diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3fbee44f8..8d70f2e08 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ It gets even better! Moto isn't just for Python code and it isn't just for S3. L
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | S3                    | @mock_s3         | core endpoints done               |
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| Secrets Manager       | @mock_secretsmanager | basic endpoints done
+|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | SES                   | @mock_ses        | all endpoints done                |
 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 | SNS                   | @mock_sns        | all endpoints done                |
diff --git a/moto/__init__.py b/moto/__init__.py
index 5e6f71b7a..0ce5e54d1 100644
--- a/moto/__init__.py
+++ b/moto/__init__.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from .rds2 import mock_rds2, mock_rds2_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .redshift import mock_redshift, mock_redshift_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .s3 import mock_s3, mock_s3_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .ses import mock_ses, mock_ses_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
+from .secretsmanager import mock_secretsmanager  # flake8: noqa
 from .sns import mock_sns, mock_sns_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .sqs import mock_sqs, mock_sqs_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
 from .sts import mock_sts, mock_sts_deprecated  # flake8: noqa
diff --git a/moto/backends.py b/moto/backends.py
index 496af13e1..cd8fe174f 100644
--- a/moto/backends.py
+++ b/moto/backends.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from moto.redshift import redshift_backends
 from moto.route53 import route53_backends
 from moto.s3 import s3_backends
 from moto.ses import ses_backends
+from moto.secretsmanager import secretsmanager_backends
 from moto.sns import sns_backends
 from moto.sqs import sqs_backends
 from moto.ssm import ssm_backends
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ BACKENDS = {
     's3': s3_backends,
     's3bucket_path': s3_backends,
     'ses': ses_backends,
+    'secretsmanager': secretsmanager_backends,
     'sns': sns_backends,
     'sqs': sqs_backends,
     'ssm': ssm_backends,
diff --git a/moto/secretsmanager/__init__.py b/moto/secretsmanager/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfc31930d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moto/secretsmanager/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from .models import secretsmanager_backends
+from ..core.models import base_decorator, deprecated_base_decorator
+
+secretsmanager_backend = secretsmanager_backends['us-east-1']
+mock_secretsmanager = base_decorator(secretsmanager_backends)