diff --git a/data_source_quantum_file.go b/data_source_quantum_file.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5309c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data_source_quantum_file.go
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+)
+
+func dataSourceQuantumFile() *schema.Resource {
+	return &schema.Resource{
+		Read: resourceLocalFileRead,
+
+		Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+			"content": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:      true,
+				ForceNew:      true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"sensitive_content"},
+			},
+			"sensitive_content": {
+				Type:          schema.TypeString,
+				Optional:      true,
+				ForceNew:      true,
+				Sensitive:     true,
+				ConflictsWith: []string{"content"},
+			},
+			"filename": {
+				Type:        schema.TypeString,
+				Description: "Path to the output file",
+				Required:    true,
+				ForceNew:    true,
+			},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func resourceLocalFileRead(d *schema.ResourceData, _ interface{}) error {
+	content := resourceLocalFileContent(d)
+	destination := d.Get("filename").(string)
+
+	destinationDir := path.Dir(destination)
+	if _, err := os.Stat(destinationDir); err != nil {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(destinationDir, 0777); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := ioutil.WriteFile(destination, []byte(content), 0777); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	checksum := sha1.Sum([]byte(content))
+	d.SetId(hex.EncodeToString(checksum[:]))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func resourceLocalFileContent(d *schema.ResourceData) string {
+	content := d.Get("content")
+	sensitiveContent, sensitiveSpecified := d.GetOk("sensitive_content")
+	useContent := content.(string)
+	if sensitiveSpecified {
+		useContent = sensitiveContent.(string)
+	}
+
+	return useContent
+}
diff --git a/data_source_quantum_file_test.go b/data_source_quantum_file_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adcdb1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data_source_quantum_file_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	r "github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/resource"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+func TestFile_basic(t *testing.T) {
+	var cases = []struct {
+		path    string
+		content string
+		config  string
+	}{
+		{
+			"quantum_file",
+			"This is some content",
+			`data "quantum_file" "file" {
+         content     = "This is some content"
+         filename    = "quantum_file"
+      }`,
+		},
+		{
+			"quantum_file",
+			"This is some sensitive content",
+			`data "quantum_file" "file" {
+         sensitive_content     = "This is some sensitive content"
+         filename    = "quantum_file"
+      }`,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range cases {
+		r.UnitTest(t, r.TestCase{
+			Providers: testProviders,
+			Steps: []r.TestStep{
+				{
+					Config: tt.config,
+					Check: func(s *terraform.State) error {
+						content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(tt.path)
+						if err != nil {
+							return fmt.Errorf("config:\n%s\n,got: %s\n", tt.config, err)
+						}
+						if string(content) != tt.content {
+							return fmt.Errorf("config:\n%s\ngot:\n%s\nwant:\n%s\n", tt.config, content, tt.content)
+						}
+						return nil
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		})
+	}
+
+	os.Remove("quantum_file")
+}
diff --git a/provider.go b/provider.go
index 3ca3aad..b8e8629 100644
--- a/provider.go
+++ b/provider.go
@@ -6,18 +6,21 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
 )
 
+func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
+	return &schema.Provider{
+		DataSourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
+			"quantum_file":       dataSourceQuantumFile(),
+			"quantum_query_json": dataSourceQuantumQueryJSON(),
+			"quantum_list_files": dataSourceQuantumListFiles(),
+		},
+		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
+			"quantum_password": resourceQuantumPassword(),
+		},
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeOpts{
-		ProviderFunc: func() terraform.ResourceProvider {
-			return &schema.Provider{
-				DataSourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
-					"quantum_query_json": dataSourceQuantumQueryJSON(),
-					"quantum_list_files": dataSourceQuantumListFiles(),
-				},
-				ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
-					"quantum_password": resourceQuantumPassword(),
-				},
-			}
-		},
+		ProviderFunc: Provider,
 	})
 }
diff --git a/provider_test.go b/provider_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5ab89f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/provider_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/helper/schema"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/terraform/terraform"
+)
+
+var testProviders = map[string]terraform.ResourceProvider{
+	"quantum": Provider(),
+}
+
+func TestProvider(t *testing.T) {
+	if err := Provider().(*schema.Provider).InternalValidate(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %s", err)
+	}
+}