diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 4036f96..26bdea7 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ To submit bug reports and feature suggestions, or to track changes:
 
 * Enable the module at Administer >> Site building >> Modules.
 
+-- DRUSH --
+
+* You can download the Jquery UI library using the provided Drush command, provided you have Drush installed.
+  The format of the command is "drush jqueryui-download VERSION PATH"
+  Both VERSION and PATH are optional as they default to "1.6" and "sites/all/libraries/jquery.ui" when no arguments are provided.
 
 -- JQUERY UI 1.7 --
 
diff --git a/jquery_ui.drush.inc b/jquery_ui.drush.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5734e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jquery_ui.drush.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_drush_command().
+ */
+function jquery_ui_drush_command() {
+  $items = array();
+
+  $items['jqueryui-download'] = array(
+    'description' => 'Download the jQuery UI library.',
+    'bootstrap' => DRUSH_BOOTSTRAP_DRUPAL_ROOT, // No site or config needed.
+    'arguments' => array(
+      'version' => dt('Optional. A version number for jquery.ui. Should be in the form "1.6" or "1.7.3". Defaults to 1.6.'),
+      'path' => dt('Optional. A path to the download folder. If omitted Drush will use the default location (sites/all/libraries/jquery.ui).'),
+    ),
+  );
+
+  return $items;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Checkout jQuery UI from SVN.
+ */
+function drush_jquery_ui_jqueryui_download() {
+  $args = func_get_args();
+
+  $version = ($args[0]) ? $args[0] : '1.6';
+  $path = ($args[1]) ? $args[1] : drush_get_context('DRUSH_DRUPAL_ROOT') . '/sites/all/libraries/jquery.ui';
+
+  if (drush_shell_exec('svn export http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/tags/' . $version . '/ ' . $path)) {
+    drush_log(dt('jQuery UI version @version has been downloaded to @path.', array('@path' => $path, '@version' => $version)), 'success');
+  }
+  else {
+    drush_log(dt('Drush was unable to download the jQuery UI library version @version to @path.', array('@path' => $path, '@version' => $version)), 'error');
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements drush_MODULE_post_COMMAND().
+ */
+function drush_jquery_ui_post_enable() {
+  $modules = func_get_args();
+  if (in_array('jquery_ui', $modules)) {
+    jquery_ui_drush_download();
+  }
+}