diff --git a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/claim.py b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/claim.py
index 7749b2b4..03e9e5a0 100644
--- a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/claim.py
+++ b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/claim.py
@@ -14,7 +14,30 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from zaqarclient.queues.v1 import claim
+from zaqarclient.queues.v1 import iterator as iterate
+from zaqarclient.queues.v2 import core
+from zaqarclient.queues.v2 import message
 
 
 class Claim(claim.Claim):
-    pass
+
+    def _create(self):
+        req, trans = self._queue.client._request_and_transport()
+        msgs = core.claim_create(trans, req,
+                                 self._queue._name,
+                                 ttl=self._ttl,
+                                 grace=self._grace,
+                                 limit=self._limit)
+
+        # extract the id from the first message
+        if msgs is not None:
+            if self._queue.client.api_version >= 1.1:
+                msgs = msgs['messages']
+            self.id = msgs[0]['href'].split('=')[-1]
+
+        self._message_iter = iterate._Iterator(self._queue.client,
+                                               msgs or [],
+                                               'messages',
+                                               message.create_object(
+                                                   self._queue
+                                               ))
diff --git a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/cli.py b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/cli.py
index b2426f5a..716cf8fa 100644
--- a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/cli.py
+++ b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/cli.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ class ListMessages(command.Lister):
         else:
             messages = queue.messages(**kwargs)
 
-        columns = ("ID", "Body", "TTL", "Age", "Claim ID")
+        columns = ("ID", "Body", "TTL", "Age", "Claim ID", "Checksum")
         return (columns,
                 (utils.get_item_properties(s, columns) for s in messages))
 
@@ -700,7 +700,25 @@ class OldListSubscriptions(ListSubscriptions):
 
 class CreateClaim(cli.CreateClaim):
     """Create claim and return a list of claimed messages"""
-    pass
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        client = _get_client(self, parsed_args)
+
+        kwargs = {}
+        if parsed_args.ttl is not None:
+            kwargs["ttl"] = parsed_args.ttl
+        if parsed_args.grace is not None:
+            kwargs["grace"] = parsed_args.grace
+        if parsed_args.limit is not None:
+            kwargs["limit"] = parsed_args.limit
+
+        queue = client.queue(parsed_args.queue_name, auto_create=False)
+        keys = ("claim_id", "id", "ttl", "age", 'body', "checksum")
+        columns = ("Claim_ID", "Message_ID", "TTL", "Age", "Messages",
+                   "Checksum")
+        data = queue.claim(**kwargs)
+        return (columns,
+                (utils.get_item_properties(s, keys) for s in data))
 
 
 class OldCreateClaim(cli.OldCreateClaim):
diff --git a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/queues.py b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/queues.py
index 8f137673..09d52ff7 100644
--- a/zaqarclient/queues/v2/queues.py
+++ b/zaqarclient/queues/v2/queues.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 from zaqarclient.queues.v1 import queues
+from zaqarclient.queues.v2 import claim as claim_api
 from zaqarclient.queues.v2 import core
 from zaqarclient.queues.v2 import message
 
@@ -88,6 +89,10 @@ class Queue(queues.Queue):
         core.queue_purge(trans, req, self._name,
                          resource_types=resource_types)
 
+    def claim(self, id=None, ttl=None, grace=None,
+              limit=None):
+        return claim_api.Claim(self, id=id, ttl=ttl, grace=grace, limit=limit)
+
 
 def create_object(parent):
     return lambda args: Queue(parent, args["name"], href=args.get("href"),