diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7d82096..492aaf4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ aeron_driver-sys = { path = "./aeron_driver-sys" }
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = "2.33"
 ctrlc = "3.1.3"
+tempfile = "3.1"
diff --git a/src/driver.rs b/src/driver.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded7b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/driver.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+//! Bindings for the C Media Driver
+
+use std::ffi::{CStr, CString};
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+use std::path::Path;
+use std::ptr;
+
+use aeron_driver_sys::*;
+
+/// Error code and message returned by the Media Driver
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+pub struct DriverError {
+    code: i32,
+    msg: String,
+}
+
+/// Context used to set up the Media Driver
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct DriverContext {
+    aeron_dir: Option<CString>,
+}
+
+impl DriverContext {
+    /// Set the Aeron directory path that will be used for storing the files
+    /// Aeron uses to communicate with clients.
+    pub fn set_aeron_dir(mut self, path: &Path) -> Self {
+        // UNWRAP: Fails only if there is a null byte in the provided path
+        let c_string = CString::new(path.as_os_str().as_bytes()).unwrap();
+        self.aeron_dir = Some(c_string);
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! aeron_op {
+    ($op:expr) => {
+        if $op < 0 {
+            let code = ::aeron_driver_sys::aeron_errcode();
+            let msg = CStr::from_ptr(::aeron_driver_sys::aeron_errmsg())
+                .to_str()
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string();
+            Err(DriverError { code, msg })
+        } else {
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    };
+}
+
+/// Holder object to interface with the Media Driver
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MediaDriver {
+    c_context: *mut aeron_driver_context_t,
+    c_driver: *mut aeron_driver_t,
+}
+
+impl MediaDriver {
+    /// Set up a new Media Driver
+    pub fn with_context(mut context: DriverContext) -> Result<Self, DriverError> {
+        let mut driver = MediaDriver {
+            c_context: ptr::null_mut(),
+            c_driver: ptr::null_mut(),
+        };
+
+        unsafe { aeron_op!(aeron_driver_context_init(&mut driver.c_context)) }?;
+
+        context.aeron_dir.take().map(|dir| unsafe {
+            aeron_op!(aeron_driver_context_set_dir(
+                driver.c_context,
+                dir.into_raw()
+            ))
+        });
+
+        unsafe { aeron_op!(aeron_driver_init(&mut driver.c_driver, driver.c_context)) }?;
+
+        Ok(driver)
+    }
+
+    /// Set up a new Media Driver with default options
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, DriverError> {
+        Self::with_context(DriverContext::default())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Drop for MediaDriver {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if self.c_driver != ptr::null_mut() {
+            unsafe { aeron_op!(aeron_driver_close(self.c_driver)) }.unwrap();
+        }
+        if self.c_context != ptr::null_mut() {
+            unsafe { aeron_op!(aeron_driver_context_close(self.c_context)) }.unwrap();
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::driver::{DriverContext, DriverError, MediaDriver};
+    use std::ffi::CStr;
+    use tempfile::tempdir;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multiple_startup_failure() {
+        // We immediately close `tempdir` because we just want the name; Aeron needs
+        // to set up the directory itself.
+        let dir = tempdir().unwrap();
+        let dir_path = dir.as_ref().to_path_buf();
+        dir.close().unwrap();
+
+        let context = DriverContext::default().set_aeron_dir(&dir_path);
+        let driver = MediaDriver::with_context(context).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            unsafe { CStr::from_ptr((*driver.c_context).aeron_dir) }.to_str(),
+            Ok(dir_path.to_str().unwrap())
+        );
+        drop(driver);
+
+        // Attempting to start a media driver twice in rapid succession is guaranteed
+        // cause an issue because the new media driver must wait for a heartbeat timeout.
+        let context = DriverContext::default().set_aeron_dir(&dir_path);
+        let driver_res = MediaDriver::with_context(context);
+
+        assert!(driver_res.is_err());
+        assert_eq!(
+            driver_res.unwrap_err(),
+            DriverError {
+                code: 0,
+                msg: format!("could not recreate aeron dir {}: ", dir_path.display())
+            }
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 966a11a..8a199bb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! [Aeron](https://github.com/real-logic/aeron) client for Rust
 #![deny(missing_docs)]
 
-mod context;
+pub mod driver;
 
 /// Retrieve the C library version in (major, minor, patch) format
 pub fn aeron_version() -> (u32, u32, u32) {