diff --git a/examples/profile_upload/.kitchen.yml b/examples/profile_upload/.kitchen.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d49ad58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/profile_upload/.kitchen.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+---
+driver:
+  name: vagrant
+  synced_folders:
+    - ["./profile_tar", "/opt", 'create: true']
+
+provisioner:
+  name: chef_zero
+
+platforms:
+  - name: ubuntu-14.04
+  - name: centos-7.2
+
+suites:
+  - name: default
+    run_list:
+      - recipe[profile_upload::default]
+    attributes:
+      audit:
+        collector: 'chef-compliance'
+        server: "https://192.168.33.201/api"
+        inspec_version: 1.2.1
+        insecure: true
+        refresh_token: '4/0N2sqBYyHpmxwBO0KegXs7IPJ9tKF6qQDB9iCOA72pDJLGcHQ69XZWOIOIT6JEwlmBFnLd7o_UN5MlwMTM_ofg=='
+        owner: admin
+        profiles:
+          - name: admin/hardening
+            path: /opt/ssh-hardening.tar.gz
diff --git a/examples/profile_upload/Berksfile b/examples/profile_upload/Berksfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b420cc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/profile_upload/Berksfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+source 'https://supermarket.chef.io'
+
+metadata
+
+cookbook 'audit', path: '../../../audit'
diff --git a/examples/profile_upload/README.md b/examples/profile_upload/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50847a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/profile_upload/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# profile_upload
+
+Example cookbook used to upload a profile to chef-compliance.
+
+To use this cookbook:
+
+1) ensure you update the .kitchen.yml with your:
+   * chef-compliance server url
+   * refresh_token
+   * user (owner)
+
+2) create a directory in this directory named 'profile_tar', and stick an archived
+   profile in there (something like: ssh-hardening.tar.gz)
+     (Note: you can easily archive an existing profile using `inspec archive PATH`)
+
+3) run `kitchen converge`
+
+4) go look in chef-compliance, under the compliance profiles section, and see your
+   uploaded profile! tada!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/profile_upload/metadata.rb b/examples/profile_upload/metadata.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..223d7383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/profile_upload/metadata.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name 'profile_upload'
+maintainer 'The Authors'
+maintainer_email 'you@example.com'
+license 'all_rights'
+description 'Installs/Configures test-profiles'
+long_description 'Installs/Configures test-profiles'
+version '0.1.0'
+
+# If you upload to Supermarket you should set this so your cookbook
+# gets a `View Issues` link
+# issues_url 'https://github.com/<insert_org_here>/test-profiles/issues' if respond_to?(:issues_url)
+
+# If you upload to Supermarket you should set this so your cookbook
+# gets a `View Source` link
+# source_url 'https://github.com/<insert_org_here>/test-profiles' if respond_to?(:source_url)
+
+depends 'audit'
diff --git a/examples/profile_upload/recipes/default.rb b/examples/profile_upload/recipes/default.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c835b6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/profile_upload/recipes/default.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: test-profiles
+# Recipe:: default
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2016 The Authors, All Rights Reserved.
+
+# package 'git'
+
+include_recipe 'audit::upload'
diff --git a/libraries/compliance.rb b/libraries/compliance.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def96533
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/compliance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+# load all the inspec and compliance bundle requirements
+def load_inspec_libs
+  require 'inspec'
+  require 'bundles/inspec-compliance/api'
+  require 'bundles/inspec-compliance/http'
+  require 'bundles/inspec-compliance/configuration'
+end
+
+# exchanges refresh token for access token. access token is needed
+# to get a proper config to talk with the compliance api
+def retrieve_access_token(server_url, refresh_token, insecure)
+  success, msg, access_token = Compliance::API.get_token_via_refresh_token(server_url, refresh_token, insecure)
+  unless success
+    Chef::Log.error("Unable to get a Chef Compliance API access_token: #{msg}")
+  end
+  access_token
+end
+
+# used for compliance config
+def compliance_version
+  Compliance::API.version(server, insecure)
+end
+
+# check if profile already exists on compliance server
+def check_existence(config, path)
+  Compliance::API.exist?(config, path)
+end
+
+# upload profile to compliance server
+def upload_profile(config, owner, profile_name, path)
+  Compliance::API.upload(config, owner, profile_name, path)
+end
diff --git a/libraries/helper.rb b/libraries/helper.rb
index 283d95db..6b8937e6 100644
--- a/libraries/helper.rb
+++ b/libraries/helper.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ def entity_uuid
     end
   end
 
