diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
index ac2471e..cbd18da 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/fixtures.go
@@ -104,3 +104,63 @@
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, singleInstanceJson)
 	})
 }
+
+func HandleGetConfigSuccessfully(t *testing.T, id string) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc("/instances/"+id+"/configuration", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		th.TestMethod(t, r, "GET")
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", fake.TokenID)
+
+		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `
+{
+  "instance": {
+    "configuration": {
+      "basedir": "/usr",
+      "connect_timeout": "15",
+      "datadir": "/var/lib/mysql",
+      "default_storage_engine": "innodb",
+      "innodb_buffer_pool_instances": "1",
+      "innodb_buffer_pool_size": "175M",
+      "innodb_checksum_algorithm": "crc32",
+      "innodb_data_file_path": "ibdata1:10M:autoextend",
+      "innodb_file_per_table": "1",
+      "innodb_io_capacity": "200",
+      "innodb_log_file_size": "256M",
+      "innodb_log_files_in_group": "2",
+      "innodb_open_files": "8192",
+      "innodb_thread_concurrency": "0",
+      "join_buffer_size": "1M",
+      "key_buffer_size": "50M",
+      "local-infile": "0",
+      "log-error": "/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log",
+      "max_allowed_packet": "16M",
+      "max_connect_errors": "10000",
+      "max_connections": "40",
+      "max_heap_table_size": "16M",
+      "myisam-recover": "BACKUP",
+      "open_files_limit": "8192",
+      "performance_schema": "off",
+      "pid_file": "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid",
+      "port": "3306",
+      "query_cache_limit": "1M",
+      "query_cache_size": "8M",
+      "query_cache_type": "1",
+      "read_buffer_size": "256K",
+      "read_rnd_buffer_size": "1M",
+      "server_id": "1",
+      "skip-external-locking": "1",
+      "skip_name_resolve": "1",
+      "sort_buffer_size": "256K",
+      "table_open_cache": "4096",
+      "thread_stack": "192K",
+      "tmp_table_size": "16M",
+      "tmpdir": "/var/tmp",
+      "user": "mysql",
+      "wait_timeout": "3600"
+    }
+  }
+}
+`)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0ffcad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package instances
+
+import (
+	"github.com/racker/perigee"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+)
+
+func GetDefaultConfig(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, id string) ConfigResult {
+	var res ConfigResult
+
+	resp, err := perigee.Request("GET", configURL(client, id), perigee.Options{
+		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		Results:     &res.Body,
+		OkCodes:     []int{200},
+	})
+
+	res.Header = resp.HttpResponse.Header
+	res.Err = err
+
+	return res
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e653c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/requests_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package instances
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	fake "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
+)
+
+func TestGetConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	HandleGetConfigSuccessfully(t)
+
+	config, err := GetConfig(fake.ServiceClient(), opts).Extract()
+
+	expected := map[string]string{
+		"basedir":                      "/usr",
+		"connect_timeout":              "15",
+		"datadir":                      "/var/lib/mysql",
+		"default_storage_engine":       "innodb",
+		"innodb_buffer_pool_instances": "1",
+		"innodb_buffer_pool_size":      "175M",
+		"innodb_checksum_algorithm":    "crc32",
+		"innodb_data_file_path":        "ibdata1:10M:autoextend",
+		"innodb_file_per_table":        "1",
+		"innodb_io_capacity":           "200",
+		"innodb_log_file_size":         "256M",
+		"innodb_log_files_in_group":    "2",
+		"innodb_open_files":            "8192",
+		"innodb_thread_concurrency":    "0",
+		"join_buffer_size":             "1M",
+		"key_buffer_size":              "50M",
+		"local-infile":                 "0",
+		"log-error":                    "/var/log/mysql/mysqld.log",
+		"max_allowed_packet":           "16M",
+		"max_connect_errors":           "10000",
+		"max_connections":              "40",
+		"max_heap_table_size":          "16M",
+		"myisam-recover":               "BACKUP",
+		"open_files_limit":             "8192",
+		"performance_schema":           "off",
+		"pid_file":                     "/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid",
+		"port":                         "3306",
+		"query_cache_limit":            "1M",
+		"query_cache_size":             "8M",
+		"query_cache_type":             "1",
+		"read_buffer_size":             "256K",
+		"read_rnd_buffer_size":         "1M",
+		"server_id":                    "1",
+		"skip-external-locking":        "1",
+		"skip_name_resolve":            "1",
+		"sort_buffer_size":             "256K",
+		"table_open_cache":             "4096",
+		"thread_stack":                 "192K",
+		"tmp_table_size":               "16M",
+		"tmpdir":                       "/var/tmp",
+		"user":                         "mysql",
+		"wait_timeout":                 "3600",
+	}
+
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.AssertDeepEquals(t, expected, config)
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
index cab403a..2b7f4fd 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/results.go
@@ -53,3 +53,22 @@
 func (r GetResult) Extract() (*Instance, error) {
 	return commonExtract(r.Err, r.Body)
 }
+
+type ConfigResult struct {
+	gophercloud.Result
+}
+
+func (r ConfigResult) Extract() (map[string]string, error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var response struct {
+		Instance struct {
+			Config map[string]string `mapstructure:"configuration"`
+		} `mapstructure:"instance"`
+	}
+
+	err = mapstructure.Decode(body, &response)
+	return &response.Instance, err
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/urls.go b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/urls.go
index bb6edf2..c0c1bad 100644
--- a/rackspace/db/v1/instances/urls.go
+++ b/rackspace/db/v1/instances/urls.go
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
 func createURL(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {
 	return baseURL(c)
 }
+
+func configURL(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {
+	return c.ServiceURL("instances", id, "configuration")
+}