diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_user.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5c346082558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/ios/ios_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,356 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2017, Ansible by Red Hat, inc
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible by Red Hat
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.0',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'core'}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = """
+---
+module: ios_user
+version_added: "2.4"
+author: "Trishna Guha (@trishnag)"
+short_description: Manage the collection of local users on Cisco IOS device
+description:
+  - This module provides declarative management of the local usernames
+    configured on network devices. It allows playbooks to manage
+    either individual usernames or the collection of usernames in the
+    current running config. It also supports purging usernames from the
+    configuration that are not explicitly defined.
+options:
+  users:
+    description:
+      - The set of username objects to be configured on the remote
+        Cisco IOS device. The list entries can either be the username
+        or a hash of username and properties. This argument is mutually
+        exclusive with the C(name) argument.
+  name:
+    description:
+      - The username to be configured on the Cisco IOS device.
+        This argument accepts a string value and is mutually exclusive
+        with the C(collection) argument.
+        Please note that this option is not same as C(provider username).
+  password:
+    description:
+      - The password to be configured on the Cisco IOS device. The
+        password needs to be provided in clear and it will be encrypted
+        on the device.
+        Please note that this option is not same as C(provider password).
+  update_password:
+    description:
+      - Since passwords are encrypted in the device running config, this
+        argument will instruct the module when to change the password.  When
+        set to C(always), the password will always be updated in the device
+        and when set to C(on_create) the password will be updated only if
+        the username is created.
+    default: always
+    choices: ['on_create', 'always']
+  privilege:
+    description:
+      - The C(privilege) argument configures the privilege level of the
+        user when logged into the system. This argument accepts integer
+        values in the range of 1 to 15.
+  view:
+    description:
+      - Configures the view for the username in the
+        device running configuration. The argument accepts a string value
+        defining the view name. This argument does not check if the view
+        has been configured on the device.
+  nopassword:
+    description:
+      - Defines the username without assigning
+        a password. This will allow the user to login to the system
+        without being authenticated by a password.
+    type: bool
+  purge:
+    description:
+      - Instructs the module to consider the
+        resource definition absolute. It will remove any previously
+        configured usernames on the device with the exception of the
+        `admin` user (the current defined set of users).
+    type: bool
+    default: false
+  state:
+    description:
+      - Configures the state of the username definition
+        as it relates to the device operational configuration. When set
+        to I(present), the username(s) should be configured in the device active
+        configuration and when set to I(absent) the username(s) should not be
+        in the device active configuration
+    default: present
+    choices: ['present', 'absent']
+"""
+
+EXAMPLES = """
+- name: create a new user
+  ios_user:
+    name: ansible
+    nopassword: True
+    state: present
+- name: remove all users except admin
+  ios_user:
+    purge: yes
+- name: set multiple users to privilege level 15
+  ios_user:
+    users:
+      - name: netop
+      - name: netend
+    privilege: 15
+    state: present
+- name: set user view/role
+  ios_user:
+    name: netop
+    view: network-operator
+    state: present
+- name: Change Password for User netop
+  ios_user:
+    name: netop
+    password: "{{ new_password }}"
+    update_password: always
+    state: present
+"""
+
+RETURN = """
+commands:
+  description: The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device
+  returned: always
+  type: list
+  sample:
+    - username ansible secret password
+    - username admin secret admin
+"""
+
+import re
+
+from functools import partial
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.ios import get_config, load_config
+from ansible.module_utils.six import iteritems
+from ansible.module_utils.ios import ios_argument_spec, check_args
+
+
+def validate_privilege(value, module):
+    if not 1 <= value <= 15:
+        module.fail_json(msg='privilege must be between 1 and 15, got %s' % value)
+
+
+def map_obj_to_commands(updates, module):
+    commands = list()
+    state = module.params['state']
+    update_password = module.params['update_password']
+
+    def needs_update(want, have, x):
+        return want.get(x) and (want.get(x) != have.get(x))
+
+    def add(command, want, x):
+        command.append('username %s %s' % (want['name'], x))
+
+    for update in updates:
+        want, have = update
+
+        if want['state'] == 'absent':
+            commands.append('no username %s' % want['name'])
+            continue
+
+        if needs_update(want, have, 'view'):
+            add(commands, want, 'view %s' % want['view'])
+
+        if needs_update(want, have, 'privilege'):
+            add(commands, want, 'privilege %s' % want['privilege'])
+
+        if needs_update(want, have, 'password'):
+            if update_password == 'always' or not have:
+                add(commands, want, 'secret %s' % want['password'])
+
+        if needs_update(want, have, 'nopassword'):
+            if want['nopassword']:
+                add(commands, want, 'nopassword')
+            else:
