diff --git a/src/components/entity/state-badge.ts b/src/components/entity/state-badge.ts
index d000865d5d..b01ea63f34 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/state-badge.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/state-badge.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import { computeActiveState } from "../../common/entity/compute_active_state";
 import { ifDefined } from "lit-html/directives/if-defined";
 import { iconColorCSS } from "../../common/style/icon_color_css";
 
-class StateBadge extends LitElement {
+export class StateBadge extends LitElement {
   public hass?: HomeAssistant;
   @property() public stateObj?: HassEntity;
   @property() public overrideIcon?: string;
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entities-card.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entities-card.ts
index b892899ba8..c43a70442e 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entities-card.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/cards/hui-entities-card.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ import "../components/hui-entities-toggle";
 
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
 import { LovelaceRow } from "../entity-rows/types";
-import { LovelaceCard, LovelaceCardEditor } from "../types";
+import {
+  LovelaceCard,
+  LovelaceCardEditor,
+  LovelaceHeaderFooter,
+} from "../types";
 import { processConfigEntities } from "../common/process-config-entities";
 import { createRowElement } from "../create-element/create-row-element";
 import { EntitiesCardConfig, EntitiesCardEntityConfig } from "./types";
@@ -48,6 +52,11 @@ class HuiEntitiesCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
         (element as LovelaceRow).hass = hass;
       }
     );
+    this.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll(".header-footer > *").forEach(
+      (element: unknown) => {
+        (element as LovelaceHeaderFooter).hass = hass;
+      }
+    );
     const entitiesToggle = this.shadowRoot!.querySelector(
       "hui-entities-toggle"
     );
@@ -135,6 +144,7 @@ class HuiEntitiesCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
             this.renderEntity(entityConf)
           )}
         </div>
+
         ${this._config.footer
           ? this.renderHeaderFooter(this._config.footer, "footer")
           : ""}
@@ -192,7 +202,7 @@ class HuiEntitiesCard extends LitElement implements LovelaceCard {
       element.hass = this._hass;
     }
     return html`
-      <div class=${className}>${element}</div>
+      <div class=${"header-footer " + className}>${element}</div>
     `;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/common/compute-tooltip.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/common/compute-tooltip.ts
index 0b972a7e8e..b5d7ed9955 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/common/compute-tooltip.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/common/compute-tooltip.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { computeStateName } from "../../../common/entity/compute_state_name";
 import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
-import { LovelaceElementConfig } from "../elements/types";
 import { ActionConfig } from "../../../data/lovelace";
 
-interface Config extends LovelaceElementConfig {
+interface Config {
   entity?: string;
   title?: string;
   tap_action?: ActionConfig;
@@ -30,6 +29,10 @@ export const computeTooltip = (hass: HomeAssistant, config: Config): string => {
         : config.entity;
   }
 
+  if (!config.tap_action && !config.hold_action) {
+    return stateName;
+  }
+
   const tapTooltip = config.tap_action
     ? computeActionTooltip(hass, stateName, config.tap_action, false)
     : "";
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/create-element/create-header-footer-element.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/create-element/create-header-footer-element.ts
index 76ad7f3b2c..28d74d148b 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/create-element/create-header-footer-element.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/create-element/create-header-footer-element.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import "../header-footer/hui-picture-header-footer";
+import "../header-footer/hui-buttons-header-footer";
 import { LovelaceHeaderFooterConfig } from "../header-footer/types";
 import { createLovelaceElement } from "./create-element-base";
 
-const SPECIAL_TYPES = new Set(["picture"]);
+const SPECIAL_TYPES = new Set(["picture", "buttons"]);
 
 export const createHeaderFooterElement = (config: LovelaceHeaderFooterConfig) =>
   createLovelaceElement("header-footer", config, SPECIAL_TYPES);
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-entities-card-editor.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-entities-card-editor.ts
index 4f34d5ff98..3f5953d7e8 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-entities-card-editor.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/editor/config-elements/hui-entities-card-editor.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import {
   EntitiesCardConfig,
   EntitiesCardEntityConfig,
 } from "../../cards/types";
-import { pictureHeaderFooterConfigStruct } from "../../header-footer/types";
+import { headerFooterConfigStructs } from "../../header-footer/types";
 
 const cardConfigStruct = struct({
   type: "string",
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const cardConfigStruct = struct({
   theme: "string?",
   show_header_toggle: "boolean?",
   entities: [entitiesConfigStruct],
-  header: struct.optional(pictureHeaderFooterConfigStruct),
-  footer: struct.optional(pictureHeaderFooterConfigStruct),
+  header: struct.optional(headerFooterConfigStructs),
+  footer: struct.optional(headerFooterConfigStructs),
 });
 
