diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 03e145a74de..ab5ead454e7 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -252,6 +252,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/sensor/gpsd.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/gtfs.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/haveibeenpwned.py
+    homeassistant/components/sensor/hddtemp.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/hp_ilo.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/imap.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/imap_email_content.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/hddtemp.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/hddtemp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a4308535fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/hddtemp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+"""
+Support for getting the disk temperature of a host.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/sensor.hddtemp/
+"""
+import logging
+from datetime import timedelta
+from telnetlib import Telnet
+
+import voluptuous as vol
+
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+from homeassistant.components.sensor import PLATFORM_SCHEMA
+from homeassistant.const import (
+    CONF_NAME, CONF_HOST, CONF_PORT, TEMP_CELSIUS, TEMP_FAHRENHEIT,
+    STATE_UNKNOWN)
+import homeassistant.helpers.config_validation as cv
+from homeassistant.util import Throttle
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+ATTR_DEVICE = 'device'
+ATTR_MODEL = 'model'
+
+DEFAULT_HOST = 'localhost'
+DEFAULT_PORT = 7634
+DEFAULT_NAME = 'HD Temperature'
+DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 5
+
+MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES = timedelta(minutes=1)
+
+PLATFORM_SCHEMA = PLATFORM_SCHEMA.extend({
+    vol.Optional(CONF_HOST, default=DEFAULT_HOST): cv.string,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_PORT, default=DEFAULT_PORT): cv.port,
+    vol.Optional(CONF_NAME, default=DEFAULT_NAME): cv.string,
+})
+
+
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """Setup the HDDTemp sensor."""
+    name = config.get(CONF_NAME)
+    host = config.get(CONF_HOST)
+    port = config.get(CONF_PORT)
+
+    hddtemp = HddTempData(host, port)
+    hddtemp.update()
+
+    if hddtemp.data is None:
+        _LOGGER.error("Unable to fetch the data from %s:%s", host, port)
+        return False
+
+    add_devices([HddTempSensor(name, hddtemp)])
+
+
+class HddTempSensor(Entity):
+    """Representation of a HDDTemp sensor."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name, hddtemp):
+        """Initialize a HDDTemp sensor."""
+        self.hddtemp = hddtemp
+        self._name = name
+        self._state = False
+        self._details = None
+        self.update()
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        """Return the name of the sensor."""
+        return self._name
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """Return the state of the device."""
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """Return the unit the value is expressed in."""
+        if self.details[4] == 'C':
+            return TEMP_CELSIUS
+        else:
+            return TEMP_FAHRENHEIT
+
+    @property
+    def state_attributes(self):
+        """Return the state attributes of the sensor."""
+        return {
+            ATTR_DEVICE: self.details[1],
+            ATTR_MODEL: self.details[2],
+        }
+
+    def update(self):
+        """Get the latest data from HDDTemp daemon and updates the state."""
+        self.hddtemp.update()
+
+        if self.hddtemp.data is not None:
+            self.details = self.hddtemp.data.split('|')
+            self._state = self.details[3]
+        else:
+            self._state = STATE_UNKNOWN
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class HddTempData(object):
+    """Get the latest data from HDDTemp and update the states."""
+
+    def __init__(self, host, port):
+        """Initialize the data object."""
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+        self.data = None
+
+    @Throttle(MIN_TIME_BETWEEN_UPDATES)
+    def update(self):
+        """Get the latest data from hhtemp running as daemon."""
+        try:
+            connection = Telnet(
+                host=self.host, port=self.port, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
+            self.data = connection.read_all().decode('ascii')
+        except ConnectionRefusedError:
+            _LOGGER.error('HDDTemp is not available at %s:%s', self.host,
+                          self.port)
+            self.data = None