diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/network/Network.java b/api/src/com/cloud/network/Network.java
index 9f1e579f1c1..5bb218b7284 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/network/Network.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/network/Network.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public interface Network extends ControlledEntity, StateObject<Network.State>, I
         public static final Provider None = new Provider("None", false);
         // NiciraNvp is not an "External" provider, otherwise we get in trouble with NetworkServiceImpl.providersConfiguredForExternalNetworking 
         public static final Provider NiciraNvp = new Provider("NiciraNvp", false);
-        public static final Provider InternalLoadBalancerVm = new Provider("InternalLoadBalancerVm", false);
+        public static final Provider InternalLbVm = new Provider("InternalLbVm", false);
 
         private String name;
         private boolean isExternal;
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachine.java b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachine.java
index 8f807d450c7..ce9add62469 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachine.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/vm/VirtualMachine.java
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ public interface VirtualMachine extends RunningOn, ControlledEntity, Identity, I
         SecondaryStorageVm,
         ElasticIpVm,
         ElasticLoadBalancerVm,
+        InternalLoadBalancerVm,
 
         /*
          * UserBareMetal is only used for selecting VirtualMachineGuru, there is no
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ public interface VirtualMachine extends RunningOn, ControlledEntity, Identity, I
         public static boolean isSystemVM(VirtualMachine.Type vmtype) {
             if (DomainRouter.equals(vmtype)
                     || ConsoleProxy.equals(vmtype)
-                    || SecondaryStorageVm.equals(vmtype)) {
+                    || SecondaryStorageVm.equals(vmtype) || InternalLoadBalancerVm.equals(vmtype)) {
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index b3d7acb08a8..fbc0acd4bba 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
       <artifactId>cloud-plugin-network-midonet</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+  <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
+      <artifactId>cloud-plugin-network-internallb</artifactId>
+      <version>${project.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.cloudstack</groupId>
       <artifactId>cloud-plugin-hypervisor-xen</artifactId>
diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
index 0bb497bea7e..9fa32341607 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/applicationContext.xml.in
@@ -409,10 +409,12 @@
   <bean id="VpcVirtualRouter" class="com.cloud.network.element.VpcVirtualRouterElement">
     <property name="name" value="VpcVirtualRouter"/>
   </bean>
-
   <bean id="elasticLoadBalancerElement" class="com.cloud.network.element.ElasticLoadBalancerElement">
     <property name="name" value="ElasticLoadBalancerElement"/>
   </bean>
+  <bean id="InternalLbVm" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.element.InternalLoadBalancerElement">
+    <property name="name" value="InternalLbVm"/>
+  </bean>
 
   <!-- 
     General allocators
@@ -788,7 +790,7 @@
   <bean id="volumeManagerImpl" class="com.cloud.storage.VolumeManagerImpl" />
   <bean id="ClassicalPrimaryDataStoreProvider" class="org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.provider.CloudStackPrimaryDataStoreProviderImpl" />
   <bean id="ApplicationLoadBalancerService" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb.ApplicationLoadBalancerManagerImpl" />
-
+  <bean id="InternalLoadBalancerManager" class="org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb.InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl" />
 
 
 <!--=======================================================================================================-->
diff --git a/client/tomcatconf/componentContext.xml.in b/client/tomcatconf/componentContext.xml.in
index bea2f787c17..f96a33078c6 100644
--- a/client/tomcatconf/componentContext.xml.in
+++ b/client/tomcatconf/componentContext.xml.in
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@
           <ref bean="VpcVirtualRouter"/>
           <ref bean="NiciraNvp" />
           <ref bean="MidoNetElement"/>
+          <ref bean="InternalLbVm"/>
 <!--
           <ref bean="BareMetalDhcp"/>
           <ref bean="BareMetalPxe"/>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManager.java b/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManager.java
index fc9548ee0d4..cce2b2c23c1 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManager.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/elastic-loadbalancer/src/com/cloud/network/lb/ElasticLoadBalancerManager.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ package com.cloud.network.lb;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.loadbalancer.CreateLoadBalancerRuleCmd;
+
 import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientAddressCapacityException;
 import com.cloud.exception.NetworkRuleConflictException;
 import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.network.Network;
-import com.cloud.network.rules.FirewallRule;
 import com.cloud.network.rules.LoadBalancer;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
 
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java
similarity index 97%
rename from plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java
rename to plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java
index f55465d60d5..6d3269c92f6 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/element/InternalLoadBalancerElement.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
-package org.apache.cloudstack.element;
+package org.apache.cloudstack.network.element;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class InternalLoadBalancerElement extends AdapterBase implements LoadBala
 
