diff --git a/doc/source/examples.rst b/doc/source/examples.rst
index 83911b4..8077fb6 100644
--- a/doc/source/examples.rst
+++ b/doc/source/examples.rst
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ retrieve the Jenkins server version.
     import jenkins
 
     server = jenkins.Jenkins('http://localhost:8080', username='myuser', password='mypassword')
+    user = server.get_whoami()
     version = server.get_version()
-    print version
+    print('Hello %s from Jenkins %s' % (user['fullName'], jenkins_version))
 
-The above code prints the version of the Jenkins master running on 'localhost:8080'
+The above code prints the the fullName attribute of the user and the version of
+the Jenkins master running on 'localhost:8080'. For example, it may print
+"Hello John from Jenkins 2.0".
 
 From Jenkins vesion 1.426 onward you can specify an API token instead of your
 real password while authenticating the user against the Jenkins instance.
diff --git a/jenkins/__init__.py b/jenkins/__init__.py
index ee9dc7d..6bc09c7 100644
--- a/jenkins/__init__.py
+++ b/jenkins/__init__.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ DEFAULT_HEADERS = {'Content-Type': 'text/xml; charset=utf-8'}
 INFO = 'api/json'
 PLUGIN_INFO = 'pluginManager/api/json?depth=%(depth)s'
 CRUMB_URL = 'crumbIssuer/api/json'
+WHOAMI_URL = 'me/api/json'
 JOBS_QUERY = '?tree=jobs[url,color,name,jobs]'
 JOB_INFO = '%(folder_url)sjob/%(short_name)s/api/json?depth=%(depth)s'
 JOB_NAME = '%(folder_url)sjob/%(short_name)s/api/json?tree=name'
@@ -514,6 +515,33 @@ class Jenkins(object):
             raise JenkinsException("Could not parse JSON info for server[%s]"
                                    % self.server)
 
+    def get_whoami(self):
+        """Get information about the user account that authenticated to
+        Jenkins. This is a simple way to verify that your credentials are
+        correct.
+
+        :returns: Information about the current user ``dict``
+
+        Example::
+
+            >>> me = server.get_whoami()
+            >>> print me['fullName']
+            >>> 'John'
+
+        """
+        try:
+            response = self.jenkins_open(Request(self._build_url(WHOAMI_URL)))
+            if response is None:
+                raise EmptyResponseException(
+                    "Error communicating with server[%s]: "
+                    "empty response" % self.server)
+
+            return json.loads(response)
+
+        except (HTTPError, BadStatusLine):
+            raise BadHTTPException("Error communicating with server[%s]"
+                                   % self.server)
+
     def get_version(self):
         """Get the version of this Master.
 
diff --git a/tests/test_whoami.py b/tests/test_whoami.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e449011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_whoami.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import json
+from mock import patch
+
+import jenkins
+from tests.base import JenkinsTestBase
+
+
+class JenkinsWhoamiTest(JenkinsTestBase):
+
+    @patch.object(jenkins.Jenkins, 'jenkins_open')
+    def test_simple(self, jenkins_mock):
+        user_to_return = \
+            {u'absoluteUrl': u'https://example.com/jenkins/user/jsmith',
+             u'description': None,
+             u'fullName': u'John Smith',
+             u'id': u'jsmith',
+             u'property': [{},
+                           {},
+                           {},
+                           {u'address': u'jsmith@example.com'},
+                           {},
+                           {},
+                           {u'insensitiveSearch': False},
+                           {}]}
+
+        jenkins_mock.return_value = json.dumps(user_to_return)
+
+        user = self.j.get_whoami()
+
+        self.assertEqual(user, user_to_return)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            jenkins_mock.call_args[0][0].get_full_url(),
+            self.make_url('me/api/json'))
+        self._check_requests(jenkins_mock.call_args_list)
+
+    @patch.object(jenkins.Jenkins, 'jenkins_open')
+    def test_raise_HTTPError(self, jenkins_mock):
+        jenkins_mock.side_effect = jenkins.HTTPError(
+            self.make_url('me/api/json'),
+            code=401,
+            msg='basic auth failed',
+            hdrs=[],
+            fp=None)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(jenkins.JenkinsException):
+            self.j.get_whoami()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            jenkins_mock.call_args[0][0].get_full_url(),
+            self.make_url('me/api/json'))
+        self._check_requests(jenkins_mock.call_args_list)