diff --git a/homeassistant/components/rollershutter/command_rollershutter.py b/homeassistant/components/rollershutter/command_rollershutter.py
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+"""
+homeassistant.components.rollershutter.command_rollershutter
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Allows to configure a command rollershutter.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/rollershutter.command_rollershutter/
+"""
+import logging
+import subprocess
+
+from homeassistant.components.rollershutter import RollershutterDevice
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_VALUE_TEMPLATE
+from homeassistant.util import template
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices_callback, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Find and return rollershutter controlled by shell commands. """
+
+    rollershutters = config.get('rollershutters', {})
+    devices = []
+
+    for dev_name, properties in rollershutters.items():
+        devices.append(
+            CommandRollershutter(
+                hass,
+                properties.get('name', dev_name),
+                properties.get('upcmd', 'true'),
+                properties.get('downcmd', 'true'),
+                properties.get('stopcmd', 'true'),
+                properties.get('statecmd', False),
+                properties.get(CONF_VALUE_TEMPLATE, '{{ value }}')))
+    add_devices_callback(devices)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-instance-attributes
+class CommandRollershutter(RollershutterDevice):
+    """ Represents a rollershutter -  can be controlled using shell cmd. """
+
+    # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments
+    def __init__(self, hass, name, command_up, command_down, command_stop,
+                 command_state, value_template):
+
+        self._hass = hass
+        self._name = name
+        self._state = None  # Unknown
+        self._command_up = command_up
+        self._command_down = command_down
+        self._command_stop = command_stop
+        self._command_state = command_state
+        self._value_template = value_template
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _move_rollershutter(command):
+        """ Execute the actual commands. """
+        _LOGGER.info('Running command: %s', command)
+
+        success = (subprocess.call(command, shell=True) == 0)
+
+        if not success:
+            _LOGGER.error('Command failed: %s', command)
+
+        return success
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _query_state_value(command):
+        """ Execute state command for return value. """
+        _LOGGER.info('Running state command: %s', command)
+
+        try:
+            return_value = subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True)
+            return return_value.strip().decode('utf-8')
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+            _LOGGER.error('Command failed: %s', command)
+
+    @property
+    def should_poll(self):
+        """ Only poll if we have statecmd. """
+        return self._command_state is not None
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """ The name of the rollershutter. """
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def current_position(self):
+        """
+        Return current position of rollershutter.
+        None is unknown, 0 is closed, 100 is fully open.
+        """
+        return self._state
+
+    def _query_state(self):
+        """ Query for state. """
+        if not self._command_state:
+            _LOGGER.error('No state command specified')
+            return
+        return self._query_state_value(self._command_state)
+
+    def update(self):
+        """ Update device state. """
+        if self._command_state:
+            payload = str(self._query_state())
+            if self._value_template:
+                payload = template.render_with_possible_json_value(
+                    self._hass, self._value_template, payload)
+            self._state = int(payload)
+
+    def move_up(self, **kwargs):
+        """ Move the rollershutter up. """
+        self._move_rollershutter(self._command_up)
+
+    def move_down(self, **kwargs):
+        """ Move the rollershutter down. """
+        self._move_rollershutter(self._command_down)
+
+    def stop(self, **kwargs):
+        """ Stop the device. """
+        self._move_rollershutter(self._command_stop)
diff --git a/tests/components/rollershutter/test_command_rollershutter.py b/tests/components/rollershutter/test_command_rollershutter.py
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+"""
+tests.components.rollershutter.command_rollershutter
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Tests the command_rollershutter component
+"""
+
+import os
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from unittest import mock
+
+import homeassistant.core as ha
+import homeassistant.components.rollershutter as rollershutter
+from homeassistant.components.rollershutter import (
+    command_rollershutter as cmd_rs)
+
+
+class TestCommandRollerShutter(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.hass = ha.HomeAssistant()
+        self.hass.config.latitude = 32.87336
+        self.hass.config.longitude = 117.22743
+        self.rs = cmd_rs.CommandRollershutter(self.hass, 'foo',
+                                              'cmd_up', 'cmd_dn',
+                                              'cmd_stop', 'cmd_state',
+                                              None)  # FIXME
+
+    def teardown_method(self, method):
+        """ Stop down stuff we started. """
+        self.hass.stop()
+
+    def test_should_poll(self):
+        self.assertTrue(self.rs.should_poll)
+        self.rs._command_state = None
+        self.assertFalse(self.rs.should_poll)
+
+    def test_query_state_value(self):
+        with mock.patch('subprocess.check_output') as mock_run:
+            mock_run.return_value = b' foo bar '
+            result = self.rs._query_state_value('runme')
+            self.assertEqual('foo bar', result)
+            mock_run.assert_called_once_with('runme', shell=True)
+
+    def test_state_value(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tempdirname:
+            path = os.path.join(tempdirname, 'rollershutter_status')
+            test_rollershutter = {
+                'statecmd': 'cat {}'.format(path),
+                'upcmd': 'echo 1 > {}'.format(path),
+                'downcmd': 'echo 1 > {}'.format(path),
+                'stopcmd': 'echo 0 > {}'.format(path),
+                'value_template': '{{ value }}'
+            }
+            self.assertTrue(rollershutter.setup(self.hass, {
+                'rollershutter': {
+                    'platform': 'command_rollershutter',
+                    'rollershutters': {
+                        'test': test_rollershutter
+                    }
+                }
+            }))
+
+            state = self.hass.states.get('rollershutter.test')
+            self.assertEqual('unknown', state.state)
+
+            rollershutter.move_up(self.hass, 'rollershutter.test')
+            self.hass.pool.block_till_done()
+
+            state = self.hass.states.get('rollershutter.test')
+            self.assertEqual('open', state.state)
+
+            rollershutter.move_down(self.hass, 'rollershutter.test')
+            self.hass.pool.block_till_done()
+
+            state = self.hass.states.get('rollershutter.test')
+            self.assertEqual('open', state.state)
+
+            rollershutter.stop(self.hass, 'rollershutter.test')
+            self.hass.pool.block_till_done()
+
+            state = self.hass.states.get('rollershutter.test')
+            self.assertEqual('closed', state.state)