diff --git a/backends/backends.go b/backends/backends.go
index ee0de0c718..1ddeeb2520 100644
--- a/backends/backends.go
+++ b/backends/backends.go
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ func New() *engine.Engine {
 	Simulator().Install(back)
 	Forward().Install(back)
 	CloudBackend().Install(back)
+	Tutum().Install(back)
 	return back
 }
diff --git a/backends/tutum.go b/backends/tutum.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f2800b27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/tutum.go
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+package backends
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/engine"
+	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/runconfig"
+	"github.com/tutumcloud/go-tutum"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var (
+	tutumConnector        = "docker.tutum.co:49460"
+	tutumConnectorVersion = "v1.11"
+)
+
+func Tutum() engine.Installer {
+	return &tutumBackend{}
+}
+
+type tutumBackend struct {
+}
+
+func (t *tutumBackend) Install(eng *engine.Engine) error {
+	eng.Register("tutum", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+		if len(job.Args) == 1 {
+			tutumConnector = job.Args[0]
+		}
+		if !tutum.IsAuthenticated() {
+			return job.Errorf("You need to provide your Tutum credentials in ~/.tutum or environment variables TUTUM_USER and TUTUM_APIKEY")
+		}
+		job.Eng.Register("containers", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/json?all=%s&limit=%s",
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("all")),
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("limit")),
+			)
+			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			c := engine.NewTable("Created", 0)
+			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: read body: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			if _, err := c.ReadListFrom(body); err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: readlist: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			c.WriteListTo(job.Stdout)
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("create", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/create",
+			)
+			config := runconfig.ContainerConfigFromJob(job)
+			data, err := json.Marshal(config)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: json marshal: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, string(data))
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: read body: %#v", path, err)
+			}
+			var containerOut struct {
+				Id       string
+				Warnings []string
+			}
+			err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(body), &containerOut)
+			_, err = job.Printf("%s\n", containerOut.Id)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: write body: %#v", path, err)
+			}
+			log.Printf("%s", string(body))
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("container_delete", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s?force=%s",
+				job.Args[0],
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("forceRemove")),
+			)
+			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("DELETE", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: delete: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("start", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf("/containers/%s/start", job.Args[0])
+			config := runconfig.ContainerConfigFromJob(job)
+			data, err := json.Marshal(config)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: json marshal: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			_, err = tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, string(data))
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("stop", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s/stop?t=%s",
+				job.Args[0],
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("t")),
+			)
+			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("kill", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s/kill?signal=%s",
+				job.Args[0],
+				job.Args[1],
+			)
+			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("restart", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s/restart?t=%s",
+				job.Args[0],
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("t")),
+			)
+			_, err := tutumConnectorCall("POST", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: post: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("inspect", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s/json",
+				job.Args[0],
+			)
+			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("logs", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := fmt.Sprintf(
+				"/containers/%s/logs?stdout=%s&stderr=%s",
+				job.Args[0],
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("stdout")),
+				url.QueryEscape(job.Getenv("stderr")),
+			)
+			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.Register("version", func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			log.Printf("Received '%s' operation....", job.Name)
+			path := "/version"
+			resp, err := tutumConnectorCall("GET", path, "")
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: get: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			_, err = io.Copy(job.Stdout, resp.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				return job.Errorf("%s: copy stream: %v", path, err)
+			}
+			return engine.StatusOK
+		})
+		job.Eng.RegisterCatchall(func(job *engine.Job) engine.Status {
+			return job.Errorf("Operation not yet supported: %s", job.Name)
+		})
+		return engine.StatusOK
+	})
+	return nil
+}
+
+func tutumConnectorCall(method, path, body string) (*http.Response, error) {
+	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf(
+		"/%s%s",
+		tutumConnectorVersion,
+		path,
+	)
+	u, err := url.Parse(apiPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	u.Host = tutumConnector
+	u.Scheme = "https"
+	log.Printf("[tutum] >> Calling connector: %s %s", method, path)
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(method, u.String(), strings.NewReader(body))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	authHeader := fmt.Sprintf("ApiKey %s:%s", tutum.User, tutum.ApiKey)
+	req.Header.Add("Authorization", authHeader)
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	log.Printf("[tutum] << Response: %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	if resp.StatusCode >= 400 {
+		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s %s: read body: %#v", method, path, err)
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s %s: %s", method, path, body)
+	}
+	return resp, nil
+}
diff --git a/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json b/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
index 905d163b4a..5b2f544a93 100644
--- a/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
+++ b/swarmd/Godeps/Godeps.json
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@
 		{
 			"ImportPath": "github.com/gorilla/mux",
 			"Rev": "9b36453141c35697401168b07f2c09fcff7721ce"
+		},
+		{
+			"ImportPath": "github.com/tutumcloud/go-tutum",
+			"Rev": "d826286d2e5882428c8163ab44261987bea85a44"
 		}
 	]
 }