diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9eed963..243d54a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ Editing the XML or diffing the XML is not supported, this may limit the amount o
 * rollback
 * load_merge_candidate
 * get_users
+* cli
 
 
 ### Missing APIs.
 
-* cli
 * compliance_report
 * connection_tests
 * get_bgp_config
diff --git a/napalm_opengear/opengear.py b/napalm_opengear/opengear.py
index fe21f58..2352c3b 100644
--- a/napalm_opengear/opengear.py
+++ b/napalm_opengear/opengear.py
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ def _send_command(self, command):
         except (socket.error, EOFError) as e:
             raise ConnectionException(str(e))
 
+    def cli(self, cmd):
+        """send some commands via sudo."""
+        output = self._send_command('sudo {0}'.format(cmd.strip()))
+
+        return output
+
+
     def open(self):
         """Open a connection to the device."""
         self.device = self._netmiko_open(