diff --git a/cmd/drivers/hyperkit/main.go b/cmd/drivers/hyperkit/main.go
index 878060c549..010770af7d 100644
--- a/cmd/drivers/hyperkit/main.go
+++ b/cmd/drivers/hyperkit/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers/plugin"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/hyperkit"
 )
 
 func main() {
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/drivers.go b/pkg/drivers/drivers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5ac3c3b812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/drivers/drivers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package drivers
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/cloudflare/cfssl/log"
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnflag"
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnutils"
+	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/ssh"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func GetDiskPath(d *drivers.BaseDriver) string {
+	return filepath.Join(d.ResolveStorePath("."), d.GetMachineName()+".rawdisk")
+}
+
+type CommonDriver struct{}
+
+//Not implemented yet
+func (d *CommonDriver) GetCreateFlags() []mcnflag.Flag {
+	return nil
+}
+
+//Not implemented yet
+func (d *CommonDriver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func createRawDiskImage(sshKeyPath, diskPath string, diskSizeMb int) error {
+	tarBuf, err := mcnutils.MakeDiskImage(sshKeyPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	file, err := os.OpenFile(diskPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+	file.Seek(0, os.SEEK_SET)
+
+	if _, err := file.Write(tarBuf.Bytes()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := file.Close(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "closing file %s", diskPath)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.Truncate(diskPath, int64(diskSizeMb*1000000)); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func publicSSHKeyPath(d *drivers.BaseDriver) string {
+	return d.GetSSHKeyPath() + ".pub"
+}
+
+// Restart a host. This may just call Stop(); Start() if the provider does not
+// have any special restart behaviour.
+func Restart(d drivers.Driver) error {
+	for _, f := range []func() error{d.Stop, d.Start} {
+		if err := f(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func MakeDiskImage(d *drivers.BaseDriver, boot2dockerURL string, diskSize int) error {
+	//TODO(r2d4): rewrite this, not using b2dutils
+	b2dutils := mcnutils.NewB2dUtils(d.StorePath)
+	if err := b2dutils.CopyIsoToMachineDir(boot2dockerURL, d.MachineName); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error copying ISO to machine dir")
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Creating ssh key...")
+	if err := ssh.GenerateSSHKey(d.GetSSHKeyPath()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Info("Creating raw disk image...")
+	diskPath := GetDiskPath(d)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(diskPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		if err := createRawDiskImage(publicSSHKeyPath(d), diskPath, diskSize); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if err := fixPermissions(d.ResolveStorePath(".")); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func fixPermissions(path string) error {
+	os.Chown(path, syscall.Getuid(), syscall.Getegid())
+	files, _ := ioutil.ReadDir(path)
+	for _, f := range files {
+		fp := filepath.Join(path, f.Name())
+		if err := os.Chown(fp, syscall.Getuid(), syscall.Getegid()); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/disk_test.go b/pkg/drivers/drivers_test.go
similarity index 93%
rename from pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/disk_test.go
rename to pkg/drivers/drivers_test.go
index e85a0dad31..9b2bd6cda6 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/disk_test.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/drivers_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 limitations under the License.
 */
 
-package hyperkit
+package drivers
 
 import (
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func Test_createDiskImage(t *testing.T) {
 
 	sizeInMb := 100
 	sizeInBytes := int64(sizeInMb) * 1000000
-	if err := createDiskImage(sshPath, diskPath, sizeInMb); err != nil {
+	if err := createRawDiskImage(sshPath, diskPath, sizeInMb); err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("createDiskImage() error = %v", err)
 	}
 	fi, err := os.Lstat(diskPath)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
similarity index 77%
rename from pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
rename to pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
index b1567efda4..18a003bd24 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/driver.go
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnflag"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnutils"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/ssh"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
 	hyperkit "github.com/moby/hyperkit/go"
 	"github.com/pborman/uuid"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	vmnet "github.com/zchee/go-vmnet"
+	pkgdrivers "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers"
 	commonutil "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/util"
 )
 
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 
 type Driver struct {
 	*drivers.BaseDriver
+	*pkgdrivers.CommonDriver
 	Boot2DockerURL string
 	DiskSize       int
 	CPU            int
@@ -58,19 +58,16 @@ func NewDriver(hostName, storePath string) *Driver {
 		BaseDriver: &drivers.BaseDriver{
 			SSHUser: "docker",
 		},
+		CommonDriver: &pkgdrivers.CommonDriver{},
 	}
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Create() error {
-	b2dutils := mcnutils.NewB2dUtils(d.StorePath)
-
-	if err := ssh.GenerateSSHKey(d.GetSSHKeyPath()); err != nil {
-		return err
+	// TODO: handle different disk types.
+	if err := pkgdrivers.MakeDiskImage(d.BaseDriver, d.Boot2DockerURL, d.DiskSize); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "making disk image")
 	}
 
