diff --git a/provisioner/converge/provisioner.go b/provisioner/converge/provisioner.go
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+// This package implements a provisioner for Packer that executes
+// Converge to provision a remote machine
+
+package converge
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/common"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/helper/config"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/template/interpolate"
+)
+
+// Config for Converge provisioner
+type Config struct {
+	common.PackerConfig `mapstructure:",squash"`
+
+	NoBootstrap bool `mapstructure:"no_bootstrap"` // TODO: add a way to specify bootstrap version
+
+	ctx interpolate.Context
+}
+
+// Provisioner for Converge
+type Provisioner struct {
+	config Config
+}
+
+// Prepare provisioner somehow. TODO: actual docs
+func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raws ...interface{}) error {
+	err := config.Decode(
+		&p.config,
+		&config.DecodeOpts{
+			Interpolate:        true,
+			InterpolateContext: &p.config.ctx,
+		},
+		raws...,
+	)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+// Provision node somehow. TODO: actual docs
+func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
+	ui.Say("Provisioning with Converge")
+
+	// bootstrapping
+	if err := p.maybeBootstrap(ui, comm); err != nil {
+		return err // error messages are already user-friendly
+	}
+
+	// check version (really, this make sure that Converge is installed before we try to run it)
+	if err := p.checkVersion(ui, comm); err != nil {
+		return err // error messages are already user-friendly
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) maybeBootstrap(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
+	if p.config.NoBootstrap {
+		return nil
+	}
+	ui.Message("bootstrapping converge")
+
+	bootstrap, err := http.Get("https://get.converge.sh")
+	defer bootstrap.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error downloading bootstrap script: %s", err) // TODO: is github.com/pkg/error allowed?
+	}
+	if err := comm.Upload("/tmp/install-converge.sh", bootstrap.Body, nil); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error uploading script: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var out bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := &packer.RemoteCmd{
+		Command: "/bin/sh /tmp/install-converge.sh",
+		Stdin:   nil,
+		Stdout:  &out,
+		Stderr:  &out,
+	}
+
+	if err = comm.Start(cmd); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error bootstrapping converge: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd.Wait()
+	if cmd.ExitStatus != 0 {
+		ui.Error(out.String())
+		return errors.New("Error bootstrapping converge")
+	}
+
+	ui.Message(strings.TrimSpace(out.String()))
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) checkVersion(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) error {
+	var versionOut bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := &packer.RemoteCmd{
+		Command: "converge version",
+		Stdin:   nil,
+		Stdout:  &versionOut,
+		Stderr:  &versionOut,
+	}
+	if err := comm.Start(cmd); err != nil || cmd.ExitStatus != 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error running `converge version`: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cmd.Wait()
+	if cmd.ExitStatus != 0 {
+		ui.Error(versionOut.String())
+		ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("exited with error code %d", cmd.ExitStatus)) // TODO: check for 127
+		return errors.New("Error running `converge version`")
+	}
+
+	ui.Say(fmt.Sprintf("Provisioning with %s", strings.TrimSpace(versionOut.String())))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Cancel the provisioning process
+func (p *Provisioner) Cancel() {
+	log.Println("cancel called in Converge provisioner")
+}