diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 4ca91c9545d9..da681ff1968a 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -170,3 +170,4 @@ WebOb==1.8.2
 websockify==0.8.0
 wrapt==1.10.11
 wsgi-intercept==1.7.0
+zVMCloudConnector==1.1.1
diff --git a/nova/conf/__init__.py b/nova/conf/__init__.py
index 7649e3d66984..0f2f31c0c8f2 100644
--- a/nova/conf/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/conf/__init__.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ from nova.conf import workarounds
 from nova.conf import wsgi
 from nova.conf import xenserver
 from nova.conf import xvp
+from nova.conf import zvm
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
@@ -123,5 +124,6 @@ workarounds.register_opts(CONF)
 wsgi.register_opts(CONF)
 xenserver.register_opts(CONF)
 xvp.register_opts(CONF)
+zvm.register_opts(CONF)
 
 remote_debug.register_cli_opts(CONF)
diff --git a/nova/conf/compute.py b/nova/conf/compute.py
index bb2f9583337a..064bf1e230a3 100644
--- a/nova/conf/compute.py
+++ b/nova/conf/compute.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Possible values:
 * ``vmwareapi.VMwareVCDriver``
 * ``hyperv.HyperVDriver``
 * ``powervm.PowerVMDriver``
+* ``zvm.ZVMDriver``
 """),
     cfg.BoolOpt('allow_resize_to_same_host',
         default=False,
diff --git a/nova/conf/zvm.py b/nova/conf/zvm.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30b36d1f55ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/conf/zvm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+
+zvm_opt_group = cfg.OptGroup('zvm',
+                             title='zVM Options',
+                             help="""
+zvm options allows cloud administrator to configure related
+z/VM hypervisor driver to be used within an OpenStack deployment.
+
+zVM options are used when the compute_driver is set to use
+zVM (compute_driver=zvm.ZVMDriver)
+""")
+
+
+zvm_opts = [
+    cfg.URIOpt('cloud_connector_url',
+               sample_default='http://zvm.example.org:8080/',
+               help="""
+URL to be used to communicate with z/VM Cloud Connector.
+"""),
+    cfg.StrOpt('ca_file',
+               default=None,
+               help="""
+CA certificate file to be verified in httpd server with TLS enabled
+
+A string, it must be a path to a CA bundle to use.
+"""),
+]
+
+
+def register_opts(conf):
+    conf.register_group(zvm_opt_group)
+    conf.register_opts(zvm_opts, group=zvm_opt_group)
+
+
+def list_opts():
+    return {zvm_opt_group: zvm_opts}
diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index 2d20ff312f32..5fb0b71db958 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -2312,3 +2312,24 @@ class InstanceUnRescueFailure(NovaException):
 
 class IronicAPIVersionNotAvailable(NovaException):
     msg_fmt = _('Ironic API version %(version)s is not available.')
+
+
+class ZVMDriverException(NovaException):
+    msg_fmt = _("ZVM Driver has error: %(error)s")
+
+
+class ZVMConnectorError(ZVMDriverException):
+    msg_fmt = _("zVM Cloud Connector request failed: %(results)s")
+
+    def __init__(self, message=None, **kwargs):
+        """Exception for zVM ConnectorClient calls.
+
+        :param results: The object returned from ZVMConnector.send_request.
+        """
+        super(ZVMConnectorError, self).__init__(message=message, **kwargs)
+
+        results = kwargs.get('results', {})
+        self.overallRC = results.get('overallRC')
+        self.rc = results.get('rc')
+        self.rs = results.get('rs')
+        self.errmsg = results.get('errmsg')
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/__init__.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_driver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a2eadeafd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_driver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+import mock
+
+from nova import exception
+from nova import test
+from nova.virt.zvm import driver as zvmdriver
+
+
+class TestZVMDriver(test.NoDBTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestZVMDriver, self).setUp()
+        self.flags(cloud_connector_url='https://1.1.1.1:1111', group='zvm')
+        with mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.'
