diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 6107bdbf..8028c459 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ openstack.container.v1 =
    appcontainer_delete = zunclient.osc.v1.containers:DeleteContainer
    appcontainer_reboot = zunclient.osc.v1.containers:RebootContainer
    appcontainer_start = zunclient.osc.v1.containers:StartContainer
- 
+   appcontainer_pause = zunclient.osc.v1.containers:PauseContainer
+
 [build_sphinx]
 source-dir = doc/source
 build-dir = doc/build
diff --git a/zunclient/osc/v1/containers.py b/zunclient/osc/v1/containers.py
index 6847cebc..846f7247 100644
--- a/zunclient/osc/v1/containers.py
+++ b/zunclient/osc/v1/containers.py
@@ -249,3 +249,29 @@ class StartContainer(command.Command):
             except Exception as e:
                 print("Start for container %(container)s failed: %(e)s" %
                       {'container': container, 'e': e})
+
+
+class PauseContainer(command.Command):
+    """Pause specified container"""
+    log = logging.getLogger(__name__ + ".PauseContainer")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(PauseContainer, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            'container',
+            metavar='<container>',
+            nargs='+',
+            help='ID or name of the (container)s to pause.')
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        client = _get_client(self, parsed_args)
+        containers = parsed_args.container
+        for container in containers:
+            try:
+                client.containers.pause(container)
+                print(_('Request to pause container %s has been accepted')
+                      % container)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print("Pause for container %(container)s failed: %(e)s" %
+                      {'container': container, 'e': e})