-	if err := b2dutils.CopyIsoToMachineDir(d.Boot2DockerURL, d.MachineName); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	isoPath := d.ResolveStorePath(isoFilename)
 	if err := d.extractKernel(isoPath); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -84,12 +81,6 @@ func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "hyperkit"
 }
 
-// GetCreateFlags returns the mcnflag.Flag slice representing the flags
-// that can be set, their descriptions and defaults.
-func (d *Driver) GetCreateFlags() []mcnflag.Flag {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // GetSSHHostname returns hostname for use with ssh
 func (d *Driver) GetSSHHostname() (string, error) {
 	return d.IPAddress, nil
@@ -131,11 +122,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 	return d.sendSignal(syscall.SIGKILL)
 }
 
-// PreCreateCheck allows for pre-create operations to make sure a driver is ready for creation
-func (d *Driver) PreCreateCheck() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Remove a host
 func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
 	s, err := d.GetState()
@@ -150,37 +136,12 @@ func (d *Driver) Remove() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// Restart a host. This may just call Stop(); Start() if the provider does not
-// have any special restart behaviour.
 func (d *Driver) Restart() error {
-	for _, f := range []func() error{d.Stop, d.Start} {
-		if err := f(); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// SetConfigFromFlags configures the driver with the object that was returned
-// by RegisterCreateFlags
-func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(opts drivers.DriverOptions) error {
-	return nil
+	return pkgdrivers.Restart(d)
 }
 
 // Start a host
 func (d *Driver) Start() error {
-
-	// TODO: handle different disk types.
-	diskPath := filepath.Join(d.ResolveStorePath("."), d.MachineName+".rawdisk")
-	if _, err := os.Stat(diskPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		if err := createDiskImage(d.publicSSHKeyPath(), diskPath, d.DiskSize); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if err := fixPermissions(d.ResolveStorePath(".")); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	h, err := hyperkit.New("", "", filepath.Join(d.StorePath, "machines", d.MachineName))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -206,10 +167,9 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 	// Need to strip 0's
 	mac = trimMacAddress(mac)
 	log.Infof("Generated MAC %s", mac)
-
 	h.Disks = []hyperkit.DiskConfig{
 		{
-			Path:   diskPath,
+			Path:   pkgdrivers.GetDiskPath(d.BaseDriver),
 			Size:   d.DiskSize,
 			Driver: "virtio-blk",
 		},
@@ -256,10 +216,6 @@ func (d *Driver) extractKernel(isoPath string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) publicSSHKeyPath() string {
-	return d.GetSSHKeyPath() + ".pub"
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) sendSignal(s os.Signal) error {
 	pid := d.getPid()
 	proc, err := os.FindProcess(pid)
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/iso.go b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/iso.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/iso.go
rename to pkg/drivers/hyperkit/iso.go
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/network.go b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/network.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/network.go
rename to pkg/drivers/hyperkit/network.go
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/network_test.go b/pkg/drivers/hyperkit/network_test.go
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit/network_test.go
rename to pkg/drivers/hyperkit/network_test.go
diff --git a/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go b/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
index 20d8253247..91bd144cda 100644
--- a/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/kvm/kvm.go
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/log"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnflag"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnutils"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
 	libvirt "github.com/libvirt/libvirt-go"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	pkgdrivers "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 
 type Driver struct {
 	*drivers.BaseDriver
+	*pkgdrivers.CommonDriver
 
 	// How much memory, in MB, to allocate to the VM
 	Memory int
@@ -73,28 +73,20 @@ func NewDriver(hostName, storePath string) *Driver {
 		BaseDriver: &drivers.BaseDriver{
 			MachineName: hostName,
 			StorePath:   storePath,
+			SSHUser:     "docker",
 		},
+		CommonDriver:   &pkgdrivers.CommonDriver{},
 		Boot2DockerURL: constants.DefaultIsoUrl,
 		CPU:            constants.DefaultCPUS,
-		PrivateNetwork: defaultPrivateNetworkName,
 		DiskSize:       util.CalculateDiskSizeInMB(constants.DefaultDiskSize),
 		Memory:         constants.DefaultMemory,
+		PrivateNetwork: defaultPrivateNetworkName,
 		Network:        defaultNetworkName,
-		DiskPath:       filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", config.GetMachineName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.img", config.GetMachineName())),
+		DiskPath:       filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", config.GetMachineName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.rawdisk", config.GetMachineName())),
 		ISO:            filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", config.GetMachineName(), "boot2docker.iso"),
 	}
 }
 
