diff --git a/repo_blob.go b/repo_blob.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9445a1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo_blob.go
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package git
+
+func (repo *Repository) getBlob(id SHA1) (*Blob, error) {
+	if _, err := NewCommand("cat-file", "-p", id.String()).RunInDir(repo.Path); err != nil {
+		return nil, ErrNotExist{id.String(), ""}
+	}
+
+	return &Blob{
+		repo: repo,
+		TreeEntry: &TreeEntry{
+			ID: id,
+			ptree: &Tree{
+				repo: repo,
+			},
+		},
+	}, nil
+}
+
+// GetBlob finds the blob object in the repository.
+func (repo *Repository) GetBlob(idStr string) (*Blob, error) {
+	id, err := NewIDFromString(idStr)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return repo.getBlob(id)
+}
diff --git a/repo_blob_test.go b/repo_blob_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8ccef69b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repo_blob_test.go
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+// Copyright 2018 The Gitea Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a MIT-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package git
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestRepository_GetBlob(t *testing.T) {
+	bareRepo1Path := filepath.Join(testReposDir, "repo1_bare")
+	bareRepo1, err := OpenRepository(bareRepo1Path)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		OID  string
+		Data []byte
+	}{
+		{"e2129701f1a4d54dc44f03c93bca0a2aec7c5449", []byte("file1\n")},
+		{"6c493ff740f9380390d5c9ddef4af18697ac9375", []byte("file2\n")},
+		{"b1fc9917b618c924cf4aa421dae74e8bf9b556d3", []byte("Hi\n")},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		blob, err := bareRepo1.GetBlob(testCase.OID)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		dataReader, err := blob.Data()
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadAll(dataReader)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, testCase.Data, data)
+	}
+}