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 34682a14f..7af6aa7c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/command/CreateContainerCmd.java
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ public interface CreateContainerCmd extends SyncDockerCmd<CreateContainerRespons
 
     CreateContainerCmd withCgroupParent(String cgroupParent);
 
+    CreateContainerCmd withGroupAdd(List<String> groups);
+
+    List<String> getGroupAdd();
+
     /**
      * Set the PID (Process) Namespace mode for the container, 'host': use the host's PID namespace inside the container
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
index 4d3275069..fefeacb36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/api/model/HostConfig.java
@@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ public class HostConfig implements Serializable {
     @JsonProperty("PidsLimit")
     private Long pidsLimit;
 
+    @JsonProperty("GroupAdd")
+    private List<String> groupAdd;
+
     /**
      * @since ~{@link RemoteApiVersion#VERSION_1_30}
      */
@@ -826,6 +829,22 @@ public HostConfig withPidsLimit(Long pidsLimit) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @see #groupAdd
+     */
+    @CheckForNull
+    public List<String> getGroupAdd() {
+        return groupAdd;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see #groupAdd
+     */
+    public HostConfig withGroupAdd(List<String> groupAdd) {
+        this.groupAdd = groupAdd;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public HostConfig withRuntime(String runtime) {
         this.runtime = runtime;
         return this;
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 54e41b2fd..51802f674 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/core/command/CreateContainerCmdImpl.java
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ public String[] getDnsSearch() {
         return hostConfig.getDnsSearch();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public List<String> getGroupAdd() {
+        return hostConfig.getGroupAdd();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getDomainName() {
         return domainName;
@@ -1000,6 +1006,12 @@ public CreateContainerCmd withHostConfig(HostConfig hostConfig) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public CreateContainerCmd withGroupAdd(List<String> groupAdd) {
+        this.hostConfig.withGroupAdd(groupAdd);
+        return this;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return ToStringBuilder.reflectionToString(this);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
index 51f003a75..6ef137727 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/dockerjava/cmd/CreateContainerCmdIT.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 import java.security.SecureRandom;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -835,6 +836,25 @@ public void createContainerWithNetworkID() {
         assertThat(containerNetwork, notNullValue());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void createContainerWithGroupAdd() throws DockerException {
+        List<String> groupsToAdd = Arrays.asList("www-data");
+
+        CreateContainerResponse container = dockerRule.getClient().createContainerCmd(DEFAULT_IMAGE)
+                .withGroupAdd(groupsToAdd)
+                .withCmd("true").exec();
+
+        LOG.info("Created container {}", container.toString());
+
+        assertThat(container.getId(), not(isEmptyString()));
+
+        InspectContainerResponse inspectContainerResponse = dockerRule.getClient().inspectContainerCmd(container.getId()).exec();
+
+        LOG.info("Inspect container {}", inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getGroupAdd());
+
+        assertThat(inspectContainerResponse.getHostConfig().getGroupAdd(), is(groupsToAdd));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void createContainerFromPrivateRegistryWithValidAuth() throws Exception {
         DockerAssume.assumeSwarm(dockerRule.getClient());
@@ -865,5 +885,4 @@ public void createContainerFromPrivateRegistryWithNoAuth() throws Exception {
         dockerRule.getClient().createContainerCmd(imgName)
                 .exec();
     }
-
 }