diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterFactory.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterFactory.cpp
index cbd7a10b8c..63ceb3d1c4 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterFactory.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterFactory.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
 #include <Interpreters/InterpreterFactory.h>
 
 #include <Common/typeid_cast.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h>
+#include "InterpreterSystemQuery.h"
+
 
 namespace DB
 {
@@ -123,6 +126,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<IInterpreter> InterpreterFactory::get(ASTPtr & query, Context &
     {
         return std::make_unique<InterpreterKillQueryQuery>(query, context);
     }
+    else if (typeid_cast<ASTSystemQuery *>(query.get()))
+    {
+        throwIfReadOnly(context);
+        return std::make_unique<InterpreterSystemQuery>(query, context);
+    }
     else
         throw Exception("Unknown type of query: " + query->getID(), ErrorCodes::UNKNOWN_TYPE_OF_QUERY);
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b454b5375e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "InterpreterSystemQuery.h"
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+InterpreterSystemQuery::InterpreterSystemQuery(const ASTPtr & query_ptr_, Context & context_)
+        : query_ptr(query_ptr_), context(context_) {}
+
+BlockIO InterpreterSystemQuery::execute()
+{
+    return BlockIO();
+}
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6010dafc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/InterpreterSystemQuery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <Interpreters/IInterpreter.h>
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+class Context;
+class IAST;
+using ASTPtr = std::shared_ptr<IAST>;
+
+
+/** Return list of currently executing queries.
+  */
+class InterpreterSystemQuery : public IInterpreter
+{
+public:
+    InterpreterSystemQuery(const ASTPtr & query_ptr_, Context & context_);
+
+    BlockIO execute() override;
+
+private:
+    ASTPtr query_ptr;
+    Context & context;
+};
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.cpp b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.cpp
index 24ea8924c3..82fda24457 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <Parsers/IAST.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTIdentifier.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTLiteral.h>
+#include <Parsers/ExpressionElementParsers.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypesNumber.h>
 #include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 #include <Interpreters/ExpressionAnalyzer.h>
@@ -62,10 +63,30 @@ ASTPtr evaluateConstantExpressionAsLiteral(ASTPtr & node, const Context & contex
 
 ASTPtr evaluateConstantExpressionOrIdentifierAsLiteral(ASTPtr & node, const Context & context)
 {
-    if (const ASTIdentifier * id = typeid_cast<const ASTIdentifier *>(node.get()))
+    if (auto id = typeid_cast<const ASTIdentifier *>(node.get()))
         return std::make_shared<ASTLiteral>(node->range, Field(id->name));
 
     return evaluateConstantExpressionAsLiteral(node, context);
 }
 
+
+bool parseIdentifierOrStringLiteral(IParser::Pos & pos, Expected & expected, String & result)
+{
+    IParser::Pos begin = pos;
+    ASTPtr res;
+
+    if (!ParserIdentifier().parse(pos, res, expected))
+    {
+        pos = begin;
+        if (!ParserStringLiteral().parse(pos, res, expected))
+            return false;
+
+        result = typeid_cast<const ASTLiteral &>(*res).value.safeGet<String>();
+    }
+    else
+        result = typeid_cast<const ASTIdentifier &>(*res).name;
+
+    return true;
+}
+
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h
index ed3befdf02..f5833a1af1 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <memory>
 #include <Core/Field.h>
+#include <Parsers/IParser.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ class IAST;
 class Context;
 class IDataType;
 
+
 /** Evaluate constant expression and its type.
   * Used in rare cases - for elements of set for IN, for data to INSERT.
   * Quite suboptimal.
@@ -31,4 +33,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<IAST> evaluateConstantExpressionAsLiteral(std::shared_ptr<IAST>
   */
 std::shared_ptr<IAST> evaluateConstantExpressionOrIdentifierAsLiteral(std::shared_ptr<IAST> & node, const Context & context);
 
+/** Parses a name of an object which could be written in 3 forms:
+  * name, `name` or 'name' */
+bool parseIdentifierOrStringLiteral(IParser::Pos & pos, Expected & expected, String & result);
+
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTQueryWithOnCluster.cpp b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTQueryWithOnCluster.cpp
index 98dacfab2c..4812bdd110 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTQueryWithOnCluster.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTQueryWithOnCluster.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <Parsers/ASTIdentifier.h>
 #include <Parsers/ASTLiteral.h>
 #include <Common/typeid_cast.h>
+#include <Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h>
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -21,21 +22,7 @@ bool ASTQueryWithOnCluster::parse(Pos & pos, std::string & cluster_str, Expected
     if (!ParserKeyword{"CLUSTER"}.ignore(pos, expected))
         return false;
 
