diff --git a/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ca97606e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/linux/scripts/installers/swift.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+################################################################################
+##  File:  swift.sh
+##  Desc:  Installs Swift
+################################################################################
+
+# Source the helpers for use with the script
+source $HELPER_SCRIPTS/document.sh
+
+# Install
+image_label="$(lsb_release -rs)"
+swift_version=$(curl -s https://swift.org/download/ | grep -m1 "id=\"swift-" | awk -F"[ <]" '{print $4}')
+
+wget -P /tmp https://swift.org/builds/swift-$swift_version-release/ubuntu${image_label//./}/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
+tar xzf /tmp/swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label.tar.gz
+mv swift-$swift_version-RELEASE-ubuntu$image_label /usr/share/swift
+
+SWIFT_PATH="/usr/share/swift/usr/bin"
+SWIFT_BIN="$SWIFT_PATH/swift"
+ln -s "$SWIFT_BIN" /usr/local/bin/swift
+echo "SWIFT_PATH=$SWIFT_PATH" | tee -a /etc/environment
+
+# Run tests to determine that the software installed as expected
+echo "Testing to make sure that script performed as expected, and basic scenarios work"
+if ! command -v swift; then
+    echo "Swift was not installed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Document what was added to the image
+echo "Lastly, documenting what we added to the metadata file"
+DocumentInstalledItem "$(swift --version)"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
index e604b0581..78a0d8041 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu1604.json
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/aws.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/build-essential.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/clang.sh",
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/swift.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/cmake.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh",
diff --git a/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json b/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
index 6396229d7..70ab724ab 100644
--- a/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
+++ b/images/linux/ubuntu1804.json
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/aws.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/build-essential.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/clang.sh",
+                "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/swift.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/cmake.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-compose.sh",
                 "{{template_dir}}/scripts/installers/docker-moby.sh",