diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/acme.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/acme.py
index 153bbf5982..68f95e3b1c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/acme.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/acme.py
@@ -681,13 +681,17 @@ class ACMEAccount(object):
         if self.version == 1:
             data['resource'] = 'reg'
         result, info = self.send_signed_request(self.uri, data)
-        if info['status'] == 403 and result.get('type') == 'urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized':
+        if info['status'] in (400, 403) and result.get('type') == 'urn:ietf:params:acme:error:unauthorized':
+            # Returned when account is deactivated
+            return None
+        if info['status'] in (400, 404) and result.get('type') == 'urn:ietf:params:acme:error:accountDoesNotExist':
+            # Returned when account does not exist
             return None
         if info['status'] < 200 or info['status'] >= 300:
             raise ModuleFailException("Error getting account data from {2}: {0} {1}".format(info['status'], result, self.uri))
         return result
 
-    def init_account(self, contact, agreement=None, terms_agreed=False, allow_creation=True, update_contact=True):
+    def init_account(self, contact, agreement=None, terms_agreed=False, allow_creation=True, update_contact=True, remove_account_uri_if_not_exists=False):
         '''
         Create or update an account on the ACME server. For ACME v1,
         as the only way (without knowing an account URI) to test if an
@@ -717,7 +721,11 @@ class ACMEAccount(object):
             if not update_contact:
                 # Verify that the account key belongs to the URI.
                 # (If update_contact is True, this will be done below.)
-                self.get_account_data()
+                if self.get_account_data() is None:
+                    if remove_account_uri_if_not_exists and not allow_creation:
+                        self.uri = None
+                        return False
+                    raise ModuleFailException("Account is deactivated or does not exist!")
         else:
             new_account = self._new_reg(
                 contact,
@@ -733,7 +741,7 @@ class ACMEAccount(object):
                 if not allow_creation:
                     self.uri = None
                     return False
-                raise ModuleFailException("Account is deactivated!")
+                raise ModuleFailException("Account is deactivated or does not exist!")
 
             # ...and check if update is necessary
             if result.get('contact', []) != contact:
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/acme/acme_account_facts.py b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/acme/acme_account_facts.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34b369c3be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/crypto/acme/acme_account_facts.py
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# (c) 2018 Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+ANSIBLE_METADATA = {'metadata_version': '1.1',
+                    'status': ['preview'],
+                    'supported_by': 'community'}
+
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: acme_account_facts
+author: "Felix Fontein (@felixfontein)"
+version_added: "2.7"
+short_description: Retrieves information on ACME accounts.
+description:
+   - "Allows to retrieve information on accounts with Let's Encrypt.
+      Let's Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority
+      (CA), run for the public's benefit. For details see U(https://letsencrypt.org)."
+   - "The M(acme_account) module allows to modify, create and delete ACME accounts."
+   - "This module only works with the ACME v2 protocol."
+extends_documentation_fragment:
+  - acme
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+- name: Check whether an account with the given account key exists
+  acme_account_facts:
+    account_key_src: /etc/pki/cert/private/account.key
+    register: account_data
+- name: Verify that account exists
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - account_data.exists
+- name: Print account URI
+  debug: var=account_data.account_uri
+- name: Print account contacts
+  debug: var=account_data.account.contact
+
+- name: Check whether the account exists and is accessible with the given account key
+  acme_account_facts:
+    account_key_content: "{{ acme_account_key }}"
+    account_uri: "{{ acme_account_uri }}"
+    register: account_data
+- name: Verify that account exists
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - account_data.exists
+- name: Print account contacts
+  debug: var=account_data.account.contact
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+exists:
+  description: Whether the account exists.
+  returned: always
+  type: bool
+
+account_uri:
+  description: ACME account URI, or None if account does not exist.
+  returned: always
+  type: string
+
+account:
+  description: The account information, as retrieved from the ACME server.
+  returned: if account exists
+  type: complex
+  contains:
+    contact:
+      description: the challenge resource that must be created for validation
+      returned: always
+      type: list
+      sample: "['mailto:me@example.com', 'tel:00123456789']"
+    status:
+      description: the account's status
+      returned: always
+      type: str
+      choices: ['valid', 'deactivated', 'revoked']
+      sample: valid
+    orders:
+      description: a URL where a list of orders can be retrieved for this account
+      returned: always
+      type: str
+      sample: https://example.ca/account/1/orders
+'''
+
+from ansible.module_utils.acme import (
+    ModuleFailException, ACMEAccount, set_crypto_backend,
+)
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+
+def main():
+    module = AnsibleModule(
+        argument_spec=dict(
+            account_key_src=dict(type='path', aliases=['account_key']),
+            account_key_content=dict(type='str', no_log=True),
+            account_uri=dict(required=False, type='str'),
+            acme_directory=dict(required=False, default='https://acme-staging.api.letsencrypt.org/directory', type='str'),
+            acme_version=dict(required=False, default=1, choices=[1, 2], type='int'),
+            validate_certs=dict(required=False, default=True, type='bool'),
+            select_crypto_backend=dict(required=False, choices=['auto', 'openssl', 'cryptography'], default='auto', type='str'),
+        ),
+        required_one_of=(
+            ['account_key_src', 'account_key_content'],
+        ),
+        mutually_exclusive=(
+            ['account_key_src', 'account_key_content'],
+        ),
+        supports_check_mode=True,
+    )
+    set_crypto_backend(module)
+
+    if not module.params.get('validate_certs'):
+        module.warn(warning='Disabling certificate validation for communications with ACME endpoint. ' +
+                            'This should only be done for testing against a local ACME server for ' +
+                            'development purposes, but *never* for production purposes.')
