diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/__init__.py b/dask_jobqueue/__init__.py
index dcee8ff8..55aa52bf 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/__init__.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/__init__.py
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 from .core import JobQueueCluster
 from .pbs import PBSCluster
 from .slurm import SLURMCluster
+from .sge import SGECluster
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/core.py b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
index 7806c937..f8ad52d1 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/core.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/core.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import socket
 import os
 import sys
+import shlex
+
 import docrep
 
 from distributed.utils import tmpfile, ignoring, get_ip_interface, parse_bytes
@@ -153,8 +155,8 @@ def start_workers(self, n=1):
         workers = []
         for _ in range(n):
             with self.job_file() as fn:
-                out = self._call([self.submit_command, fn])
-                job = out.decode().split('.')[0]
+                out = self._call(shlex.split(self.submit_command) + [fn])
+                job = out.decode().split('.')[0].strip()
                 self.jobs[self.n] = job
                 workers.append(self.n)
         return workers
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/sge.py b/dask_jobqueue/sge.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1dadeb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/sge.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import logging
+
+from .core import JobQueueCluster, docstrings
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+@docstrings.with_indent(4)
+class SGECluster(JobQueueCluster):
+    """ Launch Dask on a SGE cluster
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    queue : str
+        Destination queue for each worker job. Passed to `#$ -q` option.
+    project : str
+        Accounting string associated with each worker job. Passed to
+        `#$ -A` option.
+    resource_spec : str
+        Request resources and specify job placement. Passed to `#$ -l`
+        option.
+    walltime : str
+        Walltime for each worker job.
+    %(JobQueueCluster.parameters)s
+
+    Examples
+    --------
+    >>> from dask_jobqueue import SGECluster
+    >>> cluster = SGECluster(queue='regular')
+    >>> cluster.start_workers(10)  # this may take a few seconds to launch
+
+    >>> from dask.distributed import Client
+    >>> client = Client(cluster)
+
+    This also works with adaptive clusters.  This automatically launches and
+    kill workers based on load.
+
+    >>> cluster.adapt()
+    """
+
+    #Override class variables
+    submit_command = 'qsub -terse'
+    cancel_command = 'qdel'
+
+    def __init__(self,
+                 queue=None,
+                 project=None,
+                 resource_spec=None,
+                 walltime='0:30:00',
+                 **kwargs):
+
+        super(SGECluster, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+
+        header_lines = ['#!/bin/bash']
+
+        if self.name is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#$ -N %(name)s')
+        if queue is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#$ -q %(queue)s')
+        if project is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#$ -P %(project)s')
+        if resource_spec is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#$ -l %(resource_spec)s')
+        if walltime is not None:
+            header_lines.append('#$ -l h_rt=%(walltime)s')
+        header_lines.extend(['#$ -cwd', '#$ -j y'])
+        header_template = '\n'.join(header_lines)
+
+        config = {'name': self.name,
+                  'queue': queue,
+                  'project': project,
+                  'processes': self.worker_processes,
+                  'walltime': walltime,
+                  'resource_spec': resource_spec,}
+        self.job_header = header_template % config
+
+        logger.debug("Job script: \n %s" % self.job_script())
diff --git a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_sge.py b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_sge.py
index 15e984c8..ec40a8a1 100644
--- a/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_sge.py
+++ b/dask_jobqueue/tests/test_sge.py
@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
+from time import time, sleep
 
 import pytest
 
+from dask.distributed import Client
+from distributed.utils_test import loop  # noqa: F401
+
+from dask_jobqueue import SGECluster
+
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.env("sge")
 
 
-def test_sge_placeholder():
-    # to test that CI is working
-    pass
+def test_basic(loop):  # noqa: F811
+    with SGECluster(walltime='00:02:00', threads=2, memory='7GB',
+                    loop=loop) as cluster:
+        with Client(cluster, loop=loop) as client:
+            workers = cluster.start_workers(2)
+            future = client.submit(lambda x: x + 1, 10)
+            assert future.result(60) == 11
+            assert cluster.jobs
+
+            info = client.scheduler_info()
+            w = list(info['workers'].values())[0]
+            assert w['memory_limit'] == 7e9
+            assert w['ncores'] == 2
+
+            cluster.stop_workers(workers)
+
+            start = time()
+            while len(client.scheduler_info()['workers']) > 0:
+                sleep(0.100)
+                assert time() < start + 10
+
+            assert not cluster.jobs