diff --git a/plugins/inventory/jail.py b/plugins/inventory/jail.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# (c) 2013, Michael Scherer <misc@zarb.org>
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible,
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from subprocess import Popen,PIPE
+import sys
+import json
+
+result = {}
+result['all'] = {}
+
+pipe = Popen(['jls', '-q', 'name'], stdout=PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+result['all']['hosts'] = [x[:-1] for x in pipe.stdout.readlines()]
+result['all']['vars'] = {}
+result['all']['vars']['ansible_connection'] = 'jail'
+
+if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == '--list':
+    print json.dumps(result)
+elif len(sys.argv) == 3 and sys.argv[1] == '--host':
+    print json.dumps({'ansible_connection': 'jail'})
+else:
+    print "Need a argument, either --list or --host <host>"