diff --git a/lib/bitbucket/client.rb b/lib/bitbucket/client.rb
index 39b52ae25a6ecd7652c8729fcad977f026e133e6..24984ca079362f36eaac6ee9e36fc1790465dce1 100644
--- a/lib/bitbucket/client.rb
+++ b/lib/bitbucket/client.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ module Bitbucket
     end
 
 
+    def repo(name)
+      parsed_response = connection.get("/repositories/#{name}")
+      Representation::Repo.new(parsed_response)
+    end
+
     def repos
       relative_path = "/repositories/#{user.username}"
       paginator = Paginator.new(connection, relative_path, :repo)