diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ios.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ios.py
index a58ce10a755..c67682b3949 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/ios.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/ios.py
@@ -19,8 +19,162 @@
 
 import re
 
-from ansible.module_utils.network import Command, NetCli, NetworkError, get_module
-from ansible.module_utils.network import register_transport, to_list
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import json
+from ansible.module_utils.network import Command, ModuleStub, NetCli, NetworkError
+from ansible.module_utils.network import add_argument, get_module, register_transport, to_list
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig
+from ansible.module_utils.urls import fetch_url, url_argument_spec, urlparse
+
+add_argument('use_ssl', dict(default=True, type='bool'))
+add_argument('validate_certs', dict(default=True, type='bool'))
+
+def argument_spec():
+    return dict(
+        running_config=dict(aliases=['config']),
+        save_config=dict(default=False, aliases=['save']),
+        force=dict(type='bool', default=False)
+    )
+ios_argument_spec = argument_spec()
+
+def get_config(module, include_defaults=False):
+    config = module.params['running_config']
+    if not config and not include_defaults:
+        config = module.config.get_config()
+    else:
+        config = module.cli('show running-config all')[0]
+    return NetworkConfig(indent=1, contents=config)
+
+
+class Restconf(object):
+
+    DEFAULT_HEADERS = {
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'Accept': 'application/json'
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.url = None
+
+        self.url_args = ModuleStub(url_argument_spec(), self._error)
+
+        self.token = None
+        self.link = None
+
+        self._connected = False
+        self.default_output = 'text'
+
+    def _error(self, msg):
+        raise NetworkError(msg, url=self.url)
+
+    def connect(self, params, **kwargs):
+        host = params['host']
+        port = params['port'] or 55443
+
+        self.url_args.params['url_username'] = params['username']
+        self.url_args.params['url_password'] = params['password']
+        self.url_args.params['validate_certs'] = params['validate_certs']
+
+        self.url = 'https://%s:%s/api/v1/' % (host, port)
+
+        response = self.post('auth/token-services')
+
+        self.token = response['token-id']
+        self.link = response['link']
+        self._connected = True
+
+    def disconnect(self):
+        self.delete(self.link)
+        self._connected = False
+
+    def authorize(self):
+        pass
+
+    ### REST methods ###
+
+    def request(self, method, path, data=None, headers=None):
+
+        headers = headers or self.DEFAULT_HEADERS
+
+        if self.token:
+            headers['X-Auth-Token'] = self.token
+
+        if path.startswith('/'):
+            path = path[1:]
+
+        url = urlparse.urljoin(self.url, path)
+
+        if data:
+            data = json.dumps(data)
+
+        response, headers = fetch_url(self.url_args, url, data=data,
+                headers=headers, method=method)
+
+        if not 200 <= headers['status'] <= 299:
+            raise NetworkError(response=response, **headers)
+
+        if int(headers['content-length']) > 0:
+            if headers['content-type'].startswith('application/json'):
+                response = json.load(response)
+            elif headers['content-type'].startswith('text/plain'):
+                response = str(response.read())
+
+        return response
+
+    def get(self, path, data=None, headers=None):
+        return self.request('GET', path, data, headers)
+
+    def put(self, path, data=None, headers=None):
+        return self.request('PUT', path, data, headers)
+
+    def post(self, path, data=None, headers=None):
+        return self.request('POST', path, data, headers)
+
+    def delete(self, path, data=None, headers=None):
+        return self.request('DELETE', path, data, headers)
+
+
+    ### implementation of Cli ###
+
+    def run_commands(self, commands):
+        responses = list()
+        for cmd in to_list(commands):
+            if str(cmd).startswith('show '):
+                cmd = str(cmd)[4:]
+            responses.append(self.execute(str(cmd)))
+        return responses
+
+    def execute(self, command):
+        data = dict(show=command)
+        response = self.put('global/cli', data=data)
+        return response['results']
+
+
+    ### implementation of Config ###
+
+    def configure(self, commands):
+        config = list()
+        for c in commands:
+            config.append(str(c))
+        data = dict(config='\n'.join(config))
+        self.put('global/cli', data=data)
+
+    def load_config(self, commands, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def get_config(self, **kwargs):
+        hdrs = {'Content-type': 'text/plain', 'Accept': 'text/plain'}
+        return self.get('global/running-config', headers=hdrs)
+
+    def commit_config(self, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def abort_config(self, **kwargs):
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def save_config(self):
+        self.put('/api/v1/global/save-config')
+Restconf = register_transport('restconf')(Restconf)
+
 
 class Cli(NetCli):
     CLI_PROMPTS_RE = [
@@ -72,6 +226,9 @@ class Cli(NetCli):
     def abort_config(self, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
+    def save_config(self):
+        self.execute(['copy running-config startup-config'])
+
     def run_commands(self, commands):
         cmds = to_list(commands)
         responses = self.execute(cmds)