diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c305ce8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ArchiveCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Composer.
+ *
+ * (c) Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ *     Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Composer\Command;
+
+use Composer\Factory;
+use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
+use Composer\DependencyResolver\Pool;
+use Composer\Package\LinkConstraint\VersionConstraint;
+use Composer\Repository\CompositeRepository;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Install a package as new project into new directory.
+ *
+ * @author Nils Adermann <naderman@naderman.de>
+ */
+class ArchiveCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this
+            ->setName('archive')
+            ->setDescription('Create an archive of this composer package')
+            ->setDefinition(array(
+                new InputArgument('package', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'The package to archive'),
+                new InputArgument('version', InputArgument::OPTIONAL, 'The package version to archive'),
+                new InputOption('format', 'f', InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Format of the resulting archive: tar or zip', 'tar'),
+                new InputOption('dir', false, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Write the archive to this directory', '.'),
+            ))
+            ->setHelp(<<<EOT
+The <info>archive</info> command creates an archive of the specified format
+containing the files and directories of the Composer project or the specified
+package and writes it to the specified directory.
+
+<info>php composer.phar archive [--format=zip] [--dir=/foo] package version</info>
+
+EOT
+            )
+        ;
+    }
+
+    protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        return $this->archive(
+            $this->getIO(),
+            $input->getArgument('package'),
+            $input->getArgument('version'),
+            $input->getOption('format'),
+            $input->getOption('dir')
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function archive(IOInterface $io, $packageName, $version = false, $format = 'tar', $dest = '.')
+    {
+        $config = Factory::createConfig();
+        $factory = new Factory;
+        $archiveManager = $factory->createArchiveManager($config);
+
+        $package = $this->selectPackage($io, $packageName, $version);
+
+        if (!$package) {
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        $io->write('<info>Creating the archive.</info>');
+        $archiveManager->archive($package, $format, $dest);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    protected function selectPackage(IOInterface $io, $packageName, $version = false)
+    {
+        $io->write('<info>Searching for the specified package.</info>');
+
+        if ($composer = $this->getComposer(false)) {
+            $localRepo = $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getLocalRepository();
+            $repos = new CompositeRepository(array_merge(array($localRepo), $composer->getRepositoryManager()->getRepositories()));
+        } else {
+            $defaultRepos = Factory::createDefaultRepositories($this->getIO());
+            $output->writeln('No composer.json found in the current directory, searching packages from ' . implode(', ', array_keys($defaultRepos)));
+            $repos = new CompositeRepository($defaultRepos);
+        }
+
+        $pool = new Pool();
+        $pool->addRepository($repos);
+
+        $constraint = ($version) ? new VersionConstraint('>=', $version) : null;
+        $packages = $pool->whatProvides($packageName, $constraint);
+
+        if (count($packages) > 1) {
+            $package = $packages[0];
+            $io->write('<info>Found multiple matches, selected '.$package.'.</info>');
+            $io->write('Alternatives were '.implode(', ', $packages).'.');
+            $io->write('<comment>Please use a more specific constraint to pick a different package.</comment>');
+        } elseif ($packages) {
+            $package = $packages[0];
+            $io->write('<info>Found an exact match '.$package.'.</info>');
+        } else {
+            $io->write('<error>Could not find a package matching '.$packageName.'.</error>');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $package;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Composer/Console/Application.php b/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
index 55d078cee..40dfd9eb9 100755
--- a/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Console/Application.php
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ class Application extends BaseApplication
         $commands[] = new Command\RequireCommand();
         $commands[] = new Command\DumpAutoloadCommand();
         $commands[] = new Command\StatusCommand();
+        $commands[] = new Command\ArchiveCommand();
 
         if ('phar:' === substr(__FILE__, 0, 5)) {
             $commands[] = new Command\SelfUpdateCommand();
diff --git a/src/Composer/Factory.php b/src/Composer/Factory.php
index 92e89f5a5..b77d6bb1d 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Factory.php
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ class Factory
      *
      * @return Archiver\ArchiveManager
      */
-    public function createArchiveManager(Config $config, DownloadManager $dm = null)
+    public function createArchiveManager(Config $config, Downloader\DownloadManager $dm = null)
     {
         if (null === $dm) {
             $dm = $this->createDownloadManager(new IO\NullIO(), $config);