diff --git a/openstackclient/object/v1/container.py b/openstackclient/object/v1/container.py
index 1ca07f3aa4..5a60a3e839 100644
--- a/openstackclient/object/v1/container.py
+++ b/openstackclient/object/v1/container.py
@@ -152,6 +152,30 @@ class ListContainer(lister.Lister):
                 ) for s in data))
 
 
+class SaveContainer(command.Command):
+    """Save the contents of a container locally"""
+
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".SaveContainer")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(SaveContainer, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            'container',
+            metavar='<container>',
+            help='Container name to save',
+        )
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        self.log.debug("take_action(%s)", parsed_args)
+
+        lib_container.save_container(
+            self.app.client_manager.session,
+            self.app.client_manager.object_store.endpoint,
+            parsed_args.container
+        )
+
+
 class ShowContainer(show.ShowOne):
     """Show container information"""
 
diff --git a/openstackclient/object/v1/lib/container.py b/openstackclient/object/v1/lib/container.py
index 63711838f4..4293ff4a20 100644
--- a/openstackclient/object/v1/lib/container.py
+++ b/openstackclient/object/v1/lib/container.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     from urlparse import urlparse  # noqa
 
+from openstackclient.object.v1.lib import object as object_lib
+
 
 def create_container(
     session,
@@ -120,6 +122,23 @@ def list_containers(
     return session.get(url, params=params).json()
 
 
+def save_container(
+    session,
+    url,
+    container
+):
+    """Save all the content from a container
+
+    :param session: an authenticated keystoneclient.session.Session object
+    :param url: endpoint
+    :param container: name of container to save
+    """
+
+    objects = object_lib.list_objects(session, url, container)
+    for object in objects:
+        object_lib.save_object(session, url, container, object['name'])
+
+
 def show_container(
     session,
     url,
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 15f2147e87..8e632a677c 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ openstack.object_store.v1 =
     container_create = openstackclient.object.v1.container:CreateContainer
     container_delete = openstackclient.object.v1.container:DeleteContainer
     container_list = openstackclient.object.v1.container:ListContainer
+    container_save = openstackclient.object.v1.container:SaveContainer
     container_show = openstackclient.object.v1.container:ShowContainer
     object_create = openstackclient.object.v1.object:CreateObject
     object_delete = openstackclient.object.v1.object:DeleteObject