diff --git a/homeassistant/components/cover/tellstick.py b/homeassistant/components/cover/tellstick.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..56a5a24b409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/cover/tellstick.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+"""
+Support for Tellstick covers.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/cover.tellstick/
+"""
+
+
+from homeassistant.components.cover import CoverDevice
+from homeassistant.components.tellstick import (
+    DEFAULT_SIGNAL_REPETITIONS, ATTR_DISCOVER_DEVICES, ATTR_DISCOVER_CONFIG,
+    DATA_TELLSTICK, TellstickDevice)
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """Set up the Tellstick covers."""
+    if (discovery_info is None or
+            discovery_info[ATTR_DISCOVER_DEVICES] is None):
+        return
+
+    signal_repetitions = discovery_info.get(
+        ATTR_DISCOVER_CONFIG, DEFAULT_SIGNAL_REPETITIONS)
+
+    add_devices([TellstickCover(hass.data[DATA_TELLSTICK][tellcore_id],
+                                signal_repetitions)
+                 for tellcore_id in discovery_info[ATTR_DISCOVER_DEVICES]],
+                True)
+
+
+class TellstickCover(TellstickDevice, CoverDevice):
+    """Representation of a Tellstick cover."""
+
+    @property
+    def is_closed(self):
+        """Return the current position of the cover is not possible."""
+        return None
+
+    @property
+    def assumed_state(self):
+        """Return True if unable to access real state of the entity."""
+        return True
+
+    def close_cover(self, **kwargs):
+        """Close the cover."""
+        self._tellcore_device.down()
+
+    def open_cover(self, **kwargs):
+        """Open the cover."""
+        self._tellcore_device.up()
+
+    def stop_cover(self, **kwargs):
+        """Stop the cover."""
+        self._tellcore_device.stop()
+
+    def _parse_tellcore_data(self, tellcore_data):
+        """Turn the value received from tellcore into something useful."""
+        pass
+
+    def _parse_ha_data(self, kwargs):
+        """Turn the value from HA into something useful."""
+        pass
+
+    def _update_model(self, new_state, data):
+        """Update the device entity state to match the arguments."""
+        pass
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/tellstick.py b/homeassistant/components/tellstick.py
index bcef0d3fb85..9746dbf749f 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/tellstick.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/tellstick.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def _discover(hass, config, component_name, found_tellcore_devices):
 
 def setup(hass, config):
     """Set up the Tellstick component."""
-    from tellcore.constants import TELLSTICK_DIM
+    from tellcore.constants import (TELLSTICK_DIM, TELLSTICK_UP)
     from tellcore.telldus import AsyncioCallbackDispatcher
     from tellcore.telldus import TelldusCore
     from tellcorenet import TellCoreClient
@@ -102,16 +102,22 @@ def setup(hass, config):
     hass.data[DATA_TELLSTICK] = {device.id: device for
                                  device in tellcore_devices}
 
-    # Discover the switches
-    _discover(hass, config, 'switch',
-              [device.id for device in tellcore_devices
-               if not device.methods(TELLSTICK_DIM)])
-
     # Discover the lights
     _discover(hass, config, 'light',
               [device.id for device in tellcore_devices
                if device.methods(TELLSTICK_DIM)])
 
+    # Discover the cover
+    _discover(hass, config, 'cover',
+              [device.id for device in tellcore_devices
+               if device.methods(TELLSTICK_UP)])
+
+    # Discover the switches
+    _discover(hass, config, 'switch',
+              [device.id for device in tellcore_devices
+               if (not device.methods(TELLSTICK_UP) and
+                   not device.methods(TELLSTICK_DIM))])
+
     @callback
     def async_handle_callback(tellcore_id, tellcore_command,
                               tellcore_data, cid):