diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 8fefa8a44b8..3e24b33718c 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushbullet.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushetta.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushover.py
+    homeassistant/components/notify/rest.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/slack.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/smtp.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/syslog.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/rest.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/rest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0bb50216bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.notify.rest
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+REST platform for notify component.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/notify.rest/
+"""
+import logging
+import requests
+
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.components.notify import (
+    DOMAIN, ATTR_TITLE, ATTR_TARGET, BaseNotificationService)
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_METHOD = 'GET'
+DEFAULT_MESSAGE_PARAM_NAME = 'message'
+DEFAULT_TITLE_PARAM_NAME = None
+DEFAULT_TARGET_PARAM_NAME = None
+
+
+def get_service(hass, config):
+    """ Get the REST notification service. """
+
+    if not validate_config({DOMAIN: config},
+                           {DOMAIN: ['resource', ]},
+                           _LOGGER):
+        return None
+
+    method = config.get('method', DEFAULT_METHOD)
+    message_param_name = config.get('message_param_name',
+                                    DEFAULT_MESSAGE_PARAM_NAME)
+    title_param_name = config.get('title_param_name',
+                                  DEFAULT_TITLE_PARAM_NAME)
+    target_param_name = config.get('target_param_name',
+                                   DEFAULT_TARGET_PARAM_NAME)
+
+    return RestNotificationService(config['resource'], method,
+                                   message_param_name, title_param_name,
+                                   target_param_name)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods, too-many-arguments
+class RestNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
+    """ Implements notification service for REST. """
+
+    def __init__(self, resource, method, message_param_name,
+                 title_param_name, target_param_name):
+        self._resource = resource
+        self._method = method.upper()
+        self._message_param_name = message_param_name
+        self._title_param_name = title_param_name
+        self._target_param_name = target_param_name
+
+    def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
+        """ Send a message to a user. """
+
+        data = {
+            self._message_param_name: message
+        }
+
+        if self._title_param_name is not None:
+            data[self._title_param_name] = kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE)
+
+        if self._target_param_name is not None:
+            data[self._title_param_name] = kwargs.get(ATTR_TARGET)
+
+        if self._method == 'POST':
+            response = requests.post(self._resource, data=data, timeout=10)
+        elif self._method == 'POST_JSON':
+            response = requests.post(self._resource, json=data, timeout=10)
+        else:   # default GET
+            response = requests.get(self._resource, params=data, timeout=10)
+
+        if response.status_code not in (200, 201):
+            _LOGGER.exception(
+                "Error sending message. Response %d: %s:",
+                response.status_code, response.reason)