diff --git a/cmd/tfinstall/main.go b/cmd/tfinstall/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d90b4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/tfinstall/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/logutils"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform-exec/tfinstall"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	filter := &logutils.LevelFilter{
+		Levels:   []logutils.LogLevel{"DEBUG", "WARN", "ERROR"},
+		MinLevel: logutils.LogLevel("WARN"),
+		Writer:   os.Stderr,
+	}
+	log.SetOutput(filter)
+
+	ui := &cli.ColoredUi{
+		OutputColor: cli.UiColorBlue,
+		InfoColor:   cli.UiColorGreen,
+		ErrorColor:  cli.UiColorRed,
+		WarnColor:   cli.UiColorYellow,
+		Ui: &cli.BasicUi{
+			Reader:      os.Stdin,
+			Writer:      os.Stdout,
+			ErrorWriter: os.Stderr,
+		},
+	}
+
+	exitStatus := run(ui, os.Args[1:])
+
+	os.Exit(exitStatus)
+}
+
+func help() string {
+	return `Usage: tfinstall [--dir=DIR] VERSION
+
+  Downloads, verifies, and installs a terraform binary of version
+  VERSION from releases.hashicorp.com. VERSION must be a valid version under
+  semantic versioning, or "latest".
+
+  If a binary is successfully installed, its path will be printed to stdout.
+
+  Unless --dir is given, the default system temporary directory will be used.
+
+Options:
+  --dir          Directory into which to install the terraform binary. The
+                 directory must exist.
+
+Examples:
+  tfinstall 0.12.28
+  tfinstall latest
+  tfinstall 0.13.0-beta3
+  tfinstall --dir=/home/kmoe/bin 0.12.28
+`
+}
+
+func run(ui cli.Ui, args []string) int {
+	args = os.Args[1:]
+	flags := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ExitOnError)
+	var tfDir string
+	flags.StringVar(&tfDir, "dir", "", "Local directory into which to install terraform")
+
+	err := flags.Parse(args)
+	if err != nil {
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if flags.NArg() != 1 {
+		ui.Error("Please specify VERSION")
+		ui.Output(help())
+		return 127
+	}
+
+	tfVersion := flags.Args()[0]
+
+	if tfDir == "" {
+		tfDir, err = ioutil.TempDir("", "tfinstall")
+		if err != nil {
+			ui.Error(err.Error())
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	var findArgs []tfinstall.ExecPathFinder
+
+	if tfVersion == "latest" {
+		findArgs = append(findArgs, tfinstall.LatestVersion(tfDir, false))
+	} else {
+		findArgs = append(findArgs, tfinstall.ExactVersion(tfVersion, tfDir))
+	}
+
+	tfPath, err := tfinstall.Find(findArgs...)
+	if err != nil {
+		ui.Error(err.Error())
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	ui.Output(tfPath)
+	return 0
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 12845c25..632ef2b6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.4.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1
+	github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0
 	github.com/hashicorp/terraform-json v0.5.0
+	github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.1
 	github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.2.1
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190605123033-f99c8df09eb5
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 79ef9b39..7de61e97 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -10,14 +10,19 @@ cloud.google.com/go/datastore v1.0.0/go.mod h1:LXYbyblFSglQ5pkeyhO+Qmw7ukd3C+pD7
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/BurntSushi/xgb v0.0.0-20160522181843-27f122750802/go.mod h1:IVnqGOEym/WlBOVXweHU+Q+/VP0lqqI8lqeDx9IjBqo=
 github.com/apparentlymart/go-textseg v1.0.0/go.mod h1:z96Txxhf3xSFMPmb5X/1W05FF/Nj9VFpLOpjS5yuumk=
+github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310 h1:BUAU3CGlLvorLI26FmByPp2eC2qla6E1Tw+scpcg/to=
+github.com/armon/go-radix v0.0.0-20180808171621-7fddfc383310/go.mod h1:ufUuZ+zHj4x4TnLV4JWEpy2hxWSpsRywHrMgIH9cCH8=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.78 h1:LaXy6lWR0YK7LKyuU0QWy2ws/LWTPfYV/UgfiBu4tvY=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.15.78/go.mod h1:E3/ieXAlvM0XWO57iftYVDLLvQ824smPP3ATZkfNZeM=
 github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d h1:xDfNPAt8lFiC1UJrqV3uuy861HCTo708pDMbjHHdCas=
 github.com/bgentry/go-netrc v0.0.0-20140422174119-9fd32a8b3d3d/go.mod h1:6QX/PXZ00z/TKoufEY6K/a0k6AhaJrQKdFe6OfVXsa4=
+github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0 h1:ByYyxL9InA1OWqxJqqp2A5pYHUrCiAL6K3J+LKSsQkY=
+github.com/bgentry/speakeasy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:+zsyZBPWlz7T6j88CTgSN5bM796AkVf0kBD4zp0CCIs=
