diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBlob.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBlob.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7327fbfb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHBlob.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64InputStream;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+ * @author Kanstantsin Shautsou
+ * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ * @see GHRepository#getBlob(String)
+ * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/git/blobs/#get-a-blob">Get a blob</a>
+ */
+public class GHBlob {
+    private String content, encoding, url, sha;
+    private long size;
+
+    /**
+     * API URL of this blob.
+     */
+    public URL getUrl() {
+        return GitHub.parseURL(url);
+    }
+
+    public String getSha() {
+        return sha;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Number of bytes in this blob.
+     */
+    public long getSize() {
+        return size;
+    }
+
+    public String getEncoding() {
+        return encoding;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Encoded content. You probably want {@link #read()}
+     */
+    public String getContent() {
+        return content;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieves the actual bytes of the blob.
+     */
+    public InputStream read() {
+        if (encoding.equals("base64")) {
+            try {
+                return new Base64InputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(content.getBytes("US-ASCII")), false);
+            } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new AssertionError(e);    // US-ASCII is mandatory
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unrecognized encoding: "+encoding);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index f34ea8500..ac0d57b5f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.InterruptedIOException;
 import java.io.Reader;
@@ -817,6 +818,31 @@ public class GHRepository extends GHObject {
         return root.retrieve().to(url, GHTree.class).wrap(root);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Obtains the metadata & the content of a blob.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * This method retrieves the whole content in memory, so beware when you are dealing with large BLOB.
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/git/blobs/#get-a-blob">Get a blob</a>
+     * @see #readBlob(String)
+     */
+    public GHBlob getBlob(String blobSha) throws IOException {
+        String target = getApiTailUrl("git/blobs/" + blobSha);
+        return root.retrieve().to(target, GHBlob.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Reads the content of a blob as a stream for better efficiency.
+     *
+     * @see <a href="https://developer.github.com/v3/git/blobs/#get-a-blob">Get a blob</a>
+     * @see #getBlob(String)
+     */
+    public InputStream readBlob(String blobSha) throws IOException {
+        String target = getApiTailUrl("git/blobs/" + blobSha);
+        return root.retrieve().withHeader("Accept","application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw").asStream(target);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets a commit object in this repository.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeEntry.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeEntry.java
index e3d831c07..8359c40cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeEntry.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTreeEntry.java
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ public class GHTreeEntry {
 
 
     /**
-     * SHA1 of this object.
+     * SHA1 of this blob object.
      */
     public String getSha() {
         return sha;
     }
 
     /**
-     * API URL to this Git data, such as
+     * API URL to this Git blob data, such as
      * https://api.github.com/repos/jenkinsci
      * /jenkins/git/commits/b72322675eb0114363a9a86e9ad5a170d1d07ac0
      */
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
index 0a958418b..157d10540 100755
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/AppTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import org.kohsuke.github.GHCommit.File;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHOrganization.Permission;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -903,6 +904,26 @@ public class AppTest extends AbstractGitHubApiTestBase {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void blob() throws Exception {
+        GHRepository r = gitHub.getRepository("kohsuke/github-api");
+        String sha1 = "a12243f2fc5b8c2ba47dd677d0b0c7583539584d";
+
+        assertBlobContent(r.readBlob(sha1));
+
+        GHBlob blob = r.getBlob(sha1);
+        assertBlobContent(blob.read());
+        assertThat(blob.getSha(),is("a12243f2fc5b8c2ba47dd677d0b0c7583539584d"));
+        assertThat(blob.getSize(),is(1104L));
+    }
+
+    private void assertBlobContent(InputStream is) throws Exception {
+        String content = new String(IOUtils.toByteArray(is),"UTF-8");
+        assertThat(content,containsString("Copyright (c) 2011- Kohsuke Kawaguchi and other contributors"));
+        assertThat(content,containsString("FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR"));
+        assertThat(content.length(),is(1104));
+    }
+
     private void kohsuke() {
         String login = getUser().getLogin();
         Assume.assumeTrue(login.equals("kohsuke") || login.equals("kohsuke2"));