diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6bf471d..8f85c90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ configurations
 current
 *.un~
 .vagrant
+exports/
diff --git a/exports/.gitkeep b/exports/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/libexec/chefvm-export b/libexec/chefvm-export
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1ed0593
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/chefvm-export
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage: chefvm export CONFIG [--include-keys]
+# Summary: Export a configuration, ignoring key files (unless specified)
+# Help: This command will export a configuration to a file so it can be imported on another machine.
+
+set -e
+
+__chefvm_config $1
+
+if [ -z "$config" ]; then
+  echo "No name provided"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d $_CHEFVM_ROOT/$config_path ]; then
+  echo "No configuration named $1 found."
+  chefvm list
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$2" = "--include-keys" ]; then
+  include_keys=1
+fi
+
+echo "Exporting: $config"
+
+pushd $_CHEFVM_ROOT/$config_path > /dev/null
+export_file="$_CHEFVM_ROOT/exports/${config}.tar.gz"
+rm -f $export_file
+
+if [ "$include_keys" = "1" ]; then
+  tar czf $export_file ./
+else
+  tar czf $export_file --exclude '*.pem' ./
+fi
+
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/libexec/chefvm-import b/libexec/chefvm-import
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..092869b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/chefvm-import
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Usage: chefvm import FILE CONFIG_NAME
+# Summary: Import a configuration
+# Help: This command will import a file that was exported from chefvm to a new configuration.
+
+set -e
+
+file=$(readlink -f $1)
+if [ -z "$file" ] || [ ! -f "$file" ]; then
+  echo "$file does not exist"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$2" ]; then
+  echo "No new config name specified"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+__chefvm_config $2
+
+echo "Importing '$1' as '$2'"
+
+mkdir -p $_CHEFVM_ROOT/$config_path
+pushd $_CHEFVM_ROOT/$config_path > /dev/null
+tar xzf $file
+popd > /dev/null
diff --git a/libexec/chefvm-prefix b/libexec/chefvm-prefix
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3a259fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libexec/chefvm-prefix
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo $_CHEFVM_ROOT
diff --git a/test/export_test.bats b/test/export_test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..787cbdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/export_test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+setup() {
+  touch $(chefvm prefix)/configurations/example/knife.rb
+  touch $(chefvm prefix)/configurations/example/myuser.pem
+  touch $(chefvm prefix)/configurations/example/myvalidator.pem
+}
+
+@test "should have the exports directory" {
+  chefvm_root=$(chefvm prefix)
+
+  [ -d "$chefvm_root/exports" ]
+}
+
+@test "should create a tar file for the export" {
+  chefvm_root=$(chefvm prefix)
+  run chefvm export example
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "$output" = "Exporting: example" ]
+  [ -f "$chefvm_root/exports/example.tar.gz" ]
+}
+
+@test "should ignore key files by default" {
+  chefvm_root=$(chefvm prefix)
+  run chefvm export example
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  tempfile=$(mktemp -t chefvm-export-ignore-keys.XXXXXXXXXX)
+  rm $tempfile
+  mkdir -p $tempfile
+  pushd $tempfile > /dev/null
+  tar xzf $chefvm_root/exports/example.tar.gz
+
+  [ -f "knife.rb" ]
+  [ ! -f "myuser.pem" ]
+  [ ! -f "myvalidator.pem" ]
+
+  popd > /dev/null
+  rm -rf $tempfile
+}
+
+@test "should be able to include key files" {
+  chefvm_root=$(chefvm prefix)
+  run chefvm export example --include-keys
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+  tempfile=$(mktemp -t chefvm-export-ignore-keys.XXXXXXXXXX)
+  rm $tempfile
+  mkdir -p $tempfile
+  pushd $tempfile > /dev/null
+  tar xzf $chefvm_root/exports/example.tar.gz
+
+  [ -f "knife.rb" ]
+  [ -f "myuser.pem" ]
+  [ -f "myvalidator.pem" ]
+
+  popd > /dev/null
+  rm -rf $tempfile
+}
diff --git a/test/import_test.bats b/test/import_test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13c9a0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/import_test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+setup() {
+  touch $(chefvm prefix)/configurations/example/knife.rb
+  touch $(chefvm prefix)/configurations/example/myuser.pem
+  chefvm export example > /dev/null
+}
+
+teardown() {
+  chefvm delete new_example > /dev/null
+}
+
+@test "should be able to import a configuration" {
+  run chefvm import $(chefvm prefix)/exports/example.tar.gz new_example
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  [ "$output" = "Importing '$(chefvm prefix)/exports/example.tar.gz' as 'new_example'" ]
+
+  run chefvm list
+  [ "${lines[0]}" = "*= example" ]
+  [ "${lines[1]}" = "   new_example" ]
+}
diff --git a/test/prefix_test.bats b/test/prefix_test.bats
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d288a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/prefix_test.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+@test "should print the chefvm root" {
+  run chefvm prefix
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  if [ ! -z $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR ]; then
+    [ "$output" = "$TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR" ]
+  else
+    [ "$output" = "/root/.chefvm" ]
+  fi
+}