diff --git a/api/resource.go b/api/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97baf35934d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package api
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type Resource struct {
+	c *Client
+}
+
+type GVK struct {
+	Group   string
+	Version string
+	Kind    string
+}
+
+// Config returns a handle to the Config endpoints
+func (c *Client) Resource() *Resource {
+	return &Resource{c}
+}
+
+func (resource *Resource) Read(gvk *GVK, resourceName string, q *QueryOptions) (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	r := resource.c.newRequest("GET", strings.ToLower(fmt.Sprintf("/api/%s/%s/%s/%s", gvk.Group, gvk.Version, gvk.Kind, resourceName)))
+	r.setQueryOptions(q)
+	_, resp, err := resource.c.doRequest(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer closeResponseBody(resp)
+	if err := requireOK(resp); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var out map[string]interface{}
+	if err := decodeBody(resp, &out); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return out, nil
+}
diff --git a/command/flags/http.go b/command/flags/http.go
index 16157adc8a1b..009c26629c1d 100644
--- a/command/flags/http.go
+++ b/command/flags/http.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type HTTPFlags struct {
 	// multi-tenancy flags
 	namespace StringValue
 	partition StringValue
+	peer      StringValue
 }
 
 func (f *HTTPFlags) ClientFlags() *flag.FlagSet {
@@ -109,6 +110,10 @@ func (f *HTTPFlags) Partition() string {
 	return f.partition.String()
 }
 
+func (f *HTTPFlags) PeerName() string {
+	return f.peer.String()
+}
+
 func (f *HTTPFlags) Stale() bool {
 	if f.stale.v == nil {
 		return false
@@ -174,3 +179,9 @@ func (f *HTTPFlags) AddPartitionFlag(fs *flag.FlagSet) {
 			"from the request's ACL token, or will default to the `default` admin partition. "+
 			"Admin Partitions are a Consul Enterprise feature.")
 }
+
+func (f *HTTPFlags) AddPeerName() *flag.FlagSet {
+	fs := flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	fs.Var(&f.peer, "peer", "Specifies the name of peer to query. By default, it is `local`.")
+	return fs
+}
diff --git a/command/registry.go b/command/registry.go
index f01e3a108041..55bfb1ad5984 100644
--- a/command/registry.go
+++ b/command/registry.go
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ import (
 	peerlist "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/peering/list"
 	peerread "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/peering/read"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/reload"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/resource"
+	resourceread "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/resource/read"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/rtt"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/services"
 	svcsderegister "github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/services/deregister"
@@ -238,6 +240,8 @@ func RegisteredCommands(ui cli.Ui) map[string]mcli.CommandFactory {
 		entry{"peering list", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return peerlist.New(ui), nil }},
 		entry{"peering read", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return peerread.New(ui), nil }},
 		entry{"reload", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return reload.New(ui), nil }},
+		entry{"resource", func(cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return resource.New(), nil }},
+		entry{"resource read", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return resourceread.New(ui), nil }},
 		entry{"rtt", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return rtt.New(ui), nil }},
 		entry{"services", func(cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return services.New(), nil }},
 		entry{"services register", func(ui cli.Ui) (cli.Command, error) { return svcsregister.New(ui), nil }},
diff --git a/command/resource/read/read.go b/command/resource/read/read.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..022f64099f77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/resource/read/read.go
@@ -0,0 +1,199 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package read
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/api"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/flags"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/helpers"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/internal/resourcehcl"
+)
+
+func New(ui cli.Ui) *cmd {
+	c := &cmd{UI: ui}
+	c.init()
+	return c
+}
+
+type cmd struct {
+	UI    cli.Ui
+	flags *flag.FlagSet
+	http  *flags.HTTPFlags
+	help  string
+
+	filePath string
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) init() {
