diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b3529c..e003084 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ lib_
 .idea
 x_*
 docs_out
+.venv
diff --git a/fritzconnection/cli/fritzwol.py b/fritzconnection/cli/fritzwol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..266aafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fritzconnection/cli/fritzwol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+"""
+fritzwol.py
+
+Module to wake up a single host via the Fritzbox built-in mechanism.
+This can be helpful if the host to be woken up is in a different
+broadcast domain/ subnet than the client which tries to wake up.
+CLI interface.
+
+This module is part of the FritzConnection package.
+https://github.com/kbr/fritzconnection
+License: MIT (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+Author: Maik Töpfer
+"""
+
+from fritzconnection.core.exceptions import FritzConnectionException
+from fritzconnection.core.fritzconnection import FritzConnection
+from ..lib.fritzhosts import FritzHosts
+from . utils import get_cli_arguments, get_instance, print_header
+
+class WakeOnLanException(Exception):
+    """
+    Exception raised when encountering issues while attempting to start a device using "Wake on LAN" (WoL).
+    """
+    pass
+
+class WakeOnLan:
+    """
+    This class provides access to the "Start computer" (German "Computer starten") feature of a host via the command line.
+    This enables waking up computers in the local network which are on a different broadcast domain/ subnet.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, fc, fh):
+        self.fc = fc
+        self.fh = fh
+
+    def wakeup(self, host_name):
+        """
+        Wake up the provided local computer.
+
+        Raises:
+            WakeOnLanException: If the hostname is unknown at the Fritzbox or if there was an error sending the WoL command
+        """
+        mac = self._get_mac_address(host_name)
+        self._wakeup_host(mac)
+
+    def _get_mac_address(self, host_name):
+        for host in self.fh.get_hosts_info(): 
+            if host["name"] == host_name: 
+                return host["mac"]
+        raise WakeOnLanException(
+                f"Host '{host_name}' is unknown at Fritzbox.")
+
+    def _wakeup_host(self, mac):
+        try:
+            self.fc.call_action(
+                'Hosts1',
+                'X_AVM-DE_WakeOnLANByMACAddress',
+                NewMACAddress=mac)
+        except FritzConnectionException as e:
+            raise WakeOnLanException(f"Error sending Wake on LAN command: {e}")
+
+
+def _add_arguments(parser):
+    parser.add_argument('host', help='name of host to be woken up')
+
+
+def main():
+    args = get_cli_arguments(_add_arguments)
+    if not args.password:
+        print('Exit: password required.')
+    else:
+        fc = get_instance(FritzConnection, args)
+        print_header(fc)
+        try:
+            wol = WakeOnLan(fc, FritzHosts(fc))
+            print(f"Waking up host '{args.host}'...")
+            wol.wakeup(args.host)
+            print("Done")
+
+        except WakeOnLanException as e:
+            print(e)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/fritzconnection/tests/cli/test_fritzwol.py b/fritzconnection/tests/cli/test_fritzwol.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c85c45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fritzconnection/tests/cli/test_fritzwol.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import pytest
+
+from fritzconnection.cli.fritzwol import WakeOnLan, WakeOnLanException
+from unittest.mock import Mock
+
+from fritzconnection.core.exceptions import FritzConnectionException
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def fritz_connection():
+    return Mock()
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def fritz_hosts():
+    mock = Mock()
+    mock.get_hosts_info.return_value = [{'name': 'someHost',
+                                         'mac': '00:00:00:00:00:00'}]
+    return mock
+
+
+def test_wol_is_invoked(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts):
+    WakeOnLan(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts).wakeup("someHost")
+    fritz_hosts.get_hosts_info.assert_called_once()
+    fritz_connection.call_action.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_host_not_found(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts):
+    with pytest.raises(WakeOnLanException):
+        WakeOnLan(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts).wakeup("unknownHost")
+
+    fritz_connection.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_call_action_causes_exception(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts):
+    fritz_connection.call_action.side_effect = FritzConnectionException
+
+    with pytest.raises(WakeOnLanException):
+        WakeOnLan(fritz_connection, fritz_hosts).wakeup("somehost")
+
+    fritz_hosts.get_hosts_info.assert_called_once()
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1a8ed4b..5048ea1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ def get_version():
             "fritzphonebook = fritzconnection.cli.fritzphonebook:main",
             "fritzstatus = fritzconnection.cli.fritzstatus:main",
             "fritzwlan = fritzconnection.cli.fritzwlan:main",
+            "fritzwol = fritzconnection.cli.fritzwol:main",
         ]
     },
 )