diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+## 0.4.5.0
+### Added
+* New commands that let you enable/disable a maintenance mode
+* New configuration variables:
+  *  `maintenance_directory:`- The name of the directory on which the maintenance file will be placed. `{deploy_path}/{maintenance_directory}`. The default directory name is `maintenance`
+  * `maintenance_filename:`- The name of the file that is going to be created in the maintenance_directory. It has to have the `.html` extension to be seen in the browser. `{deploy_path}/{maintenance_directory}/{maintenance_filename}`. The default filename is `maintenance.html`
+
 ## 0.4.4.0
 ### Added
 * Ability to keep all failed releases or just one ([issue #154](https://github.com/stackbuilders/hapistrano/issues/154))
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@
 $ hap rollback # to rollback to previous successful deploy
 $ hap rollback -n 2 # go two deploys back in time, etc.
 ```
+* `maintenance_directory:`- The name of the directory on which the maintenance file will be placed. `{deploy_path}/{maintenance_directory}`. The default directory name is `maintenance`
+* `maintenance_filename:`- The name of the file that is going to be created in the maintenance_directory. It has to have the `.html` extension to be seen in the browser. `{deploy_path}/{maintenance_directory}/{maintenance_filename}`. The default filename is `maintenance.html`
 
 ### Environment Variables
 
@@ -248,11 +250,25 @@
 ```bash
 nix-build release.nix
 ```
+## Enable/disable maintenance mode
 
+Present a maintenance page to visitors. Disables your application's web interface by writing a {maintenance_filename} file to each web server. The servers must be configured to detect the presence of this file, and if it is present, always display it instead of performing the request.
+
+The maintenance page will just say the site is down for maintenance, and will be back shortly.
+
+To enable maintenance mode run:
+```bash
+hapistrano maintenance enable
+```
+Disabling maintenance mode will remove the file from the {maintenance_directory} it can be done with the following command:
+
+```bash
+hapistrano maintenance disable
+```
+
 ## Notes
 
 * Hapistrano is not supported on Windows. Please check: [Issue #96](https://github.com/stackbuilders/hapistrano/issues/96).
-
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/app/Main.hs b/app/Main.hs
--- a/app/Main.hs
+++ b/app/Main.hs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import qualified System.Hapistrano.Commands as Hap
 import qualified System.Hapistrano.Config   as C
 import qualified System.Hapistrano.Core     as Hap
+import qualified System.Hapistrano.Maintenance as Hap
 import           System.Hapistrano.Types
 import           System.IO
 import           System.Hapistrano (createHapistranoDeployState)
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@
   ( command "deploy"
     (info deployParser (progDesc "Deploy a new release")) <>
     command "rollback"
-    (info rollbackParser (progDesc "Roll back to Nth previous release")) )
+    (info rollbackParser (progDesc "Roll back to Nth previous release")) <>
+    command "maintenance"
+    (info maintenanceParser (progDesc "Enable/Disable maintenance mode"))
+    )
   <*> strOption
   ( long "config"
   <> short 'c'
@@ -94,6 +98,14 @@
   <> showDefault
   <> help "How many deployments back to go?" )
 
+maintenanceParser :: Parser Command
+maintenanceParser =
+  Maintenance
+    <$> hsubparser
+      ( command "enable" (info (pure Enable) (progDesc "Enables maintenance mode"))
+          <> command "disable" (info (pure Disable) (progDesc "Disables maintenance mode"))
+      )
+
 pReleaseFormat :: ReadM ReleaseFormat
 pReleaseFormat = eitherReader $ \s ->
   case s of
@@ -134,7 +146,7 @@
                     case maybeRelease of
                       (Just release) -> do
                         createHapistranoDeployState configDeployPath release Fail
-                        Hap.dropOldReleases configDeployPath keepReleases keepOneFailed 
+                        Hap.dropOldReleases configDeployPath keepReleases keepOneFailed
                         throwError e
                       Nothing -> do
                         throwError e
@@ -166,11 +178,15 @@
                 Hap.activateRelease configTargetSystem configDeployPath release
                 forM_ configRestartCommand (flip Hap.exec $ Just release)
                 Hap.createHapistranoDeployState configDeployPath release System.Hapistrano.Types.Success
-                Hap.dropOldReleases configDeployPath keepReleases keepOneFailed 
+                Hap.dropOldReleases configDeployPath keepReleases keepOneFailed
               `catchError` failStateAndThrow
             Rollback n -> do
               Hap.rollback configTargetSystem configDeployPath n
               forM_ configRestartCommand (flip Hap.exec Nothing)
+            Maintenance Enable-> do
+              Hap.writeMaintenanceFile configDeployPath configMaintenanceDirectory configMaintenanceFileName
+            Maintenance _ -> do
+              Hap.deleteMaintenanceFile configDeployPath configMaintenanceDirectory configMaintenanceFileName
         atomically (writeTChan chan FinishMsg)
         return r
       printer :: Int -> IO ()
diff --git a/hapistrano.cabal b/hapistrano.cabal
--- a/hapistrano.cabal
+++ b/hapistrano.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:       1.18
 name:                hapistrano
-version:             0.4.4.0
+version:             0.4.5.0
 synopsis:            A deployment library for Haskell applications
 description:
   .
