diff --git a/examples/pyhbase-cli b/examples/pyhbase-cli
index 8ec3584..9927ac3 100755
--- a/examples/pyhbase-cli
+++ b/examples/pyhbase-cli
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ if __name__=="__main__":
       get table row [family1[:qualifier1] [family2[:qualifier2] ...]]
 
       put table row family1:qualifier1 value1 [family2:qualifier2 value2 ...]
+
+      scan table number_of_rows
   """ % sys.argv[0]
 
   if len(sys.argv) <= 1 or sys.argv[1] == '--help':
@@ -89,6 +91,11 @@ if __name__=="__main__":
       usage()
       sys.exit(1)
     print connection.put(*args)
+  elif cmd == 'scan':
+    if len(args) != 2:
+      usage()
+      sys.exit(1)
+    print connection.scan(*args)
   else:
     usage()
     sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/pyhbase/connection.py b/pyhbase/connection.py
index 25c9ffb..3827f85 100644
--- a/pyhbase/connection.py
+++ b/pyhbase/connection.py
@@ -130,3 +130,12 @@ def put(self, table, row, *column_values):
   # Scan
   #
 
+  # TODO(hammer): Figure out cleaner, more functional command-line
+  @retry_wrapper
+  def scan(self, table, number_of_rows):
+    params = {"table": table, "scan": {}}
+    scanner_id = self.requestor.request("scannerOpen", params)
+    results = self.requestor.request("scannerGetRows", {"scannerId": scanner_id, "numberOfRows": int(number_of_rows)})
+    self.requestor.request("scannerClose", {"scannerId": scanner_id})
+    return results
+
diff --git a/pyhbase/schema/hbase.avpr b/pyhbase/schema/hbase.avpr
index 39fc9ad..c507360 100644
--- a/pyhbase/schema/hbase.avpr
+++ b/pyhbase/schema/hbase.avpr
@@ -164,6 +164,31 @@
         "items" : "AColumnValue"
       }
     } ]
+  }, {
+    "type" : "record",
+    "name" : "AScan",
+    "fields" : [ {
+      "name" : "startRow",
+      "type" : [ "bytes", "null" ]
+    }, {
+      "name" : "stopRow",
+      "type" : [ "bytes", "null" ]
+    }, {
+      "name" : "columns",
+      "type" : [ {
+        "type" : "array",
+        "items" : "AColumn"
+      }, "null" ]
+    }, {
+      "name" : "timestamp",
+      "type" : [ "long", "null" ]
+    }, {
+      "name" : "timerange",
+      "type" : [ "ATimeRange", "null" ]
+    }, {
+      "name" : "maxVersions",
+      "type" : [ "int", "null" ]
+    } ]
   }, {
     "type" : "error",
     "name" : "AIOError",
@@ -274,6 +299,39 @@
       } ],
       "response" : "null",
       "errors" : [ "AIOError" ]
+    },
+    "scannerOpen" : {
+      "request" : [ {
+        "name" : "table",
+        "type" : "bytes"
+      }, {
+        "name" : "scan",
+        "type" : "AScan"
+      } ],
+      "response" : "int",
+      "errors" : [ "AIOError" ]
+    },
+    "scannerClose" : {
+      "request" : [ {
+        "name" : "scannerId",
+        "type" : "int"
+      } ],
+      "response" : "null",
+      "errors" : [ "AIOError", "AIllegalArgument" ]
+    },
+    "scannerGetRows" : {
+      "request" : [ {
+        "name" : "scannerId",
+        "type" : "int"
+      }, {
+        "name" : "numberOfRows",
+        "type" : "int"
+      } ],
+      "response" : {
+        "type" : "array",
+        "items" : "AResult"
+      },
+      "errors" : [ "AIOError", "AIllegalArgument" ]
     }
   }
 }
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