diff --git a/cmd/helm/get.go b/cmd/helm/get.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5dcfe921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/helm/get.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+
+	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
+	"github.com/deis/helm-dm/dm"
+	"github.com/deis/helm-dm/format"
+)
+
+func getCmd() cli.Command {
+	return cli.Command{
+		Name:   "get",
+		Usage:  "Retrieves the supplied deployment",
+		Action: func(c *cli.Context) { run(c, get) },
+	}
+}
+
+func get(c *cli.Context) error {
+	args := c.Args()
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return errors.New("First argument, deployment name, is required. Try 'helm get --help'")
+	}
+	name := args[0]
+	host := c.GlobalString("host")
+	client := dm.NewClient(host).SetDebug(c.GlobalBool("debug"))
+
+	deployment, err := client.GetDeployment(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return format.YAML(deployment)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/helm/helm.go b/cmd/helm/helm.go
index 498693b55..aeb04e51f 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/helm.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/helm.go
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ func commands() []cli.Command {
 			Name: "search",
 		},
 		listCmd(),
+		getCmd(),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/helm/list.go b/cmd/helm/list.go
index a9cd6d996..24f200a5b 100644
--- a/cmd/helm/list.go
+++ b/cmd/helm/list.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/codegangsta/cli"
 	"github.com/deis/helm-dm/dm"
 	"github.com/deis/helm-dm/format"
@@ -10,19 +8,15 @@ import (
 
 func listCmd() cli.Command {
 	return cli.Command{
-		Name:  "list",
-		Usage: "Lists the deployments in the cluster",
-		Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
-			if err := list(c.GlobalString("host")); err != nil {
-				format.Err("%s (Is the cluster running?)", err)
-				os.Exit(1)
-			}
-		},
+		Name:   "list",
+		Usage:  "Lists the deployments in the cluster",
+		Action: func(c *cli.Context) { run(c, list) },
 	}
 }
 
-func list(host string) error {
-	client := dm.NewClient(host).SetDebug(isDebugging)
+func list(c *cli.Context) error {
+	host := c.GlobalString("host")
+	client := dm.NewClient(host).SetDebug(c.GlobalBool("debug"))
 	list, err := client.ListDeployments()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/dm/client.go b/dm/client.go
index 3749451c0..7fa57d303 100644
--- a/dm/client.go
+++ b/dm/client.go
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/kubernetes/deployment-manager/common"
 )
 
 // The default HTTP timeout
@@ -125,10 +127,34 @@ func (c *Client) callHTTP(path, method, action string, reader io.ReadCloser) (st
 	return string(body), nil
 }
 
+// DefaultServerURL converts a host, host:port, or URL string to the default base server API path
+// to use with a Client
+func DefaultServerURL(host string) (*url.URL, error) {
+	if host == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("host must be a URL or a host:port pair")
+	}
+	base := host
+	hostURL, err := url.Parse(base)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if hostURL.Scheme == "" {
+		hostURL, err = url.Parse(DefaultHTTPProtocol + "://" + base)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if len(hostURL.Path) > 0 && !strings.HasSuffix(hostURL.Path, "/") {
+		hostURL.Path = hostURL.Path + "/"
+	}
+
+	return hostURL, nil
+}
+
 // ListDeployments lists the deployments in DM.
 func (c *Client) ListDeployments() ([]string, error) {
 	var l []string
-	if err := c.CallService("deployments", "GET", "foo", &l, nil); err != nil {
+	if err := c.CallService("deployments", "GET", "list deployments", &l, nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -181,26 +207,11 @@ func (c *Client) DeployChart(filename, deployname string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// DefaultServerURL converts a host, host:port, or URL string to the default base server API path
-// to use with a Client
-func DefaultServerURL(host string) (*url.URL, error) {
-	if host == "" {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("host must be a URL or a host:port pair")
-	}
-	base := host
-	hostURL, err := url.Parse(base)
-	if err != nil {
+// GetDeployment retrieves the supplied deployment
+func (c *Client) GetDeployment(name string) (*common.Deployment, error) {
+	var deployment *common.Deployment
+	if err := c.CallService(filepath.Join("deployments", name), "GET", "get deployment", &deployment, nil); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	if hostURL.Scheme == "" {
-		hostURL, err = url.Parse(DefaultHTTPProtocol + "://" + base)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	if len(hostURL.Path) > 0 && !strings.HasSuffix(hostURL.Path, "/") {
-		hostURL.Path = hostURL.Path + "/"
-	}
-
-	return hostURL, nil
+	return deployment, nil
 }
diff --git a/dm/client_test.go b/dm/client_test.go
index d4660e4ab..61e2e0036 100644
--- a/dm/client_test.go
+++ b/dm/client_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kubernetes/deployment-manager/common"
 )
 
 func TestDefaultServerURL(t *testing.T) {
@@ -96,3 +98,23 @@ func TestListDeployments(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("expected a single deployment")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetDeployment(t *testing.T) {
+	fc := &fakeClient{
+		response: []byte(`{"name":"guestbook.yaml","id":0,"createdAt":"2016-02-08T12:17:49.251658308-08:00","deployedAt":"2016-02-08T12:17:49.251658589-08:00","modifiedAt":"2016-02-08T12:17:51.177518098-08:00","deletedAt":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","state":{"status":"Deployed"},"latestManifest":"manifest-1454962670728402229"}`),
+	}
+	defer fc.teardown()
+
+	d, err := fc.setup().GetDeployment("guestbook.yaml")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if d.Name != "guestbook.yaml" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected deployment name 'guestbook.yaml', got '%s'", d.Name)
+	}
+
+	if d.State.Status != common.DeployedStatus {
+		t.Fatalf("expected deployment status 'Deployed', got '%s'", d.State.Status)
+	}
+}