diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/services.yaml b/homeassistant/components/media_player/services.yaml
index 323fda37a02..ee0225d2a76 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/services.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/services.yaml
@@ -185,3 +185,22 @@ sonos_restore:
     entity_id:
       description: Name(s) of entites that will be restored. Platform dependent.
       example: 'media_player.living_room_sonos'
+
+sonos_set_sleep_timer:
+  description: Set a Sonos timer
+
+  fields:
+    entity_id:
+      description: Name(s) of entites that will have a timer set.
+      example: 'media_player.living_room_sonos'
+    sleep_time:
+      description: Number of seconds to set the timer
+      example: '900'
+
+sonos_clear_sleep_timer:
+  description: Clear a Sonos timer
+
+  fields:
+    entity_id:
+      description: Name(s) of entites that will have the timer cleared.
+      example: 'media_player.living_room_sonos'
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/media_player/sonos.py b/homeassistant/components/media_player/sonos.py
index dd57a61f230..3bc6778ce39 100755
--- a/homeassistant/components/media_player/sonos.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/media_player/sonos.py
@@ -42,14 +42,24 @@ SERVICE_GROUP_PLAYERS = 'sonos_group_players'
 SERVICE_UNJOIN = 'sonos_unjoin'
 SERVICE_SNAPSHOT = 'sonos_snapshot'
 SERVICE_RESTORE = 'sonos_restore'
+SERVICE_SET_TIMER = 'sonos_set_sleep_timer'
+SERVICE_CLEAR_TIMER = 'sonos_clear_sleep_timer'
 
 SUPPORT_SOURCE_LINEIN = 'Line-in'
 SUPPORT_SOURCE_TV = 'TV'
 
+# Service call validation schemas
+ATTR_SLEEP_TIME = 'sleep_time'
+
 SONOS_SCHEMA = vol.Schema({
     ATTR_ENTITY_ID: cv.entity_ids,
 })
 
+SONOS_SET_TIMER_SCHEMA = SONOS_SCHEMA.extend({
+    vol.Required(ATTR_SLEEP_TIME): vol.All(vol.Coerce(int),
+                                           vol.Range(min=0, max=86399))
+})
+
 # List of devices that have been registered
 DEVICES = []
 
@@ -126,6 +136,16 @@ def register_services(hass):
                            descriptions.get(SERVICE_RESTORE),
                            schema=SONOS_SCHEMA)
 
+    hass.services.register(DOMAIN, SERVICE_SET_TIMER,
+                           _set_sleep_timer_service,
+                           descriptions.get(SERVICE_SET_TIMER),
+                           schema=SONOS_SET_TIMER_SCHEMA)
+
+    hass.services.register(DOMAIN, SERVICE_CLEAR_TIMER,
+                           _clear_sleep_timer_service,
+                           descriptions.get(SERVICE_CLEAR_TIMER),
+                           schema=SONOS_SCHEMA)
+
 
 def _apply_service(service, service_func, *service_func_args):
     """Internal func for applying a service."""
@@ -162,6 +182,19 @@ def _restore_service(service):
     _apply_service(service, SonosDevice.restore)
 
 
+def _set_sleep_timer_service(service):
+    """Set a timer."""
+    _apply_service(service,
+                   SonosDevice.set_sleep_timer,
+                   service.data[ATTR_SLEEP_TIME])
+
+
+def _clear_sleep_timer_service(service):
+    """Set a timer."""
+    _apply_service(service,
+                   SonosDevice.clear_sleep_timer)
+
+
 def only_if_coordinator(func):
     """Decorator for coordinator.
 
@@ -553,6 +586,16 @@ class SonosDevice(MediaPlayerDevice):
         """Restore snapshot for the player."""
         self.soco_snapshot.restore(True)
 
+    @only_if_coordinator
+    def set_sleep_timer(self, sleep_time):
+        """Set the timer on the player."""
+        self._player.set_sleep_timer(sleep_time)
+
+    @only_if_coordinator
+    def clear_sleep_timer(self):
+        """Clear the timer on the player."""
+        self._player.set_sleep_timer(None)
+
     @property
     def available(self):
         """Return True if player is reachable, False otherwise."""
diff --git a/tests/components/media_player/test_sonos.py b/tests/components/media_player/test_sonos.py
index d1fb87ef44a..42f39ca5572 100755
--- a/tests/components/media_player/test_sonos.py
+++ b/tests/components/media_player/test_sonos.py
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class SoCoMock():
         self.is_visible = True
         self.avTransport = AvTransportMock()
 
+    def clear_sleep_timer(self):
+        """Clear the sleep timer."""
+        return
+
     def get_speaker_info(self):
         """Return a dict with various data points about the speaker."""
         return {'serial_number': 'B8-E9-37-BO-OC-BA:2',
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@ class SoCoMock():
         """Cause the speaker to join all other speakers in the network."""
         return
 
+    def set_sleep_timer(self, sleep_time_seconds):
+        """Set the sleep timer."""
+        return
+
     def unjoin(self):
         """Cause the speaker to separate itself from other speakers."""
         return
@@ -154,6 +162,24 @@ class TestSonosMediaPlayer(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(unjoinMock.call_count, 1)
         self.assertEqual(unjoinMock.call_args, mock.call())
 
+    @mock.patch('soco.SoCo', new=SoCoMock)
+    @mock.patch.object(SoCoMock, 'set_sleep_timer')
+    def test_sonos_set_sleep_timer(self, set_sleep_timerMock):
+        """Ensuring soco methods called for sonos_set_sleep_timer service."""
+        sonos.setup_platform(self.hass, {}, mock.MagicMock(), '192.0.2.1')
+        device = sonos.DEVICES[-1]
+        device.set_sleep_timer(30)
+        set_sleep_timerMock.assert_called_once_with(30)
+
+    @mock.patch('soco.SoCo', new=SoCoMock)
+    @mock.patch.object(SoCoMock, 'set_sleep_timer')
+    def test_sonos_clear_sleep_timer(self, set_sleep_timerMock):
+        """Ensuring soco methods called for sonos_clear_sleep_timer service."""
+        sonos.setup_platform(self.hass, {}, mock.MagicMock(), '192.0.2.1')
+        device = sonos.DEVICES[-1]
+        device.set_sleep_timer(None)
+        set_sleep_timerMock.assert_called_once_with(None)
+
     @mock.patch('soco.SoCo', new=SoCoMock)
     @mock.patch.object(soco.snapshot.Snapshot, 'snapshot')
     def test_sonos_snapshot(self, snapshotMock):