diff --git a/plugin/provisioner-shell/main.go b/plugin/provisioner-shell/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c14b11600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/provisioner-shell/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/provisioner/shell"
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer/plugin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	plugin.ServeProvisioner(new(shell.Provisioner))
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go b/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5561dc93c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/shell/provisioner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// This package implements a provisioner for Packer that executes
+// shell scripts within the remote machine.
+package shell
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+)
+
+// TODO(mitchellh): config
+type config struct {
+}
+
+type Provisioner struct {
+	config config
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) Prepare(raw interface{}, ui packer.Ui) {
+}
+
+func (p *Provisioner) Provision(ui packer.Ui, comm packer.Communicator) {
+	ui.Say("PROVISIONING SOME STUFF")
+}
diff --git a/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go b/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f67b0160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provisioner/shell/provisioner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package shell
+
+import (
+	"github.com/mitchellh/packer/packer"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestProvisioner_Impl(t *testing.T) {
+	var raw interface{}
+	raw = &Provisioner{}
+	if _, ok := raw.(packer.Provisioner); !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("must be a Provisioner")
+	}
+}
+