-    Pos begin = pos;
-    ASTPtr res;
-
-    if (!ParserIdentifier().parse(pos, res, expected))
-    {
-        pos = begin;
-        if (!ParserStringLiteral().parse(pos, res, expected))
-            return false;
-        else
-            cluster_str = typeid_cast<const ASTLiteral &>(*res).value.safeGet<String>();
-    }
-    else
-        cluster_str = typeid_cast<const ASTIdentifier &>(*res).name;
-
-    return true;
+    return parseIdentifierOrStringLiteral(pos, expected, cluster_str);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSetQuery.h b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSetQuery.h
index d359f6d4e2..c2acb2c3af 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSetQuery.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSetQuery.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public:
     Changes changes;
 
     ASTSetQuery() = default;
-    ASTSetQuery(const StringRange range_) : IAST(range_) {}
+    explicit ASTSetQuery(const StringRange range_) : IAST(range_) {}
 
     /** Get the text that identifies this element. */
     String getID() const override { return "Set"; };
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2eb45f5b5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#include <Parsers/IAST.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h>
+
+
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int BAD_TYPE_OF_FIELD;
+}
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+
+const char * ASTSystemQuery::typeToString(Type type)
+{
+    switch (type)
+    {
+        case Type::SHUTDOWN:
+            return "SHUTDOWN";
+        case Type::KILL:
+            return "KILL";
+        case Type::DROP_DNS_CACHE:
+            return "DROP DNS CACHE";
+        case Type::DROP_MARK_CACHE:
+            return "DROP MARK CACHE";
+        case Type::DROP_UNCOMPRESSED_CACHE:
+            return "DROP UNCOMPRESSED CACHE";
+        case Type::STOP_LISTEN_QUERIES:
+            return "STOP LISTEN QUERIES";
+        case Type::START_LISTEN_QUERIES:
+            return "START LISTEN QUERIES";
+        case Type::RESTART_REPLICAS:
+            return "RESTART REPLICAS";
+        case Type::SYNC_REPLICA:
+            return "SYNC REPLICA";
+        case Type::RELOAD_DICTIONARY:
+            return "RELOAD DICTIONARY";
+        case Type::RELOAD_DICTIONARIES:
+            return "RELOAD DICTIONARIES";
+        case Type::STOP_MERGES:
+            return "STOP MERGES";
+        case Type::START_MERGES:
+            return "START MERGES";
+        case Type::STOP_REPLICATION_QUEUES:
+            return "STOP REPLICATION QUEUES";
+        case Type::START_REPLICATION_QUEUES:
+            return "START REPLICATION QUEUES";
+        default:
+            throw Exception("Unknown SYSTEM query command", ErrorCodes::BAD_TYPE_OF_FIELD);
+    }
+}
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4f08a4eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <Parsers/IAST.h>
+#include <AggregateFunctions/AggregateFunctionCount.h>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+class ASTSystemQuery : public IAST
+{
+public:
+
+    enum class Type
+    {
+        _UNKNOWN,
+        SHUTDOWN,
+        KILL,
+        DROP_DNS_CACHE,
+        DROP_MARK_CACHE,
+        DROP_UNCOMPRESSED_CACHE,
+        STOP_LISTEN_QUERIES,
+        START_LISTEN_QUERIES,
+        RESTART_REPLICAS,
+        SYNC_REPLICA,
+        RELOAD_DICTIONARY,
+        RELOAD_DICTIONARIES,
+        STOP_MERGES,
+        START_MERGES,
+        STOP_REPLICATION_QUEUES,
+        START_REPLICATION_QUEUES,
+        _END
+    };
+
+    static const char * typeToString(Type type);
+
+    Type type = Type::_UNKNOWN;
+
+    String target_dictionary;
+    //String target_replica;
+
+    ASTSystemQuery() = default;
+    explicit ASTSystemQuery(const StringRange range) : IAST(range) {}
+
+    String getID() const override { return "SYSTEM"; };
+
+    ASTPtr clone() const override { return std::make_shared<ASTSystemQuery>(*this); }
+
+    ~ASTSystemQuery() override = default;
+
+protected:
+
+    void formatImpl(const FormatSettings & settings, FormatState & state, FormatStateStacked frame) const override
+    {
+        settings.ostr << (settings.hilite ? hilite_keyword : "") << "SYSTEM " << (settings.hilite ? hilite_none : "");
+    }
+};
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserQuery.cpp
index 6a93110c14..3506c8c92e 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserQuery.cpp
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserQuery.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <Parsers/ParserUseQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h>
 #include <Parsers/ParserAlterQuery.h>
+#include "ParserSystemQuery.h"
 
