diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
index 611f2f250..33ff38c3b 100644
--- a/command/apply.go
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	// Build the context based on the arguments given
-	ctx, planned, err := c.Context(configPath, statePath)
+	ctx, planned, err := c.Context(contextOpts{
+		Path:      configPath,
+		StatePath: statePath,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1
diff --git a/command/get.go b/command/get.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..394a9931c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/get.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// GetCommand is a Command implementation that takes a Terraform
+// configuration and downloads all the modules.
+type GetCommand struct {
+	Meta
+}
+
+func (c *GetCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	args = c.Meta.process(args, false)
+
+	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("get", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Error(c.Help()) }
+	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	var path string
+	args = cmdFlags.Args()
+	if len(args) > 1 {
+		c.Ui.Error("The graph command expects one argument.\n")
+		cmdFlags.Usage()
+		return 1
+	} else if len(args) == 1 {
+		path = args[0]
+	} else {
+		var err error
+		path, err = os.Getwd()
+		if err != nil {
+			c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error getting pwd: %s", err))
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, _, err := c.Context(contextOpts{
+		Path: path,
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error loading Terraform: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (c *GetCommand) Help() string {
+	helpText := `
+Usage: terraform get [options] PATH
+
+  Downloads and installs modules needed for the configuration given by
+  PATH.
+
+  This recursively downloads all modules needed, such as modules
+  imported by modules imported by the root and so on. If a module is
+  already downloaded, it will not be redownloaded or checked for updates
+  unless the -update flag is specified.
+
+Options:
+
+  -update=false       If true, modules already downloaded will be checked
+                      for updates and updated if necessary.
+
+`
+	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
+}
+
+func (c *GetCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Download and install modules for the configuration"
+}
diff --git a/command/get_test.go b/command/get_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dcde6d6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/get_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+)
+
+func TestGet(t *testing.T) {
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	c := &GetCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			ContextOpts: testCtxConfig(testProvider()),
+			Ui:          ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	args := []string{
+		testFixturePath("graph"),
+	}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGet_multipleArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	c := &GetCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			ContextOpts: testCtxConfig(testProvider()),
+			Ui:          ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	args := []string{
+		"bad",
+		"bad",
+	}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", ui.OutputWriter.String())
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGet_noArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.Chdir(testFixturePath("graph")); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer os.Chdir(cwd)
+
+	ui := new(cli.MockUi)
+	c := &GraphCommand{
+		Meta: Meta{
+			ContextOpts: testCtxConfig(testProvider()),
+			Ui:          ui,
+		},
+	}
+
+	args := []string{}
+	if code := c.Run(args); code != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: \n%s", ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+	}
+}
diff --git a/command/graph.go b/command/graph.go
index f974f1668..f28f4a82e 100644
--- a/command/graph.go
+++ b/command/graph.go
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ func (c *GraphCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		}
 	}
 
-	ctx, _, err := c.Context(path, "")
+	ctx, _, err := c.Context(contextOpts{
+		Path:      path,
+		StatePath: "",
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error loading Terraform: %s", err))
 		return 1
diff --git a/command/meta.go b/command/meta.go
index ed1669ee2..e2708dcd8 100644
--- a/command/meta.go
+++ b/command/meta.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 
-	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/config/module"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
 	"github.com/mitchellh/colorstring"
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ func (m *Meta) Colorize() *colorstring.Colorize {
 
 // Context returns a Terraform Context taking into account the context
 // options used to initialize this meta configuration.
-func (m *Meta) Context(path, statePath string) (*terraform.Context, bool, error) {
+func (m *Meta) Context(copts contextOpts) (*terraform.Context, bool, error) {
 	opts := m.contextOpts()
 
 	// First try to just read the plan directly from the path given.
-	f, err := os.Open(path)
+	f, err := os.Open(copts.Path)
 	if err == nil {
 		plan, err := terraform.ReadPlan(f)
 		f.Close()
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ func (m *Meta) Context(path, statePath string) (*terraform.Context, bool, error)
 
 	// Load up the state
 	var state *terraform.State
-	if statePath != "" {
-		f, err := os.Open(statePath)
+	if copts.StatePath != "" {
+		f, err := os.Open(copts.StatePath)
 		if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
 			// If the state file doesn't exist, it is okay, since it
 			// is probably a new infrastructure.
@@ -88,15 +88,13 @@ func (m *Meta) Context(path, statePath string) (*terraform.Context, bool, error)
 	// Store the loaded state
 	m.state = state
 
-	config, err := config.LoadDir(path)
+	// Load the root module
+	mod, err := module.NewTreeModule("", copts.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("Error loading config: %s", err)
 	}
-	if err := config.Validate(); err != nil {
-		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("Error validating config: %s", err)
-	}
 
-	opts.Config = config
+	opts.Config = mod.Config()
 	opts.State = state
 	ctx := terraform.NewContext(opts)
 	return ctx, false, nil
@@ -207,3 +205,18 @@ func (m *Meta) uiHook() *UiHook {
 		Ui:       m.Ui,
 	}
 }
+
+// contextOpts are the options used to load a context from a command.
+type contextOpts struct {
+	// Path to the directory where the root module is.
+	Path string
+
+	// StatePath is the path to the state file. If this is empty, then
+	// no state will be loaded. It is also okay for this to be a path to
+	// a file that doesn't exist; it is assumed that this means that there
+	// is simply no state.
+	StatePath string
+
+	// GetMode is the module.GetMode to use when loading the module tree.
+	GetMode module.GetMode
+}
diff --git a/command/plan.go b/command/plan.go
index 42106e2a1..62d364a26 100644
--- a/command/plan.go
+++ b/command/plan.go
@@ -65,7 +65,10 @@ func (c *PlanCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		backupPath = statePath + DefaultBackupExtention
 	}
 
-	ctx, _, err := c.Context(path, statePath)
+	ctx, _, err := c.Context(contextOpts{
+		Path:      path,
+		StatePath: statePath,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1
diff --git a/command/refresh.go b/command/refresh.go
index 2d45108bd..b4a331528 100644
--- a/command/refresh.go
+++ b/command/refresh.go
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ func (c *RefreshCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	// Build the context based on the arguments given
-	ctx, _, err := c.Context(configPath, statePath)
+	ctx, _, err := c.Context(contextOpts{
+		Path:      configPath,
+		StatePath: statePath,
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		c.Ui.Error(err.Error())
 		return 1
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 51a4f6eaa..fa9294df3 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ func init() {
 			}, nil
 		},
 
+		"get": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &command.GetCommand{
+				Meta: meta,
+			}, nil
+		},
+
 		"graph": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.GraphCommand{
 				Meta: meta,
diff --git a/config/module/tree.go b/config/module/tree.go
index 558dcce9d..6e6d30e0a 100644
--- a/config/module/tree.go
+++ b/config/module/tree.go
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ func NewTreeModule(name, dir string) (*Tree, error) {
 	return NewTree(name, c), nil
 }
 
+// Config returns the configuration for this module.
+func (t *Tree) Config() *config.Config {
+	return t.config
+}
+
 // Children returns the children of this tree (the modules that are
 // imported by this root).
 //