diff --git a/pkg/compiler/backend/simpleimg.go b/pkg/compiler/backend/simpleimg.go
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+// Copyright © 2019 Ettore Di Giacinto <mudler@gentoo.org>
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+// with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"os/exec"
+
+	"github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/compiler"
+	. "github.com/mudler/luet/pkg/logger"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type SimpleImg struct{}
+
+func NewSimpleImgBackend() compiler.CompilerBackend {
+	return &SimpleImg{}
+}
+
+// TODO: Missing still: labels, and build args expansion
+func (*SimpleImg) BuildImage(name, path, dockerfileName string) error {
+	buildarg := "img build -t " + name + " " + path + " -f " + dockerfileName
+	Spinner(22)
+	Debug("Building image "+name+" - running img with: ", buildarg)
+	out, err := exec.Command(buildarg).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed building image: "+out)
+	}
+	SpinnerStop()
+	Info(out)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (*SimpleImg) ExportImage(name, path string) error {
+	buildarg := "img save " + name + " -o " + path
+	Spinner(22)
+	Debug("Saving image "+name+" - running img with: ", buildarg)
+	out, err := exec.Command(buildarg).CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed building image: "+out)
+	}
+	SpinnerStop()
+	Info(out)
+	return nil
+
+}
+
+// TODO: Use container-diff (https://github.com/GoogleContainerTools/container-diff) for checking out layer diffs