diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/Renci.SshClient.Tests.csproj b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/Renci.SshClient.Tests.csproj
index ec338e1d..64512d41 100644
--- a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/Renci.SshClient.Tests.csproj
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/Renci.SshClient.Tests.csproj
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\CreateDirectoryTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\DeleteDirectoryTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\DeleteFileTest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\GetTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\ListDirectoryTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\RenameFileTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="SftpClientTests\UploadDownloadFileTest.cs" />
diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/SftpClientTests/GetTest.cs b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/SftpClientTests/GetTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de9ed59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.Tests/SftpClientTests/GetTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+using Renci.SshClient.Tests.Properties;
+using System.IO;
+
+namespace Renci.SshClient.Tests.SftpClientTests
+{
+    [TestClass]
+    public class GetTest
+    {
+        [TestInitialize()]
+        public void CleanCurrentFolder()
+        {
+            using (var client = new SshClient(Resources.HOST, Resources.USERNAME, Resources.PASSWORD))
+            {
+                client.Connect();
+                client.RunCommand("rm -rf *");
+                client.Disconnect();
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [TestCategory("Sftp")]
+        public void Test_Get_Root_Directory()
+        {
+            using (var sftp = new SftpClient(Resources.HOST, Resources.USERNAME, Resources.PASSWORD))
+            {
+                sftp.Connect();
+                var directory = sftp.Get("/");
+
+                Assert.AreEqual("/", directory.FullName);
+                Assert.IsTrue(directory.IsDirectory);
+                Assert.IsFalse(directory.IsRegularFile);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [TestCategory("Sftp")]
+        public void Test_Get_Invalid_Directory()
+        {
+            using (var sftp = new SftpClient(Resources.HOST, Resources.USERNAME, Resources.PASSWORD))
+            {
+                sftp.Connect();
+                var directory = sftp.Get("/xyz");
+
+                Assert.IsNull(directory);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [TestMethod]
+        [TestCategory("Sftp")]
+        public void Test_Get_File()
+        {
+            using (var sftp = new SftpClient(Resources.HOST, Resources.USERNAME, Resources.PASSWORD))
+            {
+                sftp.Connect();
+                
+                sftp.UploadFile(new MemoryStream(), "abc.txt");
+
+                var file = sftp.Get("abc.txt");
+
+                Assert.AreEqual("/home/tester/abc.txt", file.FullName);
+                Assert.IsTrue(file.IsRegularFile);
+                Assert.IsFalse(file.IsDirectory);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.csproj b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.csproj
index 7bcc4fa5..f32b1fea 100644
--- a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.csproj
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient.csproj
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Security\Cryptography\TransformMode.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\Cryptography\Ciphers\DesCipher.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sftp\SetFileStatusCommand.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Sftp\StatusCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sftp\SymbolicLinkCommand.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sftp\Messages\SftpRequestMessage.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Messages\Transport\KeyExchangeDhGroupExchangeGroup.cs" />
diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Sftp/StatusCommand.cs b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Sftp/StatusCommand.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e22666a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/Sftp/StatusCommand.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Renci.SshClient.Sftp.Messages;
+
+namespace Renci.SshClient.Sftp
+{
+    internal class StatusCommand : SftpCommand
+    {
+        private string _path;
+
+        public SftpFile File { get; private set; }
+
+        public StatusCommand(SftpSession sftpSession, string path)
+            : base(sftpSession)
+        {
+            this._path = path;
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnExecute()
+        {
+            this.SendStatMessage(this._path);
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnAttributes(SftpFileAttributes attributes)
+        {
+            base.OnAttributes(attributes);
+
+            this.File = new SftpFile(this.SftpSession, this._path, attributes);
+
+            this.CompleteExecution();
+        }
+
+        protected override void OnStatus(StatusCodes statusCode, string errorMessage, string language)
+        {
+            base.OnStatus(statusCode, errorMessage, language);
+
+            if (statusCode == StatusCodes.NoSuchFile)
+            {
+                this.CompleteExecution();
+
+                this.IsStatusHandled = true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/SftpClient.cs b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/SftpClient.cs
index b51e969d..5c347a88 100644
--- a/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/SftpClient.cs
+++ b/Renci.SshClient/Renci.SshClient/SftpClient.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using Renci.SshClient.Sftp;
@@ -291,6 +292,27 @@ namespace Renci.SshClient
             return files;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets reference to remote file or directory.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="path">The path.</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public SftpFile Get(string path)
+        {
+            //  Ensure that connection is established.
+            this.EnsureConnection();
+
+            var fullPath = this._sftpSession.GetCanonicalPath(path);
+
+            var cmd = new StatusCommand(this._sftpSession, fullPath);
+
+            cmd.CommandTimeout = this.OperationTimeout;
+
+            cmd.Execute();
+
+            return cmd.File;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Downloads remote file specified by the path into the stream.
         /// </summary>