diff --git a/examples/lxc_example.tf b/examples/lxc_example.tf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8587cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lxc_example.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+provider "proxmox" {
+    pm_tls_insecure = true
+    pm_api_url = "https://proxmox.org/api2/json"
+    pm_password = "supersecret"
+    pm_user = "terraform-user@pve"
+}
+
+resource "proxmox_lxc" "lxc-test" {
+    hostname = "terraform-test-container"
+    ostemplate = "shared:vztmpl/centos-7-default_20171212_amd64.tar.xz"
+    target_node = "node-01"
+    networks = [
+        {
+            name = "eth0"
+            bridge = "vmbr0"
+            ip = "dhcp"
+            ip6 = "dhcp"
+        }
+    ]
+    storage = "local-lvm"
+    pool = "terraform"
+    passsword = "rootroot"
+}
diff --git a/proxmox/provider.go b/proxmox/provider.go
index 24bcb30..c829ddc 100644
--- a/proxmox/provider.go
+++ b/proxmox/provider.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ func Provider() *schema.Provider {
 
 		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
 			"proxmox_vm_qemu": resourceVmQemu(),
+			"proxmox_lxc": resourceLxc(),
 			// TODO - storage_iso
 			// TODO - bridge
 			// TODO - vm_qemu_template
diff --git a/proxmox/resource_lxc.go b/proxmox/resource_lxc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ebcaa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox/resource_lxc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+package proxmox
+
+import (
+	pxapi "github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/proxmox"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func resourceLxc() *schema.Resource {
+	*pxapi.Debug = true
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Create: resourceLxcCreate,
+		Read:   resourceLxcRead,
+		Update: resourceLxcUpdate,
+		Delete: resourceLxcDelete,
+		Importer: &schema.ResourceImporter{
+			State: schema.ImportStatePassthrough,
+		},
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"hostname": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+			},
+			"target_node": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Required: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+			"ostemplate": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+				ForceNew: true,
+			},
+			"networks": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:          schema.TypeSet,
+				Optional:      true,
+				Elem: &schema.Resource{
+					Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+						"name": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Required: true,
+						},
+						"bridge": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  "vmbr0",
+						},
+						"ip": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  "dhcp",
+						},
+						"ip6": &schema.Schema{
+							Type:     schema.TypeString,
+							Optional: true,
+							Default:  "dhcp",
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			"storage": {
+				Type:       schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:   true,
+				Default:    "local-lvm",
+			},
+			"pool": {
+				Type:       schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:   true,
+			},
+			"password": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func resourceLxcCreate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	pconf := meta.(*providerConfiguration)
+	pmParallelBegin(pconf)
+	client := pconf.Client
+	vmName := d.Get("hostname").(string)
+	networks := d.Get("networks").(*schema.Set)
+	lxcNetworks := lxcDevicesSetToMap(networks)
+
+	config := pxapi.ConfigLxc{
+                Ostemplate: d.Get("ostemplate").(string),
+		Storage:    d.Get("storage").(string),
+		Pool:       d.Get("pool").(string),
+                Password:   d.Get("password").(string),
+		Hostname:   vmName,
+		Networks:   lxcNetworks,
+	}
+
+	targetNode := d.Get("target_node").(string)
+	//vmr, _ := client.GetVmRefByName(vmName)
+
+	// get unique id
+	nextid, err := nextVmId(pconf)
+	if err != nil {
+		pmParallelEnd(pconf)
+		return err
+	}
+	vmr := pxapi.NewVmRef(nextid)
+	vmr.SetNode(targetNode)
+	err = config.CreateLxc(vmr, client)
+	if err != nil {
+		pmParallelEnd(pconf)
+		return err
+	}
+
+        // The existence of a non-blank ID is what tells Terraform that a resource was created
+	d.SetId(resourceId(targetNode, "lxc", vmr.VmId()))
+
+	return resourceLxcRead(d, meta)
+}
+
+func resourceLxcUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	return resourceLxcRead(d, meta)
+}
+
+func resourceLxcRead(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceLxcDelete(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{}) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func lxcDevicesSetToMap(devicesSet *schema.Set) pxapi.LxcDevices {
+
+	devicesMap := pxapi.LxcDevices{}
+
+	for _, set := range devicesSet.List() {
+		setMap, isMap := set.(map[string]interface{})
+		if isMap {
+			setID := setMap["id"].(int)
+			devicesMap[setID] = setMap
+		}
+	}
+	return devicesMap
+}