diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f58b5af..83879ff 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@
     "symfony-cmf/routing": "1.1.*@alpha",
     "easyrdf/easyrdf": "0.8.*",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "3.7.*",
-    "zendframework/zend-feed": "2.2.*"
+    "zendframework/zend-feed": "~2.2",
+    "symfony/console": "2.4.*",
+    "symfony/finder": "~2.4"
   },
+  "prefer-stable": true,
   "autoload": {
     "psr-4": {
       "Drupal\\Core\\": "core/lib/Drupal/Core",
       "Drupal\\Component\\": "core/lib/Drupal/Component",
+      "Drupal\\Console\\": "core/lib/Drupal/Console",
       "Drupal\\Driver\\": "drivers/lib/Drupal/Driver"
     },
     "files": [
diff --git a/core/console b/core/console
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..900b40e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/console
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Drupal's console.
+ */
+
+$loader = require_once __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+use Drupal\Console\DrupalApplication;
+
+$application = new DrupalApplication('Drupal', '8.x');
+$application->run();
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/FileClassResolver.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/FileClassResolver.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12cbd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/FileClassResolver.php
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Component\Discovery\FileClassResolver.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Component\Discovery;
+
+/**
+ * Find classes in files.
+ */
+class FileClassResolver {
+
+  /**
+   * Discovered files.
+   *
+   * @var array $files
+   *   Database of classes already found, arranged thusly:
+   *   - Key is file path.
+   *   - Value is class with namespace.
+   */
+  protected $files;
+
+  /**
+   * Discover the class in the given file.
+   *
+   * Will only find the first class in the file. Will return fully-namespaced
+   * class name.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   Path to the file to check.
+   *
+   * @return string|bool
+   *   Fully-namespaced class name, or FALSE if no class could be found.
+   */
+  public function classInFile($path) {
+    if (isset($this->files[$path])) {
+      return $this->files[$path];
+    }
+    $fp = fopen($path, 'r');
+    $class = $namespace = $buffer = '';
+    $i = 0;
+    while (!$class) {
+      if (feof($fp)) {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      $buffer .= fread($fp, 512);
+      if (strpos($buffer, '{') === FALSE) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      $tokens = @token_get_all($buffer);
+
+      for (; $i < count($tokens); $i++) {
+        if ($tokens[$i][0] === T_NAMESPACE) {
+          for ($j = $i + 1; $j < count($tokens); $j++) {
+            if ($tokens[$j][0] === T_STRING) {
+              $namespace .= '\\' . $tokens[$j][1];
+            }
+            elseif ($tokens[$j] === '{' || $tokens[$j] === ';') {
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+
+        if ($tokens[$i][0] === T_CLASS) {
+          for ($j = $i + 1; $j < count($tokens); $j++) {
+            if ($tokens[$j] === '{') {
+              $class = $tokens[$i + 2][1];
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if ($namespace && $class) {
+      $class_name = $namespace . '\\' . $class;
+      $this->files[$path] = $class_name;
+      return $class_name;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/IsSubclassFilterIterator.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/IsSubclassFilterIterator.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..760fa75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Component/Discovery/IsSubclassFilterIterator.php
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Component\Discovery\IsSubclassFilterIterator.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Component\Discovery;
+
+use Drupal\Component\Discovery\FileClassResolver;
+use Symfony\Component\Finder\Iterator\FilterIterator;
+
+/**
+ * Description of IsSubclassFilterIterator
+ */
+class IsSubclassFilterIterator extends FilterIterator {
+
+  protected $superClass;
+  protected $resolver;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for IsSubclassFilterIterator.
+   *
+   * @param \Iterator $iterator
+   *   Iterator to filter.
+   * @param string $super_class
+   *   Fully-namespaced superclass to check against.
+   * @param \Drupal\Component\Discovery\FileClassResolver $resolver
+   *   (optional) Resolver object.
+   */
+  public function __construct(\Iterator $iterator, $super_class, FileClassResolver $resolver = NULL) {
+    $this->superClass = $super_class;
+    $this->resolver = $resolver;
+    parent::__construct($iterator);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function accept() {
+    $current = $this->current();
+    // Normalize to \SplFileInfo.
+    if (!$current instanceof \SplFileInfo) {
+      $current = new \SplFileInfo($current);
+    }
+    if (!file_exists($current->getPathname())) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    if (!$this->resolver) {
+      $this->resolver = new FileClassResolver();
+    }
+
+    $current_class = $this->resolver->classInFile($current->getPathName());
+    if (class_exists($current_class)) {
+      $r = new \ReflectionClass($current_class);
+      return $r->isSubclassOf($this->superClass);
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9adf5c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains CommandBase.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Console\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+
+/**
+ * Base console command class for Drupal.
+ *
+ * Subclass this if you want your command to be a Drupal 8 console command.
+ */
+abstract class CommandBase extends Command {
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBootstrapBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBootstrapBase.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7f7959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/CommandBootstrapBase.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains CommandBootstrapBase.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Console\Command;
+
+use Drupal\Console\Command\CommandBase;
+use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Bootstrap Drupal so we can run a console command.
+ *
+ * Subclass this so you can write a command which requires a booted Drupal. If
+ * your command does not require a booted Drupal, don't subclass this.
+ */
+abstract class CommandBootstrapBase extends CommandBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Bootstrap Drupal enough so that we can run commands which require it.
+   *
+   * @param InputInterface $input
+   *   Command input object.
+   * @param OutputInterface $output
+   *   Command output object
+   *
+   * @returns DrupalKernel|FALSE
+   *   Booted kernel, or FALSE.
+   */
+  protected function bootstrap(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output, Request $request = \NULL) {
+    // This defaults to 'prod.'
