diff --git a/lib/jnpr/junos/device.py b/lib/jnpr/junos/device.py
index 11e5c2268..d2dee6102 100644
--- a/lib/jnpr/junos/device.py
+++ b/lib/jnpr/junos/device.py
@@ -1056,6 +1056,10 @@ def __init__(self, *vargs, **kvargs):
         # ----------------------------------------
 
         hostname = vargs[0] if len(vargs) else kvargs.get('host')
+        self.rest = kvargs.get('rest', False)
+        self._ssl_verify = kvargs.get('ssl_verify', True)
+        self._schema = kvargs.get('schema', 'https')
+        self._path = kvargs.get('path', '/rpc')
 
         self._port = kvargs.get('port', 830)
         self._gather_facts = kvargs.get('gather_facts', True)
@@ -1184,17 +1188,29 @@ def open(self, *vargs, **kvargs):
                                (self._ssh_private_key_file is None))
 
             # open connection using ncclient transport
-            self._conn = netconf_ssh.connect(
-                host=self._hostname,
-                port=self._port,
-                username=self._auth_user,
-                password=self._auth_password,
-                hostkey_verify=False,
-                key_filename=self._ssh_private_key_file,
-                allow_agent=allow_agent,
-                ssh_config=self._sshconf_lkup(),
-                device_params={'name': 'junos', 'local': False})
-            self._conn._session.add_listener(DeviceSessionListener(self))
+            if self.rest:
+                from jnpr.junos.transport.rest import Rest
+                self._conn = Rest(
+                    host=self._hostname,
+                    port=self._port,
+                    path=self._path,
+                    schema=self._schema,
+                    user=self._auth_user,
+                    password=self._auth_password,
+                    dev=self)
+                self.connected = True
+            else:
+                self._conn = netconf_ssh.connect(
+                    host=self._hostname,
+                    port=self._port,
+                    username=self._auth_user,
+                    password=self._auth_password,
+                    hostkey_verify=False,
+                    key_filename=self._ssh_private_key_file,
+                    allow_agent=allow_agent,
+                    ssh_config=self._sshconf_lkup(),
+                    device_params={'name': 'junos', 'local': False})
+                self._conn._session.add_listener(DeviceSessionListener(self))
         except NcErrors.AuthenticationError as err:
             # bad authentication credentials
             raise EzErrors.ConnectAuthError(self)
diff --git a/lib/jnpr/junos/transport/rest.py b/lib/jnpr/junos/transport/rest.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..17dc9060c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/jnpr/junos/transport/rest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+import sys
+import logging
+import requests
+import warnings
+
+# 3rd-party packages
+from ncclient.devices.junos import JunosDeviceHandler
+from lxml import etree
+from ncclient.xml_ import NCElement
+from jnpr.junos.device import _Connection
+from ncclient import manager
+from ncclient.operations.rpc import RPCReply, RPCError
+import ncclient.operations.errors as NcOpErrors
+import ncclient.transport.errors as NcErrors
+
+# local modules
+from jnpr.junos.rpcmeta import _RpcMetaExec
+from jnpr.junos.factcache import _FactCache
+from jnpr.junos import jxml as JXML
+from jnpr.junos import exception as EzErrors
+from jnpr.junos.ofacts import *
+from jnpr.junos.decorators import timeoutDecorator, normalizeDecorator, \
+    ignoreWarnDecorator
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("jnpr.junos.rest")
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Rest
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class Rest():
+
+    def __init__(self, **kvargs):
+        self._device_handler = manager.make_device_handler(None)
+
+        self._tty = None
+        self._ofacts = {}
+        self.connected = False
+        self._skip_logout = True
+        self.results = dict(changed=False, failed=False, errmsg=None)
+
+        self._hostname = kvargs.get('host')
+        self._schema = kvargs.get('schema', 'https')
+        self._path = kvargs.get('path', '/rpc')
+        self.dev = kvargs.get('dev', None)
+        self._ssl_verify = kvargs.get('ssl_verify', True)
+        self._auth_user = kvargs.get('user', 'root')
+        self._auth_password = kvargs.get(
+            'password',
+            '') or kvargs.get(
+            'passwd',
+            '')
+        self._port = kvargs.get('port', '443')
+        self._mode = kvargs.get('mode', 'rest')
+        self._timeout = kvargs.get('timeout', '0.5')
+        self._normalize = kvargs.get('normalize', False)
+
+        self._attempts = kvargs.get('attempts', 10)
+        self._gather_facts = kvargs.get('gather_facts', False)
+        self._fact_style = kvargs.get('fact_style', 'new')
+        if self._fact_style != 'new':
+            warnings.warn('fact-style %s will be removed in '
+                          'a future release.' %
+                          (self._fact_style), RuntimeWarning)
+
+        self.rpc = _RpcMetaExec(self)
+        self._manages = []
+        self.junos_dev_handler = JunosDeviceHandler(
+                                     device_params={'name': 'junos',
+                                                    'local': False})
+        if self._fact_style == 'old':
+            self.facts = self.ofacts
+        else:
+            self.facts = _FactCache(self)
+
+    def open(self, *vargs, **kvargs):
+        gather_facts = kvargs.get('gather_facts', self._gather_facts)
