diff --git a/plugins/commands/serve/command.rb b/plugins/commands/serve/command.rb
index 2c50c5718..e45db3719 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/serve/command.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/serve/command.rb
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
         health_checker = Grpc::Health::Checker.new
         broker = Broker.new(bind: bind_addr, ports: ports)
 
-        [Service::InternalService, Service::ProviderService,
+        [Service::InternalService, Service::ProviderService, Service::GuestService,
           Service::HostService, Service::CommandService, Broker::Streamer].each do |service_klass|
           service = service_klass.new(broker: broker)
           s.handle(service)
diff --git a/plugins/commands/serve/service.rb b/plugins/commands/serve/service.rb
index 14ecffd57..1ebb72200 100644
--- a/plugins/commands/serve/service.rb
+++ b/plugins/commands/serve/service.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module VagrantPlugins
       SRV = Hashicorp::Vagrant
 
       autoload :CommandService, Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/serve/service/command_service").to_s
+      autoload :GuestService, Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/serve/service/guest_service").to_s
       autoload :HostService, Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/serve/service/host_service").to_s
       autoload :InternalService, Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/serve/service/internal_service").to_s
       autoload :ProviderService, Vagrant.source_root.join("plugins/commands/serve/service/provider_service").to_s
diff --git a/plugins/commands/serve/service/guest_service.rb b/plugins/commands/serve/service/guest_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4ff6951a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/commands/serve/service/guest_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+require "google/protobuf/well_known_types"
+
+module VagrantPlugins
+  module CommandServe
+    module Service
+      class GuestService < Hashicorp::Vagrant::Sdk::GuestService::Service
+        prepend Util::HasBroker
+        prepend Util::ExceptionLogger
+        LOGGER  = Log4r::Logger.new("vagrant::command::serve::command")
+
+        def detect_spec(*_)
+          SDK::FuncSpec.new(
+            name: "detect_spec",
+            args: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Args.Target",
+                name: "",
+              )
+            ],
+            result: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Platform.DetectResp",
+                name: "",
+              ),
+            ],
+          )
+        end
+
+        def detect(req, ctx)
+          ServiceInfo.with_info(ctx) do |info|
+            plugin_name = info.plugin_name
+            raw_target = req.args.detect { |a|
+              a.type == "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Args.Target"
+            }&.value&.value
+            target = Client::Target.load(raw_target, broker: broker)
+            machine_client = target.to_machine
+            # TODO: this machine should be a Remote::Machine
+            machine = machine_client
+
+            plugin = Vagrant.plugin("2").manager.guests[plugin_name.to_s.to_sym].to_a.first
+            if !plugin
+              LOGGER.debug("Failed to locate guest plugin for: #{plugin_name}")
+              raise "Failed to locate guest plugin for: #{plugin_name.inspect}"
+            end
+            guest = plugin.new
+            begin
+              detected = guest.detect?(machine)
+            rescue => err
+              LOGGER.debug("error detecting guest plugin!")
+              LOGGER.error(err)
+              LOGGER.debug("#{err.class}: #{err}\n#{err.backtrace.join("\n")}")
+              detected = false
+            end
+
+            LOGGER.debug("detected? #{detected}")
+            SDK::Platform::DetectResp.new(
+              detected: detected,
+            )
+          end
+        end
+
+        def parents_spec(*_)
+          SDK::FuncSpec.new(
+            name: "parents_spec",
+            result: [
+              type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Platform.ParentsResp",
+              name: "",
+            ]
+          )
+        end
+
+        def parents(req, ctx)
+          ServiceInfo.with_info(ctx) do |info|
+            plugin_name = info.plugin_name
+            plugin = Vagrant.plugin("2").manager.guest[plugin_name.to_s.to_sym].to_a.first
+            if !plugin
+              raise "Failed to locate guest plugin for: #{plugin_name.inspect}"
+            end
+            SDK::Platform::ParentsResp.new(
+              parents: plugin.new.parents
+            )
+          end
+        end
+
+        def has_capability_spec(*_)
+          SDK::FuncSpec.new(
+            name: "has_capability_spec",
+            args: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Args.NamedCapability",
+                name: "",
+              )
+            ],
+            result: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Platform.Capability.CheckResp",
+                name: "",
+              ),
+            ],
+          )
+        end
+
+        def has_capability(req, ctx)
+          # TODO
+        end
+
+        # TODO: Need to be able to specify all the arguments that are required
+        #       for the capability
+        def capability_spec(*_)
+          SDK::FuncSpec.new(
+            name: "has_capability_spec",
+            args: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Args.NamedCapability",
+                name: "",
+              ),
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Args.Target",
+                name: "",
+              ),
+            ],
+            result: [
+              SDK::FuncSpec::Value.new(
+                type: "hashicorp.vagrant.sdk.Platform.Capability.CheckResp",
+                name: "",
+              ),
+            ],
+          )
+        end
+
+        # TODO: Need to be able to specify all the arguments that are required
+        #       for the capability
+        def capability(req, ctx)
+          # TODO
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end