diff --git a/command/monitor.go b/command/monitor.go
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+++ b/command/monitor.go
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+package command
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/logutils"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+// MonitorCommand is a Command implementation that queries a running
+// Consul agent what members are part of the cluster currently.
+type MonitorCommand struct {
+	ShutdownCh <-chan struct{}
+	Ui         cli.Ui
+
+	lock     sync.Mutex
+	quitting bool
+}
+
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Help() string {
+	helpText := `
+Usage: consul monitor [options]
+
+  Shows recent log messages of a Consul agent, and attaches to the agent,
+  outputting log messages as they occur in real time. The monitor lets you
+  listen for log levels that may be filtered out of the Consul agent. For
+  example your agent may only be logging at INFO level, but with the monitor
+  you can see the DEBUG level logs.
+
+Options:
+
+  -log-level=info          Log level of the agent.
+  -rpc-addr=127.0.0.1:7373  RPC address of the Consul agent.
+`
+	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
+}
+
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Run(args []string) int {
+	var logLevel string
+	cmdFlags := flag.NewFlagSet("monitor", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	cmdFlags.Usage = func() { c.Ui.Output(c.Help()) }
+	cmdFlags.StringVar(&logLevel, "log-level", "INFO", "log level")
+	rpcAddr := RPCAddrFlag(cmdFlags)
+	if err := cmdFlags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	client, err := RPCClient(*rpcAddr)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connecting to Consul agent: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer client.Close()
+
+	logCh := make(chan string, 1024)
+	monHandle, err := client.Monitor(logutils.LogLevel(logLevel), logCh)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error starting monitor: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+	defer client.Stop(monHandle)
+
+	eventDoneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(eventDoneCh)
+	OUTER:
+		for {
+			select {
+			case log := <-logCh:
+				if log == "" {
+					break OUTER
+				}
+				c.Ui.Info(log)
+			}
+		}
+
+		c.lock.Lock()
+		defer c.lock.Unlock()
+		if !c.quitting {
+			c.Ui.Info("")
+			c.Ui.Output("Remote side ended the monitor! This usually means that the\n" +
+				"remote side has exited or crashed.")
+		}
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case <-eventDoneCh:
+		return 1
+	case <-c.ShutdownCh:
+		c.lock.Lock()
+		c.quitting = true
+		c.lock.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (c *MonitorCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Stream logs from a Consul agent"
+}
diff --git a/command/rpc.go b/command/rpc.go
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index 0000000000..7b4411b2a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/rpc.go
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+package command
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/agent"
+)
+
+// RPCAddrFlag returns a pointer to a string that will be populated
+// when the given flagset is parsed with the RPC address of the Consul.
+func RPCAddrFlag(f *flag.FlagSet) *string {
+	return f.String("rpc-addr", "127.0.0.1:8400",
+		"RPC address of the Consul agent")
+}
+
+// RPCClient returns a new Consul RPC client with the given address.
+func RPCClient(addr string) (*agent.RPCClient, error) {
+	return agent.NewRPCClient(addr)
+}