+    $env = $input->getOption('environment');
+    // Yes, we have to require_once.
+    require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../includes/bootstrap.inc';
+    try {
+      // This boot strategy ripped from drupal_handle_request().
+      // This should be about four lines of code, but it's not properly
+      // refactored at the kernel level.
+      drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_CONFIGURATION);
+
+      $kernel = new DrupalKernel($env, \drupal_classloader(), TRUE);
+      $kernel->boot();
+
+      if (!$request) {
+        // Create a meaningful request object. We shouldn't really need this but
+        // Drupal complains if it's not present.
+        $request = Request::createFromGlobals();
+      }
+      $container = $kernel->getContainer();
+      $container->set('request', $request);
+      $container->get('request_stack')->push($request);
+
+      drupal_bootstrap(DRUPAL_BOOTSTRAP_CODE);
+      return $kernel;
+    }
+    catch (\Exception $e) {
+      $formatter = $this->getHelperSet()->get('formatter');
+      $error_messages = array(
+        'Insufficient Drupal to proceed.',
+        'This command requires a bootable Drupal installation.',
+      );
+      $formatted_block = $formatter->formatBlock($error_messages, 'error', TRUE);
+      $output->writeln($formatted_block);
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/DrupalCronCommand.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/DrupalCronCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16794d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/Command/DrupalCronCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Command class for drupal:cron.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Console\Command;
+
+use Drupal\Console\Command\CommandBootstrapBase;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+class DrupalCronCommand extends CommandBootstrapBase {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function configure() {
+    $this
+      ->setName('drupal:cron')
+      ->setDescription('Perform a cron run.');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) {
+    $kernel = $this->bootstrap($input, $output);
+    if ($kernel) {
+      $output->writeln('<info>Running cron...</info>');
+      $cron = $kernel->getContainer()->get('cron');
+      $cron->run();
+      $output->writeln('<info>Done.</info>');
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Console/DrupalApplication.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/DrupalApplication.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c05a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Console/DrupalApplication.php
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Console application for Drupal.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Console;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder;
+use Drupal\Component\Discovery\IsSubclassFilterIterator;
+use Drupal\Component\Discovery\FileClassResolver;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Application;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+
+class DrupalApplication extends Application {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function __construct($name = 'UNKNOWN', $version = 'UNKNOWN') {
+    parent::__construct($name, $version);
+    // We always want an environment option, so we'll add it at the application
+    // level. Kernel environment doesn't do much now, but likely will in the
+    // future.
+    $env_opt = new InputOption(
+      'environment', 'e', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Kernel environment.', 'prod'
+    );
+    $this->getDefinition()->addOption($env_opt);
+    $this->discoverCommands();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Perform command discovery.
+   *
+   * @todo: Inject DRUPAL_ROOT, so we can use vfsStream to test.
+   */
+  private function discoverCommands() {
+    $finder = new DrupalFinder();
+
+    $finder
+      // Search in Drupal's special places.
+      ->inDrupalCore()
+      ->inContrib()
+      ->excludeVendor()
+      // Only files, no directories.
+      ->files()
+      // Don't try to look in forbidden places.
+      ->ignoreUnreadableDirs()
+      // Ignore .git directories.
+      ->ignoreVCS(TRUE);
+
+    // We want *Command.php files.
+    $finder->name('*Command.php');
+
+    // We keep a class file resolver around so we can use it in both discovery
+    // and loading, since it stores what it has looked up.
+    $resolver = new FileClassResolver();
+
+    $filter_iterator = new IsSubclassFilterIterator(
+      $finder->getIterator(),
+      'Drupal\\Console\\Command\\CommandBase',
+      $resolver
+    );
+
+    foreach ($filter_iterator as $file) {
+      $class = $resolver->classInFile($file->getPathName());
+      $this->add(new $class());
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Discovery/DrupalFinder.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Discovery/DrupalFinder.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c4364d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Discovery/DrupalFinder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Discovery;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder;
+
+/**
+ * Drupal use-cases for Symfony's Finder component.
+ */
+class DrupalFinder extends Finder {
+
+  protected $drupalRoot;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor for DrupalFinder.
+   *
+   * @param string $drupal_root
+   *   (optional) Path to initialize as the root of the Drupal installation.
+   */
+  public function __construct($drupal_root = NULL) {
+    parent::__construct();
+    if (!$drupal_root) {
+      $drupal_root = realpath(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(dirname(__FILE__)))))));
+    }
+    $this->drupalRoot = $drupal_root;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Path to the root of the Drupal installation.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Path to the root of the Drupal installation.
+   */
+  public function drupalRoot() {
+    return $this->drupalRoot;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Path to the Drupal installation's core directory.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Path to the Drupal installation's core directory.
+   */
+  public function drupalCore() {
+    return $this->drupalRoot . '/core';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set iterator to search the Drupal root directory.
+   *
+   * @return Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder
+   *   Fluent interface.
+   */
+  public function inDrupalRoot() {
+    return $this->in($this->drupalRoot);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set iterator to search the Drupal core directory.
+   *
+   * @return Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder
+   *   Fluent interface.
+   */
+  public function inDrupalCore() {
+    return $this->in($this->drupalCore());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set iterator to search within Drupal's contrib directories.
+   *
+   * @return Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder
+   *   Fluent interface.
+   */
+  public function inContrib() {
+    $this->in($this->drupalRoot . '/modules');
+    return $this->in($this->drupalRoot . '/sites');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set iterator to exclude Composer's vendor directory.
+   *
+   * @return Drupal\Core\Discovery\DrupalFinder
+   *   Fluent interface.
+   */
+  public function excludeVendor() {
+    return $this->exclude($this->drupalCore() . '/vendor');
+  }
+
+}