diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/linode.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/linode.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d22b8f693
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/linode.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# This code is part of Ansible, but is an independent component.
+# This particular file snippet, and this file snippet only, is BSD licensed.
+# Modules you write using this snippet, which is embedded dynamically by Ansible
+# still belong to the author of the module, and may assign their own license
+# to the complete work.
+#
+# Copyright (c), Luke Murphy @lwm
+# All rights reserved.
+#
+# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+#
+#    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+#      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+#    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+#      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+#      and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+#
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+# ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+# IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
+# INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
+# PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+# INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+# LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE
+# USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+#
+
+
+def get_user_agent(module):
+    """Retrieve a user-agent to send with LinodeClient requests."""
+    try:
+        from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import __version__ as ansible_version
+    except ImportError:
+        ansible_version = 'unknown'
+    return 'Ansible-%s/%s' % (module, ansible_version)
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/linode/linode_v4.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/linode/linode_v4.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7eecd2a86e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/linode/linode_v4.py
@@ -0,0 +1,297 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ansible Project
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+
+# (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community',
+}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: linode_v4
+short_description: Manage instances on the Linode cloud.
+description: Manage instances on the Linode cloud.
+version_added: "2.8"
+requirements:
+  - python >= 2.7
+  - linode_api4 >= 2.0.0
+author:
+  - Luke Murphy (@lwm)
+notes:
+  - No Linode resizing is currently implemented. This module will, in time,
+    replace the current Linode module which uses deprecated API bindings on the
+    Linode side.
+options:
+  region:
+    description:
+      - The region of the instance. This is a required parameter only when
+        creating Linode instances. See
+        U(https://developers.linode.com/api/v4#tag/Regions).
+    required: false
+    type: str
+  image:
+    description:
+      - The image of the instance. This is a required parameter only when
+        creating Linode instances. See
+        U(https://developers.linode.com/api/v4#tag/Images).
+    type: str
+    required: false
+  type:
+    description:
+      - The type of the instance. This is a required parameter only when
+        creating Linode instances. See
+        U(https://developers.linode.com/api/v4#tag/Linode-Types).
+    type: str
+    required: false
+  label:
+    description:
+      - The instance label. This label is used as the main determiner for
+        idempotence for the module and is therefore mandatory.
+    type: str
+    required: true
+  group:
+    description:
+       - The group that the instance should be marked under. Please note, that
+         group labelling is deprecated but still supported. The encouraged
+         method for marking instances is to use tags.
+    type: str
+    required: false
+  tags:
+    description:
+      - The tags that the instance should be marked under. See
+        U(https://developers.linode.com/api/v4#tag/Tags).
+    required: false
+    type: list
+  root_pass:
+    description:
+      - The password for the root user. If not specified, one will be
+        generated. This generated password will be available in the task
+        success JSON.
+    required: false
+    type: str
+  authorized_keys:
+    description:
+      - A list of SSH public key parts to deploy for the root user.
+    required: false
+    type: list
+  state:
+    description:
+      - The desired instance state.
+    type: str
+    choices:
+        - present
+        - absent
+    required: true
+  access_token:
+    description:
+      - The Linode API v4 access token. It may also be specified by exposing
+        the C(LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN) environment variable. See
+        U(https://developers.linode.com/api/v4#section/Access-and-Authentication).
+    required: true
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: Create a new Linode.
+  linode_v4:
+    label: new-linode
+    type: g6-nanode-1
+    region: eu-west
+    image: linode/debian9
+    root_pass: passw0rd
+    authorized_keys:
+      - "ssh-rsa ..."
+    state: present
+
+- name: Delete that new Linode.
+  linode_v4:
+    label: new-linode
+    state: absent
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+instance:
+  description: The instance description in JSON serialized form.
+  returned: Always.
