diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/DockerClient.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/DockerClient.java
index 3ceabf3e7..978bd35ca 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/DockerClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/DockerClient.java
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UpdateContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.VersionCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.WaitContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.AuthConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Identifier;
@@ -185,6 +186,15 @@ public interface DockerClient extends Closeable {
      */
     UpdateContainerCmd updateContainerCmd(@Nonnull String containerId);
 
+    /**
+     * Rename container.
+     *
+     * @param containerId id of the container
+     * @return command
+     * @since {@link RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_17}
+     */
+    RenameContainerCmd renameContainerCmd(@Nonnull String containerId);
+
     RestartContainerCmd restartContainerCmd(@Nonnull String containerId);
 
     CommitCmd commitCmd(@Nonnull String containerId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/DockerCmdExecFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/DockerCmdExecFactory.java
index 8cc42cf15..ae090e434 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/DockerCmdExecFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/DockerCmdExecFactory.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
 
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion;
 
 public interface DockerCmdExecFactory extends Closeable {
 
@@ -71,6 +72,13 @@ public interface DockerCmdExecFactory extends Closeable {
 
     UpdateContainerCmd.Exec createUpdateContainerCmdExec();
 
+    /**
+     * Rename container.
+     *
+     * @since {@link RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_17}
+     */
+    RenameContainerCmd.Exec createRenameContainerCmdExec();
+
     RestartContainerCmd.Exec createRestartContainerCmdExec();
 
     CommitCmd.Exec createCommitCmdExec();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/RenameContainerCmd.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/RenameContainerCmd.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bce20251f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/RenameContainerCmd.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.api.command;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.RemoteApiVersion;
+
+import javax.annotation.CheckForNull;
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * Rename a container.
+ *
+ * @since {@link RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_17}
+ */
+public interface RenameContainerCmd extends SyncDockerCmd<Void> {
+
+    @CheckForNull
+    String getContainerId();
+
+    RenameContainerCmd withContainerId(@Nonnull String containerId);
+
+    @CheckForNull
+    String getName();
+
+    RenameContainerCmd withName(@Nonnull String name);
+
+    /**
+     * @throws NotFoundException No such container
+     */
+    @Override
+    Void exec() throws NotFoundException;
+
+    interface Exec extends DockerCmdSyncExec<RenameContainerCmd, Void> {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientImpl.java
index 9d342e249..9f4f0f88b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/DockerClientImpl.java
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UpdateContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.VersionCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.WaitContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.AuthConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.model.Identifier;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.command.AttachContainerCmdImpl;
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.command.UpdateContainerCmdImpl;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.command.VersionCmdImpl;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.command.WaitContainerCmdImpl;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.command.RenameContainerCmdImpl;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 
@@ -364,6 +366,11 @@ public UpdateContainerCmd updateContainerCmd(@Nonnull String containerId) {
         return new UpdateContainerCmdImpl(getDockerCmdExecFactory().createUpdateContainerCmdExec(), containerId);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd renameContainerCmd(@Nonnull String containerId) {
+        return new RenameContainerCmdImpl(getDockerCmdExecFactory().createRenameContainerCmdExec(), containerId);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public RestartContainerCmd restartContainerCmd(String containerId) {
         return new RestartContainerCmdImpl(getDockerCmdExecFactory().createRestartContainerCmdExec(), containerId);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebf3ebabf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.core.command;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+public class RenameContainerCmdImpl extends AbstrDockerCmd<RenameContainerCmd, Void> implements RenameContainerCmd {
+
+    private String containerId;
+
+    private String name;
+
+    public RenameContainerCmdImpl(RenameContainerCmd.Exec exec, String containerId) {
+        super(exec);
+        withContainerId(containerId);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getContainerId() {
+        return containerId;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd withContainerId(@Nonnull String containerId) {
+        checkNotNull(containerId, "containerId was not specified");
+        this.containerId = containerId;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd withName(@Nonnull String name) {
+        checkNotNull(name, "name was not specified");
+        this.name = name;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws NotFoundException No such container
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Void exec() throws NotFoundException {
+        return super.exec();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
index 4716877af..f64cf4e2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UnpauseContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.VersionCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.WaitContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerClientException;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.LocalDirectorySSLConfig;
@@ -417,6 +418,11 @@ public UpdateContainerCmd.Exec createUpdateContainerCmdExec() {
         return new UpdateContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd.Exec createRenameContainerCmdExec() {
+        return new RenameContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public RestartContainerCmd.Exec createRestartContainerCmdExec() {
         return new RestartContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/RenameContainerCmdExec.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/RenameContainerCmdExec.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c747ea9b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/jaxrs/RenameContainerCmdExec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.jaxrs;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.client.WebTarget;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class RenameContainerCmdExec extends AbstrSyncDockerCmdExec<RenameContainerCmd, Void>
+        implements RenameContainerCmd.Exec {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RenameContainerCmdExec.class);
+
+    public RenameContainerCmdExec(WebTarget baseResource, DockerClientConfig dockerClientConfig) {
+        super(baseResource, dockerClientConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Void execute(RenameContainerCmd command) {
+        WebTarget webResource = getBaseResource().path("/containers/{id}/rename")
+                .resolveTemplate("id", command.getContainerId())
+                .queryParam("name", command.getName());
+
+        LOG.trace("POST: {}", webResource);
+        webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).post(null);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
index 1210c56bc..08a0179a1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/DockerCmdExecFactoryImpl.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.UpdateContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.VersionCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.WaitContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientImpl;
 import com.github.dockerjava.core.LocalDirectorySSLConfig;
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
 import com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec.UpdateContainerCmdExec;
 import com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec.VersionCmdExec;
 import com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec.WaitContainerCmdExec;
+import com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec.RenameContainerCmdExec;
 
