diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/zun/container.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/zun/container.py
index 472a062a84..0265f9d829 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/zun/container.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/zun/container.py
@@ -33,11 +33,13 @@ class Container(resource.Resource):
     PROPERTIES = (
         NAME, IMAGE, COMMAND, CPU, MEMORY,
         ENVIRONMENT, WORKDIR, LABELS, IMAGE_PULL_POLICY,
-        RESTART_POLICY, INTERACTIVE, IMAGE_DRIVER
+        RESTART_POLICY, INTERACTIVE, IMAGE_DRIVER, HINTS,
+        HOSTNAME, SECURITY_GROUPS,
     ) = (
         'name', 'image', 'command', 'cpu', 'memory',
         'environment', 'workdir', 'labels', 'image_pull_policy',
-        'restart_policy', 'interactive', 'image_driver'
+        'restart_policy', 'interactive', 'image_driver', 'hints',
+        'hostname', 'security_groups',
     )
 
     ATTRIBUTES = (
@@ -110,6 +112,22 @@ class Container(resource.Resource):
                 constraints.AllowedValues(['docker', 'glance']),
             ]
         ),
+        HINTS: properties.Schema(
+            properties.Schema.MAP,
+            _('Arbitrary key-value pairs for scheduler to select host.'),
+            support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='10.0.0'),
+        ),
+        HOSTNAME: properties.Schema(
+            properties.Schema.STRING,
+            _('The hostname of the container.'),
+            support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='10.0.0'),
+        ),
+        SECURITY_GROUPS: properties.Schema(
+            properties.Schema.LIST,
+            _('List of security group names or IDs.'),
+            support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='10.0.0'),
+            default=[]
+        ),
     }
 
     attributes_schema = {
diff --git a/heat/tests/openstack/zun/test_container.py b/heat/tests/openstack/zun/test_container.py
index 926fdf2097..393b0506d1 100644
--- a/heat/tests/openstack/zun/test_container.py
+++ b/heat/tests/openstack/zun/test_container.py
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ resources:
       restart_policy: on-failure:2
       interactive: false
       image_driver: docker
+      hints:
+        hintkey: hintval
+      hostname: myhost
+      security_groups:
+        - my_seg
 '''
 
 
@@ -69,6 +74,10 @@ class ZunContainerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
                                     'Name': 'on-failure'}
         self.fake_interactive = False
         self.fake_image_driver = 'docker'
+        self.fake_hints = {'hintkey': 'hintval'}
+        self.fake_hostname = 'myhost'
+        self.fake_security_groups = ['my_seg']
+
         self.fake_network_id = '9c11d847-99ce-4a83-82da-9827362a68e8'
         self.fake_network_name = 'private'
         self.fake_networks = {
@@ -117,6 +126,9 @@ class ZunContainerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         value.restart_policy = self.fake_restart_policy
         value.interactive = self.fake_interactive
         value.image_driver = self.fake_image_driver
+        value.hints = self.fake_hints
+        value.hostname = self.fake_hostname
+        value.security_groups = self.fake_security_groups
         value.addresses = self.fake_addresses
         value.to_dict.return_value = value.__dict__
 
@@ -170,6 +182,15 @@ class ZunContainerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             self.fake_image_driver,
             c.properties.get(container.Container.IMAGE_DRIVER))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fake_hints,
+            c.properties.get(container.Container.HINTS))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fake_hostname,
+            c.properties.get(container.Container.HOSTNAME))
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.fake_security_groups,
+            c.properties.get(container.Container.SECURITY_GROUPS))
 
         scheduler.TaskRunner(c.create)()
         self.assertEqual(self.resource_id, c.resource_id)
@@ -187,7 +208,10 @@ class ZunContainerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
             image_pull_policy=self.fake_image_policy,
             restart_policy=self.fake_restart_policy,
             interactive=self.fake_interactive,
-            image_driver=self.fake_image_driver
+            image_driver=self.fake_image_driver,
+            hints=self.fake_hints,
+            hostname=self.fake_hostname,
+            security_groups=self.fake_security_groups,
         )
 
     def test_container_create_failed(self):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-hostname-hints-security_groups-to-container-d3b69ae4b6f71fc7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-hostname-hints-security_groups-to-container-d3b69ae4b6f71fc7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ad670b2b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-hostname-hints-security_groups-to-container-d3b69ae4b6f71fc7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add properties hostname, hints, security_groups to Zun's container
+    resource.