diff --git a/container.go b/container.go
index a705c56f3f..f4726f8b8d 100644
--- a/container.go
+++ b/container.go
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ var (
 	defaultTimeout = time.Minute * 4
 )
 
-const pendingUpdatesQuery = `{ "PropertyTypes" : ["PendingUpdates"]}`
+const (
+	pendingUpdatesQuery = `{ "PropertyTypes" : ["PendingUpdates"]}`
+	statisticsQuery     = `{ "PropertyTypes" : ["Statistics"]}`
+)
 
 type container struct {
 	handle         hcsSystem
@@ -26,12 +29,59 @@ type containerProperties struct {
 	Name              string
 	SystemType        string
 	Owner             string
-	SiloGUID          string `json:"SiloGuid,omitempty"`
-	IsDummy           bool   `json:",omitempty"`
-	RuntimeID         string `json:"RuntimeId,omitempty"`
-	Stopped           bool   `json:",omitempty"`
-	ExitType          string `json:",omitempty"`
-	AreUpdatesPending bool   `json:",omitempty"`
+	SiloGUID          string     `json:"SiloGuid,omitempty"`
+	IsDummy           bool       `json:",omitempty"`
+	RuntimeID         string     `json:"RuntimeId,omitempty"`
+	Stopped           bool       `json:",omitempty"`
+	ExitType          string     `json:",omitempty"`
+	AreUpdatesPending bool       `json:",omitempty"`
+	ObRoot            string     `json:",omitempty"`
+	Statistics        Statistics `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
+// MemoryStats holds the memory statistics for a container
+type MemoryStats struct {
+	UsageCommitBytes            uint64 `json:"MemoryUsageCommitBytes,omitempty"`
+	UsageCommitPeakBytes        uint64 `json:"MemoryUsageCommitPeakBytes,omitempty"`
+	UsagePrivateWorkingSetBytes uint64 `json:"MemoryUsagePrivateWorkingSetBytes,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ProcessorStats holds the processor statistics for a container
+type ProcessorStats struct {
+	TotalRuntime100ns  uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	RuntimeUser100ns   uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	RuntimeKernel100ns uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
+// StorageStats holds the storage statistics for a container
+type StorageStats struct {
+	ReadCountNormalized  uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	ReadSizeBytes        uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	WriteCountNormalized uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	WriteSizeBytes       uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
+// NetworkStats holds the network statistics for a container
+type NetworkStats struct {
+	BytesReceived          uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	BytesSent              uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	PacketsReceived        uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	PacketsSent            uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	DroppedPacketsIncoming uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	DroppedPacketsOutgoing uint64 `json:",omitempty"`
+	EndpointId             string `json:",omitempty"`
+	InstanceId             string `json:",omitempty"`
+}
+
+// Statistics is the structure returned by a statistics call on a container
+type Statistics struct {
+	Timestamp          time.Time      `json:",omitempty"`
+	ContainerStartTime time.Time      `json:",omitempty"`
+	Uptime100ns        uint64         `json:",omitempty"`
+	Memory             MemoryStats    `json:",omitempty"`
+	Processor          ProcessorStats `json:",omitempty"`
+	Storage            StorageStats   `json:",omitempty"`
+	Network            []NetworkStats `json:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // CreateContainer creates a new container with the given configuration but does not start it.
@@ -246,12 +296,10 @@ func (container *container) properties(query string) (*containerProperties, erro
 		return nil, ErrUnexpectedValue
 	}
 	propertiesRaw := convertAndFreeCoTaskMemBytes(propertiesp)
-
 	properties := &containerProperties{}
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(propertiesRaw, properties); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-
 	return properties, nil
 }
 
@@ -269,6 +317,20 @@ func (container *container) HasPendingUpdates() (bool, error) {
 	return properties.AreUpdatesPending, nil
 }
 
+// Statistics returns statistics for the container
+func (container *container) Statistics() (Statistics, error) {
+	operation := "Statistics"
+	title := "HCSShim::Container::" + operation
+	logrus.Debugf(title+" id=%s", container.id)
+	properties, err := container.properties(statisticsQuery)
+	if err != nil {
+		return Statistics{}, makeContainerError(container, operation, "", err)
+	}
+
+	logrus.Debugf(title+" succeeded id=%s", container.id)
+	return properties.Statistics, nil
+}
+
 // Pause pauses the execution of the container. This feature is not enabled in TP5.
 func (container *container) Pause() error {
 	operation := "Pause"
diff --git a/interface.go b/interface.go
index e35e477f01..0eacca38ce 100644
--- a/interface.go
+++ b/interface.go
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ type Container interface {
 	// HasPendingUpdates returns true if the container has updates pending to install.
 	HasPendingUpdates() (bool, error)
 
+	// Statistics returns statistics for a container.
+	Statistics() (Statistics, error)
+
 	// CreateProcess launches a new process within the container.
 	CreateProcess(c *ProcessConfig) (Process, error)