diff --git a/core/Command/User/Info.php b/core/Command/User/Info.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1888e5cc64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/Command/User/Info.php
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2016 Robin Appelman <robin@icewind.nl>
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+namespace OC\Core\Command\User;
+
+use OC\Core\Command\Base;
+use OCP\IGroupManager;
+use OCP\IUser;
+use OCP\IUserManager;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class Info extends Base {
+	/** @var IUserManager */
+	protected $userManager;
+	/** @var IGroupManager */
+	protected $groupManager;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param IUserManager $userManager
+	 * @param IGroupManager $groupManager
+	 */
+	public function __construct(IUserManager $userManager, IGroupManager $groupManager) {
+		$this->userManager = $userManager;
+		$this->groupManager = $groupManager;
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+	protected function configure() {
+		$this
+			->setName('user:info')
+			->setDescription('show user info')
+			->addArgument(
+				'user',
+				InputArgument::REQUIRED,
+				'user to show'
+			)->addOption(
+				'output',
+				null,
+				InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL,
+				'Output format (plain, json or json_pretty, default is plain)',
+				$this->defaultOutputFormat
+			);
+	}
+
+	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+		$user = $this->userManager->get($input->getArgument('user'));
+		if (is_null($user)) {
+			$output->writeln('<error>user not found</error>');
+			return 1;
+		}
+		$groups = $this->groupManager->getUserGroupIds($user);
+		$data = [
+			'user_id' => $user->getUID(),
+			'display_name' => $user->getDisplayName(),
+			'email' => ($user->getEMailAddress()) ? $user->getEMailAddress() : '',
+			'cloud_id' => $user->getCloudId(),
+			'enabled' => $user->isEnabled(),
+			'groups' => $groups,
+			'quota' => $user->getQuota(),
+			'last_seen' => date(\DateTime::ATOM, $user->getLastLogin()), // ISO-8601
+			'user_directory' => $user->getHome(),
+			'backend' => $user->getBackendClassName()
+		];
+		$this->writeArrayInOutputFormat($input, $output, $data);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/core/register_command.php b/core/register_command.php
index 7fc2d969ad..70a1d7ed42 100644
--- a/core/register_command.php
+++ b/core/register_command.php
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ if (\OC::$server->getConfig()->getSystemValue('installed', false)) {
 	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\User\ResetPassword(\OC::$server->getUserManager()));
 	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\User\Setting(\OC::$server->getUserManager(), \OC::$server->getConfig(), \OC::$server->getDatabaseConnection()));
 	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\User\ListCommand(\OC::$server->getUserManager()));
+	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\User\Info(\OC::$server->getUserManager(), \OC::$server->getGroupManager()));
 
 	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\Group\ListCommand(\OC::$server->getGroupManager()));
 	$application->add(new OC\Core\Command\Group\AddUser(\OC::$server->getUserManager(), \OC::$server->getGroupManager()));