diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5e0efc2a..c9353276 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@
         "command": "go.browse.packages",
         "title": "Go: Browse Packages",
         "description": "Browse packages and Go files inside the packages."
+      },
+      {
+        "command": "go.get.package",
+        "title": "Go: Get Package",
+        "description": "Run `go get -v` on the package on the current line."
       }
     ],
     "debuggers": [
diff --git a/src/goBrowsePackage.ts b/src/goBrowsePackage.ts
index 820fd73e..380ad047 100644
--- a/src/goBrowsePackage.ts
+++ b/src/goBrowsePackage.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import cp = require('child_process');
 import { getGoRuntimePath } from './goPath';
 import path = require('path');
 import { getAllPackages } from './goPackages';
+import { getImportPath } from './util';
 
 export function browsePackages() {
 	let selectedText = '';
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export function browsePackages() {
 			// if selection is empty, then get the whole line the cursor is currently on.
 			selectedText = editor.document.lineAt(selection.active.line).text;
 		}
-		selectedText = getImportPath(selectedText);
+		selectedText = getImportPath(selectedText) || selectedText.trim();
 	}
 
 	showPackageFiles(selectedText, true);
@@ -85,19 +86,3 @@ function showPackageList() {
 			});
 	});
 }
-
-function getImportPath(text: string): string {
-	// Catch cases like `import alias "importpath"` and `import "importpath"`
-	let singleLineImportMatches = text.match(/^\s*import\s+([a-z,A-Z,_,\.]\w*\s+)?\"([^\"]+)\"/);
-	if (singleLineImportMatches) {
-		return singleLineImportMatches[2];
-	}
-
-	// Catch cases like `alias "importpath"` and "importpath"
-	let groupImportMatches = text.match(/^\s*([a-z,A-Z,_,\.]\w*\s+)?\"([^\"]+)\"/);
-	if (groupImportMatches) {
-		return groupImportMatches[2];
-	}
-
-	return text.trim();
-}
diff --git a/src/goGetPackage.ts b/src/goGetPackage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..507752ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/goGetPackage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+'use strict';
+
+import vscode = require('vscode');
+import cp = require('child_process');
+import { getGoRuntimePath } from './goPath';
+import { getImportPath } from './util';
+import { outputChannel } from './goStatus';
+
+export function goGetPackage() {
+	const editor = vscode.window.activeTextEditor;
+	const selection = editor.selection;
+	const selectedText = editor.document.lineAt(selection.active.line).text;
+
+	const importPath = getImportPath(selectedText);
+	if (importPath === '') {
+		vscode.window.showErrorMessage('No import path to get');
+		return;
+	}
+
+	const goRuntimePath = getGoRuntimePath();
+	if (!goRuntimePath) {
+		return vscode.window.showErrorMessage('Could not locate Go binaries. Make sure you have Go installed');
+	}
+
+	cp.execFile(goRuntimePath, ['get', '-v', importPath], (err, stdout, stderr) => {
+		// go get -v uses stderr to write output regardless of success or failure
+		if (stderr !== '') {
+			outputChannel.show();
+			outputChannel.clear();
+			outputChannel.appendLine(stderr);
+
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// go get -v doesn't write anything when the package already exists
+		vscode.window.showInformationMessage(`Package already exists: ${importPath}`);
+	});
+};
diff --git a/src/goMain.ts b/src/goMain.ts
index 076d8d58..cd4db400 100644
--- a/src/goMain.ts
+++ b/src/goMain.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import { parseLiveFile } from './goLiveErrors';
 import { GoReferencesCodeLensProvider } from './goReferencesCodelens';
 import { implCursor } from './goImpl';
 import { browsePackages } from './goBrowsePackage';
+import { goGetPackage } from './goGetPackage';
 
 export let errorDiagnosticCollection: vscode.DiagnosticCollection;
 let warningDiagnosticCollection: vscode.DiagnosticCollection;
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ export function activate(ctx: vscode.ExtensionContext): void {
 		});
 	}));
 
+	ctx.subscriptions.push(vscode.commands.registerCommand('go.get.package', goGetPackage));
+
 	vscode.languages.setLanguageConfiguration(GO_MODE.language, {
 		indentationRules: {
 			decreaseIndentPattern: /^\s*(\bcase\b.*:|\bdefault\b:|}[),]?|\)[,]?)$/,
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 6454b473..65bd39c7 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -409,3 +409,22 @@ export function resolvePath(inputPath: string, workspaceRoot?: string): string {
 	return resolveHomeDir(inputPath);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns the import path in a passed in string.
+ * @param text The string to search for an import path
+ */
+export function getImportPath(text: string): string {
+	// Catch cases like `import alias "importpath"` and `import "importpath"`
+	let singleLineImportMatches = text.match(/^\s*import\s+([a-z,A-Z,_,\.]\w*\s+)?\"([^\"]+)\"/);
+	if (singleLineImportMatches) {
+		return singleLineImportMatches[2];
+	}
+
+	// Catch cases like `alias "importpath"` and "importpath"
+	let groupImportMatches = text.match(/^\s*([a-z,A-Z,_,\.]\w*\s+)?\"([^\"]+)\"/);
+	if (groupImportMatches) {
+		return groupImportMatches[2];
+	}
+
+	return '';
+}
diff --git a/test/go.test.ts b/test/go.test.ts
index c7f7a60f..d66236e2 100644
--- a/test/go.test.ts
+++ b/test/go.test.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { documentSymbols } from '../src/goOutline';
 import { listPackages } from '../src/goImport';
 import { generateTestCurrentFile, generateTestCurrentPackage, generateTestCurrentFunction } from '../src/goGenerateTests';
 import { getAllPackages } from '../src/goPackages';
+import { getImportPath } from '../src/util';
 
 suite('Go Extension Tests', () => {
 	let gopath = process.env['GOPATH'];
@@ -738,4 +739,19 @@ It returns the number of bytes written and any write error encountered.
 			assert.ok(false, `error in OpenTextDocument ${err}`);
 		}).then(() => done(), done);
 	});
+
+	test('getImportPath()', () => {
+		let testCases: [string, string][] = [
+			['import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"', 'github.com/sirupsen/logrus'],
+			['import "net/http"', 'net/http'],
+			['"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"', 'github.com/sirupsen/logrus'],
+			['', ''],
+			['func foo(bar int) (int, error) {', ''],
+			['// This is a comment, complete with punctuation.', '']
+		];
+
+		testCases.forEach(run => {
+			assert.equal(run[1], getImportPath(run[0]));
+		});
+	});
 });