diff --git a/device.go b/device.go
index 0a75fa0..a4ddfbe 100644
--- a/device.go
+++ b/device.go
@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ package goupnp
 
 import (
 	"encoding/xml"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 )
 
+// TODO: Do the sub-structures have to be pointers?
+
 const (
 	DeviceXMLNamespace = "urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0"
 )
 
+// RootDevice is the device description as described by section 2.3 "Device
+// description" in
+// http://upnp.org/specs/arch/UPnP-arch-DeviceArchitecture-v1.1.pdf
 type RootDevice struct {
 	Name        xml.Name    `xml:"root`
 	SpecVersion SpecVersion `xml:"specVersion"`
@@ -100,6 +106,17 @@ func (srv *Service) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("Service ID %s : %s", srv.ServiceId, srv.ServiceType)
 }
 
+func (srv *Service) RequestSCDP() (*SCPD, error) {
+	if !srv.SCPDURL.Ok {
+		return nil, errors.New("bad/missing SCPD URL, or no URLBase has been set")
+	}
+	scpd := new(SCPD)
+	if err := requestXml(srv.SCPDURL.URL.String(), SCPDXMLNamespace, scpd); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return scpd, nil
+}
+
 type URLField struct {
 	URL url.URL `xml:"-"`
 	Ok  bool    `xml:"-"`
diff --git a/scpd.go b/scpd.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00a9de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scpd.go
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package goupnp
+
+import (
+	"encoding/xml"
+)
+
+const (
+	SCPDXMLNamespace = "urn:schemas-upnp-org:service-1-0"
+)
+
+// SCPD is the service description as described by section 2.5 "Service
+// description" in
+// http://upnp.org/specs/arch/UPnP-arch-DeviceArchitecture-v1.1.pdf
+type SCPD struct {
+	Name           xml.Name        `xml:"scpd"`
+	ConfigId       string          `xml:"configId,attr"`
+	SpecVersion    SpecVersion     `xml:"specVersion"`
+	Actions        []Action        `xml:"actionList>action"`
+	StateVariables []StateVariable `xml:"serviceStateTable>stateVariable"`
+}
+
+type Action struct {
+	Name      string     `xml:"name"`
+	Arguments []Argument `xml:"argumentList>argument"`
+}
+
+type Argument struct {
+	Name                 string `xml:"name"`
+	Direction            string `xml:"direction"`            // in|out
+	RelatedStateVariable string `xml:"relatedStateVariable"` // ?
+	Retval               string `xml:"retval"`               // ?
+}
+
+type StateVariable struct {
+	Name              string            `xml:"name"`
+	SendEvents        string            `xml:"sendEvents,attr"` // yes|no
+	Multicast         string            `xml:"multicast,attr"`  // yes|no
+	DataType          DataType          `xml:"dataType"`
+	DefaultValue      string            `xml:"defaultValue"`
+	AllowedValueRange AllowedValueRange `xml:"allowedValueRange"`
+	AllowedValue      []string          `xml:"allowedValueList>allowedValue"`
+}
+
+type AllowedValueRange struct {
+	Minimum string `xml:"minimum"`
+	Maximum string `xml:"maximum"`
+	Step    string `xml:"step"`
+}
+
+type DataType struct {
+	Name string `xml:",chardata"`
+	Type string `xml:"type,attr"`
+}