diff --git a/cephfs/admin/fsadmin.go b/cephfs/admin/fsadmin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..688a808
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cephfs/admin/fsadmin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rados"
+)
+
+// RadosCommander provides an interface to execute JSON-formatted commands that
+// allow the cephfs administrative functions to interact with the Ceph cluster.
+type RadosCommander interface {
+	MgrCommand(buf [][]byte) ([]byte, string, error)
+}
+
+// FSAdmin is used to administrate CephFS within a ceph cluster.
+type FSAdmin struct {
+	conn RadosCommander
+}
+
+// New creates an FSAdmin automatically based on the default ceph
+// configuration file. If more customization is needed, create a
+// *rados.Conn as you see fit and use NewFromConn to use that
+// connection with these administrative functions.
+func New() (*FSAdmin, error) {
+	conn, err := rados.NewConn()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = conn.ReadDefaultConfigFile()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	err = conn.Connect()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return NewFromConn(conn), nil
+}
+
+// NewFromConn creates an FSAdmin management object from a preexisting
+// rados connection. The existing connection can be rados.Conn or any
+// type implementing the RadosCommander interface. This may be useful
+// if the calling layer needs to inject additional logging, error handling,
+// fault injection, etc.
+func NewFromConn(conn RadosCommander) *FSAdmin {
+	return &FSAdmin{conn}
+}
+
+func (fsa *FSAdmin) validate() error {
+	if fsa.conn == nil {
+		return rados.ErrNotConnected
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// rawMgrCommand takes a byte buffer and sends it to the MGR as a command.
+// The buffer is expected to contain preformatted JSON.
+func (fsa *FSAdmin) rawMgrCommand(buf []byte) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	if err := fsa.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	return fsa.conn.MgrCommand([][]byte{buf})
+}
+
+// marshalMgrCommand takes an generic interface{} value, converts it to JSON and
+// sends the json to the MGR as a command.
+func (fsa *FSAdmin) marshalMgrCommand(v interface{}) ([]byte, string, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(v)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, "", err
+	}
+	return fsa.rawMgrCommand(b)
+}
+
+type listNamedResult struct {
+	Name string `json:"name"`
+}
+
+func parseListNames(res []byte, status string, err error) ([]string, error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if status != "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error status: %s", status)
+	}
+	var r []listNamedResult
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(res, &r); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	vl := make([]string, len(r))
+	for i := range r {
+		vl[i] = r[i].Name
+	}
+	return vl, nil
+}
+
+// checkEmptyResponseExpected returns an error if the result or status
+// are non-empty.
+func checkEmptyResponseExpected(res []byte, status string, err error) error {
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(res) != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response: %s", string(res))
+	}
+	if status != "" {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error status: %s", status)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// modeString converts a unix-style mode value to a string-ified version in an
+// octal representation (e.g. "777", "700", etc). This format is expected by
+// some of the ceph JSON command inputs.
+func modeString(m int, force bool) string {
+	if force || m != 0 {
+		return strconv.FormatInt(int64(m), 8)
+	}
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/cephfs/admin/fsadmin_test.go b/cephfs/admin/fsadmin_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..606e801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cephfs/admin/fsadmin_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+var cachedFSAdmin *FSAdmin
+
+func getFSAdmin(t *testing.T) *FSAdmin {
+	if cachedFSAdmin != nil {
+		return cachedFSAdmin
+	}
+	var err error
+	cachedFSAdmin, err := New()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, cachedFSAdmin)
+	return cachedFSAdmin
+}
+
+func TestInvalidFSAdmin(t *testing.T) {
+	fsa := &FSAdmin{}
+	_, _, err := fsa.rawMgrCommand([]byte("FOOBAR!"))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+type badMarshalType bool
+
+func (badMarshalType) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("Zowie! wow")
+}
+
+func TestBadMarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	fsa := getFSAdmin(t)
+
+	var bad badMarshalType
+	_, _, err := fsa.marshalMgrCommand(bad)
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
+func TestParseListNames(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseListNames(nil, "", errors.New("bonk"))
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "bonk", err.Error())
+	})
+	t.Run("statusSet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseListNames(nil, "unexpected!", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("badJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseListNames([]byte("Foo[[["), "", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		l, err := parseListNames([]byte(`[{"name":"bob"}]`), "", nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.Len(t, l, 1) {
+			assert.Equal(t, "bob", l[0])
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestCheckEmptyResponseExpected(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := checkEmptyResponseExpected(nil, "", errors.New("bonk"))
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "bonk", err.Error())
+	})
+	t.Run("statusSet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := checkEmptyResponseExpected(nil, "unexpected!", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("someJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := checkEmptyResponseExpected([]byte(`{"trouble": true}`), "", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := checkEmptyResponseExpected([]byte{}, "", nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/cephfs/admin/volume.go b/cephfs/admin/volume.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2403347
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cephfs/admin/volume.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+var listVolumesCmd = []byte(`{"prefix":"fs volume ls"}`)
+
+// ListVolumes return a list of volumes in this Ceph cluster.
