diff --git a/remote/bitbucket/bitbucket.go b/remote/bitbucket/bitbucket.go
index 5a61eab63..143d2aff1 100644
--- a/remote/bitbucket/bitbucket.go
+++ b/remote/bitbucket/bitbucket.go
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ func (c *config) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return []byte(config.Data), err
 }
 
+func (c *config) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status creates a build status for the Bitbucket commit.
 func (c *config) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	status := internal.BuildStatus{
diff --git a/remote/bitbucketserver/bitbucketserver.go b/remote/bitbucketserver/bitbucketserver.go
index 0b394821f..9e14a377a 100644
--- a/remote/bitbucketserver/bitbucketserver.go
+++ b/remote/bitbucketserver/bitbucketserver.go
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@ func (c *Config) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return client.FindFileForRepo(r.Owner, r.Name, f, b.Ref)
 }
 
+func (c *Config) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status is not supported by the bitbucketserver driver.
 func (c *Config) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	status := internal.BuildStatus{
diff --git a/remote/coding/coding.go b/remote/coding/coding.go
index 1d2229b13..e488bc2c9 100644
--- a/remote/coding/coding.go
+++ b/remote/coding/coding.go
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ func (c *Coding) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return data, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Coding) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status sends the commit status to the remote system.
 func (c *Coding) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	// EMPTY: not implemented in Coding OAuth API
diff --git a/remote/gerrit/gerrit.go b/remote/gerrit/gerrit.go
index c8f926108..a78b9d530 100644
--- a/remote/gerrit/gerrit.go
+++ b/remote/gerrit/gerrit.go
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ func (c *client) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
+func (c *client) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status is not supported by the Gogs driver.
 func (c *client) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	return nil
diff --git a/remote/gitea/gitea.go b/remote/gitea/gitea.go
index 39a5105d6..9efaca9e2 100644
--- a/remote/gitea/gitea.go
+++ b/remote/gitea/gitea.go
@@ -249,6 +249,10 @@ func (c *client) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return cfg, err
 }
 
+func (c *client) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status is supported by the Gitea driver.
 func (c *client) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	client := c.newClientToken(u.Token)
diff --git a/remote/github/github.go b/remote/github/github.go
index 1fd057892..355a8accc 100644
--- a/remote/github/github.go
+++ b/remote/github/github.go
@@ -236,6 +236,31 @@ func (c *client) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return data.Decode()
 }
 
+func (c *client) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	client := c.newClientToken(u.Token)
+
+	opts := new(github.RepositoryContentGetOptions)
+	opts.Ref = b.Commit
+	_, data, _, err := client.Repositories.GetContents(r.Owner, r.Name, f, opts)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	var files []*remote.FileMeta
+	for _, file := range data {
+		data, err := file.Decode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		files = append(files, &remote.FileMeta{
+			Name: *file.Name,
+			Data: data,
+		})
+	}
+
+	return files, nil
+}
+
 // Netrc returns a netrc file capable of authenticating GitHub requests and
 // cloning GitHub repositories. The netrc will use the global machine account
 // when configured.
diff --git a/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go b/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
index e61776b79..a0e60725b 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ func (g *Gitlab) File(user *model.User, repo *model.Repo, build *model.Build, f
 	return out, err
 }
 
+func (c *Gitlab) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // NOTE Currently gitlab doesn't support status for commits and events,
 //      also if we want get MR status in gitlab we need implement a special plugin for gitlab,
 //      gitlab uses API to fetch build status on client side. But for now we skip this.
diff --git a/remote/gitlab3/gitlab.go b/remote/gitlab3/gitlab.go
index 7a0dde3d8..7009271ee 100644
--- a/remote/gitlab3/gitlab.go
+++ b/remote/gitlab3/gitlab.go
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ func (g *Gitlab) File(user *model.User, repo *model.Repo, build *model.Build, f
 	return out, err
 }
 
+func (c *Gitlab) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // NOTE Currently gitlab doesn't support status for commits and events,
 //      also if we want get MR status in gitlab we need implement a special plugin for gitlab,
 //      gitlab uses API to fetch build status on client side. But for now we skip this.
diff --git a/remote/gogs/gogs.go b/remote/gogs/gogs.go
index 13072c0ca..f6d1aa7ca 100644
--- a/remote/gogs/gogs.go
+++ b/remote/gogs/gogs.go
@@ -202,6 +202,10 @@ func (c *client) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([
 	return cfg, err
 }
 
+func (c *client) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Status is not supported by the Gogs driver.
 func (c *client) Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error {
 	return nil
diff --git a/remote/mock/remote.go b/remote/mock/remote.go
index 97577c73f..aaf8a7442 100644
--- a/remote/mock/remote.go
+++ b/remote/mock/remote.go
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@
 package mock
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/laszlocph/drone-oss-08/model"
+	"github.com/laszlocph/drone-oss-08/remote"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
 )
 
@@ -98,6 +100,10 @@ func (_m *Remote) File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) (
 	return r0, r1
 }
 
+func (c *Remote) Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*remote.FileMeta, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
+}
+
 // Hook provides a mock function with given fields: r
 func (_m *Remote) Hook(r *http.Request) (*model.Repo, *model.Build, error) {
 	ret := _m.Called(r)
diff --git a/remote/remote.go b/remote/remote.go
index 297a77aad..070882d6e 100644
--- a/remote/remote.go
+++ b/remote/remote.go
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ type Remote interface {
 	// format.
 	File(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]byte, error)
 
+	// Dir fetches a folder from the remote repository
+	Dir(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) ([]*FileMeta, error)
+
 	// Status sends the commit status to the remote system.
 	// An example would be the GitHub pull request status.
 	Status(u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, link string) error
@@ -71,6 +74,12 @@ type Remote interface {
 	Hook(r *http.Request) (*model.Repo, *model.Build, error)
 }
 
+// FileMeta represents a file in version control
+type FileMeta struct {
+	Name string
+	Data []byte
+}
+
 // Refresher refreshes an oauth token and expiration for the given user. It
 // returns true if the token was refreshed, false if the token was not refreshed,
 // and error if it failed to refersh.
@@ -166,3 +175,17 @@ func FileBackoff(remote Remote, u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+// DirBackoff fetches the folder using an exponential backoff.
+func DirBackoff(remote Remote, u *model.User, r *model.Repo, b *model.Build, f string) (out []*FileMeta, err error) {
+	for i := 0; i < 5; i++ {
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(time.Second * time.Duration(i)):
+			out, err = remote.Dir(u, r, b, f)
+			if err == nil {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return
+}