diff --git a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
index a0ee63a..d0cdcd9 100644
--- a/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/pods/impl.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 (ns babashka.pods.impl
   {:no-doc true}
   (:refer-clojure :exclude [read])
-  (:require [bencode.core :as bencode]
+  (:require [babashka.pods.impl.resolver :as resolver]
+            [bencode.core :as bencode]
             [cheshire.core :as cheshire]
             [clojure.edn :as edn]
             [clojure.java.io :as io]
@@ -278,7 +279,9 @@
 (defn load-pod
   ([pod-spec] (load-pod pod-spec nil))
   ([pod-spec {:keys [:remove-ns :resolve :transport]}]
-   (let [pod-spec (if (string? pod-spec) [pod-spec] pod-spec)
+   (let [pod-spec (cond (string? pod-spec) [pod-spec]
+                        (qualified-symbol? pod-spec) (resolver/resolve qualified-symbol?)
+                        :else pod-spec)
          pb (ProcessBuilder. ^java.util.List pod-spec)
          socket? (identical? :socket transport)
          _ (if socket?
diff --git a/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj b/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a3b9c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/babashka/pods/impl/resolver.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+(ns babashka.pods.impl.resolver
+  {:no-doc true}
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [resolve])
+  (:require [clojure.edn :as edn]
+            [clojure.java.io :as io]
+            [clojure.java.shell :refer [sh]]
+            [clojure.string :as str])
+  (:import [java.net URL HttpURLConnection]
+           [java.nio.file Files]))
+
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+
+(defn normalize-arch [arch]
+  (if (= "amd64" arch)
+    "x86_64"
+    arch))
+
+(def os {:os/name (System/getProperty "os.name")
+         :os/arch (let [arch (System/getProperty "os.arch")]
+                    (normalize-arch arch))})
+
+(defn warn [& strs]
+  (binding [*out* *err*]
+    (apply println strs)))
+
+(defn match-artifacts [package]
+  (let [artifacts (:package/artifacts package)]
+    (filter (fn [{os-name :os/name
+                  os-arch :os/arch}]
+              (let [os-arch (normalize-arch os-arch)]
+                (and (re-matches (re-pattern os-name) (:os/name os))
+                     (re-matches (re-pattern os-arch)
+                                 (:os/arch os)))))
+            artifacts)))
+
+(defn unzip [{:keys [^java.io.File zip-file
+                     ^java.io.File destination-dir
+                     verbose]}]
+  (when verbose (warn "Unzipping" (.getPath zip-file) "to" (.getPath destination-dir)))
+  (let [output-path (.toPath destination-dir)
+        zip-file (io/file zip-file)
+        _ (.mkdirs (io/file destination-dir))]
+    (with-open
+      [fis (Files/newInputStream (.toPath zip-file) (into-array java.nio.file.OpenOption []))
+       zis (java.util.zip.ZipInputStream. fis)]
+      (loop []
+        (let [entry (.getNextEntry zis)]
+          (when entry
+            (let [entry-name (.getName entry)
+                  new-path (.resolve output-path entry-name)]
+              (if (.isDirectory entry)
+                (Files/createDirectories new-path (into-array []))
+                (Files/copy ^java.io.InputStream zis
+                            new-path
+                            ^"[Ljava.nio.file.CopyOption;"
+                            (into-array
+                             [java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption/REPLACE_EXISTING]))))
+            (recur)))))))
+
+(defn un-tgz [^java.io.File zip-file ^java.io.File destination-dir verbose?]
+  (when verbose? (warn "Unzipping" (.getPath zip-file) "to" (.getPath destination-dir)))
+  (let [tmp-file (java.io.File/createTempFile "glam" ".tar")
+        output-path (.toPath tmp-file)]
+    (with-open
+      [fis (Files/newInputStream (.toPath zip-file) (into-array java.nio.file.OpenOption []))
+       zis (java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream. fis)]
+      (Files/copy ^java.io.InputStream zis
+                  output-path
+                  ^"[Ljava.nio.file.CopyOption;"
+                  (into-array
+                   [java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption/REPLACE_EXISTING])))
+    (sh "tar" "xf" (.getPath tmp-file) "--directory" (.getPath destination-dir))
+    (.delete tmp-file)))
+
+(defn make-executable [dest-dir executables verbose?]
+  (doseq [e executables]
+    (let [f (io/file dest-dir e)]
+      (when verbose? (warn "Making" (.getPath f) "executable."))
+      (.setExecutable f true))))
+
+(defn download [source ^java.io.File dest verbose?]
+  (when verbose? (warn "Downloading" source "to" (.getPath dest)))
+  (let [source (URL. source)
+        dest (io/file dest)
+        conn ^HttpURLConnection (.openConnection ^URL source)]
+    (.setInstanceFollowRedirects conn true)
+    (.connect conn)
+    (io/make-parents dest)
+    (with-open [is (.getInputStream conn)]
+      (io/copy is dest))
+    (when verbose? (warn "Download complete."))))
+
+(def pod-data-dir
+  ;; wrapped in delay for GraalVM native-image
+  (delay (io/file (System/getProperty "user.home")
+                  ".babashka" "pods" "data")))
+
+(defn pod-meta
+  ([qsym] (pod-meta qsym nil))
+  ([qsym version]
+   (let [version (or version "latest")
+         f (io/file @pod-data-dir qsym (str version ".edn"))]
+     (if (.exists f) f
+         ;; TODO: download from github?
+         ))))
+
+
+
+(defn resolve [qsym] ;; TODO: version
+  (if-let [m (pod-meta qsym)]
+    ))