diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
index 3b558b6d9..3e31321ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.api.command;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.ConflictException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.NotFoundException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Bind;
@@ -173,6 +175,8 @@ public static interface Exec extends DockerCmdExec<CreateContainerCmd, CreateCon
 
     public CreateContainerCmd withImage(String image);
 
+    public CreateContainerCmd withLabels(Map<String, String> labels);
+
     /**
      * Add link to another container.
      */
@@ -238,4 +242,9 @@ public static interface Exec extends DockerCmdExec<CreateContainerCmd, CreateCon
 
     public CreateContainerCmd withMacAddress(String macAddress);
 
+    /**
+     * @return
+     */
+    Map<String, String> getLabels();
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/ListContainersCmd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/ListContainersCmd.java
index 6d641f2e3..c2a116bed 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/ListContainersCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/ListContainersCmd.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Container;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Filters;
 
 /**
  * List containers
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ public interface ListContainersCmd extends DockerCmd<List<Container>> {
 
     public String getBeforeId();
 
+    public Filters getFilters();
+
     public ListContainersCmd withShowAll(boolean showAll);
 
     public ListContainersCmd withShowSize(boolean showSize);
@@ -41,6 +44,8 @@ public interface ListContainersCmd extends DockerCmd<List<Container>> {
 
     public ListContainersCmd withBefore(String before);
 
+    public ListContainersCmd withFilters(Filters filters);
+
     public static interface Exec extends DockerCmdExec<ListContainersCmd, List<Container>> {
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ContainerConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ContainerConfig.java
index 8ea673a36..0478e5ef0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ContainerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/ContainerConfig.java
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public class ContainerConfig {
     @JsonProperty("Image")
     private String image;
 
+    @JsonProperty("Labels")
+    private Map<String, String> labels;
+
     @JsonProperty("MacAddress")
     private String macAddress;
 
@@ -184,6 +187,10 @@ public String[] getOnBuild() {
         return onBuild;
     }
 
+    public Map<String, String> getLabels() {
+        return labels;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/Filters.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/Filters.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a226c60c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/Filters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.api.model;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.jaxrs.json.JacksonJaxbJsonProvider;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of Docker filters.
+ *
+ * @author Carlos Sanchez <carlos@apache.org>
+ *
+ */
+public class Filters {
+
+    private static ObjectMapper OBJECT_MAPPER = new JacksonJaxbJsonProvider().locateMapper(Map.class,
+            MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE);
+
+    private Map<String, List<String>> filters = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
+
+    public Filters() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor.
+     * 
+     * @param image
+     *            image to filter
+     * @param container
+     *            container to filter
+     */
+    public Filters(String image, String container) {
+        withImage(image);
+        withContainer(container);
+    }
+
+    public Filters withFilter(String key, String... value) {
+        filters.put(key, Arrays.asList(value));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getFilter(String key) {
+        return filters.get(key);
+    }
+
+    public Filters withImage(String... image) {
+        filters.put("image", Arrays.asList(image));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getImage() {
+        return getFilter("image");
+    }
+
+    public Filters withContainer(String... container) {
+        filters.put("container", Arrays.asList(container));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getContainer() {
+        return getFilter("container");
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Filter by labels
+     * 
+     * @param labels
+     *            string array in the form ["key"] or ["key=value"] or a mix of both
+     * @return
+     */
+    public Filters withLabel(String... labels) {
+        filters.put("label", Arrays.asList(labels));
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        try {
+            return OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsString(filters);
+        } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
index cc082b61f..3caf3c1bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.ToStringBuilder;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
@@ -107,6 +109,9 @@ public class CreateContainerCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<CreateContainerCmd, C
     @JsonProperty("HostConfig")
     private HostConfig hostConfig = new HostConfig();
 
+    @JsonProperty("Labels")
+    private Map<String, String> labels;
+
     public CreateContainerCmdImpl(CreateContainerCmd.Exec exec, String image) {
         super(exec);
         checkNotNull(image, "image was not specified");
@@ -221,6 +226,12 @@ public Link[] getLinks() {
         return hostConfig.getLinks();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public Map<String, String> getLabels() {
+        return labels;
+    }
+
     @Override
     @JsonIgnore
     public LxcConf[] getLxcConf() {
@@ -471,6 +482,13 @@ public CreateContainerCmdImpl withImage(String image) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public CreateContainerCmdImpl withLabels(Map<String, String> labels) {
+        checkNotNull(labels, "labels was not specified");
+        this.labels = labels;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CreateContainerCmdImpl withLinks(Link... links) {
         checkNotNull(links, "links was not specified");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImpl.java
index 13bb02cfb..b957a3bd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImpl.java
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.core.command;
 