     @Override
     public Provider getProvider() {
-        return Provider.InternalLoadBalancerVm;
+        return Provider.InternalLbVm;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -124,30 +124,30 @@ public class InternalLoadBalancerElement extends AdapterBase implements LoadBala
     @Override
     public boolean shutdown(Network network, ReservationContext context, boolean cleanup) throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException {
         // TODO Shutdown all the internal lb elements
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean destroy(Network network, ReservationContext context) throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException {
         // TODO Shutdown all the internal lb elements
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean isReady(PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider provider) {
         // TODO Shutdown all the internal lb elements
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean shutdownProviderInstances(PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider provider, ReservationContext context) throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException {
         // TODO Shutdown all the internal lb elements
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
     public boolean canEnableIndividualServices() {
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public class InternalLoadBalancerElement extends AdapterBase implements LoadBala
     @Override
     public boolean applyLBRules(Network network, List<LoadBalancingRule> rules) throws ResourceUnavailableException {
         // TODO Auto-generated method stub
-        return false;
+        return true;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManager.java b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManager.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eab5e6a4d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManager.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// 
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+package org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb;
+
+import com.cloud.utils.component.Manager;
+
+public interface InternalLoadBalancerManager extends Manager{
+
+}
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0a023ae909c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/internal-loadbalancer/src/org/apache/cloudstack/network/lb/InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// 
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+package org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.ejb.Local;
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.naming.ConfigurationException;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import com.cloud.agent.api.StopAnswer;
+import com.cloud.agent.api.to.NicTO;
+import com.cloud.agent.api.to.VirtualMachineTO;
+import com.cloud.agent.manager.Commands;
+import com.cloud.deploy.DeployDestination;
+import com.cloud.exception.ConcurrentOperationException;
+import com.cloud.exception.InsufficientCapacityException;
+import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
+import com.cloud.network.Network;
+import com.cloud.utils.component.ManagerBase;
+import com.cloud.vm.DomainRouterVO;
+import com.cloud.vm.ReservationContext;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineGuru;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineManager;
+import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachineProfile;
+
+@Component
+@Local(value = { InternalLoadBalancerManager.class })
+public class InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl extends ManagerBase implements
+InternalLoadBalancerManager, VirtualMachineGuru<DomainRouterVO> {
+    private static final Logger s_logger = Logger
+            .getLogger(InternalLoadBalancerManagerImpl.class);
+    
+    @Inject VirtualMachineManager _itMgr;
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO findByName(String name) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO findById(long id) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public DomainRouterVO persist(DomainRouterVO vm) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeVirtualMachineProfile(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, DeployDestination dest, ReservationContext context) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeDeployment(Commands cmds, VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, DeployDestination dest, ReservationContext context) throws ResourceUnavailableException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeStart(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, long hostId, Commands cmds, ReservationContext context) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean finalizeCommandsOnStart(Commands cmds, VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalizeStop(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile, StopAnswer answer) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void finalizeExpunge(DomainRouterVO vm) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Long convertToId(String vmName) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean plugNic(Network network, NicTO nic, VirtualMachineTO vm, ReservationContext context, DeployDestination dest) throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException,
+            InsufficientCapacityException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean unplugNic(Network network, NicTO nic, VirtualMachineTO vm, ReservationContext context, DeployDestination dest) throws ConcurrentOperationException, ResourceUnavailableException {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void prepareStop(VirtualMachineProfile<DomainRouterVO> profile) {
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean configure(String name, Map<String, Object> params) throws ConfigurationException {
+        _itMgr.registerGuru(VirtualMachine.Type.InternalLoadBalancerVm, this);
+
+        if (s_logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+            s_logger.info(getName()  +  " has been configured");
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return _name;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkServiceImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkServiceImpl.java
index 4eb620c4243..b0dcee04e04 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkServiceImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/network/NetworkServiceImpl.java
@@ -3077,6 +3077,22 @@ public class NetworkServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements  NetworkService {
 
         return nsp;
     }
+    
+    
+    protected PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider addDefaultInternalLbProviderToPhysicalNetwork(long physicalNetworkId) {
+
+        PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider nsp = addProviderToPhysicalNetwork(physicalNetworkId, Network.Provider.InternalLbVm.getName(), null, null);
+        // add instance of the provider
+        NetworkElement networkElement = _networkModel.getElementImplementingProvider(Network.Provider.InternalLbVm.getName());
+        if (networkElement == null) {
+            throw new CloudRuntimeException("Unable to find the Network Element implementing the " + Network.Provider.InternalLbVm.getName() + " Provider");
+        }
+        
+        VirtualRouterElement element = (VirtualRouterElement)networkElement;
+        element.addElement(nsp.getId(), VirtualRouterProviderType.VirtualRouter);
+
+        return nsp;
+    }
 
     protected PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider addDefaultSecurityGroupProviderToPhysicalNetwork(long physicalNetworkId) {
 
@@ -3085,6 +3101,8 @@ public class NetworkServiceImpl extends ManagerBase implements  NetworkService {
 
         return nsp;
     }
+    
+    
 
     private PhysicalNetworkServiceProvider addDefaultBaremetalProvidersToPhysicalNetwork(long physicalNetworkId) {
         PhysicalNetworkVO pvo = _physicalNetworkDao.findById(physicalNetworkId);