diff --git a/coreutils/src/commands/dd.rs b/coreutils/src/commands/dd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43fac19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/coreutils/src/commands/dd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+use boxutils::commands::Command;
+use std::env;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::io::{self, Read, Write, BufReader};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+pub struct Dd;
+
+impl Command for Dd {
+    fn execute(&self) {
+        // dd has its seperate argument parsing
+        let mut arguments = HashMap::new();
+        let mut blocksize = 512;
+
+        for argument in env::args() {
+            if let Some((k, v)) = argument.split_once('=') {
+                arguments.insert(k.to_string().to_lowercase(), v.to_string());
+            } // don't handle anything that does not follow dd's syntax.
+              // TODO: inform about malformed arguments
+        }
+
+        if let Some(bs) = arguments.get("bs") {
+            let (k, v) = bs.split_at(bs.len() - 1);
+            if v.parse::<u64>().is_ok() {
+                // assume the bs is specified in bytes,
+                // because the last char is a number
+                blocksize = bs.parse::<u64>().unwrap()
+            } else {
+                match v {
+                    "K" | "k" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1024,
+                    "M" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1024 * 1024,
+                    "G" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1024 * 1024 * 1024,
+                    "kB" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1000,
+                    "MB" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1000 * 1000,
+                    "GB" => blocksize = k.parse::<u64>().unwrap() * 1000 * 1000 * 1000,
+                    _ => {
+                        eprintln!("Invalid blocksize specified.");
+                        return
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut vecbuf = Vec::with_capacity(blocksize.try_into().unwrap());
+        let start = Instant::now();
+
+        if let Some(input) = arguments.get("if") {
+            let mut f = BufReader::new(File::open(input).unwrap());
+            let _ = f.read_to_end(&mut vecbuf).unwrap();
+        } else {
+            let _ = io::stdin().read_to_end(&mut vecbuf).unwrap();
+        }
+
+        if let Some(output) = arguments.get("of") {
+            let buffer = File::create(output);
+            let _ = buffer.unwrap().write(&vecbuf);
+        } else {
+            let _ = io::stdout().write_all(&vecbuf);
+        }
+
+        let duration = start.elapsed().as_millis() / 1000;
+
+        let out_blocks = vecbuf.len() as u64 / blocksize;
+        let out_remainder = vecbuf.len() as u64 % blocksize;
+
+        println!(
+            "{}+{} records in", // TODO: actually calculate records in
+            out_blocks,
+            out_remainder
+        );
+
+        println!(
+            "{}+{} records out",
+            out_blocks,
+            out_remainder
+        );
+
+        println!(
+            "{} bytes copied, ca. {} seconds",
+            vecbuf.len(),
+            duration
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/coreutils/src/commands/mod.rs b/coreutils/src/commands/mod.rs
index 17f40fd..2a57ec5 100644
--- a/coreutils/src/commands/mod.rs
+++ b/coreutils/src/commands/mod.rs
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@ pub use echo::Echo;
 
 mod mkdir;
 pub use mkdir::Mkdir;
+
+mod dd;
+pub use dd::Dd;
diff --git a/src/registry.rs b/src/registry.rs
index 130d127..6967e7d 100644
--- a/src/registry.rs
+++ b/src/registry.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ pub fn get_registry() -> CommandRegistry {
     registry.register("echo", Box::new(coreutils::commands::Echo));
     registry.register("mkdir", Box::new(coreutils::commands::Mkdir));
     registry.register("ash", Box::new(shell::ash::Ash));
+    registry.register("dd", Box::new(coreutils::commands::Dd));
     registry.register("box", Box::new(Boxcmd));
 
     registry