diff --git a/docker/api/container.py b/docker/api/container.py
index d1b870f9c2..f2b22d44bb 100644
--- a/docker/api/container.py
+++ b/docker/api/container.py
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ def get_archive(self, container, path, chunk_size=DEFAULT_DATA_CHUNK_SIZE,
         )
 
     @utils.check_resource('container')
-    def inspect_container(self, container):
+    def inspect_container(self, container, size=False):
         """
         Identical to the `docker inspect` command, but only for containers.
 
@@ -790,8 +790,9 @@ def inspect_container(self, container):
             :py:class:`docker.errors.APIError`
                 If the server returns an error.
         """
+        params = {"size": "true" if size else "false"}
         return self._result(
-            self._get(self._url("/containers/{0}/json", container)), True
+            self._get(self._url("/containers/{0}/json", container), params=params), True
         )
 
     @utils.check_resource('container')
diff --git a/tests/unit/api_container_test.py b/tests/unit/api_container_test.py
index b2e5237a2a..d5d8e84505 100644
--- a/tests/unit/api_container_test.py
+++ b/tests/unit/api_container_test.py
@@ -1517,7 +1517,18 @@ def test_inspect_container(self):
         fake_request.assert_called_with(
             'GET',
             url_prefix + 'containers/' + fake_api.FAKE_CONTAINER_ID + '/json',
-            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS
+            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            params={'size': 'false'}
+        )
+
+    def test_inspect_container_with_size(self):
+        self.client.inspect_container(fake_api.FAKE_CONTAINER_ID, size=True)
+
+        fake_request.assert_called_with(
+            'GET',
+            url_prefix + 'containers/' + fake_api.FAKE_CONTAINER_ID + '/json',
+            timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
+            params={'size': 'true'}
         )
 
     def test_inspect_container_undefined_id(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/fake_api.py b/tests/unit/fake_api.py
index 03e53cc648..a6e11eb619 100644
--- a/tests/unit/fake_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit/fake_api.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ def post_fake_create_container():
     return status_code, response
 
 
-def get_fake_inspect_container(tty=False):
+def get_fake_inspect_container(tty=False, size=False):
     status_code = 200
     response = {
         'Id': FAKE_CONTAINER_ID,
@@ -167,6 +167,11 @@ def get_fake_inspect_container(tty=False):
         },
         "MacAddress": "02:42:ac:11:00:0a"
     }
+    if size:
+        response.update({
+            "SizeRw": 50178,
+            "SizeRootFs": 152129365
+        })
     return status_code, response