diff --git a/core/commands/peers.go b/core/commands/peers.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0ca4e758053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/commands/peers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package commands
+
+import (
+  "encoding/json"
+  "io"
+
+  "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/core"
+  b58 "github.com/jbenet/go-ipfs/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/jbenet/go-base58"
+)
+
+// peerInfo is a representation of a peer.Peer that is better suited for serialization
+type peerInfo struct {
+  ID string
+  Addresses []string
+  PubKey string
+  Latency int64
+}
+
+func Peers(n *core.IpfsNode, args []string, opts map[string]interface{}, out io.Writer) error {
+  enc := json.NewEncoder(out)
+  peers := make([]peerInfo, len(*n.PeerMap))
+
+  for i, p := range *n.PeerMap {
+    addrs := make([]string, len(p.Addresses))
+    for j, addr := range p.Addresses {
+      addrStr, err := addr.String()
+      if err != nil {
+        return err
+      }
+      addrs[j] = addrStr
+    }
+
+    pubkeyBytes, err := p.PubKey.Bytes()
+    if err != nil {
+      return err
+    }
+
+    peer := peerInfo{
+      ID: p.ID.Pretty(),
+      Addresses: addrs,
+      PubKey: b58.Encode(pubkeyBytes),
+      Latency: p.GetLatency().Nanoseconds(),
+    }
+    peers[i] = peer
+  }
+
+  enc.Encode(peers)
+
+  return nil
+}
diff --git a/core/core.go b/core/core.go
index 0a9db055a9e..3d1ba718795 100644
--- a/core/core.go
+++ b/core/core.go
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ func NewIpfsNode(cfg *config.Config, online bool) (*IpfsNode, error) {
 
 	var (
 		net *swarm.Swarm
+		peers *peer.Map
 		// TODO: refactor so we can use IpfsRouting interface instead of being DHT-specific
 		route* dht.IpfsDHT
 		swap *bitswap.BitSwap
@@ -88,13 +89,15 @@ func NewIpfsNode(cfg *config.Config, online bool) (*IpfsNode, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 
+		peers = &peer.Map{}
+
 		route = dht.NewDHT(local, net, d)
 		route.Start()
 
 		swap = bitswap.NewBitSwap(local, net, d, route)
 		swap.SetStrategy(bitswap.YesManStrategy)
 
-		go initConnections(cfg, route)
+		go initConnections(cfg, peers, route)
 	}
 
 	bs, err := bserv.NewBlockService(d, swap)
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ func NewIpfsNode(cfg *config.Config, online bool) (*IpfsNode, error) {
 
 	return &IpfsNode{
 		Config:    cfg,
-		PeerMap:   &peer.Map{},
+		PeerMap:   peers,
 		Datastore: d,
 		Blocks:    bs,
 		DAG:       dag,
@@ -155,18 +158,20 @@ func initIdentity(cfg *config.Config) (*peer.Peer, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func initConnections(cfg *config.Config, route *dht.IpfsDHT) {
-	for _, p := range cfg.Peers {
-		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(p.Address)
+func initConnections(cfg *config.Config, peers *peer.Map, route *dht.IpfsDHT) {
+	for _, sp := range cfg.Peers {
+		maddr, err := ma.NewMultiaddr(sp.Address)
 		if err != nil {
 			u.PErr("error: %v\n", err)
 			continue
 		}
 
-		_, err = route.Connect(maddr)
+		p, err := route.Connect(maddr)
 		if err != nil {
 			u.PErr("Bootstrapping error: %v\n", err)
 		}
+
+		(*peers)[p.Key()] = p
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index f1983e5027c..48b339a1fcc 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ func (dl *DaemonListener) handleConnection(conn net.Conn) {
 		err = commands.Ls(dl.node, command.Args, command.Opts, conn)
 	case "pin":
 		err = commands.Pin(dl.node, command.Args, command.Opts, conn)
+	case "peers":
+		err = commands.Peers(dl.node, command.Args, command.Opts, conn)
 	default:
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Invalid Command: '%s'", command.Command)
 	}