diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/memset.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/memset.py
index a156c401aa7..13a4cbf40ba 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/memset.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/memset.py
@@ -81,14 +81,13 @@ def memset_api_call(api_key, api_method, payload=None):
             errorcode = None
 
         has_failed = True
-        error_json = json.loads(e.read().decode('utf-8'))
         response.content = e.read().decode('utf8')
-        response.status_code = e.code
+        response.status_code = errorcode
 
         if response.status_code is not None:
-            msg = "Memset API returned a {0} response ({1}, {2})." . format(response.status_code, error_json['error_type'], error_json['error'])
+            msg = "Memset API returned a {0} response ({1}, {2})." . format(response.status_code, response.json()['error_type'], response.json()['error'])
         else:
-            msg = "Memset API returned an error ({0}, {1})." . format(error_json['error_type'], error_json['error'])
+            msg = "Memset API returned an error ({0}, {1})." . format(response.json()['error_type'], response.json()['error'])
 
     del payload['api_key']
 
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/memset/memset_dns_reload.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/memset/memset_dns_reload.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0705a090537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/memset/memset_dns_reload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2018, Simon Weald <ansible@simonweald.com>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {
+    'metadata_version': '1.1',
+    'status': ['preview'],
+    'supported_by': 'community'
+}
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: memset_dns_reload
+author: "Simon Weald (@analbeard)"
+version_added: "2.6"
+short_description: Request reload of Memset's DNS infrastructure,
+notes:
+  - DNS reload requests are a best-effort service provided by Memset; these generally
+    happen every 15 minutes by default, however you can request an immediate reload if
+    later tasks rely on the records being created. An API key generated via the
+    Memset customer control panel is required with the following minimum scope -
+    I(dns.reload). If you wish to poll the job status to wait until the reload has
+    completed, then I(job.status) is also required.
+description:
+    - Request a reload of Memset's DNS infrastructure, and optionally poll until it finishes.
+options:
+    api_key:
+        required: true
+        description:
+            - The API key obtained from the Memset control panel.
+    poll:
+        default: false
+        type: bool
+        description:
+            - Boolean value, if set will poll the reload job's status and return
+              when the job has completed (unless the 30 second timeout is reached first).
+              If the timeout is reached then the task will not be marked as failed, but
+              stderr will indicate that the polling failed.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: submit DNS reload and poll.
+  memset_dns_reload:
+    api_key: 5eb86c9196ab03919abcf03857163741
+    poll: True
+  delegate_to: localhost
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+---
+memset_api:
+  description: Raw response from the Memset API.
+  returned: always
+  type: complex
+  contains:
+    error:
+      description: Whether the job ended in error state.
+      returned: always
+      type: bool
+      sample: true
+    finished:
+      description: Whether the job completed before the result was returned.
+      returned: always
+      type: bool
+      sample: true
+    id:
+      description: Job ID.
+      returned: always
+      type: string
+      sample: "c9cc8ad2a3e3fb8c63ed83c424928ef8"
+    status:
+      description: Job status.
+      returned: always
+      type: string
+      sample: "DONE"
+    type:
+      description: Job type.
+      returned: always
+      type: string
+      sample: "dns"
+'''
+
+from time import sleep
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils.memset import memset_api_call
+
+
+def poll_reload_status(api_key=None, job_id=None, payload=None):
+    '''
+    We poll the `job.status` endpoint every 5 seconds up to a
+    maximum of 6 times. This is a relatively arbitrary choice of
+    timeout, however requests rarely take longer than 15 seconds
+    to complete.
+    '''
+    memset_api, stderr, msg = None, None, None
+    payload['id'] = job_id
+
+    api_method = 'job.status'
+    _has_failed, _msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=api_key, api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
+
+    while not response.json()['finished']:
+        counter = 0
+        while counter < 6:
+            sleep(5)
+            _has_failed, msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=api_key, api_method=api_method, payload=payload)
+            counter += 1
+    if response.json()['error']:
+        # the reload job was submitted but polling failed. Don't return this as an overall task failure.
+        stderr = "Reload submitted successfully, but the Memset API returned a job error when attempting to poll the reload status."
+        msg = msg
+    else:
+        memset_api = response.json()
+        msg = None
+
+    return(memset_api, msg, stderr)
+
+
+def reload_dns(args=None):
+    '''
+    DNS reloads are a single API call and therefore there's not much
+    which can go wrong outside of auth errors.
+    '''
+    retvals, payload = dict(), dict()
+    has_changed, has_failed = False, False
+    memset_api, msg, stderr = None, None, None
+
+    api_method = 'dns.reload'
+    has_failed, msg, response = memset_api_call(api_key=args['api_key'], api_method=api_method)
+
+    if has_failed:
+        # this is the first time the API is called; incorrect credentials will
+        # manifest themselves at this point so we need to ensure the user is
+        # informed of the reason.
+        retvals['failed'] = has_failed
+        retvals['memset_api'] = response.json()
+        retvals['msg'] = msg
+        return(retvals)
+
+    # set changed to true if the reload request was accepted.
+    has_changed = True
+    memset_api = msg
+    # empty msg var as we don't want to return the API's json response twice.
+    msg = None
+
+    if args['poll']:
+        # hand off to the poll function.
+        job_id = response.json()['id']
+        memset_api, msg, stderr = poll_reload_status(api_key=args['api_key'], job_id=job_id, payload=payload)
+
+    # assemble return variables.
+    retvals['failed'] = has_failed
+    retvals['changed'] = has_changed
+    for val in ['msg', 'stderr', 'memset_api']:
+        if val is not None:
+            retvals[val] = eval(val)
+
+    return(retvals)
+
+
+def main():
+    global module
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            api_key=dict(required=True, type='str', no_log=True),
+            poll=dict(required=False, default=False, type='bool')
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=False
+    )
+
+    # populate the dict with the user-provided vars.
+    args = dict()
+    for key, arg in module.params.items():
+        args[key] = arg
+
+    retvals = reload_dns(args)
+
+    if retvals['failed']:
+        module.fail_json(**retvals)
+    else:
+        module.exit_json(**retvals)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/aliases b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad7ccf7ada2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+unsupported
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73b314ff7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+---
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7782655939
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/memset_dns_reload/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+- name: request reload with invalid API key
+  local_action:
+    module: memset_dns_reload
+    api_key: "wa9aerahhie0eekee9iaphoorovooyia"
+  ignore_errors: true
+  register: result
+
+- name: check API response with invalid API key
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - "'Memset API returned a 403 response (ApiErrorForbidden, Bad api_key)' in result.msg"
+      - result is not successful
+
+- name: request reload and poll
+  local_action:
+    module: memset_dns_reload
+    api_key: "{{ api_key }}"
+    poll: true
+  register: result
+
+- name: check reload succeeded
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - result is changed
+      - result is successful