diff --git a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
index b658de19a7..9a6bb867d4 100644
--- a/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
+++ b/docs/assets/css/bootstrap.css
@@ -4138,6 +4138,18 @@ input[type="submit"].btn.btn-mini {
           border-radius: 15px;
 }
 
+.navbar-static-top {
+  position: static;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.navbar-static-top .navbar-inner {
+  -webkit-border-radius: 0;
+     -moz-border-radius: 0;
+          border-radius: 0;
+}
+
 .navbar-fixed-top,
 .navbar-fixed-bottom {
   position: fixed;
diff --git a/docs/components.html b/docs/components.html
index 0b2ba25c7b..f3803201aa 100644
--- a/docs/components.html
+++ b/docs/components.html
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@
           <hr class="bs-docs-separator">
 
 
-          <h2>Fixed navigation</h2>
+          <h2>Optional display variations</h2>
           <p>Fix the navbar to the top or bottom of the viewport with an additional class on the outermost div, <code>.navbar</code>.</p>
 
           <h3>Fixed to top</h3>
@@ -1209,6 +1209,28 @@
 &lt;/div&gt;
 </pre>
 
+          <h3>Static top navbar</h3>
+          <p>Create a full-width navbar that scrolls away with the page by adding <code>.navbar-static-top</code>. Unlike the <code>.navbar-fixed-top</code> class, you do not need to change any padding on the <code>body</code>.</p>
+          <div class="bs-docs-example bs-navbar-top-example">
+            <div class="navbar navbar-static-top" style="margin: -1px -1px 0;">
+              <div class="navbar-inner">
+                <div class="container" style="width: auto; padding: 0 20px;">
+                  <a class="brand" href="#">Title</a>
+                  <ul class="nav">
+                    <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="#">Link</a></li>
+                  </ul>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
+&lt;div class="navbar navbar-static-top"&gt;
+  ...
+&lt;/div&gt;
+</pre>
+
 
           <hr class="bs-docs-separator">
 
diff --git a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
index f0c4cc73a0..8335ccdf96 100644
--- a/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
+++ b/docs/templates/pages/components.mustache
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@
           <hr class="bs-docs-separator">
 
 
-          <h2>{{_i}}Fixed navigation{{/i}}</h2>
+          <h2>{{_i}}Optional display variations{{/i}}</h2>
           <p>{{_i}}Fix the navbar to the top or bottom of the viewport with an additional class on the outermost div, <code>.navbar</code>.{{/i}}</p>
 
           <h3>Fixed to top</h3>
@@ -1138,6 +1138,28 @@
 &lt;/div&gt;
 </pre>
 
+          <h3>{{_i}}Static top navbar{{/i}}</h3>
+          <p>{{_i}}Create a full-width navbar that scrolls away with the page by adding <code>.navbar-static-top</code>. Unlike the <code>.navbar-fixed-top</code> class, you do not need to change any padding on the <code>body</code>.{{/i}}</p>
+          <div class="bs-docs-example bs-navbar-top-example">
+            <div class="navbar navbar-static-top" style="margin: -1px -1px 0;">
+              <div class="navbar-inner">
+                <div class="container" style="width: auto; padding: 0 20px;">
+                  <a class="brand" href="#">{{_i}}Title{{/i}}</a>
+                  <ul class="nav">
+                    <li class="active"><a href="#">{{_i}}Home{{/i}}</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="#">{{_i}}Link{{/i}}</a></li>
+                    <li><a href="#">{{_i}}Link{{/i}}</a></li>
+                  </ul>
+                </div>
+              </div>
+            </div>
+          </div>{{! /example }}
+<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
+&lt;div class="navbar navbar-static-top"&gt;
+  ...
+&lt;/div&gt;
+</pre>
+
 
           <hr class="bs-docs-separator">
 
diff --git a/less/navbar.less b/less/navbar.less
index 8d82bec318..3a7e074b29 100644
--- a/less/navbar.less
+++ b/less/navbar.less
@@ -140,8 +140,22 @@
 
 
 
-// FIXED NAVBAR
-// ------------
+// Static navbar
+// -------------------------
+
+.navbar-static-top {
+  position: static;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-bottom: 0; // remove 18px margin for default navbar
+  .navbar-inner {
+    .border-radius(0);
+  }
+}
+
+
+
+// Fixed navbar
+// -------------------------
 
 // Shared (top/bottom) styles
 .navbar-fixed-top,
@@ -150,7 +164,7 @@
   right: 0;
   left: 0;
   z-index: @zindexFixedNavbar;
-  margin-bottom: 0; // remove 18px margin for static navbar
+  margin-bottom: 0; // remove 18px margin for default navbar
   .navbar-inner {
     border: 0;
   }