diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/IReferencesClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/IReferencesClient.cs
index e21ffcdf..1540fe64 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/IReferencesClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/IReferencesClient.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ namespace Octokit
 {
     public interface IReferencesClient
     {
-        Task<GitReference> Get(string owner, string repo, string reference);
+        Task<Reference> Get(string owner, string name, string reference);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Octokit/Clients/ReferencesClient.cs b/Octokit/Clients/ReferencesClient.cs
index b0f0b819..66e72319 100644
--- a/Octokit/Clients/ReferencesClient.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Clients/ReferencesClient.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,21 @@
-using System;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace Octokit
 {
     public class ReferencesClient : ApiClient, IReferencesClient
     {
-        public ReferencesClient(IApiConnection apiConnection) : base(apiConnection) { }
-
-        public Task<GitReference> Get(string owner, string repo, string reference)
+        public ReferencesClient(IApiConnection apiConnection) : 
+            base(apiConnection)
         {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
+        public Task<Reference> Get(string owner, string name, string reference)
+        {
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(owner, "owner");
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(name, "name");
+            Ensure.ArgumentNotNullOrEmptyString(reference, "reference");
+
+            return ApiConnection.Get<Reference>(ApiUrls.Reference(owner, name, reference));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
index 5ee72100..9dd7bff3 100644
--- a/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Helpers/ApiUrls.cs
@@ -469,6 +469,18 @@ namespace Octokit
             return "repos/{0}/{1}/git/commits/{2}".FormatUri(owner, name, reference);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns the <see cref="Uri"/> for the specified reference.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="owner">The owner of the repository</param>
+        /// <param name="name">The name of the repository</param>
+        /// <param name="reference">The reference name</param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static Uri Reference(string owner, string name, string reference)
+        {
+            return "repos/{0}/{1}/git/refs/{2}".FormatUri(owner, name, reference);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Returns the <see cref="Uri"/> for creating a commit object.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/Octokit/Models/Response/Reference.cs b/Octokit/Models/Response/Reference.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1fd8d08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Octokit/Models/Response/Reference.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+namespace Octokit
+{
+    public class Reference
+    {
+        public string Ref { get; set; }
+        public string Url { get; set; }
+        public TagObject Object { get; set; }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Octokit/Models/Response/TagObject.cs b/Octokit/Models/Response/TagObject.cs
index b9c4b7cf..183f754f 100644
--- a/Octokit/Models/Response/TagObject.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Models/Response/TagObject.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     {
         Commit,
         Blob,
-        Tree
+        Tree,
+        Tag
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Octokit/Octokit-Mono.csproj b/Octokit/Octokit-Mono.csproj
index 7b4044ae..a05062be 100644
--- a/Octokit/Octokit-Mono.csproj
+++ b/Octokit/Octokit-Mono.csproj
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\PullRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Request\RepositoryIssueRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Request\MilestoneRequest.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Response\Reference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\Signature.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\TagObject.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\TreeItem.cs" />
diff --git a/Octokit/Octokit-netcore45.csproj b/Octokit/Octokit-netcore45.csproj
index 5547f28a..eac6c575 100644
--- a/Octokit/Octokit-netcore45.csproj
+++ b/Octokit/Octokit-netcore45.csproj
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\PullRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\Readme.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\ReadmeResponse.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Response\Reference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\Release.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\ReleaseAsset.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\ReleaseAssetUpload.cs" />
diff --git a/Octokit/Octokit.csproj b/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
index 76d7c1a9..41c417c6 100644
--- a/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
+++ b/Octokit/Octokit.csproj
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Models\Request\NewTreeItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Request\NewTree.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Clients\TreesClient.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Models\Response\Reference.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\TreeItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\TreeResponse.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Models\Response\Activity.cs" />