+                        'ConnectorClient.call') as mcall:
+            mcall.return_value = {'hypervisor_hostname': 'TESTHOST'}
+            self._driver = zvmdriver.ZVMDriver('virtapi')
+
+    def test_driver_init_no_url(self):
+        self.flags(cloud_connector_url=None, group='zvm')
+        self.assertRaises(exception.ZVMDriverException,
+                          zvmdriver.ZVMDriver, 'virtapi')
+
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.ConnectorClient.call')
+    def test_get_available_resource_err_case(self, call):
+        res = {'overallRC': 1, 'errmsg': 'err', 'rc': 0, 'rs': 0}
+        call.side_effect = exception.ZVMConnectorError(res)
+        results = self._driver.get_available_resource()
+        self.assertEqual(0, results['vcpus'])
+        self.assertEqual(0, results['memory_mb_used'])
+        self.assertEqual(0, results['disk_available_least'])
+        self.assertEqual('TESTHOST', results['hypervisor_hostname'])
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_hypervisor.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_hypervisor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..debe67a8d908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_hypervisor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+import mock
+
+from nova import exception
+from nova import test
+from nova.virt.zvm import driver as zvmdriver
+
+
+class TestZVMHypervisor(test.NoDBTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestZVMHypervisor, self).setUp()
+        self.flags(cloud_connector_url='https://1.1.1.1:1111', group='zvm')
+        with mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.'
+                        'ConnectorClient.call') as mcall:
+            mcall.return_value = {'hypervisor_hostname': 'TESTHOST'}
+            driver = zvmdriver.ZVMDriver('virtapi')
+            self._hypervisor = driver._hypervisor
+
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.ConnectorClient.call')
+    def test_get_available_resource(self, call):
+        host_info = {'disk_available': 1144,
+                     'ipl_time': 'IPL at 11/14/17 10:47:44 EST',
+                     'vcpus_used': 4,
+                     'hypervisor_type': 'zvm',
+                     'disk_total': 2000,
+                     'zvm_host': 'TESTHOST',
+                     'memory_mb': 78192,
+                     'cpu_info': {'cec_model': '2827',
+                                  'architecture': 's390x'},
+                     'vcpus': 84,
+                     'hypervisor_hostname': 'TESTHOST',
+                     'hypervisor_version': 640,
+                     'disk_used': 856,
+                     'memory_mb_used': 8192}
+        call.return_value = host_info
+        results = self._hypervisor.get_available_resource()
+        self.assertEqual(host_info, results)
+
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.ConnectorClient.call')
+    def test_get_available_resource_err_case(self, call):
+        res = {'overallRC': 1, 'errmsg': 'err', 'rc': 0, 'rs': 0}
+        call.side_effect = exception.ZVMConnectorError(res)
+        results = self._hypervisor.get_available_resource()
+        # Should return an empty dict
+        self.assertFalse(results)
+
+    def test_get_available_nodes(self):
+        nodes = self._hypervisor.get_available_nodes()
+        self.assertEqual(['TESTHOST'], nodes)
+
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.zvm.utils.ConnectorClient.call')
+    def test_list_names(self, call):
+        call.return_value = ['vm1', 'vm2']
+        inst_list = self._hypervisor.list_names()
+        self.assertEqual(['vm1', 'vm2'], inst_list)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5b83044e1c59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/zvm/test_utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+import mock
+
+from zvmconnector import connector
+
+from nova import exception
+from nova import test
+from nova.virt.zvm import utils as zvmutils
+
+
+class TestZVMUtils(test.NoDBTestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestZVMUtils, self).setUp()
+        self.flags(cloud_connector_url='http://127.0.0.1', group='zvm')
+        self._url = 'http://127.0.0.1'
+
+    def test_connector_request_handler_invalid_url(self):
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient('http://invalid')
+        self.assertRaises(exception.ZVMDriverException, rh.call, 'guest_list')
+
+    @mock.patch('zvmconnector.connector.ZVMConnector.__init__',
+                return_value=None)
+    def test_connector_request_handler_https(self, mock_init):
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient('https://127.0.0.1:80',
+                                      ca_file='/tmp/file')
+        mock_init.assert_called_once_with('127.0.0.1', 80, ssl_enabled=True,
+                                          verify='/tmp/file')
+        self.assertIsInstance(rh._conn, connector.ZVMConnector)
+
+    @mock.patch('zvmconnector.connector.ZVMConnector.__init__',
+                return_value=None)
+    def test_connector_request_handler_https_noca(self, mock_init):
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient('https://127.0.0.1:80')
+        mock_init.assert_called_once_with('127.0.0.1', 80, ssl_enabled=True,
+                                          verify=False)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rh._conn, connector.ZVMConnector)
