diff --git a/hbmqtt/broker.py b/hbmqtt/broker.py
index e69de29..3ba007c 100644
--- a/hbmqtt/broker.py
+++ b/hbmqtt/broker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Nicolas JOUANIN
+#
+# See the file license.txt for copying permission.
+import logging
+import asyncio
+
+from transitions import Machine, MachineError
+
+
+_defaults = {
+        'bind-address': 'localhost',
+        'bind-port': 1883
+}
+
+
+class BrokerException(BaseException):
+    pass
+
+
+class Broker:
+    states = ['new', 'starting', 'started', 'not_started', 'stopping', 'stopped', 'not_stopped', 'stopped']
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, loop=None):
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+        self.config = _defaults
+        if config is not None:
+            self.config.update(config)
+
+        if loop is not None:
+            self._loop = loop
+        else:
+            self._loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+
+        self._server = None
+
+        self._init_states()
+
+    def _init_states(self):
+        self.machine = Machine(states=Broker.states, initial='new')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='start', source='new', dest='starting')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='starting_fail', source='starting', dest='not_started')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='starting_success', source='starting', dest='started')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='shutdown', source='started', dest='stopping')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='stopping_success', source='stopping', dest='stopped')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='stopping_failure', source='stopping', dest='not_stopped')
+        self.machine.add_transition(trigger='start', source='stopped', dest='starting')
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def start(self):
+        try:
+            self.machine.start()
+            self.logger.debug("Broker starting")
+        except MachineError as me:
+            self.logger.debug("Invalid method call at this moment: %s" % me)
+            raise BrokerException("Broker instance can't be started: %s" % me)
+
+        try:
+            self._server = yield from asyncio.start_server(self.client_connected, self.config['bind-address'], self.config['bind-port'], loop=self._loop)
+            self.logger.info("Broker listening on %s:%d" % (self.config['bind-address'], self.config['bind-port']))
+            self.machine.starting_success()
+        except Exception as e:
+            self.logger.error("Broker startup failed: %s" % e)
+            self.machine.starting_fail()
+            raise BrokerException("Broker instance can't be started: %s" % e)
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def shutdown(self):
+        try:
+            self.machine.shutdown()
+        except MachineError as me:
+            self.logger.debug("Invalid method call at this moment: %s" % me)
+            raise BrokerException("Broker instance can't be stopped: %s" % me)
+        self._server.close()
+        self.logger.debug("Broker closing")
+        yield from self._server.wait_closed()
+        self.logger.info("Broker closed")
+        self.machine.stopping_success()
+
+
+    @asyncio.coroutine
+    def client_connected(self, reader, writer):
+        pass
diff --git a/samples/broker_start.py b/samples/broker_start.py
index e69de29..d137c7a 100644
--- a/samples/broker_start.py
+++ b/samples/broker_start.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import logging
+import asyncio
+from hbmqtt.broker import Broker
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+broker = Broker()
+
+@asyncio.coroutine
+def test_coro():
+    yield from broker.start()
+    yield from asyncio.sleep(5)
+    yield from broker.shutdown()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    formatter = "[%(asctime)s] {%(filename)s:%(lineno)d} %(levelname)s - %(message)s"
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format=formatter)
+    asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(test_coro())