diff --git a/lib/fog/bin/rackspace.rb b/lib/fog/bin/rackspace.rb
index 833f33dc4..1a4be3553 100644
--- a/lib/fog/bin/rackspace.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/bin/rackspace.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class Rackspace < Fog::Bin
         Fog::Compute::Rackspace
       when :storage
         Fog::Storage::Rackspace
+      when :load_balancer
+        Fog::Rackspace::LoadBalancer
       else 
         raise ArgumentError, "Unrecognized service: #{key}"
       end
diff --git a/lib/fog/providers/rackspace.rb b/lib/fog/providers/rackspace.rb
index b444d1a65..197706bbd 100644
--- a/lib/fog/providers/rackspace.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/providers/rackspace.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ module Fog
     service(:cdn,     'cdn/rackspace')
     service(:compute, 'compute/rackspace')
     service(:storage, 'storage/rackspace')
+    service(:load_balancer, 'rackspace/load_balancer')
 
     def self.authenticate(options)
       rackspace_auth_url = options[:rackspace_auth_url] || "auth.api.rackspacecloud.com"
diff --git a/lib/fog/rackspace/load_balancer.rb b/lib/fog/rackspace/load_balancer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6da7f2beb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/rackspace/load_balancer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+module Fog
+  module Rackspace
+    class LoadBalancer < Fog::Service
+
+      DFW_ENDPOINT = 'https://dfw.loadbalancers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/'
+      ORD_ENDPOINT = 'https://ord.loadbalancers.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0/'
+
+      requires :rackspace_api_key, :rackspace_username
+      recognizes :rackspace_auth_url
+      recognizes :rackspace_auth_token
+
+      model_path 'fog/rackspace/models'
+
+      request_path 'fog/rackspace/requests'
+      request :create_load_balancer
+      request :delete_load_balancer
+
+      class Real
+        def initialize(options={})
+          require 'json'
+          @rackspace_api_key = options[:rackspace_api_key]
+          @rackspace_username = options[:rackspace_username]
+          @rackspace_auth_url = options[:rackspace_auth_url]
+          @rackspace_must_reauthenticate = false
+          uri = URI.parse(options[:rackspace_lb_endpoint] || DFW_ENDPOINT)
+          @host = uri.host
+          @path = uri.path
+          @port = uri.port
+          @scheme = uri.scheme
+
+          authenticate
+
+          @connection = Fog::Connection.new(uri.to_s, options[:persistent])
+        end
+
+        def request(params)
+          #TODO - Unify code with other rackspace services
+          begin
+            response = @connection.request(params.merge!({
+              :headers  => {
+                'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
+                'X-Auth-Token' => @auth_token
+              }.merge!(params[:headers] || {}),
+              :host     => @host,
+              :path     => "#{@path}/#{params[:path]}"
+            }))
+          rescue Excon::Errors::HTTPStatusError => error
+            raise case error
+            when Excon::Errors::NotFound
+              Fog::Compute::Rackspace::NotFound.slurp(error)
+            else
+              error
+            end
+          end
+          unless response.body.empty?
+            response.body = JSON.parse(response.body)
+          end
+          response
+        end
+
+        def authenticate
+          options = {
+            :rackspace_api_key  => @rackspace_api_key,
+            :rackspace_username => @rackspace_username,
+            :rackspace_auth_url => @rackspace_auth_url
+          }
+          credentials = Fog::Rackspace.authenticate(options)
+          @auth_token = credentials['X-Auth-Token']
+          account_id = credentials['X-Server-Management-Url'].match(/.*\/([\d]+)$/)[1]
+          @path = "#{@path}/#{account_id}"
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/create_load_balancer.rb b/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/create_load_balancer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31a35432e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/create_load_balancer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module Fog
+  module Rackspace
+    class LoadBalancer
+      class Real
+        def create_load_balancer(options = {})
+          data = {
+            'loadBalancer' => {
+              'name' => options[:name],
+              'port' => options[:port],
+              'protocol' => options[:protocol],
+              'virtualIps' => options[:virtualIps],
+              'nodes' => options[:nodes]
+            }
+          }
+          request(
+            :body     => data.to_json,
+            :expects  => 202,
+            :method   => 'POST',
+            :path     => 'loadbalancers.json'
+          )
+        end
+      end
+      class Mock
+        def create_load_balancer(options = {})
+          Fog::Mock.not_implemented
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/delete_load_balancer.rb b/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/delete_load_balancer.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f7afc5f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/fog/rackspace/requests/delete_load_balancer.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module Fog
+  module Rackspace
+    class LoadBalancer
+      class Real
+        def delete_load_balancer(load_balancer_id)
+          request(
+            :expects => 202,
+            :path => "loadbalancers/#{load_balancer_id}",
+            :method => 'DELETE'
+          )
+        end
+      end
+      class Mock
+        def delete_load_balancer(load_balancer_id)
+          Fog::Mock.not_implemented
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tests/rackspace/requests/load_balancer_tests.rb b/tests/rackspace/requests/load_balancer_tests.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c13b041d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/rackspace/requests/load_balancer_tests.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Shindo.tests('Fog::Rackspace::LoadBalancer | load_balancer_tests', ['rackspace']) do
+
+  @load_balancer_format = {
+    'loadBalancer' => {
+      'name' => String,
+      'id' => Integer,
+      'port' => Integer,
+      'protocol' => String,
+      'algorithm' => String,
+      'status' => String,
+      'cluster' => { 'name' => String },
+      'virtualIps' => [{'type' => String, 'id' => Integer, 'type' => String, 'ipVersion' => String, 'address' => String}],
+      'nodes' => [{'address' => String, 'id' => Integer, 'status' => String, 'weight' => Integer, 'port' => Integer, 'condition' => String}],
+      'created' => { 'time' => String },
+      'updated' => { 'time' => String },
+      'connectionLogging' => { 'enabled' => Fog::Boolean }
+  }}
+
+  tests('success') do
+
+    @lb_id = nil
+    @lb = Fog::Rackspace::LoadBalancer.new
+
+    tests('#create_lb()').formats(@load_balancer_format) do
+      data = @lb.create_load_balancer(:name => 'fog' + Time.now.to_i.to_s, :port => '80', :protocol => 'HTTP', :virtualIps => [{ :type => 'PUBLIC'}], :nodes => [{ :address => '10.0.0.1', :port => 80, :condition => 'ENABLED'}]).body
+      puts data
+      @lb_id = data['loadBalancer']['id']
+      data
+    end
+
+    puts "Sleeping..."
+    sleep(60)
+
+    tests("#delete_load_balancer(#{@ld_id})").succeeds do
+      @lb.delete_load_balancer(@lb_id)
+    end
+  end
+
+  tests('failure') do
+  end
+end