diff --git a/zunclient/common/base.py b/zunclient/common/base.py
index a17adb55..cc53685e 100644
--- a/zunclient/common/base.py
+++ b/zunclient/common/base.py
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ class Manager(object):
         if body:
             return self.resource_class(self, body)
 
-    def _delete(self, url):
+    def _delete(self, url, qparams=None):
+        if qparams:
+            url = "%s?%s" % (url, urlparse.urlencode(qparams))
         self.api.raw_request('DELETE', url)
 
 
diff --git a/zunclient/v1/containers.py b/zunclient/v1/containers.py
index a87baa71..0d32e367 100644
--- a/zunclient/v1/containers.py
+++ b/zunclient/v1/containers.py
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ class ContainerManager(base.Manager):
                     "Key must be in %s" % ','.join(CREATION_ATTRIBUTES))
         return self._create(self._path(), new)
 
-    def delete(self, id):
-        return self._delete(self._path(id))
+    def delete(self, id, force):
+        return self._delete(self._path(id),
+                            qparams={'force': force})
 
     def _action(self, id, action, method='POST', qparams=None, **kwargs):
         if qparams:
diff --git a/zunclient/v1/containers_shell.py b/zunclient/v1/containers_shell.py
index fc84a4fc..391cb330 100644
--- a/zunclient/v1/containers_shell.py
+++ b/zunclient/v1/containers_shell.py
@@ -84,11 +84,14 @@ def do_list(cs, args):
            metavar='<container>',
            nargs='+',
            help='ID or name of the (container)s to delete.')
+@utils.arg('--force',
+           action='store_true',
+           help='Force delete the container.')
 def do_delete(cs, args):
     """Delete specified containers."""
     for container in args.containers:
         try:
-            cs.containers.delete(container)
+            cs.containers.delete(container, args.force)
             print("Request to delete container %s has been accepted." %
                   container)
         except Exception as e: