diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb
index d4d75ed..01bce47 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/container/cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-require 'unit_helper'
-
 require "vagrant/util/retryable"
 require "vagrant/util/subprocess"
 
@@ -9,6 +7,10 @@ module Vagrant
   module LXC
     class Container
       class CLI
+        attr_accessor :name
+
+        class TransitionBlockNotProvided < RuntimeError; end
+
         # Include this so we can use `Subprocess` more easily.
         include Vagrant::Util::Retryable
 
@@ -18,17 +20,57 @@ module Vagrant
         end
 
         def list
-          containers = lxc :ls
-          containers.split(/\s+/).uniq
+          run(:ls).split(/\s+/).uniq
+        end
+
+        def state
+          if @name && run(:info, '--name', @name) =~ /^state:[^A-Z]+([A-Z]+)$/
+            $1.downcase.to_sym
+          elsif @name
+            :unknown
+          end
+        end
+
+        def create(template, template_opts = {})
+          extra = template_opts.to_a.flatten
+          extra.unshift '--' unless extra.empty?
+
+          run :create,
+              # lxc-create options
+              '--template', template,
+              '--name',     @name,
+              *extra
+        end
+
+        def destroy
+          run :destroy, '--name', @name
+        end
+
+        def start(configs = {})
+          configs = configs.map { |key, value| ["-s", "#{key}=#{value}"] }.flatten
+          run :start, '-d', '--name', @name, *configs
+        end
+
+        def shutdown
+          run :shutdown, '--name', @name
+        end
+
+        def transition_to(state, &block)
+          raise TransitionBlockNotProvided unless block_given?
+
+          yield self
+
+          run :wait, '--name', @name, '--state', state.to_s.upcase
         end
 
         private
 
-        def lxc(command, *args)
+        def run(command, *args)
           execute('sudo', "lxc-#{command}", *args)
         end
 
-        # TODO: Review code below this line, it was pretty much a copy and paste from VirtualBox base driver
+        # TODO: Review code below this line, it was pretty much a copy and
+        #       paste from VirtualBox base driver and has no tests
         def execute(*command, &block)
           # Get the options hash if it exists
           opts = {}
diff --git a/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb b/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb
index 1e9068d..11152eb 100644
--- a/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/container/cli_spec.rb
@@ -7,24 +7,142 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Container::CLI do
   describe 'list' do
     let(:lxc_ls_out) { "dup-container\na-container dup-container" }
     let(:exec_args)  { @exec_args }
-    let(:result)     { subject.list }
+    let(:result)     { @result }
 
     before do
-      Vagrant::Util::Subprocess.stub(:execute) { |*args|
-        @exec_args = args
-        stub(exit_code: 0, stdout: lxc_ls_out)
-      }
+      subject.stub(:run).with(:ls).and_return(lxc_ls_out)
+      @result = subject.list
     end
 
-    it 'grabs previously created containers from lxc-ls' do
-      result.should    be_an Enumerable
-      result.should    include 'a-container'
-      result.should    include 'dup-container'
-      exec_args.should include 'lxc-ls'
+    it 'grabs previously created containers from lxc-ls output' do
+      result.should be_an Enumerable
+      result.should include 'a-container'
+      result.should include 'dup-container'
     end
 
     it 'removes duplicates from lxc-ls output' do
       result.uniq.should == result
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'create' do
+    let(:template)      { 'quantal-64' }
+    let(:name)          { 'quantal-container' }
+    let(:template_args) { { '--extra-param' => 'param', '--other' => 'value' } }
+
+    subject { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before do
+      subject.stub(:run)
+      subject.create(template, template_args)
+    end
+
+    it 'issues a lxc-create with provided template, container name and hash of arguments' do
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(
+        :create,
+        '--template', template,
+        '--name',     name,
+        '--',
+        '--extra-param', 'param',
+        '--other',       'value'
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'destroy' do
+    let(:name) { 'a-container-for-destruction' }
+
+    subject { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before do
+      subject.stub(:run)
+      subject.destroy
+    end
+
+    it 'issues a lxc-destroy with container name' do
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(:destroy, '--name', name)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'start' do
+    let(:name) { 'a-container' }
+    subject    { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before do
+      subject.stub(:run)
+    end
+
+    it 'starts container on the background' do
+      subject.start
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(
+        :start,
+        '-d',
+        '--name',  name
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'uses provided hash to configure the container' do
+      subject.start('lxc.config' => 'value', 'lxc.other' => 'value')
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(:start, '-d', '--name', name,
+        '-s', 'lxc.config=value',
+        '-s', 'lxc.other=value'
+      )
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'shutdown' do
+    let(:name) { 'a-running-container' }
+    subject    { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before do
+      subject.stub(:run)
+      subject.shutdown
+    end
+
+    it 'issues a lxc-shutdown with provided container name' do
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(:shutdown, '--name', name)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'state' do
+    let(:name) { 'a-container' }
+    subject    { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before do
+      subject.stub(:run).and_return("state: STOPPED\npid: 2")
+    end
+
+    it 'calls lxc-info with the right arguments' do
+      subject.state
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(:info, '--name', name)
+    end
+
+    it 'maps the output of lxc-info status out to a symbol' do
+      subject.state.should == :stopped
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe 'transition block' do
+    let(:name) { 'a-running-container' }
+    subject    { described_class.new(name) }
+
+    before { subject.stub(:run) }
+
+    it 'yields cli object' do
+      subject.stub(:shutdown)
+      subject.transition_to(:stopped) { |c| c.shutdown }
+      subject.should have_received(:shutdown)
+    end
+
+    it 'throws an exception if block is not provided' do
+      expect {
+        subject.transition_to(:running)
+      }.to raise_error(described_class::TransitionBlockNotProvided)
+    end
+
+    it 'waits for the expected container state using lxc-wait' do
+      subject.transition_to(:running) { }
+      subject.should have_received(:run).with(:wait, '--name', name, '--state', 'RUNNING')
+    end
+  end
 end