.0  Reduced number of steps required for writing
     images.  Deprecated old read and write methods in favor of
     array-style slicing.  Added ignore_pclr_cmap_cdef, verbose,
diff --git a/glymur/jp2box.py b/glymur/jp2box.py
index 698711a..9bf8e01 100644
--- a/glymur/jp2box.py
+++ b/glymur/jp2box.py
@@ -1830,6 +1830,79 @@ class AssociationBox(Jp2kBox):
         self._write_superbox(fptr, b'asoc')
 
 
+class BitsPerComponentBox(Jp2kBox):
+    """Container for bits per component box information.
+
+    Attributes
+    ----------
+    box_id : str
+        4-character identifier for the box.
+    length : int
+        length of the box in bytes.
+    offset : int
+        offset of the box from the start of the file.
+    longname : str
+        more verbose description of the box.
+    bpc : list
+        bits per component for each component
+    signed : list
+        True if signed, false if not, for each component
+    """
+    box_id = 'bpcc'
+    longname = 'Bits Per Component'
+
+    def __init__(self, bpc, signed, length=0, offset=-1):
+        Jp2kBox.__init__(self)
+        self.length = length
+        self.offset = offset
+        self.bpc = bpc
+        self.signed = signed
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        msg = "glymur.jp2box.BitsPerComponentBox(box={0})".format(self.box)
+        return msg
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        title = Jp2kBox.__str__(self)
+        if _printoptions['short'] is True:
+            return title
+
+        body = 'Bits per component:  ['
+        body += ', '.join(str(x) for x in self.bpc)
+        body += ']'
+        body += '\n'
+        body += 'Signed:  [' + ', '.join(str(x) for x in self.signed) + ']'
+
+        body = self._indent(body)
+
+        text = '\n'.join([title, body])
+        return text
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse(cls, fptr, offset, length):
+        """Parse bits per component box.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        fptr : file
+            Open file object.
+        offset : int
+            Start position of box in bytes.
+        length : int
+            Length of the box in bytes.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        AssociationBox instance
+        """
+        nbytes = length - 8
+        data = fptr.read(nbytes)
+        bpc = tuple(((x & 0x7f) + 1) for x in data)
+        signed = tuple(((x & 0x80) > 0) for x in data)
+
+        return cls(bpc, signed, length=length, offset=offset)
+
+
 class JP2HeaderBox(Jp2kBox):
     """Container for JP2 header box information.
 
@@ -3404,6 +3477,7 @@ class UUIDBox(Jp2kBox):
 # Map each box ID to the corresponding class.
 _BOX_WITH_ID = {
     b'asoc': AssociationBox,
+    b'bpcc': BitsPerComponentBox,
     b'cdef': ChannelDefinitionBox,
     b'cgrp': ColourGroupBox,
     b'cmap': ComponentMappingBox,
diff --git a/glymur/test/fixtures.py b/glymur/test/fixtures.py
index 34327fc..11b9d16 100644
--- a/glymur/test/fixtures.py
+++ b/glymur/test/fixtures.py
@@ -1092,3 +1092,8 @@ goodstuff_with_full_header = r"""Codestream:
         Step size:  [(0, 8), (0, 9), (0, 9), (0, 10), (0, 9), (0, 9), (0, 10), (0, 9), (0, 9), (0, 10), (0, 9), (0, 9), (0, 10), (0, 9), (0, 9), (0, 10)]
     SOD marker segment @ (164, 0)
     EOC marker segment @ (115218, 0)"""
+
+bpcc = """Bits Per Component Box (bpcc) @ (62, 12)
+    Bits per component:  [5, 5, 5, 1]
+    Signed:  [False, False, False, False]"""
+
diff --git a/glymur/test/test_printing.py b/glymur/test/test_printing.py
index ba5dd09..f17414d 100644
--- a/glymur/test/test_printing.py
+++ b/glymur/test/test_printing.py
@@ -618,6 +618,17 @@ class TestPrintingOpjDataRoot(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
         pass
 
+    def test_bpcc(self):
+        """BPCC boxes are rare :-)"""
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        filename = opj_data_file('input/nonregression/issue458.jp2')
+        jp2 = Jp2k(filename)
+        with patch('sys.stdout', new=StringIO()) as fake_out:
+            box = jp2.box[2].box[1]
+            print(box)
+            actual = fake_out.getvalue().strip()
+        self.assertEqual(actual, fixtures.bpcc)
+
     def test_cinema_profile(self):
         """Should print Cinema 2K when the profile is 3."""
         filename = opj_data_file('input/nonregression/_00042.j2k')