 import io.netty.bootstrap.Bootstrap;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelInitializer;
@@ -465,6 +467,11 @@ public UpdateContainerCmd.Exec createUpdateContainerCmdExec() {
         return new UpdateContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd.Exec createRenameContainerCmdExec() {
+        return new RenameContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public RestartContainerCmd.Exec createRestartContainerCmdExec() {
         return new RestartContainerCmdExec(getBaseResource(), getDockerClientConfig());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExec.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExec.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43f97e961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.RenameContainerCmd;
+import com.github.dockerjava.core.DockerClientConfig;
+import com.github.dockerjava.netty.MediaType;
+import com.github.dockerjava.netty.WebTarget;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+public class RenameContainerCmdExec extends AbstrSyncDockerCmdExec<RenameContainerCmd, Void>
+        implements RenameContainerCmd.Exec {
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RenameContainerCmdExec.class);
+
+    public RenameContainerCmdExec(WebTarget baseResource, DockerClientConfig dockerClientConfig) {
+        super(baseResource, dockerClientConfig);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Void execute(RenameContainerCmd command) {
+        WebTarget webResource = getBaseResource().path("/containers/{id}/rename")
+                .resolveTemplate("id", command.getContainerId())
+                .queryParam("name", command.getName());
+
+        LOG.trace("POST: {}", webResource);
+        webResource.request().accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).post(null);
+
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/TestDockerCmdExecFactory.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/TestDockerCmdExecFactory.java
index b2b86601c..ba05ab4e3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/TestDockerCmdExecFactory.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/TestDockerCmdExecFactory.java
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ public UpdateContainerCmd.Exec createUpdateContainerCmdExec() {
         return delegate.createUpdateContainerCmdExec();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RenameContainerCmd.Exec createRenameContainerCmdExec(){
+        return delegate.createRenameContainerCmdExec();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public RestartContainerCmd.Exec createRestartContainerCmdExec() {
         return delegate.createRestartContainerCmdExec();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImplTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImplTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f503a87b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/RenameContainerCmdImplTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.core.command;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateContainerResponse;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.InspectContainerResponse;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.client.AbstractDockerClientTest;
+import org.testng.ITestResult;
+import org.testng.annotations.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+@Test(groups = "integration")
+public class RenameContainerCmdImplTest extends AbstractDockerClientTest {
+    @BeforeTest
+    public void beforeTest() throws Exception {
+        super.beforeTest();
+    }
+
+    @AfterTest
+    public void afterTest() {
+        super.afterTest();
+    }
+
+    @BeforeMethod
+    public void beforeMethod(Method method) {
+        super.beforeMethod(method);
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod
+    public void afterMethod(ITestResult result) {
+        super.afterMethod(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void renameContainer() throws DockerException {
+
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd("sleep", "9999").exec();
+        LOG.info("Created container: {}", container.toString());
+        assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+        dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        LOG.info("Container Inspect: {}", inspectContainerResponse.toString());
+
+        String name1 = inspectContainerResponse.getName();
+
+        dockerClient.renameContainerCmd(container.getId())
+                .withName(getClass().getCanonicalName() + "renameContainer")
+                .exec();
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse2 = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        LOG.info("Container Inspect After Rename: {}", inspectContainerResponse2.toString());
+
+        String name2 = inspectContainerResponse2.getName();
+
+        assertNotEquals(name1, name2);
+
+        dockerClient.killContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+    }
+
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NotFoundException.class)
+    public void renameExistingContainer() throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
+        dockerClient.renameContainerCmd("non-existing")
+                .withName(getClass().getCanonicalName() + "renameExistingContainer")
+                .exec();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExecTest.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c176bc1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/exec/RenameContainerCmdExecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package com.github.dockerjava.netty.exec;
+
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.CreateContainerResponse;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.command.InspectContainerResponse;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.DockerException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.api.exception.NotFoundException;
+import com.github.dockerjava.netty.AbstractNettyDockerClientTest;
+import org.testng.ITestResult;
+import org.testng.annotations.*;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+
+@Test(groups = "integration")
+public class RenameContainerCmdExecTest extends AbstractNettyDockerClientTest {
+
+    @BeforeTest
+    public void beforeTest() throws Exception {
+        super.beforeTest();
+    }
+
+    @AfterTest
+    public void afterTest() {
+        super.afterTest();
+    }
+
+    @BeforeMethod
+    public void beforeMethod(Method method) {
+        super.beforeMethod(method);
+    }
+
+    @AfterMethod
+    public void afterMethod(ITestResult result) {
+        super.afterMethod(result);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void renameContainer() throws DockerException {
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerClient.createContainerCmd("busybox").withCmd("sleep", "9999").exec();
+        LOG.info("Created container: {}", container.toString());
+        assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+        dockerClient.startContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        LOG.info("Container Inspect: {}", inspectContainerResponse.toString());
+
+        String name1 = inspectContainerResponse.getName();
+
+        dockerClient.renameContainerCmd(container.getId())
+                .withName(getClass().getCanonicalName() + "renameContainer")
+                .exec();
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse2 = dockerClient.inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+        LOG.info("Container Inspect After Rename: {}", inspectContainerResponse2.toString());
+
+        String name2 = inspectContainerResponse2.getName();
+
+        assertNotEquals(name1, name2);
+
+        dockerClient.killContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+    }
+
+    @Test(expectedExceptions = NotFoundException.class)
+    public void renameNonExistingContainer() throws DockerException, InterruptedException {
+        dockerClient.renameContainerCmd("non-existing")
+                .withName(getClass().getCanonicalName() + "renameExistingContainer")
+                .exec();
+    }
+}