diff --git a/src/commands.rs b/src/commands.rs
index 72c07e38e6..93729aef68 100644
--- a/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src/commands.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ pub(crate) mod from_csv;
 pub(crate) mod from_ini;
 pub(crate) mod from_json;
 pub(crate) mod from_sqlite;
+pub(crate) mod from_ssv;
 pub(crate) mod from_toml;
 pub(crate) mod from_tsv;
 pub(crate) mod from_url;
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ pub(crate) use from_ini::FromINI;
 pub(crate) use from_json::FromJSON;
 pub(crate) use from_sqlite::FromDB;
 pub(crate) use from_sqlite::FromSQLite;
+pub(crate) use from_ssv::FromSSV;
 pub(crate) use from_toml::FromTOML;
 pub(crate) use from_tsv::FromTSV;
 pub(crate) use from_url::FromURL;
diff --git a/src/commands/from_ssv.rs b/src/commands/from_ssv.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0da2b6f562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commands/from_ssv.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use crate::commands::WholeStreamCommand;
+use crate::data::{Primitive, TaggedDictBuilder, Value};
+use crate::prelude::*;
+
+pub struct FromSSV;
+
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+pub struct FromSSVArgs {
+    headerless: bool,
+}
+
+const STRING_REPRESENTATION: &str = "from-ssv";
+
+impl WholeStreamCommand for FromSSV {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        STRING_REPRESENTATION
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> Signature {
+        Signature::build(STRING_REPRESENTATION).switch("headerless")
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "Parse text as .ssv and create a table."
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        args: CommandArgs,
+        registry: &CommandRegistry,
+    ) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+        args.process(registry, from_ssv)?.run()
+    }
+}
+
+fn from_ssv(
+    FromSSVArgs {
+        headerless: headerless,
+    }: FromSSVArgs,
+    RunnableContext { input, name, .. }: RunnableContext,
+) -> Result<OutputStream, ShellError> {
+    unimplemented!()
+}
diff --git a/tests/filters_test.rs b/tests/filters_test.rs
index f994fa4494..70fd752967 100644
--- a/tests/filters_test.rs
+++ b/tests/filters_test.rs
@@ -355,6 +355,62 @@ fn converts_from_tsv_text_skipping_headers_to_structured_table() {
     })
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn converts_from_ssv_text_to_structured_table() {
+    Playground::setup("filter_from_ssv_test_1", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![FileWithContentToBeTrimmed(
+            "oc_get_svc.ssv",
+            r#"
+                NAME              LABELS                                    SELECTOR                  IP              PORT(S)
+                docker-registry   docker-registry=default                   docker-registry=default   172.30.78.158   5000/TCP
+                kubernetes        component=apiserver,provider=kubernetes   <none>                    172.30.0.2      443/TCP
+                kubernetes-ro     component=apiserver,provider=kubernetes   <none>                    172.30.0.1      80/TCP
+            "#,
+        )]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(), h::pipeline(
+            r#"
+                open oc_get_svc.ssv
+                | from-ssv
+                | nth 0
+                | get NAME
+                | echo $it
+            "#
+        ));
+
+        assert_eq!(actual, "docker-registry");
+    })
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn converts_from_ssv_text_skipping_headers_to_structured_table() {
+    Playground::setup("filter_from_ssv_test_2", |dirs, sandbox| {
+        sandbox.with_files(vec![FileWithContentToBeTrimmed(
+            "oc_get_svc.ssv",
+            r#"
+                NAME              LABELS                                    SELECTOR                  IP              PORT(S)
+                docker-registry   docker-registry=default                   docker-registry=default   172.30.78.158   5000/TCP
+                kubernetes        component=apiserver,provider=kubernetes   <none>                    172.30.0.2      443/TCP
+                kubernetes-ro     component=apiserver,provider=kubernetes   <none>                    172.30.0.1      80/TCP
+            "#,
+        )]);
+
+        let actual = nu!(
+            cwd: dirs.test(), h::pipeline(
+            r#"
+                open oc_get_svc.ssv
+                | from-ssv --headerless
+                | nth 2
+                | get Column2
+                | echo $it
+            "#
+        ));
+
+        assert_eq!(actual, "component=apiserver,provider=kubernetes");
+    })
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn can_convert_table_to_bson_and_back_into_table() {
     let actual = nu!(