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diff --git a/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go b/cmd/podman/checkpoint.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/libpodruntime"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var (
+	checkpointDescription = `
+   podman container checkpoint
+
+   Checkpoints one or more running containers. The container name or ID can be used.
+`
+	checkpointFlags = []cli.Flag{
+		cli.BoolFlag{
+			Name:  "keep, k",
+			Usage: "keep all temporary checkpoint files",
+		},
+	}
+	checkpointCommand = cli.Command{
+		Name:        "checkpoint",
+		Usage:       "Checkpoints one or more containers",
+		Description: checkpointDescription,
+		Flags:       checkpointFlags,
+		Action:      checkpointCmd,
+		ArgsUsage:   "CONTAINER-NAME [CONTAINER-NAME ...]",
+	}
+)
+
+func checkpointCmd(c *cli.Context) error {
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		return errors.New("checkpointing a container requires root")
+	}
+
+	runtime, err := libpodruntime.GetRuntime(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "could not get runtime")
+	}
+	defer runtime.Shutdown(false)
+
+	keep := c.Bool("keep")
+	args := c.Args()
+	if len(args) < 1 {
+		return errors.Errorf("you must provide at least one container name or id")
+	}
+
+	var lastError error
+	for _, arg := range args {
+		ctr, err := runtime.LookupContainer(arg)
+		if err != nil {
+			if lastError != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, lastError)
+			}
+			lastError = errors.Wrapf(err, "error looking up container %q", arg)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err = ctr.Checkpoint(context.TODO(), keep); err != nil {
+			if lastError != nil {
+				fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, lastError)
+			}
+			lastError = errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to checkpoint container %v", ctr.ID())
+		} else {
+			fmt.Println(ctr.ID())
+		}
+	}
+	return lastError
+}