diff --git a/jupyter_client/blocking/client.py b/jupyter_client/blocking/client.py
index 37e83dbf1..fb0a58481 100644
--- a/jupyter_client/blocking/client.py
+++ b/jupyter_client/blocking/client.py
@@ -5,17 +5,31 @@
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
+from __future__ import print_function
+
 try:
     from queue import Empty  # Python 3
 except ImportError:
     from Queue import Empty  # Python 2
+import sys
 import time
 
+try:
+    monotonic = time.monotonic
+except NameError: # py2
+    monotonic = time.clock # close enough
+
 from traitlets import Type
 from jupyter_client.channels import HBChannel
 from jupyter_client.client import KernelClient
 from .channels import ZMQSocketChannel
 
+try:
+    TimeoutError
+except NameError:
+    # py2
+    TimeoutError = RuntimeError
+
 
 class BlockingKernelClient(KernelClient):
     """A BlockingKernelClient """
@@ -74,3 +88,110 @@ def wait_for_ready(self, timeout=None):
     iopub_channel_class = Type(ZMQSocketChannel)
     stdin_channel_class = Type(ZMQSocketChannel)
     hb_channel_class = Type(HBChannel)
+
+    def run(self, code, silent=False, store_history=True,
+                 user_expressions=None, stop_on_error=True,
+                 timeout=None,
+                ):
+        """Execute code in the kernel, redisplaying output.
+
+        Wraps a call to `.execute`, capturing and redisplaying any output.
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        code : str
+            A string of code in the kernel's language.
+
+        silent : bool, optional (default False)
+            If set, the kernel will execute the code as quietly possible, and
+            will force store_history to be False.
+
+        store_history : bool, optional (default True)
+            If set, the kernel will store command history.  This is forced
+            to be False if silent is True.
+
+        user_expressions : dict, optional
+            A dict mapping names to expressions to be evaluated in the user's
+            dict. The expression values are returned as strings formatted using
+            :func:`repr`.
+
+        stop_on_error: bool, optional (default True)
+            Flag whether to abort the execution queue, if an exception is encountered.
+        timeout: int or None (default None)
+            Timeout (in seconds) to wait for output. If None, wait forever.
+
+        Returns
+        -------
+        reply: dict
+            The execute_reply message.
+        """
+        if not self.iopub_channel.is_alive():
+            raise RuntimeError("IOPub channel must be running to receive output")
+        msg_id = self.execute(code,
+                              silent=silent,
+                              store_history=store_history,
+                              user_expressions=user_expressions,
+                              stop_on_error=stop_on_error,
+        )
+
+        if 'IPython' in sys.modules:
+            from IPython import get_ipython
+            ip = get_ipython()
+            in_kernel = getattr(ip, 'kernel', False)
+            if in_kernel:
+                socket = ip.display_pub.pub_socket
+                session = ip.display_pub.session
+                parent_header = ip.display_pub.parent_header
+        else:
+            in_kernel = False
+
+        # set deadline based on timeout
+        start = monotonic()
+        if timeout is not None:
+            deadline = monotonic() + timeout
+
+        # wait for output and redisplay it
+        while True:
+            if timeout is not None:
+                timeout = max(0, deadline - monotonic())
+            try:
+                msg = self.get_iopub_msg(timeout=timeout)
+            except Empty:
+                raise TimeoutError("Timeout waiting for IPython output")
+
+            if msg['parent_header'].get('msg_id') != msg_id:
+                # not from my request
+                continue
+            msg_type = msg['header']['msg_type']
+            content = msg['content']
+            if msg_type == 'status':
+                if content['execution_state'] == 'idle':
+                    # idle means output is done
+                    break
+            elif msg_type == 'stream':
+                stream = getattr(sys, content['name'])
+                stream.write(content['text'])
+            elif msg_type in ('display_data', 'execute_result', 'error'):
+                if in_kernel:
+                    session.send(socket, msg_type, content, parent=parent_header)
+                else:
+                    if msg_type == 'error':
+                        print('\n'.join(content['traceback']), file=sys.stderr)
+                    else:
+                        sys.stdout.write(content['data'].get('text/plain', ''))
+            else:
+                pass
+
+        # output is done, get the reply
+        while True:
+            if timeout is not None:
+                timeout = max(0, deadline - monotonic())
+            try:
+                reply = self.get_shell_msg(timeout=timeout)
+            except Empty:
+                raise TimeoutError("Timeout waiting for reply")
+            if reply['parent_header'].get('msg_id') != msg_id:
+                # not my reply, someone may have forgotten to retrieve theirs
+                continue
+            return reply
+
diff --git a/jupyter_client/tests/test_client.py b/jupyter_client/tests/test_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87e3e6eb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jupyter_client/tests/test_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""Tests for the KernelClient"""
+
+# Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
+# Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+
+
+import os
+pjoin = os.path.join
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from nose import SkipTest
+
+from jupyter_client.kernelspec import KernelSpecManager, NoSuchKernel, NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME
+from ..manager import start_new_kernel
+from .utils import test_env
+
+from IPython.utils.capture import capture_output
+
+TIMEOUT = 30
+
+class TestKernelClient(TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.env_patch = test_env()
+        self.env_patch.start()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.env_patch.stop()
+    
+    def test_run(self):
+        try:
+            KernelSpecManager().get_kernel_spec(NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME)
+        except NoSuchKernel:
+            raise SkipTest()
+        km, kc = start_new_kernel(kernel_name=NATIVE_KERNEL_NAME)
+        
+        with capture_output() as io:
+            reply = kc.run("print('hello')", timeout=TIMEOUT)
+        assert 'hello' in io.stdout
+        assert reply['content']['status'] == 'ok'