diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 2eeb3a1530d..3ecf2411384 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -421,7 +421,6 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/emoncms_history.py
     homeassistant/components/emulated_hue/upnp.py
     homeassistant/components/fan/mqtt.py
-    homeassistant/components/feedreader.py
     homeassistant/components/folder_watcher.py
     homeassistant/components/foursquare.py
     homeassistant/components/goalfeed.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/feedreader.py b/homeassistant/components/feedreader.py
index 2c0e146491a..61fbe9f3171 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/feedreader.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/feedreader.py
@@ -55,16 +55,28 @@ class FeedManager(object):
         self._firstrun = True
         self._storage = storage
         self._last_entry_timestamp = None
+        self._last_update_successful = False
         self._has_published_parsed = False
+        self._event_type = EVENT_FEEDREADER
+        self._feed_id = url
         hass.bus.listen_once(
             EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START, lambda _: self._update())
-        track_utc_time_change(
-            hass, lambda now: self._update(), minute=0, second=0)
+        self._init_regular_updates(hass)
 
     def _log_no_entries(self):
         """Send no entries log at debug level."""
         _LOGGER.debug("No new entries to be published in feed %s", self._url)
 
+    def _init_regular_updates(self, hass):
+        """Schedule regular updates at the top of the clock."""
+        track_utc_time_change(
+            hass, lambda now: self._update(), minute=0, second=0)
+
+    @property
+    def last_update_successful(self):
+        """Return True if the last feed update was successful."""
+        return self._last_update_successful
+
     def _update(self):
         """Update the feed and publish new entries to the event bus."""
         import feedparser
@@ -76,26 +88,39 @@ class FeedManager(object):
                                       else self._feed.get('modified'))
         if not self._feed:
             _LOGGER.error("Error fetching feed data from %s", self._url)
+            self._last_update_successful = False
         else:
+            # The 'bozo' flag really only indicates that there was an issue
+            # during the initial parsing of the XML, but it doesn't indicate
+            # whether this is an unrecoverable error. In this case the
+            # feedparser lib is trying a less strict parsing approach.
+            # If an error is detected here, log error message but continue
+            # processing the feed entries if present.
             if self._feed.bozo != 0:
-                _LOGGER.error("Error parsing feed %s", self._url)
+                _LOGGER.error("Error parsing feed %s: %s", self._url,
+                              self._feed.bozo_exception)
             # Using etag and modified, if there's no new data available,
             # the entries list will be empty
-            elif self._feed.entries:
+            if self._feed.entries:
                 _LOGGER.debug("%s entri(es) available in feed %s",
                               len(self._feed.entries), self._url)
-                if len(self._feed.entries) > MAX_ENTRIES:
-                    _LOGGER.debug("Processing only the first %s entries "
-                                  "in feed %s", MAX_ENTRIES, self._url)
-                    self._feed.entries = self._feed.entries[0:MAX_ENTRIES]
+                self._filter_entries()
                 self._publish_new_entries()
                 if self._has_published_parsed:
                     self._storage.put_timestamp(
-                        self._url, self._last_entry_timestamp)
+                        self._feed_id, self._last_entry_timestamp)
             else:
                 self._log_no_entries()
+            self._last_update_successful = True
         _LOGGER.info("Fetch from feed %s completed", self._url)
 
+    def _filter_entries(self):
+        """Filter the entries provided and return the ones to keep."""
+        if len(self._feed.entries) > MAX_ENTRIES:
+            _LOGGER.debug("Processing only the first %s entries "
+                          "in feed %s", MAX_ENTRIES, self._url)
+            self._feed.entries = self._feed.entries[0:MAX_ENTRIES]
+
     def _update_and_fire_entry(self, entry):
         """Update last_entry_timestamp and fire entry."""
         # We are lucky, `published_parsed` data available, let's make use of
@@ -109,12 +134,12 @@ class FeedManager(object):
             _LOGGER.debug("No published_parsed info available for entry %s",
                           entry.title)
         entry.update({'feed_url': self._url})
-        self._hass.bus.fire(EVENT_FEEDREADER, entry)
+        self._hass.bus.fire(self._event_type, entry)
 
     def _publish_new_entries(self):
         """Publish new entries to the event bus."""
         new_entries = False
-        self._last_entry_timestamp = self._storage.get_timestamp(self._url)
+        self._last_entry_timestamp = self._storage.get_timestamp(self._feed_id)
         if self._last_entry_timestamp:
             self._firstrun = False
         else:
@@ -157,18 +182,18 @@ class StoredData(object):
                 _LOGGER.error("Error loading data from pickled file %s",
                               self._data_file)
 
