diff --git a/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/buttons/POVButton.cpp b/wpilibc/src/main/native/cpp/buttons/POVButton.cpp
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#include "frc/buttons/POVButton.h"
+
+using namespace frc;
+
+POVButton::POVButton(GenericHID& joystick, int angle, int povNumber)
+    : m_joystick(&joystick), m_angle(angle), m_povNumber(povNumber) {}
+
+bool POVButton::Get() { return m_joystick->GetPOV(m_povNumber) == m_angle; }
diff --git a/wpilibc/src/main/native/include/frc/buttons/POVButton.h b/wpilibc/src/main/native/include/frc/buttons/POVButton.h
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "frc/GenericHID.h"
+#include "frc/buttons/Button.h"
+
+namespace frc {
+class POVButton : public Button {
+ public:
+  /**
+   * Creates a POV button for triggering commands.
+   *
+   * @param joystick The GenericHID object that has the POV
+   * @param angle The desired angle in degrees (e.g. 90, 270)
+   * @param povNumber The POV number (@see GenericHID#GetPOV)
+   */
+  POVButton(GenericHID& joystick, int angle, int povNumber = 0);
+  virtual ~POVButton() = default;
+
+  POVButton(POVButton&&) = default;
+  POVButton& operator=(POVButton&&) = default;
+
+  bool Get() override;
+
+ private:
+  GenericHID* m_joystick;
+  int m_angle;
+  int m_povNumber;
+};
+}  // namespace frc
diff --git a/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/buttons/POVButton.java b/wpilibj/src/main/java/edu/wpi/first/wpilibj/buttons/POVButton.java
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2018 FIRST. All Rights Reserved.                             */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+package edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.buttons;
+
+import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.GenericHID;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link Button} that gets its state from a POV on a {@link GenericHID}.
+ */
+public class POVButton extends Button {
+  private final GenericHID m_joystick;
+  private final int m_angle;
+  private final int m_povNumber;
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a POV button for triggering commands.
+   *
+   * @param joystick The GenericHID object that has the POV
+   * @param angle The desired angle in degrees (e.g. 90, 270)
+   * @param povNumber The POV number (see {@link GenericHID#getPOV(int)})
+   */
+  public POVButton(GenericHID joystick, int angle, int povNumber) {
+    m_joystick = joystick;
+    m_angle = angle;
+    m_povNumber = povNumber;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a POV button for triggering commands.
+   * By default, acts on POV 0
+   *
+   * @param joystick The GenericHID object that has the POV
+   * @param angle The desired angle (e.g. 90, 270)
+   */
+  public POVButton(GenericHID joystick, int angle) {
+    this(joystick, angle, 0);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Checks whether the current value of the POV is the target angle.
+   *
+   * @return Whether the value of the POV matches the target angle
+   */
+  @Override
+  public boolean get() {
+    return m_joystick.getPOV(m_povNumber) == m_angle;
+  }
+}