diff --git a/rpc/resource_provider.go b/rpc/resource_provider.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9336639c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/resource_provider.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"net/rpc"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+type ResourceProvider struct {
+	Client *rpc.Client
+}
+
+func (p *ResourceProvider) Configure(c map[string]interface{}) ([]string, error) {
+	var resp ResourceProviderConfigureResponse
+	err := p.Client.Call("ResourceProvider.Configure", c, &resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return resp.Warnings, resp.Error
+}
+
+type ResourceProviderServer struct {
+	Provider terraform.ResourceProvider
+}
+
+type ResourceProviderConfigureResponse struct {
+	Warnings []string
+	Error    error
+}
+
+func (s *ResourceProviderServer) Configure(
+	config map[string]interface{},
+	reply *ResourceProviderConfigureResponse) error {
+	warnings, err := s.Provider.Configure(config)
+	*reply = ResourceProviderConfigureResponse{
+		Warnings: warnings,
+		Error:    err,
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/rpc/resource_provider_test.go b/rpc/resource_provider_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00724c0be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/resource_provider_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestResourceProvider_configure(t *testing.T) {
+	p := new(terraform.MockResourceProvider)
+	client, server := testClientServer(t)
+	server.RegisterName("ResourceProvider", &ResourceProviderServer{
+		Provider: p,
+	})
+
+	provider := &ResourceProvider{Client: client}
+
+	// Configure
+	config := map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"}
+	w, e := provider.Configure(config)
+	if !p.ConfigureCalled {
+		t.Fatal("configure should be called")
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(p.ConfigureConfig, config) {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", p.ConfigureConfig)
+	}
+	if w != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", w)
+	}
+	if e != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("bad: %#v", e)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/rpc/rpc_test.go b/rpc/rpc_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..80f3aeaef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpc/rpc_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package rpc
+
+import (
+	"net"
+	"net/rpc"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func testConn(t *testing.T) (net.Conn, net.Conn) {
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", "127.0.0.1:0")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var serverConn net.Conn
+	doneCh := make(chan struct{})
+	go func() {
+		defer close(doneCh)
+		defer l.Close()
+		var err error
+		serverConn, err = l.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	clientConn, err := net.Dial("tcp", l.Addr().String())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+	<-doneCh
+
+	return clientConn, serverConn
+}
+
+func testClientServer(t *testing.T) (*rpc.Client, *rpc.Server) {
+	clientConn, serverConn := testConn(t)
+
+	server := rpc.NewServer()
+	go server.ServeConn(serverConn)
+
+	client := rpc.NewClient(clientConn)
+
+	return client, server
+}
diff --git a/terraform/resource_provider.go b/terraform/resource_provider.go
index 365764794..90c370a37 100644
--- a/terraform/resource_provider.go
+++ b/terraform/resource_provider.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ type ResourceProvider interface {
 
 	// Resources returns all the available resource types that this provider
 	// knows how to manage.
-	Resources() []ResourceType
+	//Resources() []ResourceType
 }
 
 // ResourceType is a type of resource that a resource provider can manage.
diff --git a/terraform/resource_provider_mock.go b/terraform/resource_provider_mock.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d579b9dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/resource_provider_mock.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package terraform
+
+// MockResourceProvider implements ResourceProvider but mocks out all the
+// calls for testing purposes.
+type MockResourceProvider struct {
+	ConfigureCalled         bool
+	ConfigureConfig         map[string]interface{}
+	ConfigureReturnWarnings []string
+	ConfigureReturnError    error
+}
+
+func (p *MockResourceProvider) Configure(c map[string]interface{}) ([]string, error) {
+	p.ConfigureCalled = true
+	p.ConfigureConfig = c
+	return p.ConfigureReturnWarnings, p.ConfigureReturnError
+}