diff --git a/database.go b/database.go
index 304d661652..6e310cfb15 100644
--- a/database.go
+++ b/database.go
@@ -1057,3 +1057,171 @@ func (m *Measurement) seriesIDsByFilter(filter *TagFilter) (ids seriesIDs) {
 
 	return
 }
+
+func (a Measurements) Len() int           { return len(a) }
+func (a Measurements) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Name < a[j].Name }
+func (a Measurements) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
+
+func (a Measurements) intersect(other Measurements) Measurements {
+	l := a
+	r := other
+
+	// we want to iterate through the shortest one and stop
+	if len(other) < len(a) {
+		l = other
+		r = a
+	}
+
+	// they're in sorted order so advance the counter as needed.
+	// That is, don't run comparisons against lower values that we've already passed
+	var i, j int
+
+	result := make(Measurements, 0, len(l))
+	for i < len(l) && j < len(r) {
+		if l[i].Name == r[j].Name {
+			result = append(result, l[i])
+			i += 1
+			j += 1
+		} else if l[i].Name < r[j].Name {
+			i += 1
+		} else {
+			j += 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func (a Measurements) union(other Measurements) Measurements {
+	result := make(Measurements, 0, len(a)+len(other))
+	var i, j int
+	for i < len(a) && j < len(other) {
+		if a[i].Name == other[j].Name {
+			result = append(result, a[i])
+			i += 1
+			j += 1
+		} else if a[i].Name < other[j].Name {
+			result = append(result, a[i])
+			i += 1
+		} else {
+			result = append(result, other[j])
+			j += 1
+		}
+	}
+
+	// now append the remainder
+	if i < len(a) {
+		result = append(result, a[i:]...)
+	} else if j < len(other) {
+		result = append(result, other[j:]...)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+// measurementsByExpr takes and expression containing only tags and returns
+// a list of matching *Measurement.
+func (d *database) measurementsByExpr(expr influxql.Expr) (Measurements, error) {
+	switch e := expr.(type) {
+	case *influxql.BinaryExpr:
+		switch e.Op {
+		case influxql.EQ, influxql.NEQ:
+			tag, ok := e.LHS.(*influxql.VarRef)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("left side of '=' must be a tag name")
+			}
+
+			value, ok := e.RHS.(*influxql.StringLiteral)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("right side of '=' must be a tag value string")
+			}
+
+			tf := &TagFilter{
+				Not:   e.Op == influxql.NEQ,
+				Key:   tag.Val,
+				Value: value.Val,
+			}
+			return d.measurementsByTagFilters([]*TagFilter{tf}), nil
+		case influxql.OR, influxql.AND:
+			lhsIDs, err := d.measurementsByExpr(e.LHS)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			rhsIDs, err := d.measurementsByExpr(e.RHS)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+
+			if e.Op == influxql.OR {
+				return lhsIDs.union(rhsIDs), nil
+			} else {
+				return lhsIDs.intersect(rhsIDs), nil
+			}
+		default:
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid operator")
+		}
+	case *influxql.ParenExpr:
+		return d.measurementsByExpr(e.Expr)
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("%#v", expr)
+}
+
+func (d *database) measurementsByTagFilters(filters []*TagFilter) Measurements {
+	// If no filters, then return all measurements.
+	if len(filters) == 0 {
+		measurements := make(Measurements, 0, len(d.measurements))
+		for _, m := range d.measurements {
+			measurements = append(measurements, m)
+		}
+		return measurements
+	}
+
+	// Build a list of measurements matching the filters.
+	var measurements Measurements
+	var tagMatch bool
+	for _, m := range d.measurements {
+		for _, f := range filters {
+			tagMatch = false
+			if tagVals, ok := m.seriesByTagKeyValue[f.Key]; ok {
+				if _, ok := tagVals[f.Value]; ok {
+					tagMatch = true
+				}
+			}
+
+			isEQ := !f.Not
+
+			// tags match | operation is EQ | measurement matches
+			// --------------------------------------------------
+			//     True   |       True      |      True
+			//     True   |       False     |      False
+			//     False  |       True      |      False
+			//     False  |       False     |      True
+
+			if tagMatch == isEQ {
+				measurements = append(measurements, m)
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return measurements
+}
+
+// Measurements returns a list of all measurements.
+func (d *database) Measurements() Measurements {
+	measurements := make(Measurements, 0, len(d.measurements))
+	for _, m := range d.measurements {
+		measurements = append(measurements, m)
+	}
+	return measurements
+}
+
+// tagKeys returns a list of the measurement's tag names.
+func (m *Measurement) tagKeys() []string {
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(m.seriesByTagKeyValue))
+	for k, _ := range m.seriesByTagKeyValue {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	return keys
+}
diff --git a/httpd/handler_test.go b/httpd/handler_test.go
index 83229e0d17..8d8b17cdea 100644
--- a/httpd/handler_test.go
+++ b/httpd/handler_test.go
@@ -805,6 +805,38 @@ func TestHandler_serveShowSeries(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Fatalf("test")
 }
 