+        if gather_facts is True:
+            logger.info('facts: retrieving device facts...')
+            self.facts_refresh()
+            self.results['facts'] = self.facts
+        return self
+
+    def close_session(self):
+        return True
+
+    def close(self, skip_logout=True):
+        pass
+
+    @ignoreWarnDecorator
+    def _rpc_reply(self, rpc_cmd_e):
+        encode = None if sys.version < '3' else 'unicode'
+        rpc_cmd = etree.tostring(rpc_cmd_e, encoding=encode) \
+            if isinstance(rpc_cmd_e, etree._Element) else rpc_cmd_e
+        try:
+            reply = self._rpc_query(rpc_cmd)
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            logger.error('HTTP error: {}'.format(e))
+            raise EzErrors.ConnectError(self.dev, e)
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectTimeout as e:
+            logger.error('ConnectTimeout error: {}'.format(e))
+            raise EzErrors.ConnectError(self.dev, e)
+        rpc_rsp_e = NCElement(reply,
+              self.junos_dev_handler.transform_reply()
+              )
+        return rpc_rsp_e
+
+    def _parse_multipart(self, boundary, payload):
+        lines = payload.split('\n')
+        extracted = []
+        enable_capture = False
+        enable_parsing = False
+        for line in lines:
+            # Parsing the HTTP query result.
+            # Delimiters are the boundaries.
+            # The position of the dashes indicates if beginning or end.
+            if '--'+boundary == line:
+                enable_capture = True
+                extracted.append([])
+            elif '--'+boundary+'--' == line:
+                enable_capture = False
+                enable_parsing = False
+            elif enable_capture:
+                if line == '':
+                    enable_parsing = True
+                elif enable_parsing:
+                    extracted[len(extracted)-1].append(line)
+        extracted_join = []
+        for extract in extracted:
+            extracted_join.append("\n".join(extract))
+        return extracted_join
+
+    def _parse_headers(self, headers):
+        content_type = headers.get('Content-Type', '')
+        content_type_value = content_type.split('; ')
+        for kv in content_type_value:
+            kv_list = kv.split('=')
+            if kv_list[0] == 'boundary':
+                return kv_list[1]
+        return None
+
+    def _rpc_query(self, cmd):
+        reply = requests.post('{}://{}:{}{}'.format(self._schema, self._hostname, self._port, self._path),
+            data = cmd,
+            auth = (self._auth_user, self._auth_password),
+            verify = self._ssl_verify,
+            timeout = float(self._timeout),
+            headers={'Accept': 'application/xml', 'Content-Type': 'application/xml'})
+        reply.raise_for_status()
+        boundary = self._parse_headers(reply.headers)
+        parsed = self._parse_multipart(boundary, reply.text)
+
+        if reply.ok:
+            self.connected = True
+
+        # Queries done using HTTP REST do not provide the RPC reply tag the NCElement expects.
+        return '<rpc-reply>{document}</rpc-reply>'.format(document=parsed[0])
+
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    # execute
+    # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @normalizeDecorator
+    @timeoutDecorator
+    def execute(self, rpc_cmd, ignore_warning=False, **kvargs):
+        if isinstance(rpc_cmd, str):
+            rpc_cmd_e = etree.XML(rpc_cmd)
+        elif isinstance(rpc_cmd, etree._Element):
+            rpc_cmd_e = rpc_cmd
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Dont know what to do with rpc of type %s" %
+                rpc_cmd.__class__.__name__)
+
+        # invoking a bad RPC will cause a connection object exception
+        # will will be raised directly to the caller ... for now ...
+        # @@@ need to trap this and re-raise accordingly.
+
+        try:
+            rpc_rsp_e = self._rpc_reply(rpc_cmd_e,
+                                        ignore_warning=ignore_warning)
+        except NcOpErrors.TimeoutExpiredError:
+            # err is a TimeoutExpiredError from ncclient,
+            # which has no such attribute as xml.
+            raise EzErrors.RpcTimeoutError(self, rpc_cmd_e.tag, self.timeout)
+        except NcErrors.TransportError:
+            raise EzErrors.ConnectClosedError(self)
+        except RPCError as ex:
+            if hasattr(ex, 'xml'):
+                rsp = JXML.remove_namespaces(ex.xml)
+                message = rsp.findtext('error-message')
+                # see if this is a permission error
+                if message and message == 'permission denied':
+                    raise EzErrors.PermissionError(cmd=rpc_cmd_e,
+                                                   rsp=rsp,
+                                                   errs=ex)
+            else:
+                rsp = None
+            raise EzErrors.RpcError(cmd=rpc_cmd_e,
+                                    rsp=rsp,
+                                    errs=ex)
+        # Something unexpected happened - raise it up
+        except Exception as err:
+            warnings.warn("An unknown exception occured - please report.",
+                          RuntimeWarning)
+            raise
+
+        if kvargs.get('to_py'):
+            return kvargs['to_py'](self, rpc_rsp_e, **kvargs)
+        else:
+            return rpc_rsp_e
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b49d6ed6..b35f2828b 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ PyYAML>=3.10
 netaddr
 six
 pyserial
+requests
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