diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py
index 1046397fc..0fde4c749 100755
--- a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
+from getdeps.buildopts import setup_build_options
+from getdeps.load import resolve_manifest_path
 from getdeps.manifest import ManifestParser
 from getdeps.platform import HostType
 from getdeps.subcmd import SubCmd, add_subcommands, cmd
@@ -45,6 +47,25 @@ class ShowHostType(SubCmd):
         return 0
 
 
+@cmd("fetch", "fetch the code for a given project")
+class FetchCmd(SubCmd):
+    def setup_parser(self, parser):
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "project",
+            help=(
+                "name of the project or path to a manifest "
+                "file describing the project"
+            ),
+        )
+
+    def run(self, args):
+        opts = setup_build_options(args)
+        manifest_path = resolve_manifest_path(opts, args.project)
+        manifest = ManifestParser(manifest_path)
+        fetcher = manifest.create_fetcher(opts, ctx={})
+        fetcher.update()
+
+
 def build_argparser():
     common_args = argparse.ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
     common_args.add_argument(
diff --git a/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/load.py b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/load.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ffbca2b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/fbcode_builder/getdeps/load.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2019-present, Facebook, Inc.
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+# LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+# of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+import os
+
+
+def resolve_manifest_path(build_opts, project_name):
+    if "/" in project_name or "\\" in project_name:
+        # Assume this is a path already
+        return project_name
+
+    # Otherwise, resolve it relative to the manifests dir
+    return os.path.join(build_opts.fbcode_builder_dir, "manifests", project_name)