diff --git a/util/fetch_archive.py b/util/fetch_archive.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import requests
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='iconograph fetch_archive')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--dest-dir',
+    dest='dest_dir',
+    action='store',
+    default='.')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--https-ca-cert',
+    dest='https_ca_cert',
+    action='store')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--https-client-cert',
+    dest='https_client_cert',
+    action='store')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--https-client-key',
+    dest='https_client_key',
+    action='store')
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--url',
+    dest='url',
+    action='store',
+    required=True)
+FLAGS = parser.parse_args()
+
+
+class ArchiveFetcher(object):
+
+  _BUF_SIZE = 2 ** 16
+
+  def __init__(self, https_ca_cert, https_client_cert, https_client_key):
+    self._session = requests.Session()
+    if https_ca_cert:
+      self._session.verify = https_ca_cert
+    if https_client_cert and https_client_key:
+      self._session.cert = (https_client_cert, https_client_key)
+
+  def Fetch(self, url, dest_dir='.'):
+    resp = self._session.get(url, stream=True)
+
+    tar = subprocess.Popen(
+        ['tar', '--extract', '--verbose'],
+        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+        cwd=dest_dir)
+    for data in resp.iter_content(self._BUF_SIZE):
+      tar.stdin.write(data)
+    tar.wait()
+
+
+def main():
+  fetcher = ArchiveFetcher(
+      FLAGS.https_ca_cert,
+      FLAGS.https_client_cert,
+      FLAGS.https_client_key)
+  fetcher.Fetch(
+      FLAGS.url,
+      FLAGS.dest_dir)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+  main()