diff --git a/build/actions/auth.js b/build/actions/auth.js
index 328f6500..e0fbee51 100644
--- a/build/actions/auth.js
+++ b/build/actions/auth.js
@@ -11,6 +11,22 @@
 
   visuals = require('resin-cli-visuals');
 
+  exports.whoami = {
+    signature: 'whoami',
+    description: 'whoami',
+    help: 'Use this command to get the logged in user name.\n\nExamples:\n\n	$ resin whoami',
+    permission: 'user',
+    action: function(params, options, done) {
+      return resin.auth.whoami(function(error, username) {
+        if (error != null) {
+          return done(error);
+        }
+        console.log(username);
+        return done();
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
   exports.login = {
     signature: 'login',
     description: 'login to resin.io',
diff --git a/lib/actions/auth.coffee b/lib/actions/auth.coffee
index d0ce92f8..c6161002 100644
--- a/lib/actions/auth.coffee
+++ b/lib/actions/auth.coffee
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ async = require('async')
 resin = require('resin-sdk')
 visuals = require('resin-cli-visuals')
 
+exports.whoami =
+	signature: 'whoami'
+	description: 'whoami'
+	help: '''
+		Use this command to get the logged in user name.
+
+		Examples:
+
+			$ resin whoami
+	'''
+	permission: 'user'
+	action: (params, options, done) ->
+		resin.auth.whoami (error, username) ->
+			return done(error) if error?
+			console.log(username)
+			return done()
+
 exports.login	=
 	signature: 'login'
 	description: 'login to resin.io'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ea7506c..526a8ba8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     "open": "0.0.5",
     "progress-stream": "^0.5.0",
     "resin-cli-visuals": "^0.1.0",
-    "resin-sdk": "^1.0.0",
+    "resin-sdk": "^1.1.0",
     "resin-settings-client": "^1.0.0",
     "resin-vcs": "^1.0.0",
     "underscore.string": "~2.4.0",