diff --git a/almanachclient/commands/get_entity.py b/almanachclient/commands/get_entity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f768033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/almanachclient/commands/get_entity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 2017 INAP
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from cliff.lister import Lister
+
+
+class GetEntityCommand(Lister):
+    """Get entity"""
+
+    columns = ('Tenant ID', 'Type', 'Name', 'Start', 'End', 'Properties')
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super().get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument('entity_id', help='Entity ID')
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        entities = self.app.get_client().get_entity(parsed_args.entity_id)
+        return self.columns, self._format_rows(entities)
+
+    def _format_rows(self, entities):
+        rows = []
+
+        for entity in entities:
+            entity_type = entity.get('entity_type')
+
+            if entity_type == 'instance':
+                properties = dict(flavor=entity.get('flavor'),
+                                  image=entity.get('image_meta', entity.get('os')))
+            elif entity_type == 'volume':
+                properties = dict(volume_type=entity.get('volume_type'),
+                                  size=entity.get('size'),
+                                  attached_to=entity.get('attached_to'))
+            else:
+                properties = None
+
+            rows.append((entity.get('project_id'), entity_type, entity.get('name'),
+                         entity.get('start'), entity.get('end'), properties))
+        return rows
diff --git a/almanachclient/http_client.py b/almanachclient/http_client.py
index b1e090b..973a5f9 100644
--- a/almanachclient/http_client.py
+++ b/almanachclient/http_client.py
@@ -58,12 +58,25 @@ class HttpClient(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
         return self._parse_response(response, 202)
 
     def _parse_response(self, response, expected_status=200):
-        body = response.json() if len(response.text) > 0 else ''
-
         if response.status_code != expected_status:
-            raise exceptions.HTTPError('{} ({})'.format(body.get('error') or 'HTTP Error', response.status_code))
+            raise exceptions.HTTPError('{} ({})'.format(self._get_error_message(response), response.status_code))
 
-        return body
+        return self._get_body(response)
+
+    def _get_body(self, response):
+        if self._is_json_response(response) and self._has_content(response):
+            return response.json()
+        return ''
+
+    def _get_error_message(self, response, default_message='HTTP Error'):
+        body = self._get_body(response)
+        return body.get('error', default_message) if isinstance(body, dict) else response.text
+
+    def _is_json_response(self, response):
+        return 'Content-Type' in response.headers and 'application/json' in response.headers['Content-Type']
+
+    def _has_content(self, response):
+        return 'Content-Length' in response.headers and int(response.headers['Content-Length']) > 0
 
     def _get_headers(self):
         return {
diff --git a/almanachclient/shell.py b/almanachclient/shell.py
index b548037..7f1eb36 100644
--- a/almanachclient/shell.py
+++ b/almanachclient/shell.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from almanachclient.commands.create_volume_type import CreateVolumeTypeCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.delete_instance import DeleteInstanceCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.delete_volume_type import DeleteVolumeTypeCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.endpoint import EndpointCommand
+from almanachclient.commands.get_entity import GetEntityCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.get_volume_type import GetVolumeTypeCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.list_entity import ListEntityCommand
 from almanachclient.commands.list_instance import ListInstanceCommand
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class AlmanachCommandManager(commandmanager.CommandManager):
         'list-instances': ListInstanceCommand,
         'create-instance': CreateInstanceCommand,
         'delete-instance': DeleteInstanceCommand,
+        'get-entity': GetEntityCommand,
         'list-entities': ListEntityCommand,
         'update instance': UpdateInstanceEntityCommand,
     }
diff --git a/almanachclient/tests/commands/test_get_entity.py b/almanachclient/tests/commands/test_get_entity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01cfef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/almanachclient/tests/commands/test_get_entity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2017 INAP
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from argparse import Namespace
+from unittest import mock
+
+from almanachclient.commands.get_entity import GetEntityCommand
+
+from almanachclient.tests import base
+
+
+class TestGetEntityCommand(base.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.app = mock.Mock()
+        self.app_args = mock.Mock()
+        self.args = Namespace(entity_id='some uuid')
+
+        self.client = mock.Mock()
+        self.app.get_client.return_value = self.client
+        self.command = GetEntityCommand(self.app, self.app_args)
+
+    def test_execute_command(self):
+        self.client.get_entity.return_value = [{'entity_id': 'some uuid', 'project_id': 'tenant id'}]
+
+        expected = (('Tenant ID', 'Type', 'Name', 'Start', 'End', 'Properties'),
+                    [('tenant id', None, None, None, None, None)])
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, self.command.take_action(self.args))
+        self.client.get_entity.assert_called_once_with(self.args.entity_id)
diff --git a/almanachclient/tests/v1/test_client.py b/almanachclient/tests/v1/test_client.py
index 32c91b2..cd36517 100644
--- a/almanachclient/tests/v1/test_client.py
+++ b/almanachclient/tests/v1/test_client.py
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        self.response = mock.Mock(text='sample data')
+        self.response = mock.Mock(headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
+                                           'Content-Length': '1'})
         self.url = 'http://almanach_url'
         self.token = 'token'
         self.headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json',
@@ -74,6 +75,20 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
                                          params=params,
                                          headers=self.headers)
 