+	c.flags = flag.NewFlagSet("", flag.ContinueOnError)
+	c.http = &flags.HTTPFlags{}
+	c.flags.StringVar(&c.filePath, "f", "", "File path with resource definition")
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.ClientFlags())
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.ServerFlags())
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.MultiTenancyFlags())
+	flags.Merge(c.flags, c.http.AddPeerName())
+	c.help = flags.Usage(help, c.flags)
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
+	var gvk *api.GVK
+	var resourceName string
+	var opts *api.QueryOptions
+
+	if len(args) == 0 {
+		c.UI.Error("Please provide required arguments")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	if err := c.flags.Parse(args); err != nil {
+		if !errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) {
+			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to parse args: %v", err))
+			return 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	if c.flags.Lookup("f").Value.String() != "" {
+		if c.filePath != "" {
+			data, err := helpers.LoadDataSourceNoRaw(c.filePath, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to load data: %v", err))
+				return 1
+			}
+			parsedResource, err := resourcehcl.Unmarshal([]byte(data), consul.NewTypeRegistry())
+			if err != nil {
+				c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to decode resource from input file: %v", err))
+				return 1
+			}
+
+			gvk = &api.GVK{
+				Group:   parsedResource.Id.Type.GetGroup(),
+				Version: parsedResource.Id.Type.GetGroupVersion(),
+				Kind:    parsedResource.Id.Type.GetKind(),
+			}
+			resourceName = parsedResource.Id.GetName()
+			opts = &api.QueryOptions{
+				Namespace:         parsedResource.Id.Tenancy.GetNamespace(),
+				Partition:         parsedResource.Id.Tenancy.GetPartition(),
+				Peer:              parsedResource.Id.Tenancy.GetPeerName(),
+				Token:             c.http.Token(),
+				RequireConsistent: !c.http.Stale(),
+			}
+		} else {
+			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Please provide an input file with resource definition"))
+			return 1
+		}
+	} else {
+		if len(args) < 2 {
+			c.UI.Error("Must specify two arguments: resource type and resource name")
+			return 1
+		}
+		var err error
+		gvk, resourceName, err = getTypeAndResourceName(args)
+		if err != nil {
+			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Your argument format is incorrect: %s", err))
+			return 1
+		}
+
+		inputArgs := args[2:]
+		if err := c.flags.Parse(inputArgs); err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, flag.ErrHelp) {
+				return 0
+			}
+			c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to parse args: %v", err))
+			return 1
+		}
+		if c.filePath != "" {
+			c.UI.Error("You need to provide all information in the HCL file if provide its file path")
+			return 1
+		}
+		opts = &api.QueryOptions{
+			Namespace:         c.http.Namespace(),
+			Partition:         c.http.Partition(),
+			Peer:              c.http.PeerName(),
+			Token:             c.http.Token(),
+			RequireConsistent: !c.http.Stale(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	client, err := c.http.APIClient()
+	if err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error connect to Consul agent: %s", err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	entry, err := client.Resource().Read(gvk, resourceName, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error reading resource %s/%s: %v", gvk, resourceName, err))
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(entry, "", "    ")
+	if err != nil {
+		c.UI.Error("Failed to encode output data")
+		return 1
+	}
+
+	c.UI.Info(string(b))
+	return 0
+}
+
+func getTypeAndResourceName(args []string) (gvk *api.GVK, resourceName string, e error) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(args[1], "-") {
+		return nil, "", fmt.Errorf("Must provide resource name right after type")
+	}
+
+	s := strings.Split(args[0], ".")
+	gvk = &api.GVK{
+		Group:   s[0],
+		Version: s[1],
+		Kind:    s[2],
+	}
+
+	resourceName = args[1]
+	return
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return synopsis
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Help() string {
+	return flags.Usage(c.help, nil)
+}
+
+const synopsis = "Read resource information"
+const help = `
+Usage: You have two options to read the resource specified by the given
+type, name, partition, namespace and peer and outputs its JSON representation.
+
+consul resource read [type] [name] -partition=<default> -namespace=<default> -peer=<local>
+consul resource read -f [resource_file_path]
+
+But you could only use one of the approaches.