+                add(commands, want, 'no username %s nopassword' % want['name'])
+
+    return commands
+
+
+def parse_view(data):
+    match = re.search(r'view (\S+)', data, re.M)
+    if match:
+        return match.group(1)
+
+
+def parse_privilege(data):
+    match = re.search(r'privilege (\S+)', data, re.M)
+    if match:
+        return int(match.group(1))
+
+
+def map_config_to_obj(module):
+    data = get_config(module, flags=['| section username'])
+
+    match = re.findall(r'^username (\S+)', data, re.M)
+    if not match:
+        return list()
+
+    instances = list()
+
+    for user in set(match):
+        regex = r'username %s .+$' % user
+        cfg = re.findall(regex, data, re.M)
+        cfg = '\n'.join(cfg)
+        obj = {
+            'name': user,
+            'state': 'present',
+            'nopassword': 'nopassword' in cfg,
+            'password': None,
+            'privilege': parse_privilege(cfg),
+            'view': parse_view(cfg)
+        }
+        instances.append(obj)
+
+    return instances
+
+
+def get_param_value(key, item, module):
+    # if key doesn't exist in the item, get it from module.params
+    if not item.get(key):
+        value = module.params[key]
+
+    # if key does exist, do a type check on it to validate it
+    else:
+        value_type = module.argument_spec[key].get('type', 'str')
+        type_checker = module._CHECK_ARGUMENT_TYPES_DISPATCHER[value_type]
+        type_checker(item[key])
+        value = item[key]
+
+    # validate the param value (if validator func exists)
+    validator = globals().get('validate_%s' % key)
+    if all((value, validator)):
+        validator(value, module)
+
+    return value
+
+
+def map_params_to_obj(module):
+    users = module.params['users']
+    if not users:
+        if not module.params['name'] and module.params['purge']:
+            return list()
+        elif not module.params['name']:
+            module.fail_json(msg='username is required')
+        else:
+            collection = [{'name': module.params['name']}]
+    else:
+        collection = list()
+        for item in users:
+            if not isinstance(item, dict):
+                collection.append({'name': item})
+            elif 'name' not in item:
+                module.fail_json(msg='name is required')
+            else:
+                collection.append(item)
+
+    objects = list()
+
+    for item in collection:
+        get_value = partial(get_param_value, item=item, module=module)
+        item['password'] = get_value('password')
+        item['nopassword'] = get_value('nopassword')
+        item['privilege'] = get_value('privilege')
+        item['view'] = get_value('view')
+        item['state'] = get_value('state')
+        objects.append(item)
+
+    return objects
+
+
+def update_objects(want, have):
+    updates = list()
+    for entry in want:
+        item = next((i for i in have if i['name'] == entry['name']), None)
+        if all((item is None, entry['state'] == 'present')):
+            updates.append((entry, {}))
+        elif item:
+            for key, value in iteritems(entry):
+                if value and value != item[key]:
+                    updates.append((entry, item))
+    return updates
+
+
+def main():
+    """ main entry point for module execution
+    """
+    argument_spec = dict(
+        users=dict(type='list', aliases=['collection']),
+        name=dict(),
+
+        password=dict(no_log=True),
+        nopassword=dict(type='bool'),
+        update_password=dict(default='always', choices=['on_create', 'always']),
+
+        privilege=dict(type='int'),
+        view=dict(aliases=['role']),
+
+        purge=dict(type='bool', default=False),
+        state=dict(default='present', choices=['present', 'absent'])
+    )
+
+    argument_spec.update(ios_argument_spec)
+    mutually_exclusive = [('name', 'users')]
+
+    module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                           mutually_exclusive=mutually_exclusive,
+                           supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    warnings = list()
+    check_args(module, warnings)
+
+    result = {'changed': False}
+    if warnings:
+        result['warnings'] = warnings
+
+    want = map_params_to_obj(module)
+    have = map_config_to_obj(module)
+
+    commands = map_obj_to_commands(update_objects(want, have), module)
+
+    if module.params['purge']:
+        want_users = [x['name'] for x in want]
+        have_users = [x['name'] for x in have]
+        for item in set(have_users).difference(want_users):
+            if item != 'admin':
+                commands.append('no username %s' % item)
+
+    result['commands'] = commands
+
+    # the ios cli prevents this by rule so capture it and display
+    # a nice failure message
+    if 'no username admin' in commands:
+        module.fail_json(msg='cannot delete the `admin` account')
+
+    if commands:
+        if not module.check_mode:
+            load_config(module, commands)
+        result['changed'] = True
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/ios.yaml b/test/integration/ios.yaml
index ea4d97e2ddc..d331922df18 100644
--- a/test/integration/ios.yaml
+++ b/test/integration/ios.yaml
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@
     - { role: ios_facts, when: "limit_to in ['*', 'ios_facts']" }
     - { role: ios_template, when: "limit_to in ['*', 'ios_template']" }
     - { role: ios_system, when: "limit_to in ['*', 'ios_system']" }
+    - { role: ios_user, when: "limit_to in ['*', 'ios_user']" }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_user/defaults/main.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/defaults/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5f709c5aac1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+testcase: "*"
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_user/meta/main.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/meta/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..159cea8d383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/meta/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - prepare_ios_tests