+    @mock.patch('requests.get')
+    def test_get_entity(self, requests):
+        expected = [mock.Mock()]
+
+        requests.return_value = self.response
+        self.response.json.return_value = expected
+        self.response.status_code = 200
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, self.client.get_entity('entity_id'))
+
+        requests.assert_called_once_with('{}{}'.format(self.url, '/v1/entity/entity_id'),
+                                         params=None,
+                                         headers=self.headers)
+
     @mock.patch('requests.put')
     def test_update_instance_entity(self, requests):
         expected = dict(name='some entity')
@@ -116,7 +131,7 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
     @mock.patch('requests.post')
     def test_create_volume_type(self, requests):
         data = {'type_id': 'some uuid', 'type_name': 'some name'}
-        self.response.text = ''
+        self.response.headers['Content-Length'] = 0
 
         requests.return_value = self.response
         self.response.status_code = 201
@@ -129,7 +144,7 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('requests.delete')
     def test_delete_volume_type(self, requests):
-        self.response.text = ''
+        self.response.headers['Content-Length'] = 0
 
         requests.return_value = self.response
         self.response.status_code = 202
@@ -142,7 +157,7 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('requests.delete')
     def test_delete_instance(self, requests):
-        self.response.text = ''
+        self.response.headers['Content-Length'] = 0
         date = datetime.now()
 
         requests.return_value = self.response
@@ -156,7 +171,7 @@ class TestClient(base.TestCase):
 
     @mock.patch('requests.post')
     def test_create_instance(self, requests):
-        self.response.text = ''
+        self.response.headers['Content-Length'] = 0
         date = datetime.now()
 
         requests.return_value = self.response
diff --git a/almanachclient/v1/client.py b/almanachclient/v1/client.py
index a57cd7f..5413e9f 100644
--- a/almanachclient/v1/client.py
+++ b/almanachclient/v1/client.py
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ class Client(HttpClient):
         self._delete('{}/{}/instance/{}'.format(self.url, self.api_version, instance_id), data=data)
         return True
 
+    def get_entity(self, entity_id):
+        url = '{}/{}/entity/{}'.format(self.url, self.api_version, entity_id)
+        return self._get(url)
+
     def get_tenant_entities(self, tenant_id, start, end):
         """List instances and volumes for a tenant.
 
diff --git a/doc/source/usage.rst b/doc/source/usage.rst
index 7fc4238..43acc4d 100644
--- a/doc/source/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/source/usage.rst
@@ -57,6 +57,24 @@ Arguments:
 * :code:`start`: Start date (ISO8601 format)
 * :code:`end`: End date (ISO8601 format)
 
+Get one Entity
+--------------
+
+Usage: :code:`almanach get-entity <entity_id>`
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    almanach get-entity 3e3b22e6-a10c-4c00-b8e5-05fcc8422b11
+
+    +----------------------------------+--------+------+---------------------------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
+    | Tenant ID                        | Type   | Name | Start                     | End  | Properties                                                  |
+    +----------------------------------+--------+------+---------------------------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
+    | bca89ae64dba46b8b74653d8d9ae8364 | volume | vol1 | 2017-05-15 19:11:14+00:00 | None | {'size': 1, 'attached_to': [], 'volume_type': 'solidfire0'} |
+    +----------------------------------+--------+------+---------------------------+------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+Arguments:
+
+* :code:`entity_id`: Entity ID (UUID)
 
 List Instances Entities
 -----------------------