-    def get_timestamp(self, url):
-        """Return stored timestamp for given url."""
+    def get_timestamp(self, feed_id):
+        """Return stored timestamp for given feed id (usually the url)."""
         self._fetch_data()
-        return self._data.get(url)
+        return self._data.get(feed_id)
 
-    def put_timestamp(self, url, timestamp):
-        """Update timestamp for given URL."""
+    def put_timestamp(self, feed_id, timestamp):
+        """Update timestamp for given feed id (usually the url)."""
         self._fetch_data()
         with self._lock, open(self._data_file, 'wb') as myfile:
-            self._data.update({url: timestamp})
+            self._data.update({feed_id: timestamp})
             _LOGGER.debug("Overwriting feed %s timestamp in storage file %s",
-                          url, self._data_file)
+                          feed_id, self._data_file)
             try:
                 pickle.dump(self._data, myfile)
             except:  # noqa: E722  # pylint: disable=bare-except
diff --git a/tests/components/test_feedreader.py b/tests/components/test_feedreader.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2288e21e37a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/components/test_feedreader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+"""The tests for the feedreader component."""
+import time
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import unittest
+from genericpath import exists
+from logging import getLogger
+from os import remove
+from unittest import mock
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from homeassistant.components import feedreader
+from homeassistant.components.feedreader import CONF_URLS, FeedManager, \
+    StoredData, EVENT_FEEDREADER
+from homeassistant.const import EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START
+from homeassistant.core import callback
+from homeassistant.setup import setup_component
+from tests.common import get_test_home_assistant, assert_setup_component, \
+    load_fixture
+
+_LOGGER = getLogger(__name__)
+
+URL = 'http://some.rss.local/rss_feed.xml'
+VALID_CONFIG_1 = {
+    feedreader.DOMAIN: {
+        CONF_URLS: [URL]
+    }
+}
+
+
+class TestFeedreaderComponent(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test the feedreader component."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Initialize values for this testcase class."""
+        self.hass = get_test_home_assistant()
+        # Delete any previously stored data
+        data_file = self.hass.config.path("{}.pickle".format('feedreader'))
+        if exists(data_file):
+            remove(data_file)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """Stop everything that was started."""
+        self.hass.stop()
+
+    def test_setup_one_feed(self):
+        """Test the general setup of this component."""
+        with assert_setup_component(1, 'feedreader'):
+            self.assertTrue(setup_component(self.hass, feedreader.DOMAIN,
+                                            VALID_CONFIG_1))
+
+    def setup_manager(self, feed_data):
+        """Generic test setup method."""
+        events = []
+
+        @callback
+        def record_event(event):
+            """Add recorded event to set."""
+            events.append(event)
+
+        self.hass.bus.listen(EVENT_FEEDREADER, record_event)
+
+        # Loading raw data from fixture and plug in to data object as URL
+        # works since the third-party feedparser library accepts a URL
+        # as well as the actual data.
+        data_file = self.hass.config.path("{}.pickle".format(
+            feedreader.DOMAIN))
+        storage = StoredData(data_file)
+        with patch("homeassistant.components.feedreader."
+                   "track_utc_time_change") as track_method:
+            manager = FeedManager(feed_data, self.hass, storage)
+            # Can't use 'assert_called_once' here because it's not available
+            # in Python 3.5 yet.
+            track_method.assert_called_once_with(self.hass, mock.ANY, minute=0,
+                                                 second=0)
+        # Artificially trigger update.
+        self.hass.bus.fire(EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START)
+        # Collect events.
+        self.hass.block_till_done()
+        return manager, events
+
+    def test_feed(self):
+        """Test simple feed with valid data."""
+        feed_data = load_fixture('feedreader.xml')
+        manager, events = self.setup_manager(feed_data)
+        assert len(events) == 1
+        assert events[0].data.title == "Title 1"
+        assert events[0].data.description == "Description 1"
+        assert events[0].data.link == "http://www.example.com/link/1"
+        assert events[0].data.id == "GUID 1"
+        assert datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            time.mktime(events[0].data.published_parsed)) == \
+            datetime(2018, 4, 30, 5, 10, 0)
+        assert manager.last_update_successful is True
+
+    def test_feed_updates(self):
+        """Test feed updates."""
+        # 1. Run
+        feed_data = load_fixture('feedreader.xml')
+        manager, events = self.setup_manager(feed_data)
+        assert len(events) == 1
+        # 2. Run
+        feed_data2 = load_fixture('feedreader1.xml')
+        # Must patch 'get_timestamp' method because the timestamp is stored
+        # with the URL which in these tests is the raw XML data.
+        with patch("homeassistant.components.feedreader.StoredData."
+                   "get_timestamp", return_value=time.struct_time(
+                (2018, 4, 30, 5, 10, 0, 0, 120, 0))):
+            manager2, events2 = self.setup_manager(feed_data2)
+            assert len(events2) == 1
+        # 3. Run
+        feed_data3 = load_fixture('feedreader1.xml')
+        with patch("homeassistant.components.feedreader.StoredData."
+                   "get_timestamp", return_value=time.struct_time(
+                (2018, 4, 30, 5, 11, 0, 0, 120, 0))):
+            manager3, events3 = self.setup_manager(feed_data3)
+            assert len(events3) == 0
+
+    def test_feed_max_length(self):
+        """Test long feed beyond the 20 entry limit."""
+        feed_data = load_fixture('feedreader2.xml')
