diff --git a/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main.go b/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b6747803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/builtin/provisioners/file"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/plugin"
+)
+
+func main() {
+	plugin.Serve(new(file.ResourceProvisioner))
+}
diff --git a/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main_test.go b/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..06ab7d0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/bins/provisioner-file/main_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package main
diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f6b4a005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package file
+
+import (
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+type ResourceProvisioner struct{}
+
+func (p *ResourceProvisioner) Apply(s *terraform.ResourceState,
+	c *terraform.ResourceConfig) (*terraform.ResourceState, error) {
+	panic("not implemented")
+	return s, nil
+}
+
+func (p *ResourceProvisioner) Validate(c *terraform.ResourceConfig) (ws []string, es []error) {
+	return
+}
diff --git a/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner_test.go b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b691ba57a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/builtin/provisioners/file/resource_provisioner_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package file
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 77bf01a07..efe46ad94 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func init() {
 	BuiltinConfig.Provisioners = map[string]string{
 		"local-exec":  "terraform-provisioner-local-exec",
 		"remote-exec": "terraform-provisioner-remote-exec",
+		"file":        "terraform-provisioner-file",
 	}
 }