diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vr_startup_script.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vr_startup_script.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e5c7c060ea
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+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/vultr/vr_startup_script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = r'''
+---
+module: vr_startup_script
+short_description: Manages startup scripts on Vultr.
+description:
+  - Create, update and remove startup scripts.
+version_added: "2.5"
+author: "René Moser (@resmo)"
+options:
+  name:
+    description:
+      - The script name.
+    required: true
+  script_type:
+    description:
+      - The script type, can not be changed once created.
+    default: boot
+    choices: [ boot, pxe ]
+    aliases: [ type ]
+  script:
+    description:
+      - The script source code.
+      - Required if (state=present).
+  state:
+    description:
+      - State of the script.
+    default: present
+    choices: [ present, absent ]
+extends_documentation_fragment: vultr
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = r'''
+- name: ensure a pxe script exists, source from a file
+  local_action:
+    module: vr_startup_script
+    name: my_web_script
+    script_type: pxe
+    script: "{{ lookup('file', 'path/to/script') }}"
+
+- name: ensure a boot script exists
+  local_action:
+    module: vr_startup_script
+    name: vr_startup_script
+    script: "#!/bin/bash\necho Hello World > /root/hello"
+
+- name: ensure a script is absent
+  local_action:
+    module: vr_startup_script
+    name: my_web_script
+    state: absent
+'''
+
+RETURN = r'''
+---
+vultr_api:
+  description: Response from Vultr API with a few additions/modification
+  returned: success
+  type: complex
+  contains:
+    api_account:
+      description: Account used in the ini file to select the key
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: default
+    api_timeout:
+      description: Timeout used for the API requests
+      returned: success
+      type: int
+      sample: 60
+vultr_startup_script:
+  description: Response from Vultr API
+  returned: success
+  type: complex
+  contains:
+    id:
+      description: ID of the startup script.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: 249395
+    name:
+      description: Name of the startup script.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: my startup script
+    script:
+      description: The source code of the startup script.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: "#!/bin/bash\necho Hello World > /root/hello"
+    script_type:
+      description: The type of the startup script.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: pxe
+    date_created:
+      description: Date the startup script was created.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: "2017-08-26 12:47:48"
+    date_modified:
+      description: Date the startup script was modified.
+      returned: success
+      type: string
+      sample: "2017-08-26 12:47:48"
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.vultr import (
+    Vultr,
+    vultr_argument_spec,
+)
+
+
+class AnsibleVultrStartupScript(Vultr):
+
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        super(AnsibleVultrStartupScript, self).__init__(module, "vultr_startup_script")
+
+        self.returns = {
+            'SCRIPTID': dict(key='id'),
+            'type': dict(key='script_type'),
+            'name': dict(key='name'),
+            'script': dict(),
+            'date_created': dict(),
+            'date_modified': dict(),
+        }
+
+    def get_script(self):
+        scripts = self.api_query(path="/v1/startupscript/list")
+        name = self.module.params.get('name')
+        if scripts:
+            for script_id, script_data in scripts.items():
+                if script_data.get('name') == name:
+                    return script_data
+        return {}
+
+    def present_script(self):
+        script = self.get_script()
+        if not script:
+            script = self._create_script(script)
+        else:
+            script = self._update_script(script)
+        return script
+
+    def _create_script(self, script):
+        self.result['changed'] = True
+
+        data = {
+            'name': self.module.params.get('name'),
+            'script': self.module.params.get('script'),
+            'type': self.module.params.get('script_type'),
+        }
+
+        self.result['diff']['before'] = {}
+        self.result['diff']['after'] = data
+
+        if not self.module.check_mode:
+            self.api_query(
+                path="/v1/startupscript/create",
+                method="POST",
+                data=data
+            )
+            script = self.get_script()
+        return script
+
+    def _update_script(self, script):
+        if script['script'] != self.module.params.get('script'):
+            self.result['changed'] = True
+
+            data = {
+                'SCRIPTID': script['SCRIPTID'],
+                'script': self.module.params.get('script'),
+            }
+
+            self.result['diff']['before'] = script
+            self.result['diff']['after'] = script.copy()
+            self.result['diff']['after'].update(data)
+
+            if not self.module.check_mode:
+                self.api_query(
+                    path="/v1/startupscript/update",
+                    method="POST",
+                    data=data
+                )
+                script = self.get_script()
+        return script
+
+    def absent_script(self):
+        script = self.get_script()
+        if script:
+            self.result['changed'] = True
+
+            data = {
+                'SCRIPTID': script['SCRIPTID'],
+            }
+
+            self.result['diff']['before'] = script
+            self.result['diff']['after'] = {}
+
+            if not self.module.check_mode:
+                self.api_query(
+                    path="/v1/startupscript/destroy",
+                    method="POST",
+                    data=data
+                )
+        return script
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = vultr_argument_spec()
+    argument_spec.update(dict(
+        name=dict(required=True),
+        script=dict(),
+        script_type=dict(default='boot', choices=['boot', 'pxe'], aliases=['type']),
+        state=dict(choices=['present', 'absent'], default='present'),
+    ))
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=argument_spec,
+        required_if=[
+            ('state', 'present', ['script']),
+        ],
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    vr_script = AnsibleVultrStartupScript(module)
+    if module.params.get('state') == "absent":
+        script = vr_script.absent_script()
+    else:
+        script = vr_script.present_script()
+
+    result = vr_script.get_result(script)
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/aliases b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3590e4b6253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ # no simulator yet
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/defaults/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1905465e5f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) 2018, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+vr_startup_script_name: ansible_test_script
+vr_startup_script: "#!/bin/bash\necho Hello World > /root/hello"
+vr_startup_script2: "#!/bin/bash\necho Hello to my World > /root/hello"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ddd9215b70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/vr_startup_script/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+---
+# Copyright (c) 2018, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+- name: setup
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: result
+- name: verify setup
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is success
+
+- name: test fail if missing name
+  vr_startup_script:
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: yes
+- name: verify test fail if missing name
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is failed
+    - 'result.msg == "missing required arguments: name"'
+
+- name: test fail if missing params for state=present
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+  register: result
+  ignore_errors: yes
+- name: verify fail if missing params for state=present
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is failed
+    - 'result.msg == "state is present but all of the following are missing: script"'
+
+- name: test create startup script in check mode
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script }}"
+  register: result
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: verify test create startup script in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+
+- name: test create startup script
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script }}"
+  register: result
+- name: verify test create startup script
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script }}'
+
+- name: test create startup script idempotence
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script }}"
+  register: result
+- name: verify test create startup script idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script }}'
+
+- name: test update startup script in check mode
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script2 }}"
+  register: result
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: verify test update startup script in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script }}'
+
+- name: test update startup script
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script2 }}"
+  register: result
+- name: verify test update startup script
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script2 }}'
+
+- name: test update startup script idempotence
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    script: "{{ vr_startup_script2 }}"
+  register: result
+- name: verify test update startup script idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script2 }}'
+
+- name: test absent startup script in check mode
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: result
+  check_mode: yes
+- name: verify test absent startup script in check mode
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script2 }}'
+
+- name: test absent startup script
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: result
+- name: verify test absent startup script
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is changed
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.name == '{{ vr_startup_script_name }}'
+    - result.vultr_startup_script.script == '{{ vr_startup_script2 }}'
+
+- name: test absent startup script idempotence
+  vr_startup_script:
+    name: "{{ vr_startup_script_name }}"
+    state: absent
+  register: result
+- name: verify test absent startup script idempotence
+  assert:
+    that:
+    - result is not changed