diff --git a/lib/fastly/client.rb b/lib/fastly/client.rb
index cffe3ee0..19905f5e 100644
--- a/lib/fastly/client.rb
+++ b/lib/fastly/client.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 class Fastly
   # The UserAgent to communicate with the API
   class Client #:nodoc: all
+
+    DEFAULT_URL = 'https://api.fastly.com'.freeze
+
     attr_accessor :http, :api_key, :user, :password, :cookie, :customer
 
     def initialize(opts)
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@ def initialize(opts)
       @customer = opts.fetch(:customer, nil)
       @oldpurge = opts.fetch(:use_old_purge_method, false)
 
-      base    = opts.fetch(:base_url, 'https://api.fastly.com')
+      base    = opts.fetch(:base_url, DEFAULT_URL)
       uri     = URI.parse(base)
       options = if uri.is_a? URI::HTTPS
                   {
diff --git a/lib/fastly/dictionary.rb b/lib/fastly/dictionary.rb
index 6523a524..61d3daef 100644
--- a/lib/fastly/dictionary.rb
+++ b/lib/fastly/dictionary.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@ def items
       fetcher.list_dictionary_items(:service_id => service_id, :dictionary_id => id)
     end
 
+    # Returns a Fastly::DictionaryItem corresponding to this dictionary and the +key+
+    #
+    # * +key+ - Key of the dictionary item
+    def item(key)
+      fetcher.get_dictionary_item(service_id, id, key)
+    rescue Fastly::Error => e
+      raise unless e.message =~ /Record not found/
+    end
+
     def add_item(key, value)
       fetcher.create_dictionary_item(service_id: service_id, dictionary_id: id, item_key: key, item_value: value)
     end
diff --git a/test/fastly/dictionary_test.rb b/test/fastly/dictionary_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dfe98672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fastly/dictionary_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+require_relative '../test_helper'
+
+describe Fastly::Dictionary do
+
+  let(:client)     { Fastly.new(user: 'test@example.com', password: 'password') }
+  let(:service_id) { SecureRandom.hex(6) }
+  let(:version)    {  1 }
+  let(:dictionary) { Fastly::Dictionary.new({id: SecureRandom.hex(6), service_id: service_id, version: 1}, client) }
+
+  before {
+    stub_request(:post, "#{Fastly::Client::DEFAULT_URL}/login").to_return(body: '{}', status: 200, headers: { 'Set-Cookie' => 'tasty!' })
+  }
+
+  describe '#item' do
+    it 'returns the nil when item is not present' do
+      item_key   = 'key'
+      get_item_url = "#{Fastly::Client::DEFAULT_URL}/service/#{service_id}/dictionary/#{dictionary.id}/item/#{item_key}"
+
+      response_body = JSON.dump(
+        "msg"    => "Record not found",
+        "detail" => "Couldn't find dictionary item '{ service => #{service_id}, dictionary_id => #{dictionary.id}, item_key => #{item_key}, deleted => 0000-00-00 00:00:00'",
+      )
+
+      stub_request(:get, get_item_url).to_return(body: response_body, status: 404)
+
+      assert_nil dictionary.item('key')
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the corresponding dictionary item when present' do
+      item_key   = 'key'
+      item_value = 'value'
+
+      response_body = JSON.dump(
+        "dictionary_id" => dictionary.id,
+        "service_id"    => service_id,
+        "item_key"      => item_key,
+        "item_value"    => item_value,
+        "created_at"    => "2016-04-21T18:14:32+00:00",
+        "deleted_at"    => nil,
+        "updated_at"    => "2016-04-21T18:14:32+00:00",
+      )
+
+      get_item_url = "#{Fastly::Client::DEFAULT_URL}/service/#{service_id}/dictionary/#{dictionary.id}/item/#{item_key}"
+
+      stub_request(:get, get_item_url).to_return(body: response_body, status: 200)
+
+      item = dictionary.item('key')
+
+      assert_equal item_key, item.key
+      assert_equal item_value, item.value
+    end
+  end
+end