diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index 26fae1ba3f9..2364cb4d8d1 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ omit =
     homeassistant/components/notify/slack.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/smtp.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/syslog.py
+    homeassistant/components/notify/telegram.py
     homeassistant/components/notify/xmpp.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/arest.py
     homeassistant/components/sensor/bitcoin.py
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/notify/telegram.py b/homeassistant/components/notify/telegram.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23b915baf1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/homeassistant/components/notify/telegram.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.notify.telegram
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Telegram platform for notify component.
+
+For more details about this platform, please refer to the documentation at
+https://home-assistant.io/components/notify.telegram.html
+"""
+import logging
+import urllib
+
+from homeassistant.helpers import validate_config
+from homeassistant.components.notify import (
+    DOMAIN, ATTR_TITLE, BaseNotificationService)
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_API_KEY
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+REQUIREMENTS = ['python-telegram-bot==2.8.7']
+
+
+def get_service(hass, config):
+    """ Get the Telegram notification service. """
+
+    if not validate_config(config,
+                           {DOMAIN: [CONF_API_KEY, 'chat_id']},
+                           _LOGGER):
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        import telegram
+    except ImportError:
+        _LOGGER.exception(
+            "Unable to import python-telegram-bot. "
+            "Did you maybe not install the 'python-telegram-bot' package?")
+        return None
+
+    try:
+        bot = telegram.Bot(token=config[DOMAIN][CONF_API_KEY])
+        username = bot.getMe()['username']
+        _LOGGER.info("Telegram bot is' %s'", username)
+    except urllib.error.HTTPError:
+        _LOGGER.error("Please check your access token.")
+        return None
+
+    return TelegramNotificationService(
+        config[DOMAIN][CONF_API_KEY],
+        config[DOMAIN]['chat_id'])
+
+
+# pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+class TelegramNotificationService(BaseNotificationService):
+    """ Implements notification service for Telegram. """
+
+    def __init__(self, api_key, chat_id):
+        import telegram
+        self._api_key = api_key
+        self._chat_id = chat_id
+        self.bot = telegram.Bot(token=self._api_key)
+
+    def send_message(self, message="", **kwargs):
+        """ Send a message to a user. """
+
+        title = kwargs.get(ATTR_TITLE)
+
+        self.bot.sendMessage(chat_id=self._chat_id,
+                             text=title + "  " + message)
diff --git a/requirements_all.txt b/requirements_all.txt
index e78effedfb8..5fa48f3c10d 100644
--- a/requirements_all.txt
+++ b/requirements_all.txt
@@ -143,3 +143,6 @@ pysnmp==4.2.5
 
 # Blinkstick
 blinkstick==1.1.7
+
+# Telegram (notify.telegram)
+python-telegram-bot==2.8.7