+func (fsa *FSAdmin) ListVolumes() ([]string, error) {
+	r, s, err := fsa.rawMgrCommand(listVolumesCmd)
+	return parseListNames(r, s, err)
+}
+
+// VolumeStatus reports various properties of a CephFS volume.
+// TODO: Fill in.
+type VolumeStatus struct {
+	MDSVersion string `json:"mds_version"`
+}
+
+func parseVolumeStatus(res []byte, status string, err error) (*VolumeStatus, error) {
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if status != "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error status: %s", status)
+	}
+	var vs VolumeStatus
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(res, &vs); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &vs, nil
+}
+
+// VolumeStatus returns a VolumeStatus object for the given volume name.
+func (fsa *FSAdmin) VolumeStatus(name string) (*VolumeStatus, error) {
+	r, s, err := fsa.marshalMgrCommand(map[string]string{
+		"fs":     name,
+		"prefix": "fs status",
+		"format": "json",
+	})
+	return parseVolumeStatus(r, s, err)
+}
diff --git a/cephfs/admin/volume_test.go b/cephfs/admin/volume_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9042a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cephfs/admin/volume_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package admin
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestListVolumes(t *testing.T) {
+	fsa := getFSAdmin(t)
+
+	vl, err := fsa.ListVolumes()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, vl, 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, "cephfs", vl[0])
+}
+
+func TestVolumeStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	fsa := getFSAdmin(t)
+
+	vs, err := fsa.VolumeStatus("cephfs")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Contains(t, vs.MDSVersion, "version")
+}
+
+var sampleVolumeStatus1 = []byte(`
+{
+"clients": [{"clients": 1, "fs": "cephfs"}],
+"mds_version": "ceph version 15.2.4 (7447c15c6ff58d7fce91843b705a268a1917325c) octopus (stable)",
+"mdsmap": [{"dns": 76, "inos": 19, "name": "Z", "rank": 0, "rate": 0.0, "state": "active"}],
+"pools": [{"avail": 1017799872, "id": 2, "name": "cephfs_metadata", "type": "metadata", "used": 2204126}, {"avail": 1017799872, "id": 1, "name": "cephfs_data", "type": "data", "used": 0}]
+}
+`)
+
+func TestParseVolumeStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseVolumeStatus(nil, "", errors.New("bonk"))
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "bonk", err.Error())
+	})
+	t.Run("statusSet", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseVolumeStatus(nil, "unexpected!", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("badJSON", func(t *testing.T) {
+		_, err := parseVolumeStatus([]byte("_XxXxX"), "", nil)
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("ok", func(t *testing.T) {
+		s, err := parseVolumeStatus(sampleVolumeStatus1, "", nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		if assert.NotNil(t, s) {
+			assert.Contains(t, s.MDSVersion, "ceph version 15.2.4")
+			assert.Contains(t, s.MDSVersion, "octopus")
+		}
+	})
+}