diff --git a/backends/backends.go b/backends/backends.go
index 8c2bf45a60..aa42d94137 100644
--- a/backends/backends.go
+++ b/backends/backends.go
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ func New() *beam.Object {
 	backends.Bind("forward", Forward())
 	backends.Bind("exec", Exec())
 	backends.Bind("dockerserver", DockerServer())
+	backends.Bind("orchard", Orchard())
 	return beam.Obj(backends)
 }
diff --git a/backends/orchard.go b/backends/orchard.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fbf5ebe09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/orchard.go
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package backends
+
+import (
+	"github.com/docker/libswarm/beam"
+	"github.com/orchardup/go-orchard/api"
+
+	"crypto/tls"
+	"crypto/x509"
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func Orchard() beam.Sender {
+	backend := beam.NewServer()
+	backend.OnSpawn(beam.Handler(func(ctx *beam.Message) error {
+		if len(ctx.Args) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("orchard: spawn expects 2 arguments: API token and name of host")
+		}
+		apiToken, hostName := ctx.Args[0], ctx.Args[1]
+
+		apiClient := &api.HTTPClient{
+			BaseURL: "https://api.orchardup.com/v2",
+			Token:   apiToken,
+		}
+
+		host, err := apiClient.GetHost(hostName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		url := fmt.Sprintf("tcp://%s:4243", host.IPAddress)
+		tlsConfig, err := getTLSConfig([]byte(host.ClientCert), []byte(host.ClientKey))
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		client := newClient()
+		client.scheme = "https"
+		client.transport.TLSClientConfig = tlsConfig
+		client.urlHost = host.IPAddress
+
+		forwardBackend := beam.Obj(ForwardWithClient(client))
+		forwardInstance, err := forwardBackend.Spawn(url)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		_, err = ctx.Ret.Send(&beam.Message{Verb: beam.Ack, Ret: forwardInstance})
+		return err
+	}))
+	return backend
+}
+
+func getTLSConfig(clientCertPEMData, clientKeyPEMData []byte) (*tls.Config, error) {
+	certPool := x509.NewCertPool()
+
+	certChainPath := os.Getenv("ORCHARD_HOST_CA")
+	if certChainPath != "" {
+		certChainData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(certChainPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM(certChainData)
+	} else {
+		certPool.AppendCertsFromPEM([]byte(orchardCerts))
+	}
+
+	clientCert, err := tls.X509KeyPair(clientCertPEMData, clientKeyPEMData)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	config := new(tls.Config)
+	config.RootCAs = certPool
+	config.Certificates = []tls.Certificate{clientCert}
+	config.BuildNameToCertificate()
+
+	return config, nil
+}
+
+var orchardCerts string = `-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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+b25kb24xIjAgBgNVBAoMGU9yY2hhcmQgTGFib3JhdG9yaWVzIEx0ZC4xGDAWBgNV
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