diff --git a/cmd/apiserver/plugins.go b/cmd/apiserver/plugins.go
index 1e92d034eae..64908e509a3 100644
--- a/cmd/apiserver/plugins.go
+++ b/cmd/apiserver/plugins.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/aws"
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/gce"
+	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack"
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/ovirt"
 	_ "github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/vagrant"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/MAINTAINERS.md b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/MAINTAINERS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9e09608e16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/MAINTAINERS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Maintainers
+
+* [Angus Lees](https://github.com/anguslees)
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e2ef1bb6bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. 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 openstack
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider"
+)
+
+// OpenStack is an implementation of cloud provider Interface for OpenStack.
+type OpenStack struct {}
+
+func init() {
+	cloudprovider.RegisterCloudProvider("openstack", func(config io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
+		return newOpenStack(config)
+	})
+}
+
+func newOpenStack(config io.Reader) (*OpenStack, error) {
+	return &OpenStack{}, nil
+}
+
+func (os *OpenStack) TCPLoadBalancer() (cloudprovider.TCPLoadBalancer, bool) {
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+func (os *OpenStack) Instances() (cloudprovider.Instances, bool) {
+	return nil, false
+}
+
+func (os *OpenStack) Zones() (cloudprovider.Zones, bool) {
+	return nil, false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..41f99ab93e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/openstack/openstack_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2014 Google Inc. 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 openstack
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestNewOpenStack(t *testing.T) {
+	_, err := newOpenStack(strings.NewReader(""))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Should succeed when a valid config is provided: %s", err)
+	}
+}