diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/misc/cloud_init_data_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/misc/cloud_init_data_facts.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# (c) 2018, René Moser <mail@renemoser.net>
+# 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: cloud_init_data_facts
+short_description: Retrieve facts of cloud-init.
+description:
+  - Gathers facts by reading the status.json and result.json of cloud-init.
+version_added: 2.6
+author: René Moser (@resmo)
+options:
+  filter:
+    description:
+      - Filter facts
+    choices: [ status, result ]
+notes:
+  - See http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/ for more information abount cloud-init.
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Gather all facts of cloud init
+  cloud_init_data_facts:
+  register: result
+
+- debug:
+    var: result
+
+- name: Wait for cloud init to finish
+  cloud_init_data_facts:
+    filter: status
+  register: res
+  until: "res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined and not res.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage"
+  retries: 50
+  delay: 5
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+---
+cloud_init_data_facts:
+  description: Facts of result and status.
+  returned: success
+  type: dict
+  sample: '{
+    "status": {
+        "v1": {
+            "datasource": "DataSourceCloudStack",
+            "errors": []
+        },
+    "result": {
+        "v1": {
+            "datasource": "DataSourceCloudStack",
+            "init": {
+                "errors": [],
+                "finished": 1522066377.0185432,
+                "start": 1522066375.2648022
+            },
+            "init-local": {
+                "errors": [],
+                "finished": 1522066373.70919,
+                "start": 1522066373.4726632
+            },
+            "modules-config": {
+                "errors": [],
+                "finished": 1522066380.9097016,
+                "start": 1522066379.0011985
+            },
+            "modules-final": {
+                "errors": [],
+                "finished": 1522066383.56594,
+                "start": 1522066382.3449218
+            },
+            "stage": null
+        }
+    }'
+'''
+
+import os
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+from ansible.module_utils._text import to_text
+
+
+CLOUD_INIT_PATH = "/var/lib/cloud/data/"
+
+
+def gather_cloud_init_data_facts(module):
+    res = {
+        'cloud_init_data_facts': dict()
+    }
+
+    for i in ['result', 'status']:
+        filter = module.params.get('filter')
+        if filter is None or filter == i:
+            res['cloud_init_data_facts'][i] = dict()
+            json_file = CLOUD_INIT_PATH + i + '.json'
+
+            if os.path.exists(json_file):
+                f = open(json_file, 'rb')
+                contents = to_text(f.read(), errors='surrogate_or_strict')
+                f.close()
+
+                if contents:
+                    res['cloud_init_data_facts'][i] = module.from_json(contents)
+    return res
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            filter=dict(choices=['result', 'status']),
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+
+    facts = gather_cloud_init_data_facts(module)
+    result = dict(changed=False, ansible_facts=facts, **facts)
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/aliases b/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/aliases
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+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/aliases
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+destructive
+posix/ci/group1
+skip/osx
+skip/freebsd
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/tasks/main.yml
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index 00000000000..6f15f14e3a5
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+++ b/test/integration/targets/cloud_init_data_facts/tasks/main.yml
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+---
+- name: test cloud-init
+  # TODO: check for a workaround
+  # install 'cloud-init'' failed: dpkg-divert: error: `diversion of /etc/init/ureadahead.conf
+  # to /etc/init/ureadahead.conf.disabled by cloud-init' clashes with `local diversion of
+  # /etc/init/ureadahead.conf to /etc/init/ureadahead.conf.distrib
+  # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ureadahead/+bug/997838
+  when: ansible_distribution != "Ubuntu" or ansible_distribution_major_version|int != 14
+  block:
+  - name: setup install cloud-init
+    package:
+      name: cloud-init
+
+  - name: setup run cloud-init
+    service:
+      name: cloud-init-local
+      state: restarted
+
+  - name: test gather cloud-init facts in check mode
+    cloud_init_data_facts:
+    check_mode: yes
+    register: result
+  - name: verify test gather cloud-init facts in check mode
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1 is defined
+        - result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined
+        - not result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage
+        - cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1 is defined
+        - cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined
+        - not cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage
+
+  - name: test gather cloud-init facts
+    cloud_init_data_facts:
+    register: result
+  - name: verify test gather cloud-init facts
+    assert:
+      that:
+        - result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1 is defined
+        - result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined
+        - not result.cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage
+        - cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1 is defined
+        - cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage is defined
+        - not cloud_init_data_facts.status.v1.stage