diff --git a/gcloud/dns/client.py b/gcloud/dns/client.py
index ddc4ded769beb..4b2d3b6268a39 100644
--- a/gcloud/dns/client.py
+++ b/gcloud/dns/client.py
@@ -108,3 +108,29 @@ def zone(self, name, dns_name):
         :returns: a new ``ManagedZone`` instance
         """
         return ManagedZone(name, dns_name, client=self)
+
+    def get_zone(self, zone_name):
+        """Get a zone by name.
+
+        If the bucket isn't found, this will raise a
+        :class:`gcloud.exceptions.NotFound`.
+
+        For example::
+
+          >>> try:
+          >>>   zone = client.get_zone('my-zone')
+          >>> except gcloud.exceptions.NotFound:
+          >>>   print 'Sorry, that zone does not exist!'
+
+        This implements "dns.managedZones.get".
+
+        :type zone_name: string
+        :param zone_name: The name of the zone to get.
+
+        :rtype: :class:`gcloud.dns.zone.ManagedZone`
+        :returns: The zone matching the name provided.
+        :raises: :class:`gcloud.exceptions.NotFound`
+        """
+        zone = ManagedZone(name=zone_name, dns_name=None, client=self)
+        zone.reload(client=self)
+        return zone
diff --git a/gcloud/dns/test_client.py b/gcloud/dns/test_client.py
index 44b168f82efe1..62b3d6ec0b143 100644
--- a/gcloud/dns/test_client.py
+++ b/gcloud/dns/test_client.py
@@ -204,6 +204,62 @@ def test_zone(self):
         self.assertEqual(zone.dns_name, DNS_NAME)
         self.assertTrue(zone._client is client)
 
+    def test_get_zone_miss(self):
+        from gcloud.exceptions import NotFound
+
+        PROJECT = 'PROJECT'
+        CREDENTIALS = _Credentials()
+        client = self._makeOne(project=PROJECT, credentials=CREDENTIALS)
+
+        NONESUCH = 'nonesuch'
+        URI = '/'.join([
+            client.connection.API_BASE_URL,
+            'dns',
+            client.connection.API_VERSION,
+            'projects',
+            PROJECT,
+            'managedZones',
+            'nonesuch',
+        ])
+        http = client.connection._http = _Http(
+            {'status': '404', 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+            b'{}',
+        )
+        self.assertRaises(NotFound, client.get_zone, NONESUCH)
+        self.assertEqual(http._called_with['method'], 'GET')
+        self.assertEqual(http._called_with['uri'], URI)
+
+    def test_get_zone_hit(self):
+        from gcloud.dns.zone import ManagedZone
+
+        PROJECT = 'PROJECT'
+        CREDENTIALS = _Credentials()
+        client = self._makeOne(project=PROJECT, credentials=CREDENTIALS)
+
+        ZONE_NAME = 'zone-name'
+        ZONE_DNS_NAME = 'example.com.'
+        URI = '/'.join([
+            client.connection.API_BASE_URL,
+            'dns',
+            client.connection.API_VERSION,
+            'projects',
+            PROJECT,
+            'managedZones',
+            ZONE_NAME
+        ])
+        http = client.connection._http = _Http(
+            {'status': '200', 'content-type': 'application/json'},
+            '{{"name": "{0}", "dnsName": "{1}"}}'.format(
+                ZONE_NAME, ZONE_DNS_NAME).encode('utf-8'),
+        )
+
+        zone = client.get_zone(ZONE_NAME)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(zone, ManagedZone))
+        self.assertEqual(zone.name, ZONE_NAME)
+        self.assertEqual(zone.dns_name, ZONE_DNS_NAME)
+        self.assertEqual(http._called_with['method'], 'GET')
+        self.assertEqual(http._called_with['uri'], URI)
+
 
 class _Credentials(object):
 
@@ -228,3 +284,17 @@ def api_request(self, **kw):
         self._requested.append(kw)
         response, self._responses = self._responses[0], self._responses[1:]
         return response
+
+
+class _Http(object):
+
+    _called_with = None
+
+    def __init__(self, headers, content):
+        from httplib2 import Response
+        self._response = Response(headers)
+        self._content = content
+
+    def request(self, **kw):
+        self._called_with = kw
+        return self._response, self._content
diff --git a/gcloud/dns/zone.py b/gcloud/dns/zone.py
index 52f8e28187595..7d0df36a1024c 100644
--- a/gcloud/dns/zone.py
+++ b/gcloud/dns/zone.py
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@ def reload(self, client=None):
 
         api_response = client.connection.api_request(
             method='GET', path=self.path)
+        self.dns_name = api_response.get('dnsName')
         self._set_properties(api_response)
 
     def delete(self, client=None):