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/cli.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/cli.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d675462dd02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/cli.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+- name: collect all cli test cases
+  find:
+    paths: "{{ role_path }}/tests/cli"
+    patterns: "{{ testcase }}.yaml"
+  register: test_cases
+
+- name: set test_items
+  set_fact: test_items="{{ test_cases.files | map(attribute='path') | list }}"
+
+- name: run test case
+  include: "{{ test_case_to_run }}"
+  with_items: "{{ test_items }}"
+  loop_control:
+    loop_var: test_case_to_run
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/main.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..415c99d8b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+---
+- { include: cli.yaml, tags: ['cli'] }
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tests/cli/basic.yaml b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tests/cli/basic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d8c6314187
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/ios_user/tests/cli/basic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+---
+- name: Create user
+  ios_user:
+    name: netend
+    privilege: 15
+    role: network-operator
+    state: present
+    authorize: yes
+    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - 'result.changed == true'
+      - 'result.commands == ["username netend view network-operator", "username netend privilege 15"]'
+
+- name: Collection of users
+  ios_user:
+    users:
+      - name: test1
+      - name: test2
+    authorize: yes
+    state: present
+    view: network-admin
+    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - 'result.changed == true'
+      - 'result.commands == ["username test1 view network-admin", "username test2 view network-admin"]'
+
+- name: tearDown
+  ios_user:
+    purge: yes
+    authorize: yes
+    provider: "{{ cli }}"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - 'result.changed == true'
+      - 'result.commands == ["no username netend", "no username test1", "no username test2"]'
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/ios/fixtures/ios_user_config.cfg b/test/units/modules/network/ios/fixtures/ios_user_config.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd5b2095fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/ios/fixtures/ios_user_config.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+username admin view network-admin secret 5 $1$mdQIUxjg$3t3lzBpfKfITKvFm1uEIY.
+username ansible view network-admin secret 5 $1$3yWSXiIi$VdzV59ChiurrNdGxlDeAW/
diff --git a/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_user.py b/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_user.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bcc9fa6420b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/modules/network/ios/test_ios_user.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# (c) 2016 Red Hat Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import json
+
+from ansible.compat.tests.mock import patch
+from ansible.modules.network.ios import ios_user
+from .ios_module import TestIosModule, load_fixture, set_module_args
+
+
+class TestIosUserModule(TestIosModule):
+
+    module = ios_user
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.mock_get_config = patch('ansible.modules.network.ios.ios_user.get_config')
+        self.get_config = self.mock_get_config.start()
+
+        self.mock_load_config = patch('ansible.modules.network.ios.ios_user.load_config')
+        self.load_config = self.mock_load_config.start()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.mock_get_config.stop()
+        self.mock_load_config.stop()
+
+    def load_fixtures(self, commands=None, transport='cli'):
+        self.get_config.return_value = load_fixture('ios_user_config.cfg')
+        self.load_config.return_value = dict(diff=None, session='session')
+
+    def test_ios_user_create(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='test', nopassword=True))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username test nopassword'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_delete(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', state='absent'))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['no username ansible'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_password(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', password='test'))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username ansible secret test'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_privilege(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', privilege=15))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username ansible privilege 15'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_privilege_invalid(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', privilege=25))
+        self.execute_module(failed=True)
+
+    def test_ios_user_purge(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(purge=True))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['no username ansible'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_view(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', view='test'))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username ansible view test'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_update_password_changed(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='test', password='test', update_password='on_create'))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username test secret test'])
+
+    def test_ios_user_update_password_on_create_ok(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', password='test', update_password='on_create'))
+        self.execute_module()
+
+    def test_ios_user_update_password_always(self):
+        set_module_args(dict(name='ansible', password='test', update_password='always'))
+        result = self.execute_module(changed=True)
+        self.assertEqual(result['commands'], ['username ansible secret test'])