diff --git a/fence/agents/rcd_serial/Makefile.am b/fence/agents/rcd_serial/Makefile.am
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+MAINTAINERCLEANFILES	= Makefile.in
+
+TARGET			= fence_rcd_serial
+
+SRC			= $(TARGET).py
+
+EXTRA_DIST		= $(SRC) 
+
+scsidatadir		= $(CLUSTERDATA)
+scsidata_SCRIPTS	= fence_rcd_serial_check
+
+sbin_SCRIPTS		= $(TARGET)
+
+man_MANS		= $(TARGET).8
+
+FENCE_TEST_ARGS         = -k 1
+
+fence_rcd_serial_check: $(TARGET)
+	cp $^ $@
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/make/fencebuild.mk
+include $(top_srcdir)/make/fenceman.mk
+include $(top_srcdir)/make/agentpycheck.mk
+
+clean-local: clean-man
+	rm -f $(TARGET) $(SYMTARGET) fence_rcd_serial_check
diff --git a/fence/agents/rcd_serial/fence_rcd_serial.py b/fence/agents/rcd_serial/fence_rcd_serial.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python -tt
+
+# Copyright 2015 Infoxchange, Danielle Madeley, Sam McLeod-Jones
+
+# Controls an RCD serial device
+# Ported from stonith/rcd_serial.c
+
+# The Following Agent Has Been Tested On:
+# CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+# Resource example:
+# primitive stonith_node_1 ocf:rcd_serial_py params port="/dev/ttyS0" time=1000 hostlist=stonith_node_1 stonith-timeout=5s
+
+import sys
+import atexit
+import os
+import struct
+from fcntl import ioctl
+from termios import TIOCMBIC, TIOCMBIS, TIOCM_RTS, TIOCM_DTR
+from time import sleep
+
+sys.path.append("@FENCEAGENTSLIBDIR@")
+from fencing import *
+from fencing import fail_usage
+
+#BEGIN_VERSION_GENERATION
+RELEASE_VERSION="rcd_serial (serial reset) fence agent"
+REDHAT_COPYRIGHT=""
+BUILD_DATE="22 Jul 2015"
+#END_VERSION_GENERATION
+
+
+class RCDSerial(object):
+  """Control class for serial device"""
+
+  def __init__(self, port='/dev/ttyS0'):
+    self.fd = fd = os.open(port, os.O_RDONLY | os.O_NDELAY)
+    print("Opened %s on fd %i" % (port, fd))
+    ioctl(fd, TIOCMBIC, struct.pack('I', TIOCM_RTS | TIOCM_DTR))
+
+  def close(self):
+    """Close the serial device"""
+    ret = os.close(self.fd)
+
+    return ret
+
+  def toggle_pin(self, pin=TIOCM_DTR, time=1000):
+    """Toggle the pin high for the time specified"""
+
+    # set pin high
+    ioctl(self.fd, TIOCMBIS, struct.pack('I', pin))
+    sleep(time / 1000.)
+    # set the pin low
+    ioctl(self.fd, TIOCMBIC, struct.pack('I', pin))
+
+def get_power_status(conn, options):
+  return "on"
+
+def set_power_status(conn, options):
+  conn.toggle_pin(time=options["--time"])
+  return "off"
+
+def main():
+  device_opt = ["port", "time"]
+
+  atexit.register(atexit_handler)
+
+  all_opt["port"] = {
+    "getopt" : ":",
+    "longopt" : "port",
+    "help":"--port=[port]                  Example: /dev/ttyS0",
+    "required" : "1",
+    "shortdesc" : "port of the serial device",
+    "default" : "/dev/ttyS0",
+    "order": 1
+    }
+
+  all_opt["time"] = {
+    "getopt" : ":",
+    "longopt" : "time",
+    "help":"--time=[milliseconds] Issue the reset between 1 and [milliseconds]",
+    "required" : "1",
+    "shortdesc" : "Issue a sleep between 1 and X milliseconds.",
+    "default" : "1000",
+    "order": 1
+    }
+
+  options = check_input(device_opt, process_input(device_opt))
+
+  docs = {}
+  docs["shortdesc"] = "rcd_serial fence agent"
+  docs["longdesc"] = "fence_rcd_serial"
+  docs["vendorurl"] = "http://www.scl.co.uk/rcd_serial/"
+  show_docs(options, docs)
+
+  ## Operate the fencing device
+  conn = RCDSerial(port=options["--port"])
+  result = fence_action(conn, options, set_power_status, get_power_status, None)
+  conn.close()
+
+  sys.exit(result)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  main()
+