diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/fixtures.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/fixtures.go
index 1b820a6..4c0a00d 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/fixtures.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/fixtures.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
     `)
 
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusAccepted)
 
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, `
 {
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
index d4bdb98..92bd0b2 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package vips
 
 import (
+	"github.com/racker/perigee"
+
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
 )
@@ -13,3 +15,57 @@
 		return VIPPage{pagination.SinglePageBase(r)}
 	})
 }
+
+// CreateOptsBuilder is the interface options structs have to satisfy in order
+// to be used in the main Create operation in this package. Since many
+// extensions decorate or modify the common logic, it is useful for them to
+// satisfy a basic interface in order for them to be used.
+type CreateOptsBuilder interface {
+	ToVIPCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error)
+}
+
+// CreateOpts is the common options struct used in this package's Create
+// operation.
+type CreateOpts struct {
+	ID string
+
+	Type string
+
+	Version string
+}
+
+// ToVIPCreateMap casts a CreateOpts struct to a map.
+func (opts CreateOpts) ToVIPCreateMap() (map[string]interface{}, error) {
+	lb := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	if opts.ID != "" {
+		lb["id"] = opts.ID
+	}
+	if opts.Type != "" {
+		lb["type"] = opts.Type
+	}
+	if opts.Version != "" {
+		lb["ipVersion"] = opts.Version
+	}
+
+	return lb, nil
+}
+
+func Create(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient, lbID int, opts CreateOptsBuilder) CreateResult {
+	var res CreateResult
+
+	reqBody, err := opts.ToVIPCreateMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		res.Err = err
+		return res
+	}
+
+	_, res.Err = perigee.Request("POST", rootURL(c, lbID), perigee.Options{
+		MoreHeaders: c.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+		ReqBody:     &reqBody,
+		Results:     &res.Body,
+		OkCodes:     []int{202},
+	})
+
+	return res
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests_test.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests_test.go
index a50fbae..762b139 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests_test.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/requests_test.go
@@ -38,3 +38,27 @@
 	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
 	th.AssertEquals(t, 1, count)
 }
+
+func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	mockCreateResponse(t, lbID)
+
+	opts := CreateOpts{
+		Type:    "PUBLIC",
+		Version: "IPV6",
+	}
+
+	vip, err := Create(client.ServiceClient(), lbID, opts).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	expected := &VIP{
+		Address: "fd24:f480:ce44:91bc:1af2:15ff:0000:0002",
+		ID:      9000134,
+		Type:    "PUBLIC",
+		Version: "IPV6",
+	}
+
+	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, expected, vip)
+}
diff --git a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/results.go b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/results.go
index a3bfed7..aa5ef37 100644
--- a/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/results.go
+++ b/rackspace/lb/v1/vips/results.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import (
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/pagination"
 )
 
@@ -40,3 +42,22 @@
 
 	return resp.VIPs, err
 }
+
+type commonResult struct {
+	gophercloud.Result
+}
+
+func (r commonResult) Extract() (*VIP, error) {
+	if r.Err != nil {
+		return nil, r.Err
+	}
+
+	resp := &VIP{}
+	err := mapstructure.Decode(r.Body, resp)
+
+	return resp, err
+}
+
+type CreateResult struct {
+	commonResult
+}