diff --git a/backends/backends.go b/backends/backends.go
index 1ddeeb2520..5ecf28a3cf 100644
--- a/backends/backends.go
+++ b/backends/backends.go
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ func New() *engine.Engine {
 	Forward().Install(back)
 	CloudBackend().Install(back)
 	Tutum().Install(back)
+	Shipyard().Install(back)
 	return back
 }
diff --git a/backends/shipyard.go b/backends/shipyard.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..14f3b41ec9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/shipyard.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package backends
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/engine"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+func Shipyard() engine.Installer {
+	return &shipyard{}
+}
+
+type shipyard struct {
+	url, user, pass string
+}
+
+func (s *shipyard) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
+	eng.Register("shipyard", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+		if len(job.Args) != 3 {
+			return job.Errorf("usage: <shipyard url> <user> <pass>")
+		}
+		s.url = job.Args[0]
+		s.user = job.Args[1]
+		s.pass = job.Args[2]
+		job.Eng.Register("containers", s.containers)
+		job.Eng.Register("container_inspect", s.container_inspect)
+		return engine.StatusOK
+	})
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *shipyard) containers(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+	var args string
+	if job.Getenv("limit") != "" {
+		args = fmt.Sprintf("%s&limit=%s", args, url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("limit")))
+	}
+	if job.Getenv("offset") != "" {
+		args = fmt.Sprintf("%s&offset=%s", args, url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("offset")))
+	}
+
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("containers/?%s", args)
+	out, err := c.gateway("GET", path, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("%s", out)
+	return engine.StatusOK
+}
+
+func (c *shipyard) container_inspect(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+	path := fmt.Sprintf("containers/details/%s", job.Args[0])
+	out, err := c.gateway("GET", path, "")
+	if err != nil {
+		return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	log.Printf("%s", out)
+	return engine.StatusOK
+}
+
+func (c *shipyard) gateway(method, path, body string) ([]byte, error) {
+	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf("%s/api/v1/%s&format=json", c.url, path)
+	url, err := url.Parse(apiPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url.String(), strings.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "ApiKey "+c.api_key())
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	out, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return out, nil
+}
+
+func (c *shipyard) api_key() string {
+	return c.user + ":" + c.pass
+}