diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/parsing.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/parsing.py
index 18d25a6693..3e338c82ba 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/parsing.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/common/parsing.py
@@ -205,9 +205,16 @@ class Conditional(object):
 
     def __init__(self, conditional, encoding=None):
         self.raw = conditional
-
+        self.negate = False
         try:
-            key, op, val = shlex.split(conditional)
+            components = shlex.split(conditional)
+            key, val = components[0], components[-1]
+            op_components = components[1:-1]
+            if 'not' in op_components:
+                self.negate = True
+                op_components.pop(op_components.index('not'))
+            op = op_components[0]
+
         except ValueError:
             raise ValueError('failed to parse conditional')
 
@@ -217,7 +224,10 @@ class Conditional(object):
 
     def __call__(self, data):
         value = self.get_value(dict(result=data))
-        return self.func(value)
+        if not self.negate:
+            return self.func(value)
+        else:
+            return not self.func(value)
 
     def _cast_value(self, value):
         if value in BOOLEANS_TRUE:
diff --git a/test/integration/targets/nxos_command/tests/common/not_comparison_operator.yaml b/test/integration/targets/nxos_command/tests/common/not_comparison_operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b24ffb1c65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/targets/nxos_command/tests/common/not_comparison_operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+- debug: msg="START common/not_comparison_operator.yaml on connection={{ ansible_connection }}"
+
+- name: test 'not' keyword in wait_for
+  nxos_command:
+    commands:
+      - show version
+    wait_for:
+      - "result[0] not contains QWERTYQWERTYQWERTY"
+      - "result[0] == not QWERTYQWERTYQWERTY"
+      - "result[0] matches not QWERTYQWERTYQWERTY"
+  register: result
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+      - "result.changed == false"
+
+- debug: msg="END common/not_comparison_operator.yaml on connection={{ ansible_connection }}"
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/network/common/test_parsing.py b/test/units/module_utils/network/common/test_parsing.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b19fa9bd11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/network/common/test_parsing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# (c) 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.compat.tests import unittest
+from ansible.module_utils.network.common.parsing import Conditional
+
+test_results = ['result_1', 'result_2', 'result_3']
+c1 = Conditional('result[1] == result_2')
+c2 = Conditional('result[2] not == result_2')
+c3 = Conditional('result[0] neq not result_1')
+
+
+class TestNotKeyword(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_negate_instance_variable_assignment(self):
+        assert c1.negate is False and c2.negate is True
+
+    def test_key_value_instance_variable_assignment(self):
+        c1_assignments = c1.key == 'result[1]' and c1.value == 'result_2'
+        c2_assignments = c2.key == 'result[2]' and c2.value == 'result_2'
+        assert c1_assignments and c2_assignments
+
+    def test_conditionals_w_not_keyword(self):
+        assert c1(test_results) and c2(test_results) and c3(test_results)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()