diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index cf494acc679..45b67e14b84 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/light/hue.py
     homeassistant/components/media_player/cast.py
     homeassistant/components/media_player/mpd.py
+    homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/instapush.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/nma.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/pushbullet.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..186bc53ca98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.notify.file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+File notification service.
+
+Configuration:
+
+To use the File notifier you will need to add something like the following
+to your config/configuration.yaml
+
+notify:
+  platform: file
+  filename: FILENAME
+  timestamp: 1 or 0
+
+Variables:
+
+filename
+*Required
+Name of the file to use. The file will be created if it doesn't exist and saved
+in your config/ folder.
+
+timestamp
+*Required
+Add a timestamp to the entry, valid entries are 1 or 0.
+"""
+import logging
+import os
+
+import homeassistant.util.dt as dt_util
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.components.notify import (
+    DOMAIN, ATTR_TITLE, BaseNotificationService)
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def get_service(hass, config):
+    """ Get the file notification service. """
+
+    if not validate_config(config,
+                           {DOMAIN: ['filename',
+                                     'timestamp']},
+                           _LOGGER):
+        return None
+
+    filename = config[DOMAIN]['filename']
+    timestamp = config[DOMAIN]['timestamp']
+
+    return FileNotificationService(hass, filename, timestamp)
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class FileNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
+    """ Implements notification service for the File service. """
+
+    def __init__(self, hass, filename, add_timestamp):
+        self.filepath = os.path.join(hass.config.config_dir, filename)
+        self.add_timestamp = add_timestamp
+
+    def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
+        """ Send a message to a file. """
+
+        with open(self.filepath, 'a') as file:
+            if os.stat(self.filepath).st_size == 0:
+                title = '{} notifications (Log started: {})\n{}\n'.format(
+                    kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE),
+                    dt_util.strip_microseconds(dt_util.utcnow()),
+                    '-'*80)
+                file.write(title)
+
+            if self.add_timestamp == 1:
+                text = '{} {}\n'.format(dt_util.utcnow(), message)
+                file.write(text)
+            else:
+                text = '{}\n'.format(message)
+                file.write(text)