+
+    @mock.patch('zvmconnector.connector.ZVMConnector.__init__',
+                return_value=None)
+    def test_connector_request_handler_http(self, mock_init):
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient('http://127.0.0.1:80')
+        mock_init.assert_called_once_with('127.0.0.1', 80, ssl_enabled=False,
+                                          verify=False)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rh._conn, connector.ZVMConnector)
+
+    @mock.patch('zvmconnector.connector.ZVMConnector.send_request')
+    def test_connector_request_handler(self, mock_send):
+        mock_send.return_value = {'overallRC': 0, 'output': 'data',
+                                  'rc': 0, 'rs': 0}
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient(self._url)
+        res = rh.call('guest_list')
+        self.assertEqual('data', res)
+
+    @mock.patch('zvmconnector.connector.ZVMConnector.send_request')
+    def test_connector_request_handler_error(self, mock_send):
+        expected = {'overallRC': 1, 'errmsg': 'err', 'rc': 0, 'rs': 0}
+        mock_send.return_value = expected
+
+        rh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient(self._url)
+        exc = self.assertRaises(exception.ZVMConnectorError, rh.call,
+                                'guest_list')
+        self.assertIn('zVM Cloud Connector request failed',
+                      exc.format_message())
+        self.assertEqual(expected['overallRC'], exc.overallRC)
+        self.assertEqual(expected['rc'], exc.rc)
+        self.assertEqual(expected['rs'], exc.rs)
+        self.assertEqual(expected['errmsg'], exc.errmsg)
diff --git a/nova/virt/zvm/__init__.py b/nova/virt/zvm/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..183da4234278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/virt/zvm/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from nova.virt.zvm import driver
+
+ZVMDriver = driver.ZVMDriver
diff --git a/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py b/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..537e7b10f9dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/virt/zvm/driver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
+
+from nova import conf
+from nova import exception
+from nova.i18n import _
+from nova.objects import fields as obj_fields
+from nova.virt import driver
+from nova.virt.zvm import hypervisor
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+CONF = conf.CONF
+
+
+class ZVMDriver(driver.ComputeDriver):
+    """z/VM implementation of ComputeDriver."""
+
+    def __init__(self, virtapi):
+        super(ZVMDriver, self).__init__(virtapi)
+
+        if not CONF.zvm.cloud_connector_url:
+            error = _('Must specify cloud_connector_url in zvm config '
+                      'group to use compute_driver=zvm.driver.ZVMDriver')
+            raise exception.ZVMDriverException(error=error)
+
+        self._hypervisor = hypervisor.Hypervisor(
+            CONF.zvm.cloud_connector_url, ca_file=CONF.zvm.ca_file)
+
+        LOG.info("The zVM compute driver has been initialized.")
+
+    def init_host(self, host):
+        pass
+
+    def list_instances(self):
+        return self._hypervisor.list_names()
+
+    def get_available_resource(self, nodename=None):
+        host_stats = self._hypervisor.get_available_resource()
+
+        hypervisor_hostname = self._hypervisor.get_available_nodes()[0]
+        res = {
+            'vcpus': host_stats.get('vcpus', 0),
+            'memory_mb': host_stats.get('memory_mb', 0),
+            'local_gb': host_stats.get('disk_total', 0),
+            'vcpus_used': host_stats.get('vcpus_used', 0),
+            'memory_mb_used': host_stats.get('memory_mb_used', 0),
+            'local_gb_used': host_stats.get('disk_used', 0),
+            'hypervisor_type': host_stats.get('hypervisor_type',
+                                              obj_fields.HVType.ZVM),
+            'hypervisor_version': host_stats.get('hypervisor_version', ''),
+            'hypervisor_hostname': host_stats.get('hypervisor_hostname',
+                                                  hypervisor_hostname),
+            'cpu_info': jsonutils.dumps(host_stats.get('cpu_info', {})),
+            'disk_available_least': host_stats.get('disk_available', 0),
+            'supported_instances': [(obj_fields.Architecture.S390X,
+                                     obj_fields.HVType.ZVM,
+                                     obj_fields.VMMode.HVM)],
+            'numa_topology': None,
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("Getting available resource for %(host)s:%(nodename)s",
+                  {'host': CONF.host, 'nodename': nodename})
+
+        return res
+
+    def get_available_nodes(self, refresh=False):
+        return self._hypervisor.get_available_nodes(refresh=refresh)
diff --git a/nova/virt/zvm/hypervisor.py b/nova/virt/zvm/hypervisor.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0be0964adf36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/virt/zvm/hypervisor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
+from nova import exception
+from nova.virt.zvm import utils as zvmutils
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Hypervisor(object):
+    """z/VM implementation of Hypervisor."""
