diff --git a/source/app.d b/source/app.d
index 67bb904..eaf2bf4 100644
--- a/source/app.d
+++ b/source/app.d
@@ -106,6 +106,27 @@
 		}
 
 		Dub dub = new Dub;
+		string def_config;
+
+		bool loadCwdPackage()
+		{
+			if( !existsFile("package.json") && !existsFile("source/app.d") ){
+				logInfo("");
+				logInfo("Neither package.json, nor source/app.d was found in the current directory.");
+				logInfo("Please run dub from the root directory of an existing package, or create a new");
+				logInfo("package using \"dub init <name>\".");
+				logInfo("");
+				showHelp(null);
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			dub.loadPackageFromCwd();
+
+			def_config = dub.getDefaultConfiguration(build_platform);
+			if( !build_config.length ) build_config = def_config;
+
+			return true;
+		}
 
 		// handle the command
 		switch( cmd ){
@@ -182,17 +203,7 @@
 			case "run":
 			case "build":
 			case "generate":
-				if( !existsFile("package.json") && !existsFile("source/app.d") ){
-					logInfo("");
-					logInfo("Neither package.json, nor source/app.d was found in the current directory.");
-					logInfo("Please run dub from the root directory of an existing package, or create a new");
-					logInfo("package using \"dub init <name>\".");
-					logInfo("");
-					showHelp(null);
-					return 1;
-				}
-
-				dub.loadPackageFromCwd();
+				if (!loadCwdPackage()) return 1;
 
 				string generator;
 				if( cmd == "run" || cmd == "build" ) generator = rdmd ? "rdmd" : "build";
@@ -204,10 +215,6 @@
 					}
 				}
 
-
-				auto def_config = dub.getDefaultConfiguration(build_platform);
-				if( !build_config.length ) build_config = def_config;
-
 				if( print_builds ){
 					logInfo("Available build types:");
 					foreach( tp; ["debug", "release", "unittest", "profile"] )
@@ -244,6 +251,10 @@
 				dub.generateProject(generator, gensettings);
 				if( build_type == "ddox" ) dub.runDdox();
 				break;
+			case "describe":
+				if (!loadCwdPackage()) return 1;
+				dub.describeProject(build_platform, build_config);				
+				break;
 		}
 
 		return 0;
@@ -300,7 +311,7 @@
 DUB options from options passed to the application. If the command is omitted,
 dub will default to "run".
 
-Possible commands:
+Available commands:
     help                 Prints this help screen
     init [<directory>]   Initializes an empy project in the specified directory
     run                  Compiles and runs the application (default command)
@@ -316,6 +327,8 @@
     list-user            Prints a list of all user installed packages.
     generate <name>      Generates project files using the specified generator:
                            visuald, mono-d, build, rdmd
+    describe             Prints a JSON description of the project and its
+                         dependencies
 
 General options:
         --annotate       Do not execute dependency installations, just print
diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index c02a117..0631d79 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -170,6 +170,19 @@
 		m_project.createZip(zipFile);
 	}
 
+	/// Outputs a JSON description of the project, including its deoendencies.
+	void describeProject(BuildPlatform platform, string config)
+	{
+		auto dst = Json.EmptyObject;
+		dst.configuration = config;
+		dst.compiler = platform.compiler;
+		dst.architecture = platform.architecture.serializeToJson();
+		dst.platform = platform.platform.serializeToJson();
+
+		m_project.describe(dst, platform, config);
+		logInfo("%s", dst.toPrettyString());
+	}
+
 
 	/// Gets all installed packages as a "packageId" = "version" associative array
 	string[string] installedPackages() const { return m_project.installedPackagesIDs(); }
diff --git a/source/dub/package_.d b/source/dub/package_.d
index 2c5a51a..3161a2c 100644
--- a/source/dub/package_.d
+++ b/source/dub/package_.d
@@ -215,7 +215,31 @@
 		if (packageId in m_info.dependencies)
 			m_info.dependencies.remove(packageId);
 	}
-} 
+
+	void describe(ref Json dst, BuildPlatform platform, string config)
+	{
+		dst.path = m_path.toNativeString();
+		dst.name = m_info.name;
+		dst["version"] = m_info.version_;
+		dst.description = m_info.description;
+		dst.homepage = m_info.homepage;
+		dst.authors = m_info.authors.serializeToJson();
+		dst.copyright = m_info.copyright;
+		dst.license = m_info.license;
+		dst.dependencies = m_info.dependencies.keys.serializeToJson();
+
+		auto jconfig = Json.EmptyObject;
+		Json[string] files;
+		BuildSettings bs = getBuildSettings(platform, config);
+		foreach (f; bs.sourceFiles) {
+			auto jf = Json.EmptyObject;
+			jf.path = f;
+			jf["type"] = "source";
+			files[f] = jf;
+		}
+		dst.files = Json(files);
+	}
+}
 
 /// Specifying package information without any connection to a certain 
 /// installed package, like Package class is doing.
diff --git a/source/dub/project.d b/source/dub/project.d
index 31877cc..c7c0b82 100644
--- a/source/dub/project.d
+++ b/source/dub/project.d
@@ -398,6 +398,24 @@
 		*/
 	}
 
+	/// Outputs a JSON description of the project, including its deoendencies.
+	void describe(ref Json dst, BuildPlatform platform, string config)
+	{
+		dst.mainPackage = m_main.name;
+
+		auto configs = getPackageConfigs(platform, config);
+
+		auto mp = Json.EmptyObject;
+		m_main.describe(mp, platform, config);
+		dst.packages = Json([mp]);
+
+		foreach (dep; m_dependencies) {
+			auto dp = Json.EmptyObject;
+			dep.describe(dp, platform, configs[dep.name]);
+			dst.packages = dst.packages.get!(Json[]) ~ dp;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// Tries to add the specified dependency.
 	/// If an existing dependencies is already current, this one is compared to
 	///	the supplied one, in order to check if these are compatible.