diff --git a/twine/__init__.py b/twine/__init__.py
index 051b92e3..68cb6e0f 100644
--- a/twine/__init__.py
+++ b/twine/__init__.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 __summary__ = "Collection of utilities for interacting with PyPI"
 __uri__ = "https://github.com/pypa/twine"
 
-__version__ = "1.4.0"
+__version__ = "1.5.0.dev1"
 
 __author__ = "Donald Stufft and individual contributors"
 __email__ = "donald@stufft.io"
diff --git a/twine/commands/register.py b/twine/commands/register.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85de60f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twine/commands/register.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# Copyright 2014 Ian Cordasco
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+import requests
+
+from twine import common
+from twine import utils
+
+
+def post_data(distribution, action):
+    """Take the distribution and the action and generate post data."""
+    meta = distribution.metadata
+    data = {
+        ':action': action,
+        'metadata_version': '1.0',
+        'name': meta.get_name(),
+        'version': meta.get_version(),
+        'summary': meta.get_description(),
+        'home_page': meta.get_url(),
+        'author': meta.get_contact(),
+        'author_email': meta.get_contact_email(),
+        'license': meta.get_licence(),
+        'description': meta.get_long_description(),
+        'keywords': meta.get_keywords(),
+        'platform': meta.get_platforms(),
+        'classifiers': meta.get_classifiers(),
+        'download_url': meta.get_download_url(),
+        # PEP 314
+        'provides': meta.get_provides(),
+        'requires': meta.get_requires(),
+        'obsoletes': meta.get_obsoletes(),
+    }
+    if data['provides'] or data['requires'] or data['obsoletes']:
+        data['metadata_version'] = '1.1'
+    # We rely on requests to generate the multipart form-data for us. In order
+    # to not rely on the requests-toolbelt, we need to send tuples as values
+    # so the values are not interpreted as files.
+    return dict((k, ('', data[k])) for k in data)
+
+
+def register(repository, username, password, **kwargs):
+    # Get our config from ~/.pypirc
+    try:
+        config = utils.get_config()[repository]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise KeyError(
+            "Missing '{0}' section from the configuration file".format(
+                repository,
+            ),
+        )
+
+    username = utils.get_username(username, config)
+    password = utils.get_password(password, config)
+
+    session = requests.Session()
+    session.auth = (username, password)
+    distribution = None
+    resp = session.post(config["repository"],
+                        files=post_data(distribution, "submit"))
+    resp.close()
+    session.close()
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+
+
+def main(args):
+    parser = common.common_arguments("twine register")
+    args = parser.parse_args(args)
+    register(**vars(args))
diff --git a/twine/commands/upload.py b/twine/commands/upload.py
index 98ba6416..0dfa2220 100644
--- a/twine/commands/upload.py
+++ b/twine/commands/upload.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import argparse
 import glob
 import hashlib
 import os.path
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@
 import pkg_resources
 import requests
 
+from twine.common import common_arguments
 from twine.utils import get_config, get_username, get_password
 from twine.wheel import Wheel
 from twine.wininst import WinInst
@@ -219,12 +219,7 @@ def upload(dists, repository, sign, identity, username, password, comment,
 
 
 def main(args):
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog="twine upload")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-r", "--repository",
-        default="pypi",
-        help="The repository to upload the files to (default: %(default)s)",
-    )
+    parser = common_arguments("twine upload")
     parser.add_argument(
         "-s", "--sign",
         action="store_true",
@@ -240,14 +235,6 @@ def main(args):
         "-i", "--identity",
         help="GPG identity used to sign files",
     )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-u", "--username",
-        help="The username to authenticate to the repository as",
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-p", "--password",
-        help="The password to authenticate to the repository with",
-    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-c", "--comment",
         help="The comment to include with the distribution file",
diff --git a/twine/common.py b/twine/common.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83465fc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twine/common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import argparse
+
+
+def common_arguments(prog):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=prog)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-r", "--repository",
+        default="pypi",
+        help="The repository to upload the files to (default: %(default)s)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-u", "--username",
+        help="The username to authenticate to the repository as",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-p", "--password",
+        help="The password to authenticate to the repository with",
+    )
+    return parser