diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 3e24b33718c..2d2e4530b88 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/arduino.py
     homeassistant/components/*/arduino.py
 
+    homeassistant/components/apcupsd.py
+    homeassistant/components/*/apcupsd.py
+
     homeassistant/components/bloomsky.py
     homeassistant/components/*/bloomsky.py
 
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/apcupsd.py b/homeassistant/components/apcupsd.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8abb06b54ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/apcupsd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.apcupsd
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Sets up and provides access to the status output of APCUPSd via its Network
+Information Server (NIS).
+"""
+import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
+
+from homeassistant.util import Throttle
+
+
+DOMAIN = "apcupsd"
+REQUIREMENTS = ("apcaccess==0.0.4",)
+
+CONF_HOST = "host"
+CONF_PORT = "port"
+CONF_TYPE = "type"
+
+DEFAULT_HOST = "localhost"
+DEFAULT_PORT = 3551
+
+KEY_STATUS = "STATUS"
+
+VALUE_ONLINE = "ONLINE"
+
+MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(seconds=60)
+
+DATA = None
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def setup(hass, config):
+    """ Use config values to set up a function enabling status retrieval. """
+    global DATA
+
+    host = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_HOST, DEFAULT_HOST)
+    port = config[DOMAIN].get(CONF_PORT, DEFAULT_PORT)
+
+    DATA = APCUPSdData(host, port)
+
+    # It doesn't really matter why we're not able to get the status, just that
+    # we can't.
+    # pylint: disable=broad-except
+    try:
+        DATA.update(no_throttle=True)
+    except Exception:
+        _LOGGER.exception("Failure while testing APCUPSd status retrieval.")
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
+class APCUPSdData(object):
+    """
+    Stores the data retrieved from APCUPSd for each entity to use, acts as the
+    single point responsible for fetching updates from the server.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, host, port):
+        from apcaccess import status
+        self._host = host
+        self._port = port
+        self._status = None
+        self._get = status.get
+        self._parse = status.parse
+
+    @property
+    def status(self):
+        """ Get latest update if throttle allows. Return status. """
+        self.update()
+        return self._status
+
+    def _get_status(self):
+        """ Get the status from APCUPSd and parse it into a dict. """
+        return self._parse(self._get(host=self._host, port=self._port))
+
+    @Throttle(MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES)
+    def update(self, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Fetch the latest status from APCUPSd and store it in self._status.
+        """
+        self._status = self._get_status()
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/binary_sensor/apcupsd.py b/homeassistant/components/binary_sensor/apcupsd.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8524b06e4ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/binary_sensor/apcupsd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.binary_sensor.apcupsd
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Provides a binary sensor to track online status of a UPS.
+"""
+from homeassistant.components.binary_sensor import BinarySensorDevice
+from homeassistant.components import apcupsd
+
+
+DEPENDENCIES = [apcupsd.DOMAIN]
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = "UPS Online Status"
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_entities, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Instantiate an OnlineStatus binary sensor entity and add it to HA. """
+    add_entities((OnlineStatus(config, apcupsd.DATA),))
+
+
+class OnlineStatus(BinarySensorDevice):
+    """ Binary sensor to represent UPS online status. """
+    def __init__(self, config, data):
+        self._config = config
+        self._data = data
+        self._state = None
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """ The name of the UPS online status sensor. """
+        return self._config.get("name", DEFAULT_NAME)
+
+    @property
+    def is_on(self):
+        """ True if the UPS is online, else False. """
+        return self._state == apcupsd.VALUE_ONLINE
+
+    def update(self):
+        """
+        Get the status report from APCUPSd (or cache) and set this entity's
+        state.
+        """
+        self._state = self._data.status[apcupsd.KEY_STATUS]
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/apcupsd.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/apcupsd.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d72dc4ae4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/apcupsd.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.apcupsd
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Provides a sensor to track various status aspects of a UPS.
+"""
+import logging
+
+from homeassistant.const import TEMP_CELCIUS
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+from homeassistant.components import apcupsd
+
+
+DEPENDENCIES = [apcupsd.DOMAIN]
+
+DEFAULT_NAME = "UPS Status"
+
+SPECIFIC_UNITS = {
+    "ITEMP": TEMP_CELCIUS
+}
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_entities, discovery_info=None):
+    """
+    Ensure that the 'type' config value has been set and use a specific unit
+    of measurement if required.
+    """
+    typ = config.get(apcupsd.CONF_TYPE)
+    if typ is None:
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            "You must include a '%s' when configuring an APCUPSd sensor.",
+            apcupsd.CONF_TYPE)
+        return False
+    typ = typ.upper()
+
+    if typ not in apcupsd.DATA.status:
+        _LOGGER.error(
+            "Specified '%s' of '%s' does not appear in the APCUPSd status "
+            "output.", apcupsd.CONF_TYPE, typ)
+        return False
+
+    add_entities((
+        Sensor(config, apcupsd.DATA, unit=SPECIFIC_UNITS.get(typ)),
+    ))
+
+
+def infer_unit(value):
+    """
+    If the value ends with any of the units from ALL_UNITS, split the unit
+    off the end of the value and return the value, unit tuple pair. Else return
+    the original value and None as the unit.
+    """
+    from apcaccess.status import ALL_UNITS
+    for unit in ALL_UNITS:
+        if value.endswith(unit):
+            return value[:-len(unit)], unit
+    return value, None
+
+
+class Sensor(Entity):
+    """ Generic sensor entity for APCUPSd status values. """
+    def __init__(self, config, data, unit=None):
+        self._config = config
+        self._unit = unit
+        self._data = data
+        self._inferred_unit = None
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._config.get("name", DEFAULT_NAME)
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        if self._unit is None:
+            return self._inferred_unit
+        return self._unit
+
+    def update(self):
+        """ Get the latest status and use it to update our sensor state. """
+        key = self._config[apcupsd.CONF_TYPE].upper()
+        self._state, self._inferred_unit = infer_unit(self._data.status[key])
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index f72daaecccf..b5313e5b7c2 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ SoCo==0.11.1
 # homeassistant.components.notify.twitter
 TwitterAPI==2.3.6
 
+# homeassistant.components.apcupsd
+apcaccess==0.0.4
+
 # homeassistant.components.sun
 astral==0.9