+  type: dict
+  sample: {
+    "root_pass": "foobar",  # if auto-generated
+    "alerts": {
+      "cpu": 90,
+      "io": 10000,
+      "network_in": 10,
+      "network_out": 10,
+      "transfer_quota": 80
+    },
+    "backups": {
+      "enabled": false,
+      "schedule": {
+        "day": null,
+        "window": null
+      }
+    },
+    "created": "2018-09-26T08:12:33",
+    "group": "Foobar Group",
+    "hypervisor": "kvm",
+    "id": 10480444,
+    "image": "linode/centos7",
+    "ipv4": [
+      "130.132.285.233"
+    ],
+    "ipv6": "2a82:7e00::h03c:46ff:fe04:5cd2/64",
+    "label": "lin-foo",
+    "region": "eu-west",
+    "specs": {
+      "disk": 25600,
+      "memory": 1024,
+      "transfer": 1000,
+      "vcpus": 1
+    },
+    "status": "running",
+    "tags": [],
+    "type": "g6-nanode-1",
+    "updated": "2018-09-26T10:10:14",
+    "watchdog_enabled": true
+  }
+"""
+
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule, env_fallback
+from ansible.module_utils.linode import get_user_agent
+
+try:
+    from linode_api4 import Instance, LinodeClient
+    HAS_LINODE_DEPENDENCY = True
+except ImportError:
+    HAS_LINODE_DEPENDENCY = False
+
+
+def create_linode(module, client, **kwargs):
+    """Creates a Linode instance and handles return format."""
+    if kwargs['root_pass'] is None:
+        kwargs.pop('root_pass')
+
+    try:
+        response = client.linode.instance_create(**kwargs)
+    except Exception as exception:
+        raise module.fail_json(msg=(
+            'Unable to query the Linode API. Saw: %s'
+        ) % exception)
+
+    try:
+        if isinstance(response, tuple):
+            instance, root_pass = response
+            instance_json = instance._raw_json
+            instance_json.update({'root_pass': root_pass})
+            return instance_json
+        else:
+            return response._raw_json
+    except TypeError:
+        raise module.fail_json(msg=(
+            'Unable to parse Linode instance creation '
+            'response. Please raise a bug against this '
+            'module on https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues'
+        ))
+
+
+def maybe_instance_from_label(module, client):
+    """Try to retrieve an instance based on a label."""
+    try:
+        label = module.params['label']
+        result = client.linode.instances(Instance.label == label)
+        return result[0]
+    except IndexError:
+        return None
+    except Exception as exception:
+        raise module.fail_json(msg=(
+            'Unable to query the Linode API. Saw: %s'
+        ) % exception)
+
+
+def initialise_module():
+    """Initialise the module parameter specification."""
+    return AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            label=dict(type='str', required=True),
+            state=dict(
+                type='str',
+                required=True,
+                choices=['present', 'absent']
+            ),
+            access_token=dict(
+                type='str',
+                required=True,
+                no_log=True,
+                fallback=(env_fallback, ['LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN']),
+            ),
+            authorized_keys=dict(type='list', required=False),
+            group=dict(type='str', required=False),
+            image=dict(type='str', required=False),
+            region=dict(type='str', required=False),
+            root_pass=dict(type='str', required=False, no_log=True),
+            tags=dict(type='list', required=False),
+            type=dict(type='str', required=False),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=False,
+        required_one_of=(
+            ['state', 'label'],
+        ),
+        required_together=(
+            ['region', 'image', 'type'],
+        )
+    )
+
+
+def build_client(module):
+    """Build a LinodeClient."""
+    return LinodeClient(
+        module.params['access_token'],
+        user_agent=get_user_agent('linode_v4_module')
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    """Module entrypoint."""