+
+    def __init__(self, zcc_url, ca_file=None):
+        super(Hypervisor, self).__init__()
+
+        self._reqh = zvmutils.ConnectorClient(zcc_url,
+                                              ca_file=ca_file)
+
+        # Very very unlikely the hostname will be changed, so when create
+        # hypervisor object, store the information in the cache and after
+        # that we can use it directly without query again from connectorclient
+        self._hypervisor_hostname = self._get_host_info().get(
+            'hypervisor_hostname')
+
+    def _get_host_info(self):
+        host_stats = {}
+        try:
+            host_stats = self._reqh.call('host_get_info')
+        except exception.ZVMConnectorError as e:
+            LOG.warning("Failed to get host stats: %s", e)
+        return host_stats
+
+    def get_available_resource(self):
+        return self._get_host_info()
+
+    def get_available_nodes(self, refresh=False):
+        # It's not expected that the hostname change, no need to take
+        # 'refresh' into account.
+        return [self._hypervisor_hostname]
+
+    def list_names(self):
+        """list names of the servers in the hypervisor"""
+        return self._reqh.call('guest_list')
diff --git a/nova/virt/zvm/utils.py b/nova/virt/zvm/utils.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ebed6eee64b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nova/virt/zvm/utils.py
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+# Copyright 2017,2018 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    Licensed 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.
+
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+import six
+import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
+from zvmconnector import connector
+
+from nova import exception
+
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class ConnectorClient(object):
+    """Request handler to zVM cloud connector"""
+
+    def __init__(self, zcc_url, ca_file=None):
+        _url = urlparse.urlparse(zcc_url)
+
+        _ssl_enabled = False
+
+        if _url.scheme == 'https':
+            _ssl_enabled = True
+        elif ca_file:
+            LOG.warning("url is %(url) which is not https "
+                        "but ca_file is configured to %(ca_file)s",
+                        {'url': zcc_url, 'ca_file': ca_file})
+
+        if _ssl_enabled and ca_file:
+            self._conn = connector.ZVMConnector(_url.hostname, _url.port,
+                                                ssl_enabled=_ssl_enabled,
+                                                verify=ca_file)
+        else:
+            self._conn = connector.ZVMConnector(_url.hostname, _url.port,
+                                                ssl_enabled=_ssl_enabled,
+                                                verify=False)
+
+    def call(self, func_name, *args, **kwargs):
+        results = self._conn.send_request(func_name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        if results['overallRC'] != 0:
+            LOG.error("zVM Cloud Connector request %(api)s failed with "
+               "parameters: %(args)s %(kwargs)s .  Results: %(results)s",
+               {'api': func_name, 'args': six.text_type(args),
+                'kwargs': six.text_type(kwargs),
+                'results': six.text_type(results)})
+            raise exception.ZVMConnectorError(results=results)
+
+        return results['output']
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index caf58dcbdd87..2e1f9246a8ab 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -66,3 +66,4 @@ retrying>=1.3.3,!=1.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 os-service-types>=1.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 taskflow>=2.16.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-dateutil>=2.5.3 # BSD
+zVMCloudConnector>=1.1.1;sys_platform!='win32'  # Apache 2.0 License