diff --git a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ConsoleProject.scala b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ConsoleProject.scala
index bf297d2de..a3bf84381 100644
--- a/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ConsoleProject.scala
+++ b/main/src/main/scala/sbt/ConsoleProject.scala
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ object ConsoleProject
 	def apply(state: State, extra: String, cleanupCommands: String = "", options: Seq[String] = Nil)(implicit log: Logger)
 	{
 		val extracted = Project extract state
-		val bindings = ("currentState" -> state) :: ("extracted" -> extracted ) :: Nil
+		val cpImports = new Imports(extracted, state)
+
+		val bindings = ("currentState" -> state) :: ("extracted" -> extracted ) :: ("cpHelpers" -> cpImports) :: Nil
 		val unit = extracted.currentUnit
 		val compiler = Compiler.compilers(ClasspathOptions.repl)(state.configuration, log).scalac
 		val imports = BuildUtil.getImports(unit.unit) ++ BuildUtil.importAll(bindings.map(_._1))
@@ -18,4 +20,12 @@ object ConsoleProject
 		val initCommands = importString + extra
 		(new Console(compiler))(unit.classpath, options, initCommands, cleanupCommands)(Some(unit.loader), bindings)
 	}
+	/** Conveniences for consoleProject that shouldn't normally be used for builds. */
+	final class Imports private[sbt](extracted: Extracted, state: State)
+	{
+		import extracted._
+		implicit def taskKeyEvaluate[T](t: TaskKey[T]): Evaluate[T] = new Evaluate(runTask(t, state)._2)
+		implicit def settingKeyEvaluate[T](s: SettingKey[T]): Evaluate[T] = new Evaluate(get(s))
+	}
+	final class Evaluate[T] private[sbt](val eval: T)
 }