diff --git a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyAsyncClient.java b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyAsyncClient.java
index cd8280f6f2..6fcb5dc17e 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyAsyncClient.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyAsyncClient.java
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ import org.jclouds.tmrk.enterprisecloud.domain.keys.SSHKeys;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import java.net.URI;
 
 /**
@@ -60,4 +63,15 @@ public interface SSHKeyAsyncClient {
    @JAXBResponseParser
    @ExceptionParser(ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
    public ListenableFuture<SSHKey> getSSHKey(@EndpointParam URI uri);
+
+   /**
+    * @see SSHKeyClient#createSSHKey
+    */
+   @POST
+   @Consumes("application/vnd.tmrk.cloud.admin.sshKey")
+   @JAXBResponseParser
+   @ExceptionParser(ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   @Payload("<CreateSshKey name='{name}'><Default>{defaultKey}</Default></CreateSshKey>")
+   @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+   public ListenableFuture<SSHKey> createSSHKey(@EndpointParam URI uri, @PayloadParam("name")String name, @PayloadParam("defaultKey")boolean defaultKey);
 }
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyClient.java b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyClient.java
index f524e6be47..a75147159a 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyClient.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/main/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SshKeyClient.java
@@ -55,5 +55,24 @@ public interface SSHKeyClient {
     * @return the SSHKey
     */
    public SSHKey getSSHKey(URI uri);
+
+   /**
+    * The createSSHKey call creates a new SSH key.
+    * If successful, the call returns information regarding the SSH key that was created.
+    * The name is required.
+    * Note: The name may not be that of another SSH key and may not exceed fifty characters.
+    * For the first key being created for an organization default should be true.
+    * To make the key the default, use true
+    *
+    * In the returned SSHKey:
+    * FingerPrint is the SSH key fingerprint, which is a 16 byte hash of the private key.
+    * PrivateKey is the actual private key, which has been encoded by base64.
+    * @param uri the uri of the createSshKey action based upon the organisation
+    *   e.g. /cloudapi/ecloud/admin/sshkeys/organizations/{id}/action/createsshkey
+    * @param name the desired name of the key
+    * @param defaultKey to make the key the default one
+    * @return the ssh key
+    */
+   public SSHKey createSSHKey(URI uri, String name, boolean defaultKey);
    
 }
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyAsyncClientTest.java b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyAsyncClientTest.java
index 99565cd295..8bbbe90cd5 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyAsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyAsyncClientTest.java
@@ -68,6 +68,22 @@ public class SSHKeyAsyncClientTest extends BaseTerremarkEnterpriseCloudAsyncClie
       checkFilters(httpRequest);
    }
 
+   public void testCreateSSHKey() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
+      Method method = SSHKeyAsyncClient.class.getMethod("createSSHKey", URI.class,String.class,boolean.class);
+      HttpRequest httpRequest = processor.createRequest(method, new URI("/cloudapi/ecloud/admin/sshkeys/organizations/17/action/createsshkey"),"myKey",true);
+
+      assertRequestLineEquals(httpRequest, "POST https://services-beta.enterprisecloud.terremark.com/cloudapi/ecloud/admin/sshkeys/organizations/17/action/createsshkey HTTP/1.1");
+      assertNonPayloadHeadersEqual(httpRequest,
+            "Accept: application/vnd.tmrk.cloud.admin.sshKey\nx-tmrk-version: 2011-07-01\n");
+      String xml = "<CreateSshKey name='myKey'><Default>true</Default></CreateSshKey>";
+      assertPayloadEquals(httpRequest, xml, "application/xml", false);
+
+      assertResponseParserClassEquals(method, httpRequest, ParseXMLWithJAXB.class);
+      assertExceptionParserClassEquals(method, ReturnNullOnNotFoundOr404.class);
+
+      checkFilters(httpRequest);
+   }
+
    @Override
    protected TypeLiteral<RestAnnotationProcessor<SSHKeyAsyncClient>> createTypeLiteral() {
       return new TypeLiteral<RestAnnotationProcessor<SSHKeyAsyncClient>>() {
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyClientLiveTest.java b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyClientLiveTest.java
index 71d4b79fa6..fc06df6c28 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-providers/tmrk-enterprisecloud/src/test/java/org/jclouds/tmrk/enterprisecloud/features/SSHKeyClientLiveTest.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertNotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -55,4 +57,13 @@ public class SSHKeyClientLiveTest extends BaseTerremarkEnterpriseCloudClientLive
       assertNotNull(sshKey);
       assertNotNull(sshKey.getFingerPrint());
    }
+   
+   public void testCreateSSHKey() {
+      SSHKey sshKey = client.createSSHKey(URI.create("/cloudapi/ecloud/admin/sshkeys/organizations/17/action/createsshkey"),"mylivetestkey",false);
+      assertNotNull(sshKey);
+      assertEquals(sshKey.getName(),"mylivetestkey");
+      assertFalse(sshKey.isDefaultKey());
+      assertFalse(sshKey.getFingerPrint().isEmpty());
+      assertFalse(sshKey.getPrivateKey().isEmpty());
+   }
 }
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