diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index 2ce3be8..edb2b38 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -9,9 +9,11 @@ extern void _go_git_setup_callbacks(git_remote_callbacks *callbacks);
 */
 import "C"
 import (
-	"unsafe"
-	"runtime"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"reflect"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"unsafe"
 )
 
 type TransferProgress struct {
@@ -34,11 +36,15 @@ func newTransferProgressFromC(c *C.git_transfer_progress) TransferProgress {
 }
 
 type RemoteCompletion uint
+type ConnectDirection uint
 
 const (
 	RemoteCompletionDownload RemoteCompletion = C.GIT_REMOTE_COMPLETION_DOWNLOAD
 	RemoteCompletionIndexing                  = C.GIT_REMOTE_COMPLETION_INDEXING
 	RemoteCompletionError                     = C.GIT_REMOTE_COMPLETION_ERROR
+
+	ConnectDirectionFetch ConnectDirection = C.GIT_DIRECTION_FETCH
+	ConnectDirectionPush                   = C.GIT_DIRECTION_PUSH
 )
 
 type TransportMessageCallback func(str string) int
@@ -58,7 +64,7 @@ type RemoteCallbacks struct {
 }
 
 type Remote struct {
-	ptr *C.git_remote
+	ptr       *C.git_remote
 	callbacks RemoteCallbacks
 }
 
@@ -95,6 +101,18 @@ type HostkeyCertificate struct {
 	HashSHA1 [20]byte
 }
 
+type RemoteHead struct {
+	Id   *Oid
+	Name string
+}
+
+func newRemoteHeadFromC(ptr *C.git_remote_head) RemoteHead {
+	return RemoteHead{
+		Id:   newOidFromC(&ptr.oid),
+		Name: C.GoString(ptr.name),
+	}
+}
+
 func populateRemoteCallbacks(ptr *C.git_remote_callbacks, callbacks *RemoteCallbacks) {
 	C.git_remote_init_callbacks(ptr, C.GIT_REMOTE_CALLBACKS_VERSION)
 	if callbacks == nil {
@@ -195,7 +213,6 @@ func certificateCheckCallback(_cert *C.git_cert, _valid C.int, _host *C.char, da
 		return -1 // we don't support anything else atm
 	}
 
-
 	return callbacks.CertificateCheckCallback(&cert, valid, host)
 }
 
@@ -548,3 +565,64 @@ func (o *Remote) Fetch(refspecs []string, sig *Signature, msg string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (o *Remote) ConnectFetch() error {
+	return o.Connect(ConnectDirectionFetch)
+}
+
+func (o *Remote) ConnectPush() error {
+	return o.Connect(ConnectDirectionPush)
+}
+
+func (o *Remote) Connect(direction ConnectDirection) error {
+	runtime.LockOSThread()
+	defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+
+	if ret := C.git_remote_connect(o.ptr, C.git_direction(direction)); ret != 0 {
+		return MakeGitError(ret)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (o *Remote) Ls(filterRefs ...string) ([]RemoteHead, error) {
+
+	var refs **C.git_remote_head
+	var length C.size_t
+
+	if ret := C.git_remote_ls(&refs, &length, o.ptr); ret != 0 {
+		return nil, MakeGitError(ret)
+	}
+
+	size := int(length)
+
+	if size == 0 {
+		return make([]RemoteHead, 0), nil
+	}
+
+	hdr := reflect.SliceHeader{
+		Data: uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(refs)),
+		Len:  size,
+		Cap:  size,
+	}
+
+	goSlice := *(*[]*C.git_remote_head)(unsafe.Pointer(&hdr))
+
+	var heads []RemoteHead
+
+	for _, s := range goSlice {
+		head := newRemoteHeadFromC(s)
+
+		if len(filterRefs) > 0 {
+			for _, r := range filterRefs {
+				if strings.Contains(head.Name, r) {
+					heads = append(heads, head)
+					break
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			heads = append(heads, head)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return heads, nil
+}
diff --git a/remote_test.go b/remote_test.go
index d1ad1e8..6d81df4 100644
--- a/remote_test.go
+++ b/remote_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ func TestListRemotes(t *testing.T) {
 	compareStringList(t, expected, actual)
 }
 
-
 func assertHostname(cert *Certificate, valid bool, hostname string, t *testing.T) int {
 	if hostname != "github.com" {
 		t.Fatal("Hostname does not match")
@@ -65,7 +64,7 @@ func TestCertificateCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	checkFatal(t, err)
 
 	callbacks := RemoteCallbacks{
-		CertificateCheckCallback: func (cert *Certificate, valid bool, hostname string) int {
+		CertificateCheckCallback: func(cert *Certificate, valid bool, hostname string) int {
 			return assertHostname(cert, valid, hostname, t)
 		},
 	}
@@ -75,3 +74,61 @@ func TestCertificateCheck(t *testing.T) {
 	err = remote.Fetch([]string{}, nil, "")
 	checkFatal(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestRemoteConnect(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := createTestRepo(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Workdir())
+	defer repo.Free()
+
+	remote, err := repo.CreateRemote("origin", "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	err = remote.ConnectFetch()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestRemoteLs(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := createTestRepo(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Workdir())
+	defer repo.Free()
+
+	remote, err := repo.CreateRemote("origin", "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	err = remote.ConnectFetch()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	heads, err := remote.Ls()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(heads) == 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected remote heads")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestRemoteLsFiltering(t *testing.T) {
+	repo := createTestRepo(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(repo.Workdir())
+	defer repo.Free()
+
+	remote, err := repo.CreateRemote("origin", "https://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	err = remote.ConnectFetch()
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	heads, err := remote.Ls("master")
+	checkFatal(t, err)
+
+	if len(heads) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected one head for master but I got %d", len(heads))
+	}
+
+	if heads[0].Id == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected head to have an Id, but it's nil")
+	}
+
+	if heads[0].Name == "" {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected head to have a name, but it's empty")
+	}
+}