+  # Convert the strings in the profile definitions into symbols for handling
   def tests_for_runner
     tests = node['audit']['profiles']
     tests_for_runner = tests.map { |test| Hash[test.map { |k, v| [k.to_sym, v] }] }
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 4b42a7b1..faa98a84 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include_recipe 'chef_handler'
 
-# install inspec if require
+# install inspec
 inspec 'inspec' do
   version node['audit']['inspec_version']
   action :install
diff --git a/recipes/upload.rb b/recipes/upload.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecf8d87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/upload.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: audit
+# Recipe:: upload
+#
+# Copyright 2016 Chef Software, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+# ensure inspec is available
+inspec 'inspec' do
+  version node['audit']['inspec_version']
+  action :install
+end
+
+# iterate over all selected profiles and upload them
+node['audit']['profiles'].each do |profile|
+  profile_owner = profile[:name]
+  profile_path = profile[:path]
+  Chef::Log.error "Invalid profile name '#{profile_owner}'. "\
+       "Must contain /, e.g. 'john/ssh'" if profile_owner !~ %r{\/}
+  _o, p = profile_owner.split('/').last(2)
+  Chef::Log.error "Invalid path '#{profile_path}'" if profile_path.nil?
+
+  # upload profile
+  compliance_upload p do
+    profile_name p
+    owner node['audit']['owner']
+    server node['audit']['server']
+    path profile[:path]
+    insecure node['audit']['insecure']
+    overwrite node['audit']['overwrite']
+    refresh_token node['audit']['refresh_token']
+    action :upload
+  end
+end
diff --git a/resources/inspec.rb b/resources/inspec.rb
index a11082b2..5e1e8874 100644
--- a/resources/inspec.rb
+++ b/resources/inspec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 default_action :install
 
-# installs inspec if required
+# installs inspec
 action :install do
   converge_by 'install/update inspec' do
     chef_gem 'inspec' do
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 def verify_inspec_version(inspec_version)
   require 'inspec'
-  # check we have the right inspec version
+  # check that we have the right inspec version
   if Inspec::VERSION != inspec_version && inspec_version !='latest'
     Chef::Log.warn "Wrong version of inspec (#{Inspec::VERSION}), please "\
       'remove old versions (/opt/chef/embedded/bin/gem uninstall inspec).'
diff --git a/resources/upload.rb b/resources/upload.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c55d8b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/upload.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+provides :compliance_upload
+resource_name :compliance_upload
+
+property :path, String
+property :owner, String, required: true
+property :server, [String, URI, nil]
+property :insecure, [TrueClass, FalseClass], default: false
+property :overwrite, [TrueClass, FalseClass], default: true
+property :refresh_token, String
+property :profile_name, String
+
+default_action :upload
+
+# upload profile to compliance server
+action :upload do
+  converge_by 'run profile validation checks' do
+    load_inspec_libs
+    Chef::Log.error 'Path to profile archive not specified' if path.nil?
+    Chef::Log.error "Profile archive file #{path} does not exist." unless ::File.exist?(path)
+    profile = Inspec::Profile.for_target(path, {})
+    result = profile.check
+    Chef::Log.info result[:summary].inspect
+    Chef::Log.error 'Profile check failed' unless result[:summary][:valid]
+    Chef::Log.info 'Profile is valid'
+  end
+
+  converge_by 'upload compliance profile' do
+    access_token = retrieve_access_token(server, refresh_token, insecure)
+
+    Chef::Log.error 'Unable to read access token, aborting upload' unless access_token
+    config = Compliance::Configuration.new
+    config['token'] = access_token
+    config['insecure'] = insecure
+    config['server'] = server
+    config['version'] = compliance_version
+    if check_existence(config, "#{profile_name}/#{path}") && !overwrite
+      Chef::Log.error 'Profile exists on the server, use property `overwrite`'
+    else
+      success, msg = upload_profile(config, owner, profile_name, path)
+      if success
+        Chef::Log.info 'Successfully uploaded profile'
+      else
+        Chef::Log.error "Error during profile upload: #{msg}"
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end