 github.com/cheggaaa/pb v1.0.27/go.mod h1:pQciLPpbU0oxA0h+VJYYLxO+XeDQb5pZijXscXHm81s=
 github.com/client9/misspell v0.3.4/go.mod h1:qj6jICC3Q7zFZvVWo7KLAzC3yx5G7kyvSDkc90ppPyw=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0 h1:DkWD4oS2D8LGGgTQ6IvwJJXSL5Vp2ffcQg58nFV38Ys=
 github.com/fatih/color v1.7.0/go.mod h1:Zm6kSWBoL9eyXnKyktHP6abPY2pDugNf5KwzbycvMj4=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b h1:VKtxabqXZkF25pY9ekfRL6a582T4P37/31XEstQ5p58=
 github.com/golang/glog v0.0.0-20160126235308-23def4e6c14b/go.mod h1:SBH7ygxi8pfUlaOkMMuAQtPIUF8ecWP5IEl/CR7VP2Q=
@@ -42,12 +47,16 @@ github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20190515194954-54271f7e092f/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OI
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:0Wqv26UfaUD9n4G6kQubkQ+KchISgw+vpHVxEJEs9eg=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5 h1:sjZBwGj9Jlw33ImPtvFviGYvseOtDM7hkSKB7+Tv3SM=
 github.com/googleapis/gax-go/v2 v2.0.5/go.mod h1:DWXyrwAJ9X0FpwwEdw+IPEYBICEFu5mhpdKc/us6bOk=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 h1:hLrqtEDnRye3+sgx6z4qVLNuviH3MR5aQ0ykNJa/UYA=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-checkpoint v0.5.0 h1:MFYpPZCnQqQTE18jFwSII6eUQrD/oxMFp3mlgcqk5mU=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-checkpoint v0.5.0/go.mod h1:7nfLNL10NsxqO4iWuW6tWW0HjZuDrwkBuEQsVcpCOgg=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0 h1:wvCrVc9TjDls6+YGAF2hAifE1E5U1+b4tH6KdvN3Gig=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.4.0 h1:ENHNi8494porjD0ZhIrjlAHnveSFhY7hvOJrV/fsKkw=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-getter v1.4.0/go.mod h1:7qxyCd8rBfcShwsvxgIguu4KbS3l8bUCwg2Umn7RjeY=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0 h1:iVjPR7a6H0tWELX5NxNe7bYopibicUzc7uPribsnS6o=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0/go.mod h1:dHtQlpGsu+cZNNAkkCN/P3hoUDHhCYQXV3UM06sGGrk=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 h1:2HR189eFNrjHQyENnQMMpCiBAsRxzbTMIgBhEyExpmo=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oaerMy3BhqiTbVye6QuFhFtIceqFoDHxNAB65b+Rj1I=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-uuid v1.0.0 h1:RS8zrF7PhGwyNPOtxSClXXj9HA8feRnJzgnI1RJCSnM=
@@ -58,6 +67,8 @@ github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.2.1/go.mod h1:fltr4n8CU8Ke44wwGCBoEymUuxUHl09
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.0/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1 h1:0hERBMJE1eitiLkihrMvRVBYAkpHzc/J3QdDN+dAcgU=
 github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.1/go.mod h1:/m3WP610KZHVQ1SGc6re/UDhFvYD7pJ4Ao+sR/qLZy8=
+github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0 h1:dLEQVugN8vlakKOUE3ihGLTZJRB4j+M2cdTm/ORI65Y=
+github.com/hashicorp/logutils v1.0.0/go.mod h1:QIAnNjmIWmVIIkWDTG1z5v++HQmx9WQRO+LraFDTW64=
 github.com/hashicorp/terraform-json v0.5.0 h1:7TV3/F3y7QVSuN4r9BEXqnWqrAyeOtON8f0wvREtyzs=
 github.com/hashicorp/terraform-json v0.5.0/go.mod h1:eAbqb4w0pSlRmdvl8fOyHAi/+8jnkVYN28gJkSJrLhU=
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@@ -67,15 +78,22 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0/go.mod h1:dAy3ld7l9f0ibDNOQOHHMYYIIbhfbHSm3C4ZsoJORN
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+github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.0.9 h1:UVL0vNpWh04HeJXV0KLcaT7r06gOH2l4OW6ddYRUIY4=
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+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.3/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4 h1:bnP0vzxcAdeI1zdubAl5PjU6zsERjGZb7raWodagDYs=
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+github.com/mitchellh/cli v1.1.1 h1:J64v/xD7Clql+JVKSvkYojLOXu1ibnY9ZjGLwSt/89w=
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+github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1 h1:ccV59UEOTzVDnDUEFdT95ZzHVZ+5+158q8+SJb2QV5w=
+github.com/posener/complete v1.1.1/go.mod h1:em0nMJCgc9GFtwrmVmEMR/ZL6WyhyjMBndrE9hABlRI=
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@@ -119,6 +137,7 @@ golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181108010431-42b317875d0f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJ
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+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180823144017-11551d06cbcc/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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