diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.h b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.h
index 52685003704620e12eee8f4147d0bd9789c935b8..235e9c6b3887a22d211c0784dc9fd15a62e39511 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.h
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.h
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
 @interface RCTAppleHealthKit (Methods_Activity)
 
 - (void)activity_getActiveEnergyBurned:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback;
+- (void)activity_getBasalEnergyBurned:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback;
 
 @end
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.m
index 0d6275146294aee0af0f97955f55c374d40b3785..03b2724c1d5085c90cfbc049994b66f6fa235b56 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Methods_Activity.m
@@ -42,4 +42,35 @@
                           }];
 }
 
+- (void)activity_getBasalEnergyBurned:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback
+{
+    HKQuantityType *basalEnergyType = [HKQuantityType quantityTypeForIdentifier:HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBasalEnergyBurned];
+    NSDate *startDate = [RCTAppleHealthKit dateFromOptions:input key:@"startDate" withDefault:nil];
+    NSDate *endDate = [RCTAppleHealthKit dateFromOptions:input key:@"endDate" withDefault:[NSDate date]];
+    HKUnit *cal = [HKUnit kilocalorieUnit];
+    
+    if(startDate == nil){
+        callback(@[RCTMakeError(@"startDate is required in options", nil, nil)]);
+        return;
+    }
+    NSPredicate * predicate = [RCTAppleHealthKit predicateForSamplesBetweenDates:startDate endDate:endDate];
+    
+    [self fetchQuantitySamplesOfType:basalEnergyType
+                                unit:cal
+                           predicate:predicate
+                           ascending:false
+                               limit:HKObjectQueryNoLimit
+                          completion:^(NSArray *results, NSError *error) {
+                              if(results){
+                                  callback(@[[NSNull null], results]);
+                                  return;
+                              } else {
+                                  NSLog(@"error getting basal energy burned samples: %@", error);
+                                  callback(@[RCTMakeError(@"error getting basal energy burned samples", nil, nil)]);
+                                  return;
+                              }
+                          }];
+    
+}
+
 @end
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
index a0013f1a0d0a2afff53a455f7a273fe9ca43901f..f438808abae1160d4736c3cdd182370440e83c32 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit.m
@@ -152,6 +152,11 @@ RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getActiveEnergyBurned:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTRespo
    [self activity_getActiveEnergyBurned:input callback:callback];
 }
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getBasalEnergyBurned:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
+{
+    [self activity_getBasalEnergyBurned:input callback:callback];
+}
+
 RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(getBodyTemperatureSamples:(NSDictionary *)input callback:(RCTResponseSenderBlock)callback)
 {
     [self vitals_getBodyTemperatureSamples:input callback:callback];
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index af40df099fedaf962606fe41a9cf87195553e5e2..ad755c98a41e7a633dbf63e5d9cc132f66e35074 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ AppleHealthKit.initHealthKit(options: Object, (err: string, results: Object) =>
       * [initStepCountObserver](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/initStepCountObserver())
     * Read Methods
       * [getActiveEnergyBurned](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/getActiveEnergyBurned())
+      * [getBasalEnergyBurned](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/getBasalEnergyBurned())
       * [getBiologicalSex](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/getBiologicalSex())
       * [getBloodGlucoseSamples](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/getbloodglucosesamples())
       * [getBloodPressureSamples](https://github.com/terrillo/rn-apple-healthkit/wiki/getbloodpressuresamples())
@@ -127,7 +128,8 @@ The available Healthkit permissions to use with `initHealthKit`
 
 | Permission             | Healthkit Identifier Type                                                                                                                                          | Read | Write |
 |------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------|
-| ActiveEnergyBurned          | [HKCharacteristicTypeIdentifierActiveEnergyBurned](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit/hkquantitytypeidentifier/1615771-activeenergyburned?language=objc)           | ✓    |       |
+| ActiveEnergyBurned     | [HKQuantityTypeIdentifierActiveEnergyBurned](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit/hkquantitytypeidentifier/1615771-activeenergyburned?language=objc)           | ✓    |       |
+| BasalEnergyBurned      | [HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBasalEnergyBurned](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit/hkquantitytypeidentifier/1615512-basalenergyburned?language=objc)           | ✓    |       |
 | BiologicalSex          | [HKCharacteristicTypeIdentifierBiologicalSex](https://developer.apple.com/reference/Healthkit/hkcharacteristictypeidentifierbiologicalsex?language=objc)           | ✓    |       |
 | BloodGlucose           | [HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBloodGlucose](https://developer.apple.com/reference/Healthkit/hkquantitytypeidentifierbloodglucose?language=objc)                         | ✓    |       |
 | BloodPressureDiastolic | [HKQuantityTypeIdentifierBloodPressureDiastolic](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/healthkit/hkquantitytypeidentifierbloodpressurediastolic?language=objc) | ✓    | ✓     |