diff --git a/notebooks/Test.ipynb b/notebooks/Test.ipynb
index 6b1cbc2e..957f05d7 100644
--- a/notebooks/Test.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/Test.ipynb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "celltoolbar": "Hiding",
   "language": "haskell",
   "name": "",
-  "signature": "sha256:804b433cf50ca6157f3f59dbddeffdb20dda07eee3e4701830f71f5eee0fbfd3"
+  "signature": "sha256:b630a2733d4a58680ceb3b868982dc891d570e9ccad5ce31a29d5e1c110962b7"
  },
  "nbformat": 3,
  "nbformat_minor": 0,
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@
       "1+1"
      ],
      "language": "python",
-     "metadata": {
-      "hidden": false
-     },
+     "metadata": {},
      "outputs": [
       {
        "metadata": {},
@@ -201,7 +199,7 @@
        "output_type": "display_data"
       }
      ],
-     "prompt_number": 1
+     "prompt_number": 2
     },
     {
      "cell_type": "code",
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/Eval/Evaluate.hs b/src/IHaskell/Eval/Evaluate.hs
index 603c70d2..d8980e15 100644
--- a/src/IHaskell/Eval/Evaluate.hs
+++ b/src/IHaskell/Eval/Evaluate.hs
@@ -465,7 +465,14 @@ evalCommand a (Directive SetOption opts) state = do
 
 evalCommand _ (Directive GetType expr) state = wrapExecution state $ do
   write $ "Type: " ++ expr
-  formatType <$> getType expr
+  formatType <$> ((expr ++ " :: ") ++ ) <$> getType expr
+
+evalCommand _ (Directive GetKind expr) state = wrapExecution state $ do
+  write $ "Kind: " ++ expr
+  (_, kind) <- GHC.typeKind False expr
+  flags <- getSessionDynFlags
+  let typeStr = showSDocUnqual flags $ ppr kind
+  return $ formatType $ expr ++ " :: " ++ typeStr
 
 evalCommand _ (Directive LoadFile name) state = wrapExecution state $ do
   write $ "Load: " ++ name
diff --git a/src/IHaskell/Eval/Parser.hs b/src/IHaskell/Eval/Parser.hs
index ba8843cb..c06fc0cf 100644
--- a/src/IHaskell/Eval/Parser.hs
+++ b/src/IHaskell/Eval/Parser.hs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ data DirectiveType
   | GetHelp         -- ^ General help via ':?' or ':help'.
   | SearchHoogle    -- ^ Search for something via Hoogle.
   | GetDoc          -- ^ Get documentation for an identifier via Hoogle.
+  | GetKind         -- ^ Get the kind of a type via ':kind'.
   deriving (Show, Eq)
 
 -- | Parse a string into code blocks.
@@ -242,6 +243,7 @@ parseDirective (':':directive) line = case find rightDirective directives of
       dir:_ -> dir `elem` tail (inits dirname)
     directives =
       [ (GetType,      "type")
+      , (GetKind,      "kind")
       , (GetInfo,      "info")
       , (SearchHoogle, "hoogle")
       , (GetDoc,       "documentation")