diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4bb670da..80eac27a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ test-cache/
 test-conf.yml
 nohup.out
 coverage.txt
-tests/bird-matrix/v*
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+tests/bird-matrix/v*
diff --git a/cmd/protocol.go b/cmd/protocol.go
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..419fadc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/protocol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"github.com/natesales/pathvector/pkg/bird"
+)
+
+var (
+	allowCommands		[]string
+	commentMessage		string
+)
+
+func init() {
+	protocolCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&commentMessage, "message", "m", "", "enable/disable custom message")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(protocolCmd)
+}
+
+var protocolCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:     "protocol <(r)estart|re(l)oad|(e)nable|(d)isable> <protocol name>",
+	Args:	 func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+				if len(args) < 1 {
+					log.Fatal("requires a command <restart|reload|enable|disable>")
+				} else if allowCommand(args[0]) == false {
+					log.Fatal("This command is not allowed: ", args[0])
+				} else if len(args) < 2 {
+					log.Fatal("requires protocol name")
+				}
+				return nil
+			 },
+	Aliases: []string{"p", "protocols"},
+	Short:   "Protocol command (restart, reload, enable or disable protocol sessions)",
+	Long:    "With this command you can restart, reload, enable or disable a protocol, if you want you can use \"all\" as the protocol name to for example restart all protocol sessions.",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		c, err := loadConfig()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Warnf("Error loading config, falling back to no-config output parsing: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		log.Infof("Starting bird protocol command")
+
+		commandOutput, _, err := bird.RunCommand(runCMD(args, commentMessage), c.BIRDSocket)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		} else if strings.Contains(commandOutput, "syntax error") || strings.Contains(commandOutput, "unexpected CF_SYM_UNDEFINED") || strings.Contains(commandOutput, "expecting END or CF_SYM_KNOWN or TEXT") {
+			log.Fatal("The protocol name was not found!")
+		}
+		log.Debugf("Command Output: %s", commandOutput)
+
+		fmt.Printf("Command %s succeeded for protocol: %s\n", args[0], args[1])
+	},
+}
+
+// allowCommand check if this command is allowed to run
+func allowCommand(cmd string) bool {
+	allowCommands := []string{"restart", "reload", "enable", "disable", "r", "l", "e", "d"}
+	for _, allowed := range allowCommands {
+		if allowed == cmd {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+// runCMD generate the run command
+func runCMD(args []string, message string) string {
+	switch args[0] {
+		case "d":
+			args[0] = "disable"
+			break
+		case "e":
+			args[0] = "enable"
+			break
+		case "r":
+			args[0] = "restart"
+			break
+		case "l":
+			args[0] = "reload"
+			break
+	}
+
+	if args[0] == "disable" && message != "" {
+		return args[0] + " " + args[1] + " \"" + message + "\""
+	} else if args[0] == "enable" && message != "" {
+		return args[0] + " " + args[1] + " \"" + message + "\""
+	} else if args[0] == "disable" {
+	 	return args[0] + " " + args[1] + " \"Protocol manually " + args[0] + "d by pathvector\""
+	}
+
+	return args[0] + " " + args[1]
+}
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diff --git a/cmd/protocol_test.go b/cmd/protocol_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c6b0aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/protocol_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package cmd
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestProtocol(t *testing.T) {
+        rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{
+                "protocol",
+                "reload",
+                "device1",
+        })
+        if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+                t.Error(err)
+        }
+}