+    module = initialise_module()
+
+    if not HAS_LINODE_DEPENDENCY:
+        msg = 'The linode_v4 module requires the linode_api4 package'
+        raise module.fail_json(msg=msg)
+
+    client = build_client(module)
+    instance = maybe_instance_from_label(module, client)
+
+    if module.params['state'] == 'present' and instance is not None:
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, instance=instance._raw_json)
+
+    elif module.params['state'] == 'present' and instance is None:
+        instance_json = create_linode(
+            module, client,
+            authorized_keys=module.params['authorized_keys'],
+            group=module.params['group'],
+            image=module.params['image'],
+            label=module.params['label'],
+            region=module.params['region'],
+            root_pass=module.params['root_pass'],
+            tags=module.params['tags'],
+            ltype=module.params['type'],
+        )
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, instance=instance_json)
+
+    elif module.params['state'] == 'absent' and instance is not None:
+        instance.delete()
+        module.exit_json(changed=True, instance=instance._raw_json)
+
+    elif module.params['state'] == 'absent' and instance is None:
+        module.exit_json(changed=False, instance={})
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/__init__.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/conftest.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5dadafc5f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def access_token(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setenv('LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'barfoo')
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def no_access_token_in_env(monkeypatch):
+    try:
+        monkeypatch.delenv('LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN')
+    except KeyError:
+        pass
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def default_args():
+    return {'state': 'present', 'label': 'foo'}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def mock_linode():
+    class Linode():
+        def delete(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            pass
+
+        @property
+        def _raw_json(self):
+            return {
+                "alerts": {
+                    "cpu": 90,
+                    "io": 10000,
+                    "network_in": 10,
+                    "network_out": 10,
+                    "transfer_quota": 80
+                },
+                "backups": {
+                    "enabled": False,
+                    "schedule": {
+                        "day": None,
+                        "window": None,
+                    }
+                },
+                "created": "2018-09-26T08:12:33",
+                "group": "Foobar Group",
+                "hypervisor": "kvm",
+                "id": 10480444,
+                "image": "linode/centos7",
+                "ipv4": [
+                    "130.132.285.233"
+                ],
+                "ipv6": "2a82:7e00::h03c:46ff:fe04:5cd2/64",
+                "label": "lin-foo",
+                "region": "eu-west",
+                "specs": {
+                    "disk": 25600,
+                    "memory": 1024,
+                    "transfer": 1000,
+                    "vcpus": 1
+                },
+                "status": "running",
+                "tags": [],
+                "type": "g6-nanode-1",
+                "updated": "2018-09-26T10:10:14",
+                "watchdog_enabled": True
+            }
+    return Linode()
diff --git a/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/test_linode_v4.py b/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/test_linode_v4.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a85ff85169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/cloud/linode_v4/test_linode_v4.py
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+
+import json
+import os
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+
+linode_apiv4 = pytest.importorskip('linode_api4')
+mandatory_py_version = pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.version_info < (2, 7),
+    reason='The linode_api4 dependency requires python2.7 or higher'
+)
+
+from linode_api4.errors import ApiError as LinodeApiError
+from linode_api4 import LinodeClient
+
+from ansible.modules.cloud.linode import linode_v4
+from ansible.module_utils.linode import get_user_agent
+from units.modules.utils import set_module_args
+from units.compat import mock
+
+
+def test_mandatory_state_is_validated(capfd):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        set_module_args({'label': 'foo'})
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in ('state', 'required'))
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+
+
+def test_mandatory_label_is_validated(capfd):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        set_module_args({'state': 'present'})
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in ('label', 'required'))
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+
+
+def test_mandatory_access_token_is_validated(default_args,
+                                             no_access_token_in_env,
+                                             capfd):
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        set_module_args(default_args)
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in (
+        'missing',
+        'required',
+        'access_token',
+    ))
+
+
+def test_mandatory_access_token_passed_in_env(default_args,
+                                              access_token):
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    try:
+        module = linode_v4.initialise_module()
+    except SystemExit:
+        pytest.fail("'access_token' is passed in environment")
+
+    now_set_token = module.params['access_token']
+    assert now_set_token == os.environ['LINODE_ACCESS_TOKEN']
+
+
+def test_mandatory_access_token_passed_in_as_parameter(default_args,
+                                                       no_access_token_in_env):
+    default_args.update({'access_token': 'foo'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    try:
+        module = linode_v4.initialise_module()
+    except SystemExit:
+        pytest.fail("'access_token' is passed in as parameter")
+
