diff --git a/command/apply.go b/command/apply.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d93537777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/command/apply.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package command
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/mitchellh/cli"
+)
+
+// ApplyCommand is a Command implementation that applies a Terraform
+// configuration and actually builds or changes infrastructure.
+type ApplyCommand struct {
+	Ui cli.Ui
+}
+
+func (c *ApplyCommand) Run(_ []string) int {
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (c *ApplyCommand) Help() string {
+	helpText := `
+Usage: terraform apply [terraform.tf]
+
+  Builds or changes infrastructure according to the Terraform configuration
+  file.
+
+Options:
+
+  -init   If specified, it is okay to build brand new infrastructure
+          (with no state file specified).
+
+`
+	return strings.TrimSpace(helpText)
+}
+
+func (c *ApplyCommand) Synopsis() string {
+	return "Builds or changes infrastructure according to Terrafiles"
+}
diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index 73e9862d6..5e8605c05 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ func init() {
 	ui := &cli.BasicUi{Writer: os.Stdout}
 
 	Commands = map[string]cli.CommandFactory{
+		"apply": func() (cli.Command, error) {
+			return &command.ApplyCommand{
+				Ui: ui,
+			}, nil
+		},
+
 		"version": func() (cli.Command, error) {
 			return &command.VersionCommand{
 				Revision:          GitCommit,