diff --git a/homeassistant/components/switch/tellstick.py b/homeassistant/components/switch/tellstick.py
index 84f5d2b31d5..6f9070d28fb 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/switch/tellstick.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/switch/tellstick.py
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ homeassistant.components.switch.tellstick
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 Support for Tellstick switches.
+
+Because the tellstick sends its actions via radio and from most
+receivers it's impossible to know if the signal was received or not.
+Therefore you can configure the switch to try to send each signal repeatedly
+with the config parameter signal_repetitions (default is 1).
+signal_repetitions: 3
 """
 import logging
 
@@ -11,6 +17,8 @@ from homeassistant.const import ATTR_FRIENDLY_NAME
 from homeassistant.helpers.entity import ToggleEntity
 import tellcore.constants as tellcore_constants
 
+SINGAL_REPETITIONS = 1
+
 
 # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices_callback, discovery_info=None):
@@ -22,6 +30,8 @@ def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices_callback, discovery_info=None):
             "Failed to import tellcore")
         return
 
+    signal_repetitions = config.get('signal_repetitions', SINGAL_REPETITIONS)
+
     core = telldus.TelldusCore()
     switches_and_lights = core.devices()
 
@@ -29,7 +39,7 @@ def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices_callback, discovery_info=None):
 
     for switch in switches_and_lights:
         if not switch.methods(tellcore_constants.TELLSTICK_DIM):
-            switches.append(TellstickSwitchDevice(switch))
+            switches.append(TellstickSwitchDevice(switch, signal_repetitions))
 
     add_devices_callback(switches)
 
@@ -39,9 +49,10 @@ class TellstickSwitchDevice(ToggleEntity):
     last_sent_command_mask = (tellcore_constants.TELLSTICK_TURNON |
                               tellcore_constants.TELLSTICK_TURNOFF)
 
-    def __init__(self, tellstick):
+    def __init__(self, tellstick, signal_repetitions):
         self.tellstick = tellstick
         self.state_attr = {ATTR_FRIENDLY_NAME: tellstick.name}
+        self.signal_repetitions = signal_repetitions
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -63,8 +74,10 @@ class TellstickSwitchDevice(ToggleEntity):
 
     def turn_on(self, **kwargs):
         """ Turns the switch on. """
-        self.tellstick.turn_on()
+        for _ in range(self.signal_repetitions):
+            self.tellstick.turn_on()
 
     def turn_off(self, **kwargs):
         """ Turns the switch off. """
-        self.tellstick.turn_off()
+        for _ in range(self.signal_repetitions):
+            self.tellstick.turn_off()