-//Not implemented yet
-func (d *Driver) GetCreateFlags() []mcnflag.Flag {
-	return nil
-}
-
-//Not implemented yet
-func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) PreCommandCheck() error {
 	conn, err := getConnection()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -171,30 +163,10 @@ func (d *Driver) GetIP() (string, error) {
 	return ip, nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetMachineName() string {
-	return d.MachineName
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) GetSSHHostname() (string, error) {
 	return d.GetIP()
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
-	return "docker"
-}
-
-func (d *Driver) GetSSHKeyPath() string {
-	return d.ResolveStorePath("id_rsa")
-}
-
-func (d *Driver) GetSSHPort() (int, error) {
-	if d.SSHPort == 0 {
-		d.SSHPort = 22
-	}
-
-	return d.SSHPort, nil
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) DriverName() string {
 	return "kvm"
 }
@@ -210,16 +182,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Kill() error {
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Restart() error {
-	dom, conn, err := d.getDomain()
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting connection")
-	}
-	defer closeDomain(dom, conn)
-
-	if err := d.Stop(); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "stopping VM:")
-	}
-	return d.Start()
+	return pkgdrivers.Restart(d)
 }
 
 func (d *Driver) Start() error {
@@ -269,13 +232,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 
 func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	log.Info("Creating machine...")
-
-	//TODO(r2d4): rewrite this, not using b2dutils
-	b2dutils := mcnutils.NewB2dUtils(d.StorePath)
-	if err := b2dutils.CopyIsoToMachineDir(d.Boot2DockerURL, d.MachineName); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error copying ISO to machine dir")
-	}
-
 	log.Info("Creating network...")
 	err := d.createNetwork()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -301,8 +257,7 @@ func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	}
 
 	log.Info("Building disk image...")
-	err = d.buildDiskImage()
-	if err != nil {
+	if err = pkgdrivers.MakeDiskImage(d.BaseDriver, d.Boot2DockerURL, d.DiskSize); err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating disk")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/drivers/none/none.go b/pkg/drivers/none/none.go
similarity index 93%
rename from pkg/minikube/machine/drivers/none/none.go
rename to pkg/drivers/none/none.go
index ca976226da..1f9a8936f5 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/drivers/none/none.go
+++ b/pkg/drivers/none/none.go
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
-	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/mcnflag"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/state"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	pkgdrivers "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
 )
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ const driverName = "none"
 // none Driver is a driver designed to run localkube w/o a VM
 type Driver struct {
 	*drivers.BaseDriver
+	*pkgdrivers.CommonDriver
 	URL string
 }
 
@@ -59,10 +60,6 @@ func (d *Driver) PreCreateCheck() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetCreateFlags() []mcnflag.Flag {
-	return []mcnflag.Flag{}
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) Create() error {
 	// creation for the none driver is handled by commands.go
 	return nil
@@ -81,18 +78,10 @@ func (d *Driver) GetSSHHostname() (string, error) {
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("driver does not support ssh commands")
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetSSHKeyPath() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) GetSSHPort() (int, error) {
 	return 0, fmt.Errorf("driver does not support ssh commands")
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) GetSSHUsername() string {
-	return ""
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) GetURL() (string, error) {
 	return "tcp://127.0.0.1:2376", nil
 }
@@ -155,10 +144,6 @@ func (d *Driver) Restart() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (d *Driver) SetConfigFromFlags(flags drivers.DriverOptions) error {
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (d *Driver) Start() error {
 	if err := os.MkdirAll("/usr/lib/systemd/system/", os.FileMode(0755)); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_darwin.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_darwin.go
index 8cedadaf6c..a507c832dd 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_darwin.go
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/drivers/vmwarefusion"
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/hyperkit"
 	cfg "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/drivers/hyperkit"
 )
 
 func createVMwareFusionHost(config MachineConfig) drivers.Driver {
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
index 061fb52c66..f0d5c967db 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/cluster/cluster_linux.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/none"
 	cfg "k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/config"
 	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/constants"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine/drivers/none"
 )
 
 type kvmDriver struct {
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ func createKVMHost(config MachineConfig) *kvmDriver {
 		BaseDriver: &drivers.BaseDriver{
 			MachineName: cfg.GetMachineName(),
 			StorePath:   constants.GetMinipath(),
+			SSHUser:     "docker",
 		},
 		Memory:         config.Memory,
 		CPU:            config.CPUs,
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ func createKVMHost(config MachineConfig) *kvmDriver {
 		PrivateNetwork: "docker-machines",
 		Boot2DockerURL: config.Downloader.GetISOFileURI(config.MinikubeISO),
 		DiskSize:       config.DiskSize,
-		DiskPath:       filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", cfg.GetMachineName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.img", cfg.GetMachineName())),
+		DiskPath:       filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", cfg.GetMachineName(), fmt.Sprintf("%s.rawdisk", cfg.GetMachineName())),
 		ISO:            filepath.Join(constants.GetMinipath(), "machines", cfg.GetMachineName(), "boot2docker.iso"),
 		CacheMode:      "default",
 		IOMode:         "threads",
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
index 91bf179689..306c254e41 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/machine/client_linux.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/machine/libmachine/drivers/plugin"
 	"github.com/golang/glog"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/minikube/machine/drivers/none"
+	"k8s.io/minikube/pkg/drivers/none"
 )
 
 var driverMap = map[string]driverGetter{