+    assert module.params['access_token'] == 'foo'
+
+
+def test_instance_by_label_cannot_authenticate(capfd, access_token,
+                                               default_args):
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+    module = linode_v4.initialise_module()
+    client = LinodeClient(module.params['access_token'])
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, side_effect=LinodeApiError('foo')):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+            linode_v4.maybe_instance_from_label(module, client)
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+    assert 'Unable to query the Linode API' in results['msg']
+
+
+def test_no_instances_found_with_label_gives_none(default_args,
+                                                  access_token):
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+    module = linode_v4.initialise_module()
+    client = LinodeClient(module.params['access_token'])
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[]):
+        result = linode_v4.maybe_instance_from_label(module, client)
+
+    assert result is None
+
+
+def test_optional_region_is_validated(default_args, capfd, access_token):
+    default_args.update({'type': 'foo', 'image': 'bar'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in (
+        'required',
+        'together',
+        'region'
+    ))
+
+
+def test_optional_type_is_validated(default_args, capfd, access_token):
+    default_args.update({'region': 'foo', 'image': 'bar'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in (
+        'required',
+        'together',
+        'type'
+    ))
+
+
+def test_optional_image_is_validated(default_args, capfd, access_token):
+    default_args.update({'type': 'foo', 'region': 'bar'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    with pytest.raises(SystemExit):
+        linode_v4.initialise_module()
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['failed'] is True
+    assert all(txt in results['msg'] for txt in (
+        'required',
+        'together',
+        'image'
+    ))
+
+
+def test_instance_already_created(default_args,
+                                  mock_linode,
+                                  capfd,
+                                  access_token):
+    default_args.update({
+        'type': 'foo',
+        'region': 'bar',
+        'image': 'baz'
+    })
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[mock_linode]):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit_exc:
+            linode_v4.main()
+
+    assert sys_exit_exc.value.code == 0
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['changed'] is False
+    assert 'root_password' not in results['instance']
+    assert (
+        results['instance']['label'] ==
+        mock_linode._raw_json['label']
+    )
+
+
+def test_instance_to_be_created_without_root_pass(default_args,
+                                                  mock_linode,
+                                                  capfd,
+                                                  access_token):
+    default_args.update({
+        'type': 'foo',
+        'region': 'bar',
+        'image': 'baz'
+    })
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[]):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit_exc:
+            target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instance_create'
+            with mock.patch(target, return_value=(mock_linode, 'passw0rd')):
+                linode_v4.main()
+
+    assert sys_exit_exc.value.code == 0
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['changed'] is True
+    assert (
+        results['instance']['label'] ==
+        mock_linode._raw_json['label']
+    )
+    assert results['instance']['root_pass'] == 'passw0rd'
+
+
+def test_instance_to_be_created_with_root_pass(default_args,
+                                               mock_linode,
+                                               capfd,
+                                               access_token):
+    default_args.update({
+        'type': 'foo',
+        'region': 'bar',
+        'image': 'baz',
+        'root_pass': 'passw0rd',
+    })
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[]):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit_exc:
+            target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instance_create'
+            with mock.patch(target, return_value=mock_linode):
+                linode_v4.main()
+
+    assert sys_exit_exc.value.code == 0
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['changed'] is True
+    assert (
+        results['instance']['label'] ==
+        mock_linode._raw_json['label']
+    )
+    assert 'root_pass' not in results['instance']
+
+
+def test_instance_to_be_deleted(default_args,
+                                mock_linode,
+                                capfd,
+                                access_token):
+    default_args.update({'state': 'absent'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[mock_linode]):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit_exc:
+            linode_v4.main()
+
+    assert sys_exit_exc.value.code == 0
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['changed'] is True
+    assert (
+        results['instance']['label'] ==
+        mock_linode._raw_json['label']
+    )
+
+
+def test_instance_already_deleted_no_change(default_args,
+                                            mock_linode,
+                                            capfd,
+                                            access_token):
+    default_args.update({'state': 'absent'})
+    set_module_args(default_args)
+
+    target = 'linode_api4.linode_client.LinodeGroup.instances'
+    with mock.patch(target, return_value=[]):
+        with pytest.raises(SystemExit) as sys_exit_exc:
+            linode_v4.main()
+
+    assert sys_exit_exc.value.code == 0
+
+    out, err = capfd.readouterr()
+    results = json.loads(out)
+
+    assert results['changed'] is False
+    assert results['instance'] == {}
+
+
+def test_user_agent_created_properly():
+    try:
+        from ansible.module_utils.ansible_release import (
+            __version__ as ansible_version
+        )
+    except ImportError:
+        ansible_version = 'unknown'
+
+    expected_user_agent = 'Ansible-linode_v4_module/%s' % ansible_version
+    assert expected_user_agent == get_user_agent('linode_v4_module')