diff --git a/esphome/components/senseair/__init__.py b/esphome/components/senseair/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.cpp b/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96f456282f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include "senseair.h"
+#include "esphome/core/log.h"
+
+namespace esphome {
+namespace senseair {
+
+static const char *TAG = "senseair";
+static const uint8_t SENSEAIR_REQUEST_LENGTH = 8;
+static const uint8_t SENSEAIR_RESPONSE_LENGTH = 13;
+static const uint8_t SENSEAIR_COMMAND_GET_PPM[] = {0xFE, 0x04, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0xE5, 0xC6};
+
+void SenseAirComponent::update() {
+  uint8_t response[SENSEAIR_RESPONSE_LENGTH];
+  if (!this->senseair_write_command_(SENSEAIR_COMMAND_GET_PPM, response)) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Reading data from SenseAir failed!");
+    this->status_set_warning();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (response[0] != 0xFE || response[1] != 0x04) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "Invalid preamble from SenseAir!");
+    this->status_set_warning();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  uint16_t calc_checksum = this->senseair_checksum_(response, 11);
+  uint16_t resp_checksum = (uint16_t(response[12]) << 8) | response[11];
+  if (resp_checksum != calc_checksum) {
+    ESP_LOGW(TAG, "SenseAir checksum doesn't match: 0x%02X!=0x%02X", resp_checksum, calc_checksum);
+    this->status_set_warning();
+    return;
+  }
+
+  this->status_clear_warning();
+  const uint8_t length = response[2];
+  const uint16_t status = (uint16_t(response[3]) << 8) | response[4];
+  const uint16_t ppm = (uint16_t(response[length + 1]) << 8) | response[length + 2];
+
+  ESP_LOGD(TAG, "SenseAir Received CO₂=%uppm Status=0x%02X", ppm, status);
+  if (this->co2_sensor_ != nullptr)
+    this->co2_sensor_->publish_state(ppm);
+}
+
+uint16_t SenseAirComponent::senseair_checksum_(uint8_t *ptr, uint8_t length) {
+  uint16_t crc = 0xFFFF;
+  uint8_t i;
+  while (length--) {
+    crc ^= *ptr++;
+    for (i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
+      if ((crc & 0x01) != 0) {
+        crc >>= 1;
+        crc ^= 0xA001;
+      } else {
+        crc >>= 1;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return crc;
+}
+
+bool SenseAirComponent::senseair_write_command_(const uint8_t *command, uint8_t *response) {
+  this->flush();
+  this->write_array(command, SENSEAIR_REQUEST_LENGTH);
+
+  if (response == nullptr)
+    return true;
+
+  bool ret = this->read_array(response, SENSEAIR_RESPONSE_LENGTH);
+  this->flush();
+  return ret;
+}
+
+void SenseAirComponent::dump_config() {
+  ESP_LOGCONFIG(TAG, "SenseAir:");
+  LOG_SENSOR("  ", "CO2", this->co2_sensor_);
+}
+
+}  // namespace senseair
+}  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.h b/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..23bcf40b5a
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+++ b/esphome/components/senseair/senseair.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "esphome/core/component.h"
+#include "esphome/components/sensor/sensor.h"
+#include "esphome/components/uart/uart.h"
+
+namespace esphome {
+namespace senseair {
+
+class SenseAirComponent : public PollingComponent, public uart::UARTDevice {
+ public:
+  float get_setup_priority() const override { return setup_priority::DATA; }
+  void set_co2_sensor(sensor::Sensor *co2_sensor) { co2_sensor_ = co2_sensor; }
+
+  void update() override;
+  void dump_config() override;
+
+ protected:
+  uint16_t senseair_checksum_(uint8_t *ptr, uint8_t length);
+  bool senseair_write_command_(const uint8_t *command, uint8_t *response);
+
+  sensor::Sensor *co2_sensor_{nullptr};
+};
+
+}  // namespace senseair
+}  // namespace esphome
diff --git a/esphome/components/senseair/sensor.py b/esphome/components/senseair/sensor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..393bfd5182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esphome/components/senseair/sensor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import esphome.codegen as cg
+import esphome.config_validation as cv
+from esphome.components import sensor, uart
+from esphome.const import CONF_CO2, CONF_ID, ICON_PERIODIC_TABLE_CO2, UNIT_PARTS_PER_MILLION
+
+DEPENDENCIES = ['uart']
+
+senseair_ns = cg.esphome_ns.namespace('senseair')
+SenseAirComponent = senseair_ns.class_('SenseAirComponent', cg.PollingComponent, uart.UARTDevice)
+
+CONFIG_SCHEMA = cv.Schema({
+    cv.GenerateID(): cv.declare_id(SenseAirComponent),
+    cv.Required(CONF_CO2): sensor.sensor_schema(UNIT_PARTS_PER_MILLION, ICON_PERIODIC_TABLE_CO2, 0),
+}).extend(cv.polling_component_schema('60s')).extend(uart.UART_DEVICE_SCHEMA)
+
+
+def to_code(config):
+    var = cg.new_Pvariable(config[CONF_ID])
+    yield cg.register_component(var, config)
+    yield uart.register_uart_device(var, config)
+
+    if CONF_CO2 in config:
+        sens = yield sensor.new_sensor(config[CONF_CO2])
+        cg.add(var.set_co2_sensor(sens))
diff --git a/tests/test1.yaml b/tests/test1.yaml
index 09482f846e..b2293969cd 100644
--- a/tests/test1.yaml
+++ b/tests/test1.yaml
@@ -511,6 +511,10 @@ sensor:
   - platform: pulse_width
     name: Pulse Width
     pin: GPIO12
+  - platform: senseair
+    co2:
+      name: "SenseAir CO2 Value"
+    update_interval: 15s
   - platform: sht3xd
     temperature:
       name: "Living Room Temperature 8"