+        manager, events = self.setup_manager(feed_data)
+        assert len(events) == 20
+
+    def test_feed_without_publication_date(self):
+        """Test simple feed with entry without publication date."""
+        feed_data = load_fixture('feedreader3.xml')
+        manager, events = self.setup_manager(feed_data)
+        assert len(events) == 2
+
+    def test_feed_invalid_data(self):
+        """Test feed with invalid data."""
+        feed_data = "INVALID DATA"
+        manager, events = self.setup_manager(feed_data)
+        assert len(events) == 0
+        assert manager.last_update_successful is True
+
+    @mock.patch('feedparser.parse', return_value=None)
+    def test_feed_parsing_failed(self, mock_parse):
+        """Test feed where parsing fails."""
+        data_file = self.hass.config.path("{}.pickle".format(
+            feedreader.DOMAIN))
+        storage = StoredData(data_file)
+        manager = FeedManager("FEED DATA", self.hass, storage)
+        # Artificially trigger update.
+        self.hass.bus.fire(EVENT_HOMEASSISTANT_START)
+        # Collect events.
+        self.hass.block_till_done()
+        assert manager.last_update_successful is False
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/feedreader.xml b/tests/fixtures/feedreader.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8c85a4975ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/feedreader.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 1</title>
+            <description>Description 1</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/1</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 1</guid>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/feedreader1.xml b/tests/fixtures/feedreader1.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ff856125779
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/feedreader1.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 1</title>
+            <description>Description 1</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/1</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 1</guid>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 2</title>
+            <description>Description 2</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/2</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 2</guid>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:11:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/feedreader2.xml b/tests/fixtures/feedreader2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..653a16e4561
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/feedreader2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 1</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 2</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:01:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 3</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:02:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 4</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:03:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 5</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:04:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 6</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:05:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 7</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:06:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 8</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:07:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 9</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:08:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 10</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:09:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 11</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 12</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:11:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 13</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:12:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 14</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:13:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 15</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:14:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 16</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:15:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 17</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:16:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 18</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:17:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 19</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:18:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 20</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:19:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 21</title>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:20:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+
+    </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/feedreader3.xml b/tests/fixtures/feedreader3.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b28e067cfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/feedreader3.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<rss version="2.0">
+    <channel>
+        <title>RSS Sample</title>
+        <description>This is an example of an RSS feed</description>
+        <link>http://www.example.com/main.html</link>
+        <lastBuildDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 12:00:00 +1000 </lastBuildDate>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:00:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        <ttl>1800</ttl>
+
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 1</title>
+            <description>Description 1</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/1</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 1</guid>
+            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:10:00 +1000</pubDate>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <title>Title 2</title>
+            <description>Description 2</description>
+            <link>http://www.example.com/link/2</link>
+            <guid isPermaLink="false">GUID 2</guid>
+        </item>
+
+    </channel>
+</rss>