diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
index 239a58e..c61cbc2 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata.rb
@@ -13,26 +13,21 @@ module Vagrant
         def call(env)
           box           = env[:machine].box
           metadata      = box.metadata
-          template_name = metadata['template-name']
-
-          after_create  = metadata['after-create-script'] ?
-            box.directory.join(metadata['after-create-script']).to_s :
-            nil
 
           metadata.merge!(
-            'template-name'       => "vagrant-#{box.name}-#{template_name}",
-            'lxc-cache-path'      => box.directory.to_s,
-            'after-create-script' => after_create
+            'template-name'       => "vagrant-#{box.name}",
+            'lxc-cache-path'      => box.directory.to_s
           )
 
           # Prepends "lxc-" to the template file so that `lxc-create` is able to find it
+          src  = box.directory.join('lxc-template').to_s
           dest = LXC_TEMPLATES_PATH.join("lxc-#{metadata['template-name']}").to_s
-          src  = box.directory.join(template_name).to_s
 
           @logger.debug('Copying LXC template into place')
           # This should only ask for administrative permission once, even
           # though its executed in multiple subshells.
           system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cp #{src} #{dest}"])
+          system(%Q[sudo su root -c "cd #{box.directory} && tar xfz rootfs.tar.gz"])
 
           @app.call(env)
         end
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/container.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/container.rb
index 18f2ceb..f1666c4 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/container.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/container.rb
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ module Vagrant
         @name      = SecureRandom.hex(6)
         public_key = Vagrant.source_root.join('keys', 'vagrant.pub').expand_path.to_s
 
+        meta_opts  = metadata.fetch('template-opts', {}).map do |opt, value|
+          [opt, value]
+        end.flatten
+
         # TODO: Handle errors
         lxc :create,
             # lxc-create options
@@ -44,9 +48,9 @@ module Vagrant
             '--name', @name,
             '--',
               # Template options
-              '-S', public_key,
-              '--cache-path', metadata['lxc-cache-path'],
-              '-T', metadata['tar-cache']
+              '--auth-key',   public_key,
+              '--cache', metadata['lxc-cache-path'],
+              *meta_opts
 
         @name
       end
diff --git a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
index f7fe0eb..9fabbcc 100644
--- a/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/action/handle_box_metadata_spec.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ require 'vagrant-lxc/action/base_action'
 require 'vagrant-lxc/action/handle_box_metadata'
 
 describe Vagrant::LXC::Action::HandleBoxMetadata do
-  let(:tar_cache)     { 'template.zip' }
-  let(:template_name) { 'ubuntu-lts' }
-  let(:after_create)  { 'setup-vagrant-user.sh' }
-  let(:metadata)      { {'template-name' => template_name, 'tar-cache' => tar_cache, 'after-create-script' => after_create} }
-  let(:box)						{ mock(:box, name: 'box-name', metadata: metadata, directory: Pathname.new('/path/to/box')) }
+  let(:metadata)      { {'template-opts' => {'--foo' => 'bar'}} }
+  let(:box)           { mock(:box, name: 'box-name', metadata: metadata, directory: Pathname.new('/path/to/box')) }
   let(:machine)       { mock(:machine, box: box) }
   let(:app)           { mock(:app, call: true) }
   let(:env)           { {machine: machine} }
@@ -24,17 +21,15 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Action::HandleBoxMetadata do
     metadata['lxc-cache-path'].should == box.directory.to_s
   end
 
-  it 'prepends box directory to after-create-script' do
-    metadata['after-create-script'].should == "#{box.directory.to_s}/#{after_create}"
-  end
-
   it 'prepends vagrant and box name to template-name' do
-    metadata['template-name'].should == "vagrant-#{box.name}-#{template_name}"
+    metadata['template-name'].should == "vagrant-#{box.name}"
   end
 
   it 'copies box template file to the right folder' do
-    src  = box.directory.join(template_name).to_s
+    src  = box.directory.join('lxc-template').to_s
     dest = "/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-#{metadata['template-name']}"
     subject.should have_received(:system).with("sudo su root -c \"cp #{src} #{dest}\"")
   end
+
+  pending 'extracts rootfs'
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/container_spec.rb b/spec/unit/container_spec.rb
index 81aa2d0..4d61e4b 100644
--- a/spec/unit/container_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/container_spec.rb
@@ -78,14 +78,13 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Container do
   describe 'creation' do
     let(:name)            { 'random-container-name' }
     let(:template_name)   { 'template-name' }
-    let(:tar_cache_path)  { '/path/to/tar/cache' }
     let(:lxc_cache)       { '/path/to/cache' }
     let(:public_key_path) { Vagrant.source_root.join('keys', 'vagrant.pub').expand_path.to_s }
 
     before do
       subject.stub(lxc: true)
       SecureRandom.stub(hex: name)
-      subject.create 'template-name' => template_name, 'tar-cache' => tar_cache_path, 'lxc-cache-path' => lxc_cache
+      subject.create 'template-name' => template_name, 'lxc-cache-path' => lxc_cache, 'template-opts' => { '--foo' => 'bar'}
     end
 
     it 'calls lxc-create with the right arguments' do
@@ -94,9 +93,9 @@ describe Vagrant::LXC::Container do
         '--template', template_name,
         '--name', name,
         '--',
-        '-S', public_key_path,
-        '--cache-path', lxc_cache,
-        '-T', tar_cache_path
+        '--auth-key', public_key_path,
+        '--cache', lxc_cache,
+        '--foo', 'bar'
       )
     end
   end