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkArgument;
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.*;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.ListContainersCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Container;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Filters;
 
 /**
  * List containers
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ public class ListContainersCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<ListContainersCmd, Lis
 
     private String sinceId, beforeId;
 
+    private Filters filters;
+
     public ListContainersCmdImpl(ListContainersCmd.Exec exec) {
         super(exec);
     }
@@ -61,6 +63,11 @@ public String getBeforeId() {
         return beforeId;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Filters getFilters() {
+        return filters;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public ListContainersCmd withShowAll(boolean showAll) {
         this.showAll = showAll;
@@ -94,11 +101,18 @@ public ListContainersCmd withBefore(String before) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ListContainersCmd withFilters(Filters filters) {
+        checkNotNull(filters, "filters was not specified");
+        this.filters = filters;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return new StringBuilder("ps ").append(showAll ? "--all=true" : "").append(showSize ? "--size=true" : "")
-                .append(sinceId != null ? "--since " + sinceId : "")
-                .append(beforeId != null ? "--before " + beforeId : "").append(limit != -1 ? "-n " + limit : "")
-                .toString();
+                .append(sinceId != null ? " --since " + sinceId : "")
+                .append(beforeId != null ? " --before " + beforeId : "").append(limit != -1 ? "-n " + limit : "")
+                .append(filters != null ? " --filters " + filters : "").toString();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/ListContainersCmdExec.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/ListContainersCmdExec.java
index 5bb905b56..5feb5bdac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/ListContainersCmdExec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/ListContainersCmdExec.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.github.dockerjava.jaxrs;
 
+import static com.google.common.net.UrlEscapers.*;
+
 import java.util.List;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ protected List<Container> execute(ListContainersCmd command) {
             webResource = webResource.queryParam("limit", String.valueOf(command.getLimit()));
         }
 
+        if (command.getFilters() != null) {
+            webResource = webResource.queryParam("filters",
+                    urlPathSegmentEscaper().escape(command.getFilters().toString()));
+        }
+
         LOGGER.trace("GET: {}", webResource);
         List<Container> containers = webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
                 .get(new GenericType<List<Container>>() {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
index a33cfddfe..efeed530a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImplTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Capability.MKNOD;
@@ -490,4 +492,24 @@ public void createContainerWithULimits() throws DockerException {
 
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void createContainerWithLabels() throws DockerException {
+
+        Map<String, String> labels = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        labels.put("com.github.dockerjava.null", null);
+        labels.put("com.github.dockerjava.boolean", "true");
+
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd("sleep", "9999")
+                .withLabels(labels).exec();
+
+        LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
+
+        assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+        // null becomes empty string
+        labels.put("com.github.dockerjava.null", "");
+        assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getConfig().getLabels(), is(equalTo(labels)));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImplTest.java
index b074409bd..da049488b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImplTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/ListContainersCmdImplTest.java
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateContainerResponse;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.InspectContainerResponse;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Container;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Filters;
 import com.github.dockerjava.client.AbstractDockerClientTest;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 
 @Test(groups = "integration")
 public class ListContainersCmdImplTest extends AbstractDockerClientTest {
@@ -96,7 +98,24 @@ public void testListContainers() throws DockerException {
 
         Container container2 = filteredContainers.get(0);
         assertThat(container2.getCommand(), not(isEmptyString()));
-        assertThat(container2.getImage(), startsWith(testImage + ":"));
+        assertThat(container2.getImage(), startsWith(testImage));
+
+        // list with filter by label
+        dockerClient.createContainerCmd(testImage).withCmd("echo").withLabels(ImmutableMap.of("test", "docker-java"))
+                .exec();
+        filteredContainers = dockerClient.listContainersCmd().withShowAll(true)
+                .withFilters(new Filters().withLabel("test=docker-java")).exec();
+        assertThat(filteredContainers.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+        Container container3 = filteredContainers.get(0);
+        assertThat(container3.getCommand(), not(isEmptyString()));
+        assertThat(container3.getImage(), startsWith(testImage));
+
+        filteredContainers = dockerClient.listContainersCmd().withShowAll(true)
+                .withFilters(new Filters().withLabel("test")).exec();
+        assertThat(filteredContainers.size(), is(equalTo(1)));
+        container3 = filteredContainers.get(0);
+        assertThat(container3.getCommand(), not(isEmptyString()));
+        assertThat(container3.getImage(), startsWith(testImage));
     }
 
 }