diff --git a/google/auth/app_engine.py b/google/auth/app_engine.py
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+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+"""Google App Engine standard environment credentials.
+
+This module provides authentication for application running on App Engine in
+the standard environment using the `App Identity API`_.
+
+
+.. _App Identity API:
+    https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/python/appidentity/
+"""
+
+import datetime
+
+from google.auth import _helpers
+from google.auth import credentials
+
+try:
+    from google.appengine.api import app_identity
+except ImportError:
+    app_identity = None
+
+
+class Credentials(credentials.Scoped, credentials.Signing,
+                  credentials.Credentials):
+    """App Engine standard environment credentials.
+
+    These credentials use the App Engine App Identity API to obtain access
+    tokens.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, scopes=None, service_account_id=None):
+        """
+        Args:
+            scopes (Sequence[str]): Scopes to request from the App Identity
+                API.
+            service_account_id (str): The service account ID passed into
+                :func:`google.appengine.api.app_identity.get_access_token`.
+                If not specified, the default application service account
+                ID will be used.
+
+        Raises:
+            EnvironmentError: If the App Engine APIs are unavailable.
+        """
+        if app_identity is None:
+            raise EnvironmentError(
+                'The App Engine APIs are not available.')
+
+        super(Credentials, self).__init__()
+        self._scopes = scopes
+        self._service_account_id = service_account_id
+
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Credentials)
+    def refresh(self, request):
+        # pylint: disable=unused-argument
+        token, ttl = app_identity.get_access_token(
+            self._scopes, self._service_account_id)
+        expiry = _helpers.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=ttl)
+
+        self.token, self.expiry = token, expiry
+
+    @property
+    def requires_scopes(self):
+        """Checks if the credentials requires scopes.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if there are no scopes set otherwise False.
+        """
+        return not self._scopes
+
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Scoped)
+    def with_scopes(self, scopes):
+        return Credentials(
+            scopes=scopes, service_account_id=self._service_account_id)
+
+    @_helpers.copy_docstring(credentials.Signing)
+    def sign_bytes(self, message):
+        return app_identity.sign_blob(message)
diff --git a/tests/test_app_engine.py b/tests/test_app_engine.py
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+# Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import datetime
+
+import mock
+import pytest
+
+from google.auth import app_engine
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def app_identity_mock(monkeypatch):
+    """Mocks the app_identity module for google.auth.app_engine."""
+    app_identity_mock = mock.Mock()
+    monkeypatch.setattr(
+        app_engine, 'app_identity', app_identity_mock)
+    yield app_identity_mock
+
+
+class TestCredentials(object):
+    def test_missing_apis(self):
+        with pytest.raises(EnvironmentError) as excinfo:
+            app_engine.Credentials()
+
+        assert excinfo.match(r'App Engine APIs are not available')
+
+    def test_default_state(self, app_identity_mock):
+        credentials = app_engine.Credentials()
+
+        # Not token acquired yet
+        assert not credentials.valid
+        # Expiration hasn't been set yet
+        assert not credentials.expired
+        # Scopes are required
+        assert not credentials.scopes
+        assert credentials.requires_scopes
+
+    def test_with_scopes(self, app_identity_mock):
+        credentials = app_engine.Credentials()
+
+        assert not credentials.scopes
+        assert credentials.requires_scopes
+
+        scoped_credentials = credentials.with_scopes(['email'])
+
+        assert scoped_credentials.has_scopes(['email'])
+        assert not scoped_credentials.requires_scopes
+
+    @mock.patch(
+        'google.auth._helpers.utcnow',
+        return_value=datetime.datetime.min)
+    def test_refresh(self, now_mock, app_identity_mock):
+        token = 'token'
+        ttl = 100
+        app_identity_mock.get_access_token.return_value = token, ttl
+        credentials = app_engine.Credentials(scopes=['email'])
+
+        credentials.refresh(None)
+
+        app_identity_mock.get_access_token.assert_called_with(
+            credentials.scopes, credentials._service_account_id)
+        assert credentials.token == token
+        assert credentials.expiry == (
+            datetime.datetime.min + datetime.timedelta(seconds=ttl))
+        assert credentials.valid
+        assert not credentials.expired
+
+    def test_sign_bytes(self, app_identity_mock):
+        app_identity_mock.sign_blob.return_value = mock.sentinel.signature
+        credentials = app_engine.Credentials()
+        to_sign = b'123'
+
+        signature = credentials.sign_bytes(to_sign)
+
+        assert signature == mock.sentinel.signature
+        app_identity_mock.sign_blob.assert_called_with(to_sign)