diff --git a/app/components/container/container.html b/app/components/container/container.html
index 1d2746dd0..8843449c2 100644
--- a/app/components/container/container.html
+++ b/app/components/container/container.html
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@
                 ng-click="unpause()"
                 ng-show="container.State.Running && container.State.Paused">Unpause
         </button>
+        <button class="btn btn-success"
+                ng-click="restart()"
+                ng-show="container.State.Running && !container.State.Stopped">Restart
+        </button>
         <button class="btn btn-primary"
                 ng-click="commit()"
                 ng-show="container.State.Running && !container.State.Paused">Commit
diff --git a/app/components/container/containerController.js b/app/components/container/containerController.js
index 8739f58fd..dbcf57376 100644
--- a/app/components/container/containerController.js
+++ b/app/components/container/containerController.js
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ function($scope, $routeParams, $location, Container, ContainerCommit, Messages,
         });
     };
 
+    $scope.restart = function() {
+        ViewSpinner.spin();
+        Container.restart({id: $routeParams.id}, function(d) {
+            update();
+            Messages.send("Container restarted", $routeParams.id);
+        }, function(e){
+            update();
+            Messages.error("Failure", "Container failed to restart." + e.data);
+        });
+    };
+
     $scope.hasContent = function(data) {
         return data !== null && data !== undefined;
     };