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
                      , System.Hapistrano.Core
                      , System.Hapistrano.Types
                      , System.Hapistrano.Commands.Internal
+                     , System.Hapistrano.Maintenance
   build-depends:       aeson              >= 2.0 && < 3.0
                      , ansi-terminal      >= 0.9 && < 0.12
                      , base               >= 4.9 && < 5.0
diff --git a/spec/System/HapistranoConfigSpec.hs b/spec/System/HapistranoConfigSpec.hs
--- a/spec/System/HapistranoConfigSpec.hs
+++ b/spec/System/HapistranoConfigSpec.hs
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 import qualified Data.Yaml.Config         as Yaml
 #if MIN_VERSION_base(4,15,0)
-import           Path                     (mkAbsDir)
+import           Path                     (mkAbsDir, mkRelDir, mkRelFile)
 #else
-import           Path                     (mkAbsDir, Abs, Dir)
+import           Path                     (mkAbsDir, mkRelDir, mkRelFile, Abs, Rel, Dir, File)
 #endif
 import           Test.Hspec
 
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@
     , configKeepReleases = Nothing
     , configKeepOneFailed = False
     , configWorkingDir = Nothing
+    , configMaintenanceDirectory = $(mkRelDir "maintenance")
+    , configMaintenanceFileName = $(mkRelFile "maintenance.html")
     }
diff --git a/spec/System/HapistranoSpec.hs b/spec/System/HapistranoSpec.hs
--- a/spec/System/HapistranoSpec.hs
+++ b/spec/System/HapistranoSpec.hs
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 import Test.QuickCheck hiding (Success)
 import System.Hapistrano (releasePath)
 import System.Hapistrano.Config (deployStateFilename)
+import System.Directory
+import System.Hapistrano.Maintenance
+import Path
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class
 
 testBranchName :: String
 testBranchName = "another_branch"
@@ -105,6 +109,21 @@
         it "returns the default value" $
         fromMaybeKeepReleases Nothing Nothing `Hspec.shouldBe` 5
   around withSandbox $ do
+    describe "writeMaintenanceFile" $
+      context "when the file doesn't exist" $
+        it "creates the maintenance file in the given path" $ \(deployPath, _) -> do
+          result <- runHap $ do
+            writeMaintenanceFile deployPath $(mkRelDir "maintenance") $(mkRelFile "maintenance.html")
+            liftIO $ System.Directory.doesFileExist ((fromAbsDir deployPath) <> "/maintenance/maintenance.html")
+          result `shouldBe` True
+    describe "deleteMaintenanceFile" $
+      context "when the file exists" $
+        it "removes the maintenance file from the given path" $ \(deployPath, _) -> do
+          result <- runHap $ do
+            writeMaintenanceFile deployPath $(mkRelDir "maintenance") $(mkRelFile "maintenance.html")
+            deleteMaintenanceFile deployPath $(mkRelDir "maintenance") $(mkRelFile "maintenance.html")
+            liftIO $ System.Directory.doesFileExist ((fromAbsDir deployPath) <> "/maintenance/maintenance.html")
+          result `shouldBe` False
     describe "releasePath" $ do
       context "when the configWorkingDir is Nothing" $
         it "should return the release path" $ \(deployPath, repoPath) -> do
diff --git a/src/System/Hapistrano/Config.hs b/src/System/Hapistrano/Config.hs
--- a/src/System/Hapistrano/Config.hs
+++ b/src/System/Hapistrano/Config.hs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase        #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE RecordWildCards   #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell   #-}
 
 {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
 
@@ -77,7 +78,9 @@
   -- The @--keep-one-failed@ argument passed via the CLI takes precedence over this value.
