diff --git a/src/DOM.cpp b/src/DOM.cpp
index b400ad16c..042314bb0 100644
--- a/src/DOM.cpp
+++ b/src/DOM.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,18 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include <Context.h>
 #include <DOM.h>
+#include "../cmake.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBLUA
+extern "C"
+{
+  #include <lua.h>
+}
+#endif
+
+extern Context context;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 DOM::DOM ()
@@ -62,8 +73,67 @@ const time_t DOM::getDate (const std::string& name)
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// TODO <id>.                  <-- context.tdb2
+// TODO <uuid>.                <-- context.tdb2
+// rc.<name>              <-- context.config
+// TODO report.<name>.         <-- context.reports
+// TODO stats.<name>           <-- context.stats
+//
+// system.<name>          <-- context.system
+// system.version
+// system.lua.version
+// system.os
 const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
 {
+  int len = name.length ();
+
+  // rc. --> context.config
+  if (len > 3 &&
+      name.substr (0, 3) == "rc.")
+  {
+    return context.config.get (name.substr (3));
+  }
+
+  // TODO <id>.
+  // TODO <uuid>.
+  // TODO report.
+  // TODO stats.<name>
+
+  // system. --> Implement locally.
+  else if (len > 7 &&
+           name.substr (0, 7) == "system.")
+  {
+    // Taskwarrior version number.
+    if (name.substr (7) == "version")
+      return VERSION;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBLUA
+    // Lua version number.
+    else if (name.substr (7) == "lua.version")
+      return LUA_RELEASE;
+#endif
+
+    // OS type.
+    else if (name.substr (7) == "os")
+#if defined (DARWIN)
+      return "Darwin";
+#elif defined (SOLARIS)
+      return "Solaris";
+#elif defined (CYGWIN)
+      return "Cygwin";
+#elif defined (OPENBSD)
+      return "OpenBSD";
+#elif defined (HAIKU)
+      return "Haiku";
+#elif defined (FREEBSD)
+      return "FreeBSD";
+#elif defined (LINUX)
+      return "Linux";
+#else
+      return "<unknown>";
+#endif
+  }
+
   return "";
 }
 
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
index b512d39c0..27743f6fb 100644
--- a/test/.gitignore
+++ b/test/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ color.t
 config.t
 date.t
 directory.t
+dom.t
 duration.t
 file.t
 filt.t
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fcbdfc68..ab8f3c878 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src
                      ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test
                      ${TASK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-set (test_SRCS date.t t.t tdb.t duration.t t.benchmark.t text.t autocomplete.t
-               tdb2.t
-               seq.t record.t att.t subst.t nibbler.t filt.t cmd.t config.t
-               util.t color.t list.t path.t file.t grid.t directory.t rx.t
-               taskmod.t rectangle.t tree.t tree2.t uri.t json.t variant.t)
+set (test_SRCS att.t autocomplete.t cmd.t color.t config.t date.t directory.t
+               dom.t duration.t file.t filt.t grid.t json.t list.t nibbler.t
+               path.t record.t rectangle.t rx.t seq.t subst.t t.benchmark.t t.t
+               taskmod.t tdb.t tdb2.t text.t tree.t tree2.t uri.t util.t
+               variant.t)
 
 add_custom_target (test ./run_all DEPENDS ${test_SRCS}
                                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/test)
diff --git a/test/dom.t.cpp b/test/dom.t.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78bd6faac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/dom.t.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006 - 2011, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+// the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+// Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+// version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+// ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+// FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+// details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+// this program; if not, write to the
+//
+//     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+//     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+//     Boston, MA
+//     02110-1301
+//     USA
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#include <iostream>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "../cmake.h"
+#include <main.h>
+#include <test.h>
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBLUA
+extern "C"
+{
+  #include <lua.h>
+}
+#endif
+
+Context context;
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int main (int argc, char** argv)
+{
+  UnitTest t (2);
+
+  try
+  {
+    DOM dom;
+
+    t.is (dom.get ("system.version"),     VERSION,     "DOM system.version -> VERSION");
+    t.is (dom.get ("system.lua.version"), LUA_RELEASE, "DOM system.lua.version -> LUA_RELEASE");
+  }
+
+  catch (std::string& error)
+  {
+    t.diag (error);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
+  catch (...)
+  {
+    t.diag ("Unknown error.");
+    return -2;
+  }
+
+  return 0;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+