diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/termvector.rb b/elasticsearch-api/lib/elasticsearch/api/actions/termvector.rb
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+module Elasticsearch
+  module API
+    module Actions
+
+      # Return information and statistics about terms in the fields of a particular document
+      #
+      # @example Get statistics for a specific document
+      #
+      #     client.indices.create index: 'my_index',
+      #                           body: {
+      #                             mappings: {
+      #                               my_type: {
+      #                                 properties: {
+      #                                   text: {
+      #                                     type: 'string',
+      #                                     term_vector: 'with_positions_offsets_payloads'
+      #                                   }
+      #                                 }
+      #                               }
+      #                             }
+      #                           }
+      #
+      #     client.index index: 'my_index', type: 'my_type', id: '1', body: { text: 'Foo Bar Fox' }
+      #
+      #     client.termvector index: 'my_index', type: 'my_type', id: '1'
+      #     # => { ..., "term_vectors" => { "text" => { "field_statistics" => { ... }, "terms" => { "bar" => ... } } }
+      #
+      # @option arguments [String] :index The name of the index (*Required*)
+      # @option arguments [String] :type The type of the document (*Required*)
+      # @option arguments [String] :id The document ID (*Required*)
+      # @option arguments [Hash] :body The request definition
+      # @option arguments [Boolean] :term_statistics Whether total term frequency and
+      #                                              document frequency should be returned.
+      # @option arguments [Boolean] :field_statistics Whether document count, sum of document frequencies
+      #                                               and sum of total term frequencies should be returned.
+      # @option arguments [List] :fields A comma-separated list of fields to return.
+      # @option arguments [Boolean] :offsets Whether term offsets should be returned.
+      # @option arguments [Boolean] :positions Whether term positions should be returned.
+      # @option arguments [Boolean] :payloads Whether term payloads should be returned.
+      # @option arguments [String] :preference Specify the node or shard the operation should be performed on
+      #                                        (default: random).
+      # @option arguments [String] :routing Specific routing value.
+      # @option arguments [String] :parent Parent id of documents.
+      #
+      # @see http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/docs-termvectors.html
+      #
+      def termvector(arguments={})
+        raise ArgumentError, "Required argument 'index' missing" unless arguments[:index]
+        raise ArgumentError, "Required argument 'type' missing" unless arguments[:type]
+        raise ArgumentError, "Required argument 'id' missing" unless arguments[:id]
+
+        valid_params = [
+          :term_statistics,
+          :field_statistics,
+          :fields,
+          :offsets,
+          :positions,
+          :payloads,
+          :preference,
+          :routing,
+          :parent ]
+
+        method = 'GET'
+
+        path   = Utils.__pathify Utils.__escape(arguments[:index]),
+                                 Utils.__escape(arguments[:type]),
+                                 arguments[:id],
+                                 '_termvector'
+
+        params = Utils.__validate_and_extract_params arguments, valid_params
+        body   = arguments[:body]
+
+        perform_request(method, path, params, body).body
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/elasticsearch-api/test/unit/termvector_test.rb b/elasticsearch-api/test/unit/termvector_test.rb
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+require 'test_helper'
+
+module Elasticsearch
+  module Test
+    class TermvectorTest < ::Test::Unit::TestCase
+
+      context "Termvector" do
+        subject { FakeClient.new }
+
+        should "require the :index argument" do
+          assert_raise ArgumentError do
+            subject.termvector :type => 'bar', :id => '1'
+          end
+        end
+
+        should "require the :type argument" do
+          assert_raise ArgumentError do
+            subject.termvector :index => 'foo', :id => '1'
+          end
+        end
+
+        should "require the :id argument" do
+          assert_raise ArgumentError do
+            subject.termvector :index => 'foo', :type => 'bar'
+          end
+        end
+
+        should "perform correct request" do
+          subject.expects(:perform_request).with do |method, url, params, body|
+            assert_equal 'GET', method
+            assert_equal 'foo/bar/123/_termvector', url
+            assert_equal Hash.new, params
+            assert_equal Hash.new, body
+            true
+          end.returns(FakeResponse.new)
+
+          subject.termvector :index => 'foo', :type => 'bar', :id => '123', :body => {}
+        end
+
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end