   -- If neither CLI or configuration file value is specified, it defaults to `False`
   -- (i.e. keep all failed releases).
-  , configWorkingDir     :: !(Maybe (Path Rel Dir))
+  , configWorkingDir :: !(Maybe (Path Rel Dir))
+  , configMaintenanceDirectory :: !(Path Rel Dir)
+  , configMaintenanceFileName :: !(Path Rel File)
   } deriving (Eq, Ord, Show)
 
 -- | Information about source and destination locations of a file\/directory
@@ -135,6 +138,8 @@
     configKeepReleases <- o .:? "keep_releases"
     configKeepOneFailed <- o .:? "keep_one_failed" .!= False
     configWorkingDir <- o .:? "working_directory"
+    configMaintenanceDirectory <- o .:? "maintenance_directory" .!= $(mkRelDir "maintenance")
+    configMaintenanceFileName <- o .:? "maintenance_filename" .!= $(mkRelFile "maintenance.html")
     return Config {..}
 
 instance FromJSON CopyThing where
diff --git a/src/System/Hapistrano/Maintenance.hs b/src/System/Hapistrano/Maintenance.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/System/Hapistrano/Maintenance.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module System.Hapistrano.Maintenance
+  ( writeMaintenanceFile
+  , deleteMaintenanceFile
+  ) where
+
+import Path (Abs, Dir, File, Path, Rel, (</>))
+import System.Hapistrano.Commands
+import System.Hapistrano.Core
+import System.Hapistrano.Types
+
+-- | It writes an HTML page in the given directory with a given name
+writeMaintenanceFile ::
+     Path Abs Dir -> Path Rel Dir -> Path Rel File -> Hapistrano ()
+writeMaintenanceFile deployPath relDir fileName =
+  let foo = deployPath </> relDir
+      fullpath = relDir </> fileName
+      root = deployPath </> fullpath
+   in do exec (MkDir foo) Nothing
+         exec (Touch root) Nothing
+         exec (BasicWrite root maintenancePageContent) Nothing
+
+-- | It deletes the file in the given directory with the given name
+deleteMaintenanceFile ::
+     Path Abs Dir -> Path Rel Dir -> Path Rel File -> Hapistrano ()
+deleteMaintenanceFile deployPath relDir fileName =
+  let fullpath = relDir </> fileName
+      root = deployPath </> fullpath
+   in exec (Rm root) Nothing
+
+maintenancePageContent :: String
+maintenancePageContent =
+  "<!DOCTYPE html> \n\
+  \<html>\n\
+  \ <head>\n\
+  \ <title>Maintenance</title>\n\
+  \ <style type=\"text/css\">\n\
+  \   body {\n\
+  \     width: 400px;\n\
+  \     margin: 100px auto;\n\
+  \     font: 300 120% \"OpenSans\", \"Helvetica Neue\", \"Helvetica\", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;\n\
+  \    }\n\
+  \   h1 {\n\
+  \     font-weight: 300;\n\
+  \    }\n\
+  \ </style>\n\
+  \ </head>\n\
+  \ <body>\n\
+  \   <h1>Maintenance</h1>\n\
+  \   <p>The system is down for maintenance</p>\n\
+  \   <p>It'll be back shortly</p>\n\
+  \ </body>\n\
+  \</html>"
diff --git a/src/System/Hapistrano/Types.hs b/src/System/Hapistrano/Types.hs
--- a/src/System/Hapistrano/Types.hs
+++ b/src/System/Hapistrano/Types.hs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   , Shell(..)
   , Opts(..)
   , Command(..)
+  , MaintenanceOptions(..)
   -- * Types helpers
   , mkRelease
   , releaseTime
@@ -152,8 +153,10 @@
   | Unknown
   deriving (Eq, Show, Read, Ord, Bounded, Enum)
 
--- Command line options
+-- | Maintenance options
 
+data MaintenanceOptions = Enable | Disable
+
 -- | Command line options.
 
 data Opts = Opts
@@ -168,7 +171,7 @@
     -- format, how many releases to keep, and whether the failed releases except the latest one
     -- get deleted or not)
   | Rollback Natural -- ^ Rollback to Nth previous release
-
+  | Maintenance MaintenanceOptions
 
 -- | Create a 'Release' indentifier.
 mkRelease :: ReleaseFormat -> UTCTime -> Release