diff --git a/homeassistant/components/rest_command/services.yaml b/homeassistant/components/rest_command/services.yaml
index e69de29bb2d..c983a105c93 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/rest_command/services.yaml
+++ b/homeassistant/components/rest_command/services.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+reload:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/rest_command/strings.json b/homeassistant/components/rest_command/strings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15f59ec8e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/rest_command/strings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "services": {
+    "reload": {
+      "name": "[%key:common::action::reload%]",
+      "description": "Reloads RESTful commands from the YAML-configuration."
+    }
+  }
+}