 @customElement("hui-entities-card-editor")
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/hui-buttons-header-footer.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/hui-buttons-header-footer.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e3b6eefd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/hui-buttons-header-footer.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+import {
+  html,
+  LitElement,
+  TemplateResult,
+  customElement,
+  css,
+  CSSResult,
+  queryAll,
+} from "lit-element";
+import "@material/mwc-ripple";
+
+import "../../../components/entity/state-badge";
+import "../../../components/ha-card";
+import "../../../components/ha-icon";
+import "../components/hui-warning-element";
+
+import { HomeAssistant } from "../../../types";
+import { LovelaceHeaderFooter } from "../types";
+import { ButtonsHeaderFooterConfig } from "./types";
+import { EntityConfig } from "../entity-rows/types";
+import { processConfigEntities } from "../common/process-config-entities";
+import { toggleEntity } from "../common/entity/toggle-entity";
+import { computeTooltip } from "../common/compute-tooltip";
+// tslint:disable-next-line: no-duplicate-imports
+import { StateBadge } from "../../../components/entity/state-badge";
+
+@customElement("hui-buttons-header-footer")
+export class HuiButtonsHeaderFooter extends LitElement
+  implements LovelaceHeaderFooter {
+  public static getStubConfig(): object {
+    return { entities: [] };
+  }
+
+  private _configEntities?: EntityConfig[];
+  private _hass?: HomeAssistant;
+  @queryAll("state-badge") private _badges!: StateBadge[];
+
+  public setConfig(config: ButtonsHeaderFooterConfig): void {
+    this._configEntities = processConfigEntities(config.entities);
+    this.requestUpdate();
+  }
+
+  set hass(hass: HomeAssistant) {
+    this._hass = hass;
+    this._badges.forEach((badge, index: number) => {
+      badge.hass = hass;
+      badge.stateObj = hass.states[this._configEntities![index].entity];
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected render(): TemplateResult | void {
+    return html`
+      ${(this._configEntities || []).map((entityConf) => {
+        const stateObj = this._hass!.states[entityConf.entity];
+        if (!stateObj) {
+          return html`<div class='missing'><iron-icon icon="hass:alert"></div>`;
+        }
+
+        return html`
+          <div>
+            <state-badge
+              title=${computeTooltip(this._hass!, entityConf)}
+              @click=${this._toggle}
+              .hass=${this._hass}
+              .stateObj=${stateObj}
+              .overrideIcon=${entityConf.icon}
+              .overrideImage=${entityConf.image}
+              stateColor
+              tabindex="0"
+            ></state-badge>
+            <mwc-ripple unbounded></mwc-ripple>
+          </div>
+        `;
+      })}
+    `;
+  }
+
+  private async _toggle(ev) {
+    await toggleEntity(this._hass!, ev.target.stateObj.entity_id);
+  }
+
+  static get styles(): CSSResult {
+    return css`
+      :host {
+        display: flex;
+        justify-content: space-evenly;
+      }
+      .missing {
+        color: #fce588;
+      }
+      state-badge {
+        cursor: pointer;
+      }
+    `;
+  }
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    "hui-buttons-header-footer": HuiButtonsHeaderFooter;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/types.ts b/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/types.ts
index 03a3a18f36..65c4ba6c7f 100644
--- a/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/types.ts
+++ b/src/panels/lovelace/header-footer/types.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import { ActionConfig } from "../../../data/lovelace";
 import { struct } from "../common/structs/struct";
-import { actionConfigStruct } from "../editor/types";
+import { actionConfigStruct, entitiesConfigStruct } from "../editor/types";
 
 export interface LovelaceHeaderFooterConfig {
   type: string;
 }
 
+export interface ButtonsHeaderFooterConfig extends LovelaceHeaderFooterConfig {
+  entities: string[];
+}
+
 export interface PictureHeaderFooterConfig extends LovelaceHeaderFooterConfig {
   image: string;
   tap_action?: ActionConfig;
@@ -20,3 +24,13 @@ export const pictureHeaderFooterConfigStruct = struct({
   hold_action: struct.optional(actionConfigStruct),
   double_tap_action: struct.optional(actionConfigStruct),
 });
+
+export const buttonsHeaderFooterConfigStruct = struct({
+  type: "string",
+  entities: [entitiesConfigStruct],
+});
+
+export const headerFooterConfigStructs = struct.union([
+  pictureHeaderFooterConfigStruct,
+  buttonsHeaderFooterConfigStruct,
+]);