diff --git a/napalm/base/base.py b/napalm/base/base.py
index 1f2b94e93..2eadc331a 100644
--- a/napalm/base/base.py
+++ b/napalm/base/base.py
@@ -1512,13 +1512,14 @@ def get_optics(self):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
         """
         Return the configuration of a device.
 
         Args:
             retrieve(string): Which configuration type you want to populate, default is all of them.
                               The rest will be set to "".
+            full(bool): Retrieve all the configuration. For instance, on ios, "sh run all".
 
         Returns:
           The object returned is a dictionary with a key for each configuration store:
diff --git a/napalm/eos/eos.py b/napalm/eos/eos.py
index 30ee212c8..2d6cb8387 100644
--- a/napalm/eos/eos.py
+++ b/napalm/eos/eos.py
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@ def get_optics(self):
 
         return optics_detail
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
         """get_config implementation for EOS."""
         get_startup = retrieve == "all" or retrieve == "startup"
         get_running = retrieve == "all" or retrieve == "running"
@@ -1700,12 +1700,19 @@ def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
             retrieve == "all" or retrieve == "candidate"
         ) and self.config_session
 
+        run_full = " all" if full else ""
+
         if retrieve == "all":
-            commands = ["show startup-config", "show running-config"]
+            commands = [
+                "show startup-config{}".format(run_full),
+                "show running-config{}".format(run_full),
+            ]
 
             if self.config_session:
                 commands.append(
-                    "show session-config named {}".format(self.config_session)
+                    "show session-config named {} {}".format(
+                        self.config_session, run_full
+                    )
                 )
 
             output = self.device.run_commands(commands, encoding="text")
@@ -1721,7 +1728,7 @@ def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
                 else "",
             }
         elif get_startup or get_running:
-            commands = ["show {}-config".format(retrieve)]
+            commands = ["show {}-config{}".format(retrieve, run_full)]
             output = self.device.run_commands(commands, encoding="text")
             return {
                 "startup": py23_compat.text_type(output[0]["output"])
@@ -1733,7 +1740,9 @@ def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
                 "candidate": "",
             }
         elif get_candidate:
-            commands = ["show session-config named {}".format(self.config_session)]
+            commands = [
+                "show session-config named {}{}".format(self.config_session, run_full)
+            ]
             output = self.device.run_commands(commands, encoding="text")
             return {
                 "startup": "",
diff --git a/napalm/ios/ios.py b/napalm/ios/ios.py
index 01479e895..c33617b3f 100644
--- a/napalm/ios/ios.py
+++ b/napalm/ios/ios.py
@@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ def get_network_instances(self, name=""):
             }
         return instances if not name else instances[name]
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
         """Implementation of get_config for IOS.
 
         Returns the startup or/and running configuration as dictionary.
@@ -2968,14 +2968,15 @@ def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
         """
 
         configs = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}
+        run_full = " all" if full else ""
 
         if retrieve in ("startup", "all"):
-            command = "show startup-config"
+            command = "show startup-config{}".format(run_full)
             output = self._send_command(command)
             configs["startup"] = output
 
         if retrieve in ("running", "all"):
-            command = "show running-config"
+            command = "show running-config{}".format(run_full)
             output = self._send_command(command)
             configs["running"] = output
 
diff --git a/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py b/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
index 098a8cd66..2d2945cc4 100644
--- a/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
+++ b/napalm/iosxr/iosxr.py
@@ -2224,17 +2224,22 @@ def get_users(self):
 
         return users
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
 
         config = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}  # default values
+        run_full = " all" if full else ""
 
         if retrieve.lower() in ["running", "all"]:
             config["running"] = py23_compat.text_type(
-                self.device._execute_config_show("show running-config")
+                self.device._execute_config_show(
+                    "show running-config{}".format(run_full)
+                )
             )
         if retrieve.lower() in ["candidate", "all"]:
             config["candidate"] = py23_compat.text_type(
-                self.device._execute_config_show("show configuration merge")
+                self.device._execute_config_show(
+                    "show configuration merge{}".format(run_full)
+                )
             )
 
         return config
diff --git a/napalm/junos/junos.py b/napalm/junos/junos.py
index 003ad116e..3e29f8a36 100644
--- a/napalm/junos/junos.py
+++ b/napalm/junos/junos.py
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ def get_optics(self):
 
         return optics_detail
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
         rv = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}
 
         options = {"format": "text", "database": "candidate"}
diff --git a/napalm/nxos/nxos.py b/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
index dee643c24..63cb78f60 100644
--- a/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
+++ b/napalm/nxos/nxos.py
@@ -524,16 +524,17 @@ def _create_tmp_file(config):
     def _disable_confirmation(self):
         self._send_command_list(["terminal dont-ask"])
 
-    def get_config(self, retrieve="all"):
+    def get_config(self, retrieve="all", full=False):
         config = {"startup": "", "running": "", "candidate": ""}  # default values
+        run_full = " all" if full else ""
 
         if retrieve.lower() in ("running", "all"):
-            command = "show running-config"
+            command = "show running-config{}".format(run_full)
             config["running"] = py23_compat.text_type(
                 self._send_command(command, raw_text=True)
             )
         if retrieve.lower() in ("startup", "all"):
-            command = "show startup-config"
+            command = "show startup-config{}".format(run_full)
             config["startup"] = py23_compat.text_type(
                 self._send_command(command, raw_text=True)
             )