diff --git a/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/server.rb b/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/server.rb
index edbc35574..b5283e51a 100644
--- a/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/server.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/server.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ module Fog
             })
           end
         end
+        
+        def private_ip_address
+          addresses['private'].select{|a| a["version"] == 4}[0]["addr"]
+        end
+
+        def public_ip_address
+          ipv4_address
+        end
 
         def ready?
           state == ACTIVE
@@ -142,6 +150,20 @@ module Fog
           @password = password
           true
         end
+        
+        def setup(credentials = {})
+          requires :public_ip_address, :identity, :public_key, :username
+          Fog::SSH.new(public_ip_address, username, credentials).run([
+            %{mkdir .ssh},
+            %{echo "#{public_key}" >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys},
+            %{passwd -l #{username}},
+            %{echo "#{Fog::JSON.encode(attributes)}" >> ~/attributes.json},
+            %{echo "#{Fog::JSON.encode(metadata)}" >> ~/metadata.json}
+          ])
+        rescue Errno::ECONNREFUSED
+          sleep(1)
+          retry
+        end
 
         private
 
diff --git a/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/servers.rb b/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/servers.rb
index 76e0b0edc..ad4288e45 100644
--- a/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/servers.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/servers.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ require 'fog/rackspace/models/compute_v2/server'
 module Fog
   module Compute
     class RackspaceV2
+
       class Servers < Fog::Collection
 
         model Fog::Compute::RackspaceV2::Server
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ module Fog
         def bootstrap(new_attributes = {})
           server = create(new_attributes)
           server.wait_for { ready? }
+          server.setup(:password => server.password)
           server
         end