 
 namespace DB
@@ -22,12 +23,14 @@ bool ParserQuery::parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected)
     ParserUseQuery use_p;
     ParserSetQuery set_p;
     ParserOptimizeQuery optimize_p;
+    ParserSystemQuery system_p;
 
     bool res = query_with_output_p.parse(pos, node, expected)
         || insert_p.parse(pos, node, expected)
         || use_p.parse(pos, node, expected)
         || set_p.parse(pos, node, expected)
-        || optimize_p.parse(pos, node, expected);
+        || optimize_p.parse(pos, node, expected)
+        || system_p.parse(pos, node, expected);
 
     return res;
 }
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h
index 64f6b5d96b..d48ecd8dda 100644
--- a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSetQuery.h
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ namespace DB
 class ParserSetQuery : public IParserBase
 {
 public:
-    ParserSetQuery(bool parse_only_internals_ = false) : parse_only_internals(parse_only_internals_) {}
+    explicit ParserSetQuery(bool parse_only_internals_ = false) : parse_only_internals(parse_only_internals_) {}
 
 protected:
-    const char * getName() const { return "SET query"; }
-    bool parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected);
+    const char * getName() const override { return "SET query"; }
+    bool parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected) override;
 
     /// Parse the list `name = value` pairs, without SET [GLOBAL].
     bool parse_only_internals;
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.cpp b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5aa340a478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTSystemQuery.h>
+#include <Parsers/CommonParsers.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTIdentifier.h>
+#include <Parsers/ASTLiteral.h>
+#include <Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h>
+#include "ASTSystemQuery.h"
+
+
+namespace ErrorCodes
+{
+    extern const int NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+}
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+
+bool ParserSystemQuery::parseImpl(IParser::Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected)
+{
+    if (!ParserKeyword{"SYSTEM"}.ignore(pos))
+        return false;
+
+    using Type = ASTSystemQuery::Type;
+
+    auto res = std::make_shared<ASTSystemQuery>();
+
+    bool found = false;
+    for (int i = static_cast<int>(Type::SHUTDOWN); i < static_cast<int>(Type::_END); ++i)
+    {
+        Type t = static_cast<Type>(i);
+        if (ParserKeyword{ASTSystemQuery::typeToString(t)}.ignore(pos))
+        {
+            res->type = t;
+            found = true;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (!found)
+        return false;
+
+    if (res->type == Type::RELOAD_DICTIONARY)
+    {
+        if (!parseIdentifierOrStringLiteral(pos, expected, res->target_dictionary))
+            return false;
+    }
+    else if (res->type == Type::SYNC_REPLICA)
+    {
+        throw Exception("SYNC REPLICA is not supported yet", ErrorCodes::NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    }
+
+    node = std::move(res);
+    return true;
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.h b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..745e774822
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/src/Parsers/ParserSystemQuery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <Parsers/IParserBase.h>
+
+
+namespace DB
+{
+
+
+class ParserSystemQuery : public IParserBase
+{
+public:
+    ParserSystemQuery() = default;
+
+protected:
+    const char * getName() const override { return "SYSTEM query"; }
+    bool parseImpl(Pos & pos, ASTPtr & node, Expected & expected) override;
+};
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00486_system_query_simple.reference b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00486_system_query_simple.reference
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00486_system_query_simple.sh b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00486_system_query_simple.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..1b20cb032d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbms/tests/queries/0_stateless/00486_system_query_simple.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+cli="clickhouse-client -q "
+
+$cli "SYSTEM SHUTDOWN"
+$cli "SYSTEM KILL"
+$cli "SYSTEM DROP DNS CACHE"
+$cli "SYSTEM DROP MARK CACHE"
+$cli "SYSTEM DROP UNCOMPRESSED CACHE"
+$cli "SYSTEM STOP LISTEN QUERIES"
+$cli "SYSTEM START LISTEN QUERIES"
+$cli "SYSTEM RESTART REPLICAS"
+#$cli "SYSTEM SYNC REPLICA test"
+$cli "SYSTEM RELOAD DICTIONARY dict"
+$cli "SYSTEM RELOAD DICTIONARIES"
+$cli "SYSTEM STOP MERGES"
+$cli "SYSTEM START MERGES"
+$cli "SYSTEM STOP REPLICATION QUEUES"
+$cli "SYSTEM START REPLICATION QUEUES"