diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
index 1889c35883..8ecc0c1f16 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/BlobStore.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.ContainerAccess;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
@@ -91,6 +92,10 @@ public interface BlobStore {
     */
    boolean createContainerInLocation(@Nullable Location location, String container, CreateContainerOptions options);
 
+   ContainerAccess getContainerAccess(String container);
+
+   void setContainerAccess(String container, ContainerAccess access);
+
    /**
     * Lists all resources in a container non-recursive.
     * 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ContainerAccess.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ContainerAccess.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67dbe79fa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/domain/ContainerAccess.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.blobstore.domain;
+
+public enum ContainerAccess {
+   /** Only allow bucket owner to read and write objects. */
+   PRIVATE,
+   /** Allow all users to read objects but only allow owner to write objects. */
+   PUBLIC_READ;
+}
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
index 41542e45d7..732e350673 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.ContainerAccess;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
@@ -475,6 +477,23 @@ public class BaseContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
       }
    }
 
+   @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   public void testSetContainerAccess() throws Exception {
+      BlobStore blobStore = view.getBlobStore();
+      String containerName = getContainerName();
+      try {
+         assertThat(blobStore.getContainerAccess(containerName)).isEqualTo(ContainerAccess.PRIVATE);
+
+         blobStore.setContainerAccess(containerName, ContainerAccess.PUBLIC_READ);
+         assertThat(blobStore.getContainerAccess(containerName)).isEqualTo(ContainerAccess.PUBLIC_READ);
+
+         blobStore.setContainerAccess(containerName, ContainerAccess.PRIVATE);
+         assertThat(blobStore.getContainerAccess(containerName)).isEqualTo(ContainerAccess.PRIVATE);
+      } finally {
+         recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
+      }
+   }
+
    protected void addAlphabetUnderRoot(String containerName) throws InterruptedException {
       for (char letter = 'a'; letter <= 'z'; letter++) {
          view.getBlobStore().putBlob(containerName,