diff --git a/puro/CHANGELOG.md b/puro/CHANGELOG.md
index f7b4c0c..6cfef39 100644
--- a/puro/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/puro/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## Unreleased
+
+* Added the `prepare` command to pre-download Flutter artifacts for an environment
 ## 1.5.0
 
 * Fixed several major bugs
diff --git a/puro/lib/src/cli.dart b/puro/lib/src/cli.dart
index f0c17eb..d673ee6 100644
--- a/puro/lib/src/cli.dart
+++ b/puro/lib/src/cli.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import 'commands/internal_generate_ast_parser.dart';
 import 'commands/internal_generate_docs.dart';
 import 'commands/ls_versions.dart';
 import 'commands/prefs.dart';
+import 'commands/prepare.dart';
 import 'commands/pub.dart';
 import 'commands/puro_install.dart';
 import 'commands/puro_uninstall.dart';
@@ -259,6 +260,7 @@ void main(List<String> args) async {
     ..addCommand(CleanCommand())
     ..addCommand(EnvRmCommand())
     ..addCommand(EnvRenameCommand())
+    ..addCommand(PrepareCommand())
     ..addCommand(FlutterCommand())
     ..addCommand(DartCommand())
     ..addCommand(PubCommand())
diff --git a/puro/lib/src/commands/prepare.dart b/puro/lib/src/commands/prepare.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ddc33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puro/lib/src/commands/prepare.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+import '../command.dart';
+import '../command_result.dart';
+import '../env/default.dart';
+import '../env/prepare.dart';
+import '../logger.dart';
+
+class PrepareCommand extends PuroCommand {
+  PrepareCommand() {
+    argParser
+      ..addFlag(
+        'force',
+        help: 'Force re-downloading artifacts even if they already exist.',
+        negatable: false,
+      )
+      ..addFlag(
+        'all-platforms',
+        help: 'Precache artifacts for every supported Flutter platform.',
+        negatable: false,
+      )
+      ..addMultiOption(
+        'platform',
+        help:
+            'Precache artifacts for the provided platforms (android, ios, etc).',
+        valueHelp: 'name',
+        allowed: preparePlatformOptions.toList()..sort(),
+      );
+  }
+
+  @override
+  final name = 'prepare';
+
+  @override
+  final description =
+      'Pre-downloads Flutter artifacts for an environment so builds can start immediately.';
+
+  @override
+  String? get argumentUsage => '[env]';
+
+  @override
+  Future<CommandResult> run() async {
+    final log = PuroLogger.of(scope);
+    final envName = unwrapSingleOptionalArgument();
+    final environment = await getProjectEnvOrDefault(
+      scope: scope,
+      envName: envName,
+    );
+
+    final force = argResults!['force'] as bool;
+    final allPlatforms = argResults!['all-platforms'] as bool;
+    final requestedPlatforms = (argResults!['platform'] as List<String>).map(
+      (e) => e.toLowerCase(),
+    );
+    final sortedRequested = sortPreparePlatforms(requestedPlatforms);
+    final defaultPlatforms = defaultPreparePlatforms();
+
+    final platforms = sortedRequested.isNotEmpty
+        ? sortedRequested
+        : (allPlatforms ? <String>[] : defaultPlatforms);
+
+    log.d(
+      'Preparing environment `${environment.name}` for platforms: '
+      '${allPlatforms ? 'all platforms' : (platforms.isEmpty ? 'default set' : platforms.join(', '))}'
+      '${force ? ' (force)' : ''}',
+    );
+
+    await prepareEnvironment(
+      scope: scope,
+      environment: environment,
+      platforms: platforms,
+      allPlatforms: allPlatforms,
+      force: force,
+    );
+
+    final platformSummary = allPlatforms
+        ? 'all platforms'
+        : (platforms.isEmpty
+              ? 'default platforms (${defaultPlatforms.join(', ')})'
+              : platforms.join(', '));
+
+    return BasicMessageResult(
+      'Prepared environment `${environment.name}` ($platformSummary${force ? ', forced' : ''})',
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/puro/lib/src/env/prepare.dart b/puro/lib/src/env/prepare.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f442a8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puro/lib/src/env/prepare.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+import 'dart:io';
+
+import '../command_result.dart';
+import '../config.dart';
+import '../provider.dart';
+import 'command.dart';
+
+const Set<String> preparePlatformOptions = {
+  'android',
+  'ios',
+  'linux',
+  'macos',
+  'windows',
+  'web',
+  'fuchsia',
+};
+
+const List<String> _platformOrder = [
+  'android',
+  'ios',
+  'macos',
+  'linux',
+  'windows',
+  'web',
+  'fuchsia',
+];
+
+List<String> sortPreparePlatforms(Iterable<String> platforms) {
+  final platformSet = platforms.toSet();
+  return _platformOrder.where(platformSet.contains).toList();
+}
+
+List<String> defaultPreparePlatforms() {
+  final platforms = <String>{'android', 'web'};
+  if (Platform.isMacOS) {
+    platforms
+      ..add('ios')
+      ..add('macos');
+  }
+  if (Platform.isLinux) {
+    platforms.add('linux');
+  }
+  if (Platform.isWindows) {
+    platforms.add('windows');
+  }
+  return sortPreparePlatforms(platforms);
+}
+
+Future<void> prepareEnvironment({
+  required Scope scope,
+  required EnvConfig environment,
+  List<String>? platforms,
+  bool allPlatforms = false,
+  bool force = false,
+}) async {
+  final effectivePlatforms = platforms == null
+      ? const <String>[]
+      : sortPreparePlatforms(platforms);
+  final args = <String>['precache'];
+  if (force) {
+    args.add('--force');
+  }
+  if (allPlatforms) {
+    args.add('--all-platforms');
+  }
+  for (final platform in effectivePlatforms) {
+    args.add('--$platform');
+  }
+  final exitCode = await runFlutterCommand(
+    scope: scope,
+    environment: environment,
+    args: args,
+    mode: ProcessStartMode.inheritStdio,
+  );
+  if (exitCode != 0) {
+    throw CommandError(
+      '`flutter ${args.join(' ')}` failed with exit code $exitCode',
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/website/docs/reference/manual.md b/website/docs/reference/manual.md
index 09a7f0d..510d05c 100644
--- a/website/docs/reference/manual.md
+++ b/website/docs/reference/manual.md
@@ -193,3 +193,18 @@ We can manually delete unused caches with the `puro gc` command:
 $> puro gc                                                        
 [✓] Cleaned up caches and reclaimed 2.7GB
 ```
+
+### Preparing artifacts
+
+Use `puro prepare` to download Flutter artifacts ahead of time so the first build on a new
+or freshly upgraded environment does not need to fetch them on demand:
+
+```
+$> puro prepare master
+[✓] Prepared environment `master` (default platforms (android, ios, macos, web))
+```
+
+Add `--all-platforms` to cache everything Flutter supports, or pass `--platform` multiple
+times (for example `--platform android --platform web`) to tailor the download to the
+projects you build most often. Include `--force` if you want to refresh artifacts even
+when they are already present.