+func TestHandler_serveShowMeasurements(t *testing.T) {
+	srvr := OpenServer(NewMessagingClient())
+	srvr.CreateDatabase("foo")
+	srvr.CreateRetentionPolicy("foo", influxdb.NewRetentionPolicy("bar"))
+	s := NewHTTPServer(srvr)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	status, body := MustHTTP("POST", s.URL+`/write`, nil, nil, `{"database" : "foo", "retentionPolicy" : "bar", "points": [
+		{"name": "cpu", "tags": {"host": "server01"},"timestamp": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","values": {"value": 100}},
+		{"name": "cpu", "tags": {"host": "server01", "region": "uswest"},"timestamp": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","values": {"value": 100}},
+		{"name": "cpu", "tags": {"host": "server01", "region": "useast"},"timestamp": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","values": {"value": 100}},
+		{"name": "cpu", "tags": {"host": "server02", "region": "useast"},"timestamp": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","values": {"value": 100}},
+		{"name": "gpu", "tags": {"host": "server02", "region": "useast"},"timestamp": "2009-11-10T23:00:00Z","values": {"value": 100}}
+		]}`)
+
+	if status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Log(body)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status after write: %d", status)
+	}
+
+	query := map[string]string{"db": "foo", "q": "SHOW MEASUREMENTS LIMIT 2"}
+	status, body = MustHTTP("GET", s.URL+`/query`, query, nil, "")
+
+	if status != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Log(body)
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected status after query: %d", status)
+	}
+
+	t.Log(body)
+	t.Fatalf("test")
+}
+
 // Utility functions for this test suite.
 
 func MustHTTP(verb, path string, params, headers map[string]string, body string) (int, string) {
diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index bf025b6a27..a741d87903 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ func (s *Server) ExecuteQuery(q *influxql.Query, database string, user *User) Re
 		case *influxql.ShowSeriesStatement:
 			res = s.executeShowSeriesStatement(stmt, database, user)
 		case *influxql.ShowMeasurementsStatement:
-			continue
+			res = s.executeShowMeasurementsStatement(stmt, database, user)
 		case *influxql.ShowTagKeysStatement:
 			continue
 		case *influxql.ShowTagValuesStatement:
@@ -1709,12 +1709,10 @@ func (s *Server) executeShowSeriesStatement(stmt *influxql.ShowSeriesStatement,
 		return &Result{Err: ErrDatabaseNotFound}
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("# series = %d\n", len(db.series))
-
 	// Make a list of measurements we're interested in.
 	var measurements []string
 	if stmt.Source != nil {
-		// TODO: (david) handle multiple measurement sources
+		// TODO: handle multiple measurement sources
 		if m, ok := stmt.Source.(*influxql.Measurement); ok {
 			measurements = append(measurements, m.Name)
 		} else {
@@ -1736,6 +1734,8 @@ func (s *Server) executeShowSeriesStatement(stmt *influxql.ShowSeriesStatement,
 		Rows: make(influxql.Rows, 0, len(ids)),
 	}
 
+	// TODO: support OFFSET & LIMIT
+
 	// Add one result row for each series.
 	for _, id := range ids {
 		if series := db.Series(id); series != nil {
@@ -1754,6 +1754,64 @@ func (s *Server) executeShowSeriesStatement(stmt *influxql.ShowSeriesStatement,
 	return result
 }
 
+func (s *Server) executeShowMeasurementsStatement(stmt *influxql.ShowMeasurementsStatement, database string, user *User) *Result {
+	// Find the database.
+	db := s.database(database)
+	if db == nil {
+		return &Result{Err: ErrDatabaseNotFound}
+	}
+
+	// Get all measurements in sorted order.
+	measurements := db.Measurements()
+	sort.Sort(measurements)
+
+	// If a WHERE clause was specified, filter the measurements.
+	if stmt.Condition != nil {
+		var err error
+		measurements, err = db.measurementsByExpr(stmt.Condition)
+		if err != nil {
+			return &Result{Err: err}
+		}
+	}
+
+	offset := stmt.Offset
+	limit := stmt.Limit
+
+	// If OFFSET is past the end of the array, return empty results.
+	if offset > len(measurements)-1 {
+		return &Result{}
+	}
+
+	// Calculate last index based on LIMIT.
+	end := len(measurements)
+	if limit > 0 && offset+limit < end {
+		limit = offset + limit
+	} else {
+		limit = end
+	}
+
+	// Make result with presized list Rows.
+	result := &Result{
+		Rows: make(influxql.Rows, 0, len(measurements)),
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("o = %d, l = %d\n", offset, limit)
+
+	// Add one result row for each measurement.
+	for i := offset; i < limit; i++ {
+		m := measurements[i]
+		r := &influxql.Row{
+			Name:    m.Name,
+			Columns: m.tagKeys(),
+		}
+		sort.Strings(r.Columns)
+
+		result.Rows = append(result.Rows, r)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
 func (s *Server) executeShowUsersStatement(q *influxql.ShowUsersStatement, user *User) *Result {
 	row := &influxql.Row{Columns: []string{"user", "admin"}}
 	for _, user := range s.Users() {