diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0bb6bdf..aa17d24 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: ruby
 rvm:
-  - 1.9.3
+  - 2.1.6
 env:
   - USE_SYSTEM_GECODE=1
 before_install:
diff --git a/chefignore b/chefignore
index 96ccf87..6cc426f 100644
--- a/chefignore
+++ b/chefignore
@@ -90,3 +90,7 @@ Vagrantfile
 # Travis #
 ##########
 .travis.yml
+
+# Kitchen #
+###########
+.kitchen
diff --git a/libraries/plugins.rb b/libraries/plugins.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5821169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/plugins.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+# Encoding: utf-8
+# Cookbook Name:: kibana
+# Resrouce/Provider:: plugins
+# Author:: John E. Vincent
+# Author:: Paul Czarkowski
+# License:: Apache 2.0
+#
+# Copyright 2014, John E. Vincent
+
+class Chef
+  class Resource::KibanaPlugin < Chef::Resource::LWRPBase
+    provides :kibana_plugin
+    actions(:create, :remove)
+    default_action(:create)
+
+    attribute(:name, kind_of: String, name_attribute: true)
+    attribute(:base_directory, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['version'] })
+    attribute(:version, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['plugins_version'] })
+    attribute(:checksum, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['plugins_checksum'] })
+    attribute(:source_url, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['plugins_source_url'] })
+    attribute(:user, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['user'] })
+    attribute(:group, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['group'] })
+    attribute(:install_dir, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['install_dir'] })
+    attribute(:install_type, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['plugins_install_type'] })
+    attribute(:install_check, kind_of: String, default: lazy { node['kibana']['plugins_check_if_installed'] })
+  end
+
+  class Provider::KibanaPlugin < Chef::Provider::LWRPBase # ~FC057, ~FC058
+    provides :kibana_plugin
+    include Chef::DSL::Recipe # required under chef 12, see poise/poise #8
+
+    action :create do
+      kb_args = kibana_resources
+
+      case kb_args[:install_type]
+      when 'native'
+        ex = execute "bin/kibana plugin --install #{kb_args[:name]}" do
+          command "bin/kibana plugin --install #{kb_args[:name]}"
+          user    kb_args[:user]
+          group   kb_args[:group]
+          cwd     "#{kb_args[:install_dir]}/kibana-#{kb_args[:base_directory]}"
+          notifies :restart, 'service[kibana]'
+          timeout 600
+          # this is a temp workaround to make the plugin command idempotent.
+          not_if { ::File.exist?("#kb_args[:install_dir]}/#{kb_args[:install_check]}") }
+        end
+        new_resource.updated_by_last_action(ex.updated_by_last_action?)
+      when 'tarball'
+        @run_context.include_recipe 'ark::default'
+        arkit = ark "#{kb_instance}_contrib" do
+          name      kb_args[:kb_instance]
+          url       kb_args[:kb_source_url]
+          checksum  kb_args[:kb_checksum]
+          owner     kb_args[:kb_user]
+          group     kb_args[:kb_group]
+          mode      0755
+          version   kb_args[:kb_version]
+          path      kb_args[:kb_basedir]
+          action    [:put]
+          notifies  :restart, 'service[kibana]'
+          # this is a temp workaround to ensure idempotent.
+          not_if { ::File.exist?("#{kb_args[:install_dir]}/#{kb_args[:install_check]}") }
+        end
+        new_resource.updated_by_last_action(arkit.updated_by_last_action?)
+      else
+        Chef::Application.fatal!("Unknown install type: #{kb_args[:install_type]}")
+      end # case
+    end # action
+
+    action :remove do
+      Chef::Log.warn('Kibana plugin removal is not supported!')
+    end # action
+
+    private
+
+    def kibana_resources
+      kb = {
+        name: new_resource.name,
+        user: new_resource.user,
+        group: new_resource.group,
+        install_dir: new_resource.install_dir,
+        install_type: new_resource.install_type,
+        base_directory: new_resource.base_directory,
+        version: new_resource.version,
+        checksum: new_resource.checksum
+      }
+      kb
+    end # def
+  end # end class
+end # end classes
diff --git a/test/fixtures/kibana_test/recipes/default.rb b/test/fixtures/kibana_test/recipes/default.rb
index c093bd4..5c1bfea 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/kibana_test/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/test/fixtures/kibana_test/recipes/default.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 include_recipe 'elasticsearch::default'
 include_recipe 'kibana_lwrp::install'
 
+# sample plugin installation
+kibana_plugin 'kibana/timelion' do
+  install_type 'native'
+  action [:create]
+end
+
 elasticsearch_service 'elasticsearch' do
   action :start
 end