diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/create.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/create.rb
index 1676e21c..72539f84 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/create.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/action/create.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ def initialize(app, env)
         end
 
         def call(env)
-          container_name = env[:machine].provider_config.container_name
+          config = env[:machine].provider_config
+
+          container_name = config.container_name
 
           case container_name
             when :machine
@@ -22,12 +24,17 @@ def call(env)
               container_name << "_#{(Time.now.to_f * 1000.0).to_i}_#{rand(100000)}"
           end
 
-          env[:machine].provider.driver.create(
-            container_name,
-            env[:lxc_template_src],
-            env[:lxc_template_config],
-            env[:lxc_template_opts]
-          )
+          if config.existing_container_name
+            env[:machine].provider.driver.clone(config.existing_container_name, container_name)
+          else
+            env[:machine].provider.driver.create(
+              container_name,
+              config.backingstore,
+              config.backingstore_options,
+              env[:lxc_template_src],
+              env[:lxc_template_config],
+              env[:lxc_template_opts])
+          end
 
           env[:machine].id = container_name
 
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
index a780a817..f514c2a4 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/config.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ class Config < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
       # @return [Array]
       attr_reader :customizations
 
+      # A string that contains the backing store type used with lxc-create -B
+      attr_accessor :backingstore
+
+      # Optional arguments for the backing store, such as --fssize, --fstype, ...
+      attr_accessor :backingstore_options
+
       # A String that points to a file that acts as a wrapper for sudo commands.
       #
       # This allows us to have a single entry when whitelisting NOPASSWD commands
@@ -16,8 +22,18 @@ class Config < Vagrant.plugin("2", :config)
       # to the corresponding machine name.
       attr_accessor :container_name
 
+      attr_accessor :existing_container_name
+
+       # A String that names the container to clone from
+      def clone_container_from(name)
+        @existing_container_name = name
+      end
+
       def initialize
+        @existing_container_name = UNSET_VALUE
         @customizations = []
+        @backingstore = UNSET_VALUE
+        @backingstore_options = []
         @sudo_wrapper   = UNSET_VALUE
         @use_machine_name = UNSET_VALUE
         @container_name = UNSET_VALUE
@@ -38,10 +54,17 @@ def customize(key, value)
         @customizations << [key, value]
       end
 
+      # Stores options for backingstores like lvm, btrfs, etc
+      def backingstore_option(key, value)
+        @backingstore_options << [key, value]
+      end
+
       def finalize!
         @sudo_wrapper = nil if @sudo_wrapper == UNSET_VALUE
         @use_machine_name = false if @use_machine_name == UNSET_VALUE
         @container_name = nil if @container_name == UNSET_VALUE
+        @backingstore = "none" if @backingstore == UNSET_VALUE
+        @existing_container_name = nil if @existing_container_name == UNSET_VALUE
       end
 
       def validate(machine)
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
index dbedcfb7..ab9a488c 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver.rb
@@ -47,15 +47,21 @@ def config_string
         @sudo_wrapper.run('cat', base_path.join('config').to_s)
       end
 
-      def create(name, template_path, config_file, template_options = {})
+      def create(name, backingstore, backingstore_options, template_path, config_file, template_options = {})
         @cli.name = @container_name = name
 
         import_template(template_path) do |template_name|
           @logger.debug "Creating container..."
-          @cli.create template_name, config_file, template_options
+          @cli.create template_name, backingstore, backingstore_options, config_file, template_options
         end
       end
 
+      def clone(existing_container_name, name)
+        @cli.name = name
+        @logger.debug "Cloning container..."
+        @cli.clone(existing_container_name, name)
+      end
+
       def share_folders(folders)
         folders.each do |folder|
           guestpath = rootfs_path.join(folder[:guestpath].gsub(/^\//, ''))
diff --git a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
index f672bfda..2eae2ad6 100644
--- a/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/vagrant-lxc/driver/cli.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def state
           end
         end
 
-        def create(template, config_file, template_opts = {})
+        def create(template, backingstore, backingstore_options, config_file, template_opts = {})
           if config_file
             config_opts = ['-f', config_file]
           end
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ def create(template, config_file, template_opts = {})
           extra.unshift '--' unless extra.empty?
 
           run :create,
+              '-B', backingstore,
+              *(backingstore_options.to_a.flatten),
               '--template', template,
               '--name',     @name,
               *(config_opts),
@@ -66,6 +68,13 @@ def create(template, config_file, template_opts = {})
           end
         end
 
+        def clone(existing_container_name, name)
+          run :clone,
+              '-s',
+              '-o', existing_container_name,
+              '-n', @name
+        end
+
         def destroy
           run :destroy, '--name', @name
         end