+
+Example:
+
+$ consul resource read catalog.v1alpha1.Service card-processor -partition=billing -namespace=payments -peer=eu
+$ consul resource read -f resource.hcl
+
+In resource.hcl, it could be:
+ID {
+  Type = gvk("catalog.v1alpha1.Service")
+  Name = "card-processor"
+  Tenancy {
+    Namespace = "payments"
+    Partition = "billing"
+    PeerName = "eu"
+  }
+}
+`
diff --git a/command/resource/read/read_test.go b/command/resource/read/read_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..69e9654779b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/resource/read/read_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+package read
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestResourceReadInvalidArgs(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	type tc struct {
+		args           []string
+		expectedCode   int
+		expectedErrMsg string
+	}
+
+	cases := map[string]tc{
+		"nil args": {
+			args:           nil,
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "Please provide required arguments",
+		},
+		"empty args": {
+			args:           []string{},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "Please provide required arguments",
+		},
+		"missing file path": {
+			args:           []string{"-f"},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "Please input file path",
+		},
+		"provide type and name": {
+			args:           []string{"a.b.c"},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "Must specify two arguments: resource type and resource name",
+		},
+		"provide type and name with -f": {
+			args:           []string{"a.b.c", "name", "-f", "test.hcl"},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "You need to provide all information in the HCL file if provide its file path",
+		},
+		"provide type and name with -f and other flags": {
+			args:           []string{"a.b.c", "name", "-f", "test.hcl", "-namespace", "default"},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "You need to provide all information in the HCL file if provide its file path",
+		},
+		"does not provide resource name after type": {
+			args:           []string{"a.b.c", "-namespace", "default"},
+			expectedCode:   1,
+			expectedErrMsg: "Must provide resource name right after type",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for desc, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(desc, func(t *testing.T) {
+			ui := cli.NewMockUi()
+			c := New(ui)
+
+			require.Equal(t, tc.expectedCode, c.Run(tc.args))
+			require.NotEmpty(t, ui.ErrorWriter.String())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResourceRead(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO: add read test after apply checked in
+	//if testing.Short() {
+	//	t.Skip("too slow for testing.Short")
+	//}
+	//
+	//t.Parallel()
+	//
+	//a := agent.NewTestAgent(t, ``)
+	//defer a.Shutdown()
+	//client := a.Client()
+	//
+	//ui := cli.NewMockUi()
+	//c := New(ui)
+
+	//_, _, err := client.Resource().Apply()
+	//require.NoError(t, err)
+	//
+	//args := []string{}
+	//
+	//code := c.Run(args)
+	//require.Equal(t, 0, code)
+}
diff --git a/command/resource/resource.go b/command/resource/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd9b8313dbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/resource/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+// Copyright (c) HashiCorp, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BUSL-1.1
+
+package resource
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/command/flags"
+)
+
+func New() *cmd {
+	return &cmd{}
+}
+
+type cmd struct{}
+
+func (c *cmd) Run(args []string) int {
+	return cli.RunResultHelp
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Synopsis() string {
+	return synopsis
+}
+
+func (c *cmd) Help() string {
+	return flags.Usage(help, nil)
+}
+
+const synopsis = "Interact with Consul's resources"
+const help = `
+Usage: consul resource <subcommand> [options]
+
+This command has subcommands for interacting with Consul's resources.
+Here are some simple examples, and more detailed examples are available
+in the subcommands or the documentation.
+
+Read a resource:
+
+$ consul resource read [type] [name] -partition=<default> -namespace=<default> -peer=<local> -consistent=<false> -json
+
+Run
+
+consul resource <subcommand> -h 
+
+for help on that subcommand.
+`
diff --git a/internal/resource/http/http.go b/internal/resource/http/http.go
index 2a5cfce1fb2b..8692a3a03396 100644
--- a/internal/resource/http/http.go
+++ b/internal/resource/http/http.go
@@ -176,10 +176,18 @@ func (h *resourceHandler) handleDelete(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c
 
 func parseParams(r *http.Request) (tenancy *pbresource.Tenancy, params map[string]string) {
 	query := r.URL.Query()
+	namespace := query.Get("namespace")
+	if namespace == "" {
+		namespace = query.Get("ns")
+	}
+	peer := query.Get("peer")
+	if peer == "" {
+		peer = query.Get("peer_name")
+	}
 	tenancy = &pbresource.Tenancy{
 		Partition: query.Get("partition"),
-		PeerName:  query.Get("peer_name"),
-		Namespace: query.Get("namespace"),
+		PeerName:  peer,
+		Namespace: namespace,
 	}
 
 	resourceName := path.Base(r.URL.Path)
@@ -191,6 +199,9 @@ func parseParams(r *http.Request) (tenancy *pbresource.Tenancy, params map[strin
 	params["resourceName"] = resourceName
 	params["version"] = query.Get("version")
 	params["namePrefix"] = query.Get("name_prefix")
+	// coming from command line
+	params["consistent"] = query.Get("RequireConsistent")
+	// coming from http client
 	if _, ok := query["consistent"]; ok {
 		params["consistent"] = "true"
 	}