+    if module.params.get('acme_version') < 2:
+        module.fail_json(msg='The acme_account module requires the ACME v2 protocol!')
+
+    try:
+        account = ACMEAccount(module)
+        # Check whether account exists
+        changed = account.init_account(
+            [],
+            allow_creation=False,
+            update_contact=False,
+            remove_account_uri_if_not_exists=True,
+        )
+        if changed:
+            raise AssertionError('Unwanted account change')
+        if account.uri is None:
+            # Account does exist
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, exists=False, account_uri=None)
+        else:
+            # Account exists: retrieve account information
+            data = account.get_account_data()
+            # Make sure promised data is there
+            if 'contact' not in data:
+                data['contact'] = []
+            module.exit_json(changed=False, exists=True, account_uri=account.uri, account=data)
+    except ModuleFailException as e:
+        e.do_fail(module)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/aliases b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/aliases
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d793633030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/aliases
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+shippable/cloud/group1
+cloud/acme
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/meta/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/meta/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..81d1e7e77a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/meta/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+dependencies:
+  - setup_acme
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/impl.yml b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/impl.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc8678bebc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/impl.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+---
+- name: Generate account key
+  command: openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -out {{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem
+
+- name: Generate second account key
+  command: openssl ecparam -name prime256v1 -genkey -out {{ output_dir }}/accountkey2.pem
+
+- name: Parse account key (to ease debugging some test failures)
+  command: openssl ec -in {{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem -noout -text
+
+- name: Check that account does not exist
+  acme_account_facts:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+  register: account_not_created
+
+- name: Create it now
+  acme_account:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+    state: present
+    allow_creation: yes
+    terms_agreed: yes
+    contact:
+    - mailto:example@example.org
+
+- name: Check that account exists
+  acme_account_facts:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+  register: account_created
+
+- name: Clear email address
+  acme_account:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_content: "{{ lookup('file', output_dir ~ '/accountkey.pem') }}"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+    state: present
+    allow_creation: no
+    contact: []
+
+- name: Check that account was modified
+  acme_account_facts:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+    account_uri: "{{ account_created.account_uri }}"
+  register: account_modified
+
+- name: Check with wrong account URI
+  acme_account_facts:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+    account_uri: "{{ account_created.account_uri }}test1234doesnotexists"
+  register: account_not_exist
+
+- name: Check with wrong account key
+  acme_account_facts:
+    select_crypto_backend: "{{ select_crypto_backend }}"
+    account_key_src: "{{ output_dir }}/accountkey2.pem"
+    acme_version: 2
+    acme_directory: https://{{ acme_host }}:14000/dir
+    validate_certs: no
+    account_uri: "{{ account_created.account_uri }}"
+  ignore_errors: yes
+  register: account_wrong_key
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e46c6dc4d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+- block:
+  - name: Running tests with OpenSSL backend
+    include_tasks: impl.yml
+    vars:
+      select_crypto_backend: openssl
+
+  - import_tasks: ../tests/validate.yml
+
+  # Old 0.9.8 versions have insufficient CLI support for signing with EC keys
+  when: openssl_version.stdout is version('1.0.0', '>=')
+
+- name: Remove output directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ output_dir }}"
+    state: absent
+
+- name: Re-create output directory
+  file:
+    path: "{{ output_dir }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- block:
+  - name: Running tests with cryptography backend
+    include_tasks: impl.yml
+    vars:
+      select_crypto_backend: cryptography
+
+  - import_tasks: ../tests/validate.yml
+
+  when: cryptography_version.stdout is version('1.5', '>=')
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tests/validate.yml b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tests/validate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f44008c546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/acme_account_facts/tests/validate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+- name: Validate that account wasn't there
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not account_not_created.exists
+      - account_not_created.account_uri is none
+      - "'account' not in account_not_created"
+
+- name: Validate that account was created
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - account_created.exists
+      - account_created.account_uri is not none
+      - "'account' in account_created"
+      - "'contact' in account_created.account"
+      - account_created.account.contact | length == 1
+      - "account_created.account.contact[0] == 'mailto:example@example.org'"
+
+- name: Validate that account email was removed
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - account_modified.exists
+      - account_modified.account_uri is not none
+      - "'account' in account_modified"
+      - "'contact' in account_modified.account"
+      - account_modified.account.contact | length == 0
+
+- name: Validate that account does not exist with wrong account URI
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - not account_not_exist.exists
+      - account_not_exist.account_uri is none
+      - "'account' not in account_not_exist"
+
+- name: Validate that account cannot be accessed with wrong key
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - account_wrong_key is failed