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diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/create.go b/cmd/podman/machine/create.go
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+// +build amd64,linux amd64,darwin arm64,darwin
+
+package machine
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/completion"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/cmd/podman/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine/qemu"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	createCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:               "create [options] [NAME]",
+		Short:             "Create a vm",
+		Long:              "Create a virtual machine for Podman to run on. Virtual machines are used to run Podman.",
+		RunE:              create,
+		Args:              cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		Example:           `podman machine create myvm`,
+		ValidArgsFunction: completion.AutocompleteNone,
+	}
+)
+
+type CreateCLIOptions struct {
+	CPUS         uint64
+	Memory       uint64
+	Devices      []string
+	ImagePath    string
+	IgnitionPath string
+	Name         string
+}
+
+var (
+	createOpts                = CreateCLIOptions{}
+	defaultMachineName string = "podman-machine-default"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
+		Command: createCmd,
+		Parent:  machineCmd,
+	})
+	flags := createCmd.Flags()
+
+	cpusFlagName := "cpus"
+	flags.Uint64Var(
+		&createOpts.CPUS,
+		cpusFlagName, 1,
+		"Number of CPUs. The default is 0.000 which means no limit",
+	)
+	_ = createCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
+	memoryFlagName := "memory"
+	flags.Uint64VarP(
+		&createOpts.Memory,
+		memoryFlagName, "m", 2048,
+		"Memory (in MB)",
+	)
+	_ = createCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(memoryFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
+	ImagePathFlagName := "image-path"
+	flags.StringVar(&createOpts.ImagePath, ImagePathFlagName, "", "Path to qcow image")
+	_ = createCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(ImagePathFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+
+	IgnitionPathFlagName := "ignition-path"
+	flags.StringVar(&createOpts.IgnitionPath, IgnitionPathFlagName, "", "Path to ignition file")
+	_ = createCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(IgnitionPathFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+}
+
+// TODO should we allow for a users to append to the qemu cmdline?
+func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	createOpts.Name = defaultMachineName
+	if len(args) > 0 {
+		createOpts.Name = args[0]
+	}
+	vmOpts := machine.CreateOptions{
+		CPUS:         createOpts.CPUS,
+		Memory:       createOpts.Memory,
+		IgnitionPath: createOpts.IgnitionPath,
+		ImagePath:    createOpts.ImagePath,
+		Name:         createOpts.Name,
+	}
+	var (
+		vm     machine.VM
+		vmType string
+		err    error
+	)
+	switch vmType {
+	default: // qemu is the default
+		vm, err = qemu.NewMachine(vmOpts)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return vm.Create(vmOpts)
+}