diff --git a/homeassistant/components/sensor/transmission.py b/homeassistant/components/sensor/transmission.py
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+++ b/homeassistant/components/sensor/transmission.py
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+"""
+homeassistant.components.sensor.sabnzbd
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Monitors SABnzbd NZB client API
+
+Configuration:
+
+To use the SABnzbd sensor you will need to add something like the following to
+your config/configuration.yaml
+
+sensor:
+    platform: sabnzbd
+    name: SAB
+    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
+    base_url: YOUR_SABNZBD_BASE_URL
+    monitored_variables:
+        - type: 'current_status'
+        - type: 'speed'
+        - type: 'queue_size'
+        - type: 'queue_remaining'
+        - type: 'disk_size'
+        - type: 'disk_free'
+
+VARIABLES:
+
+base_url
+*Required
+This is the base URL of your SABnzbd instance including the port number if not
+running on 80
+Example: http://192.168.1.32:8124/
+
+
+name
+*Optional
+The name to use when displaying this SABnzbd instance
+
+monitored_variables
+*Required
+An array specifying the variables to monitor.
+
+These are the variables for the monitored_variables array:
+
+type
+*Required
+The variable you wish to monitor, see the configuration example above for a
+list of all available variables
+
+
+"""
+
+from homeassistant.util import Throttle
+from datetime import timedelta
+from homeassistant.const import CONF_HOST, CONF_USERNAME, CONF_PASSWORD
+
+from homeassistant.helpers.entity import Entity
+# pylint: disable=no-name-in-module, import-error
+import transmissionrpc
+
+from transmissionrpc.error import TransmissionError
+
+import logging
+
+SENSOR_TYPES = {
+    'current_status': ['Status', ''],
+    'download_speed': ['Down Speed', 'MB/s'],
+    'upload_speed': ['Up Speed', 'MB/s'],
+    'queue_size': ['Queue', 'MB'],
+    'queue_remaining': ['Left', 'MB'],
+    'disk_size': ['Disk', 'GB'],
+    'disk_free': ['Disk Free', 'GB'],
+}
+
+_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+_THROTTLED_REFRESH = None
+
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument
+def setup_platform(hass, config, add_devices, discovery_info=None):
+    """ Sets up the sensors """
+    host = config.get(CONF_HOST)
+    username = config.get(CONF_USERNAME, None)
+    password = config.get(CONF_PASSWORD, None)
+    port = config.get('port')
+
+    name = config.get("name", "Transmission")
+    if not host:
+        _LOGGER.error('Missing config variable %s', CONF_HOST)
+        return False
+
+    # import logging
+    # logging.getLogger('transmissionrpc').setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+
+    transmission_api = transmissionrpc.Client(host, port=port, user=username, password=password)
+    try:
+        session = transmission_api.session_stats()
+        print(transmission_api.session)
+    except TransmissionError:
+        _LOGGER.exception("Connection to Transmission API failed.")
+        return False
+
+    # pylint: disable=global-statement
+    global _THROTTLED_REFRESH
+    _THROTTLED_REFRESH = Throttle(timedelta(seconds=1))(transmission_api.session_stats)
+
+    dev = []
+    for variable in config['monitored_variables']:
+        if variable['type'] not in SENSOR_TYPES:
+            _LOGGER.error('Sensor type: "%s" does not exist', variable['type'])
+        else:
+            dev.append(TransmissionSensor(variable['type'], transmission_api, name))
+
+    add_devices(dev)
+
+
+class TransmissionSensor(Entity):
+    """ A Transmission sensor """
+
+    def __init__(self, sensor_type, transmission_client, client_name):
+        self._name = SENSOR_TYPES[sensor_type][0]
+        self.transmission_client = transmission_client
+        self.type = sensor_type
+        self.client_name = client_name
+        self._state = None
+        self._unit_of_measurement = SENSOR_TYPES[sensor_type][1]
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self.client_name + ' ' + self._name
+
+    @property
+    def state(self):
+        """ Returns the state of the device. """
+        return self._state
+
+    @property
+    def unit_of_measurement(self):
+        """ Unit of measurement of this entity, if any. """
+        return self._unit_of_measurement
+
+    def refresh_transmission_data(self):
+        """ Calls the throttled Transmission refresh method. """
+        if _THROTTLED_REFRESH is not None:
+            try:
+                _THROTTLED_REFRESH()
+            except TransmissionError:
+                _LOGGER.exception(
+                    self.name + "  Connection to Transmission API failed."
+                )
+
+    def update(self):
+        """ Gets the latest from Transmission and updates the state. """
+        self.refresh_transmission_data()
+        if self.type == 'current_status':
+            if self.transmission_client.session:
+                upload = self.transmission_client.session.uploadSpeed
+                download = self.transmission_client.session.downloadSpeed
+                if upload > 0 and download > 0:
+                    self._state =  'Up/Down'
+                elif upload > 0 and download == 0:
+                    self._state =  'Seeding'
+                elif upload == 0 and download > 0:
+                    self._state =  'Downloading'
+                else:
+                    self._state =  'Idle'
+            else:
+                self._state =  'Unknown'
+
+        if self.transmission_client.session:
+            if self.type == 'download_speed':
+                mb_spd = float(self.transmission_client.session.downloadSpeed) / 1024 / 1024
+                self._state = round(mb_spd, 2 if mb_spd < 0.1 else 1)
+            elif self.type == 'upload_speed':
+                mb_spd = float(self.transmission_client.session.uploadSpeed) / 1024 / 1024
+                self._state = round(mb_spd, 2 if mb_spd < 0.1 else 1)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9f0352ccef1..8ceecf58908 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ python-nest>=2.1
 # z-wave
 pydispatcher>=2.0.5
 
-# sensor.systemmonitor 
+# sensor.systemmonitor
 psutil>=2.2.1
 
-#pushover notifications
-python-pushover>=0.2
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+# pushover notifications
+python-pushover>=0.2
+
+# Transmission Torrent Client
+transmissionrpc>=0.11
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