diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72b2c3132ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere.go
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package vsphere
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/vmware/govmomi"
+	"golang.org/x/net/context"
+	"gopkg.in/gcfg.v1"
+
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
+)
+
+const ProviderName = "vsphere"
+
+// VSphere is an implementation of Interface, LoadBalancer and Instances for vSphere.
+type VSphere struct {
+	provider   *govmomi.Client
+	region     string
+	datacenter string
+	// cfg      *VSphereConfig
+	// Add vSphere instance
+}
+
+type VSphereConfig struct {
+	Global struct {
+		User          string `gcfg:"user"`
+		Password      string `gcfg:"password"`
+		VSphereServer string `gcfg:"server"`
+		InsecureFlag  bool   `gcfg:"insecure-flag"`
+		Datacenter    string `gcfg:"datacenter"`
+	}
+}
+
+func readConfig(config io.Reader) (VSphereConfig, error) {
+	if config == nil {
+		err := fmt.Errorf("no vSphere cloud provider config file given")
+		return VSphereConfig{}, err
+	}
+
+	var cfg VSphereConfig
+	err := gcfg.ReadInto(&cfg, config)
+	return cfg, err
+}
+
+func init() {
+	cloudprovider.RegisterCloudProvider(ProviderName, func(config io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
+		cfg, err := readConfig(config)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return newVSphere(cfg)
+	})
+}
+
+func newVSphere(cfg VSphereConfig) (*VSphere, error) {
+
+	u, err := url.Parse("https://" + cfg.Global.VSphereServer + "/sdk")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Error parse url: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	u.User = url.UserPassword(cfg.Global.User, cfg.Global.Password)
+
+	provider, err := govmomi.NewClient(context.TODO(), u, cfg.Global.InsecureFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	vs := VSphere{
+		provider:   provider,
+		datacenter: cfg.Global.Datacenter,
+		// cfg              *VSphereConfig,
+	}
+	return &vs, nil
+}
+
+type Instances struct {
+}
+
+// Instances returns an implementation of Instances for vSphere.
+func (vs *VSphere) Instances() (cloudprovider.Instances, bool) {
+	return nil, true
+}
+
+func (i *Instances) List(nameFilter string) ([]string, error) {
+	return nil, nil
+}
+
+func (vs *VSphere) Clusters() (cloudprovider.Clusters, bool) {
+	return nil, true
+}
+
+// ProviderName returns the cloud provider ID.
+func (vs *VSphere) ProviderName() string {
+	return ProviderName
+}
+
+// LoadBalancer returns an implementation of LoadBalancer for vSphere.
+func (vs *VSphere) LoadBalancer() (cloudprovider.LoadBalancer, bool) {
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+// Zones returns an implementation of Zones for Google vSphere.
+func (vs *VSphere) Zones() (cloudprovider.Zones, bool) {
+	return nil, true
+}
+
+// Routes returns an implementation of Routes for vSphere.
+func (vs *VSphere) Routes() (cloudprovider.Routes, bool) {
+	return nil, true
+}
+
+// ScrubDNS filters DNS settings for pods.
+func (vs *VSphere) ScrubDNS(nameservers, searches []string) (nsOut, srchOut []string) {
+	return nameservers, searches
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6fd39b1f217
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/vsphere/vsphere_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package vsphere
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func configFromEnv() (cfg VSphereConfig, ok bool) {
+	fmt.Print("inside test")
+	cfg.Global.VSphereServer = os.Getenv("VSPHERE_SERVER")
+	cfg.Global.User = os.Getenv("VSPHERE_USER")
+	cfg.Global.Password = os.Getenv("VSPHERE_PASSWORD")
+	cfg.Global.Datacenter = os.Getenv("VSPHERE_DATACENTER")
+
+	InsecureFlag, err := strconv.ParseBool(os.Getenv("VSPHERE_INSECURE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cfg.Global.InsecureFlag = InsecureFlag
+
+	ok = (cfg.Global.VSphereServer != "" &&
+		cfg.Global.User != "")
+
+	return
+}
+
+func TestReadConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := readConfig(nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("Should fail when no config is provided: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	cfg, err := readConfig(strings.NewReader(`
+[Global]
+server = 0.0.0.0
+user = user
+password = password
+insecure-flag = true
+datacenter = us-west
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Should succeed when a valid config is provided: %s", err)
+	}
+	if cfg.Global.VSphereServer != "0.0.0.0" {
+		t.Errorf("incorrect server: %s", cfg.Global.VSphereServer)
+	}
+
+	if cfg.Global.Datacenter != "us-west" {
+		t.Errorf("incorrect datacenter: %s", cfg.Global.Datacenter)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewVSphere(t *testing.T) {
+	cfg, ok := configFromEnv()
+	if !ok {
+		t.Skipf("No config found in environment")
+	}
+
+	_, err := newVSphere(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to construct/authenticate vSphere: %s", err)
+	}
+}