diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index ad275d10f..40e4bccf7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -1061,3 +1061,20 @@ func (c *GitCommand) BeginInteractiveRebaseForCommit(commits []*Commit, commitIn
 func (c *GitCommand) SetUpstreamBranch(upstream string) error {
 	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand(fmt.Sprintf("git branch -u %s", upstream))
 }
+
+func (c *GitCommand) GetRemotes() ([]*Remote, error) {
+	goGitRemotes, err := c.Repo.Remotes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	remotes := make([]*Remote, len(goGitRemotes))
+	// TODO: consider including the goGitRemote itself
+	for i, goGitRemote := range goGitRemotes {
+		remotes[i] = &Remote{
+			Name: goGitRemote.Config().Name,
+			Urls: goGitRemote.Config().URLs,
+		}
+	}
+	return remotes, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/remote.go b/pkg/commands/remote.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e9e5f6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/remote.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package commands
+
+// Remote : A git remote
+type Remote struct {
+	Name     string
+	Urls     []string
+	Selected bool
+}
+
+// GetDisplayStrings returns the display string of a remote
+func (r *Remote) GetDisplayStrings(isFocused bool) []string {
+
+	return []string{r.Name}
+}