diff --git a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
index 6cc6ae2f6..1d64aca4d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nu-command/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 nu-protocol = { path = "../nu-protocol" }
-nu-engine = { path = "../nu-engine" }
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+nu-engine = { path = "../nu-engine" }
+nu-parser = {path = "../nu-parser"}
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diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
index fbaaaf537..a9278dcc0 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/default_context.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use nu_protocol::{
     Signature, SyntaxShape,
 };
 
-use crate::{Alias, Benchmark, BuildString, Def, Do, Each, For, If, Length, Let, LetEnv};
+use crate::{Alias, Benchmark, BuildString, Def, Do, Each, For, If, Length, Let, LetEnv, Source};
 
 pub fn create_default_context() -> Rc<RefCell<EngineState>> {
     let engine_state = Rc::new(RefCell::new(EngineState::new()));
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ pub fn create_default_context() -> Rc<RefCell<EngineState>> {
 
         working_set.add_decl(Box::new(Length));
 
+        working_set.add_decl(Box::new(Source));
+
         let sig = Signature::build("exit");
         working_set.add_decl(sig.predeclare());
         let sig = Signature::build("vars");
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
index 3e7d99e7d..dad312292 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/lib.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ mod if_;
 mod length;
 mod let_;
 mod let_env;
+mod source;
 
 pub use alias::Alias;
 pub use benchmark::Benchmark;
@@ -23,3 +24,4 @@ pub use if_::If;
 pub use length::Length;
 pub use let_::Let;
 pub use let_env::LetEnv;
+pub use source::Source;
diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/source.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/source.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b50c7bfca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/source.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+use nu_engine::{eval_block, eval_expression};
+use nu_parser::parse;
+use nu_protocol::ast::{Block, Call};
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EngineState, EvaluationContext, StateWorkingSet};
+use nu_protocol::{ShellError, Signature, SyntaxShape, Value};
+use std::task::Context;
+use std::{borrow::Cow, path::Path, path::PathBuf};
+
+/// Source a file for environment variables.
+pub struct Source;
+
+impl Command for Source {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "source"
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build("source").required(
+            "filename",
+            SyntaxShape::FilePath,
+            "the filepath to the script file to source",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Runs a script file in the current context."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        _context: &EvaluationContext,
+        call: &Call,
+        input: Value,
+    ) -> Result<nu_protocol::Value, nu_protocol::ShellError> {
+        source(_context, call, input)
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn source(ctx: &EvaluationContext, call: &Call, input: Value) -> Result<Value, ShellError> {
+    let filename = call.positional[0]
+        .as_string()
+        .expect("internal error: missing file name");
+
+    let source_file = Path::new(&filename);
+
+    // This code is in the current Nushell version
+    // ...Not entirely sure what it's doing or if there's an equivalent in engine-q
+
+    // Note: this is a special case for setting the context from a command
+    // In this case, if we don't set it now, we'll lose the scope that this
+    // variable should be set into.
+
+    // let lib_dirs = &ctx
+    //     .configs()
+    //     .lock()
+    //     .global_config
+    //     .as_ref()
+    //     .map(|configuration| match configuration.var("lib_dirs") {
+    //         Some(paths) => paths
+    //             .table_entries()
+    //             .cloned()
+    //             .map(|path| path.as_string())
+    //             .collect(),
+    //         None => vec![],
+    //     });
+
+    // if let Some(dir) = lib_dirs {
+    //     for lib_path in dir {
+    //         match lib_path {
+    //             Ok(name) => {
+    //                 let path = PathBuf::from(name).join(source_file);
+
+    //                 if let Ok(contents) =
+    //                     std::fs::read_to_string(&expand_path(Cow::Borrowed(path.as_path())))
+    //                 {
+    //                     let result = script::run_script_standalone(contents, true, ctx, false);
+
+    //                     if let Err(err) = result {
+    //                         ctx.error(err);
+    //                     }
+    //                     return Ok(OutputStream::empty());
+    //                 }
+    //             }
+    //             Err(reason) => {
+    //                 ctx.error(reason.clone());
+    //             }
+    //         }
+    //     }
+    // }
+
+    // This is to stay consistent w/ the code taken from nushell
+    let path = source_file;
+
+    let contents = std::fs::read(path);
+
+    match contents {
+        Ok(contents) => {
+            let engine_state = EngineState::new();
+            let mut working_set = StateWorkingSet::new(&engine_state);
+
+            let (block, err) = parse(&mut working_set, None, &contents, true);
+            if let Some(e) = err {
+                // Be more specific here: need to convert parse error to string
+                Err(ShellError::InternalError("Parse error in file".to_string()))
+            } else {
+                let result = eval_block(ctx, &block, input);
+                match result {
+                    Err(e) => Err(e),
+                    _ => Ok(Value::nothing()),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Err(_) => Err(ShellError::InternalError(
+            "Can't load file to source".to_string(),
+        )),
+    }
+}