diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index fd8ef5d..606522f 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ Ricky Medina	 <rm@do.co>
 Charlie Drage 	 <charlie@charliedrage.com>
 Michael Koppmann <me@mkoppmann.at>
 Simarpreet Singh <simar@linux.com>
+Alexander Polyakov <apolyakov@beget.com>
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 21fdfab..9499451 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ const (
 	ProcStoragePoolRefresh         = 83
 	ProcStoragePoolLookupByName    = 84
 	ProcConnectGetLibVersion       = 157
+	ProcDomainCreateWithFlags      = 196
 	ProcDomainMigrateSetMaxSpeed   = 207
 	ProcDomainGetState             = 212
 	ProcDomainUndefineFlags        = 231
diff --git a/libvirt.go b/libvirt.go
index 1c64840..d2609fa 100644
--- a/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirt.go
@@ -260,6 +260,26 @@ const (
 	StoragePoolsFlagZFS
 )
 
+// DomainCreateFlags specify options for starting domains
+type DomainCreateFlags uint32
+
+const (
+	// DomainCreateFlagPaused creates paused domain.
+	DomainCreateFlagPaused = 1 << iota
+
+	// DomainCreateFlagAutoDestroy destoy domain after libvirt connection closed.
+	DomainCreateFlagAutoDestroy
+
+	// DomainCreateFlagBypassCache avoid file system cache pollution.
+	DomainCreateFlagBypassCache
+
+	// DomainCreateFlagStartForceBoot boot, discarding any managed save
+	DomainCreateFlagStartForceBoot
+
+	// DomainCreateFlagStartValidate validate the XML document against schema
+	DomainCreateFlagStartValidate
+)
+
 // Capabilities returns an XML document describing the host's capabilties.
 func (l *Libvirt) Capabilities() ([]byte, error) {
 	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcConnectGetCapabilties, constants.ProgramRemote, nil)
@@ -343,6 +363,35 @@ func (l *Libvirt) Domains() ([]Domain, error) {
 	return result.Domains, nil
 }
 
+// DomainCreateWithFlags starts specified domain with flags
+func (l *Libvirt) DomainCreateWithFlags(dom string, flags DomainCreateFlags) error {
+	d, err := l.lookup(dom)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	req := struct {
+		Domain Domain
+		Flags DomainCreateFlags
+	} {
+		Domain: *d,
+		Flags: flags,
+	}
+
+	buf, err := encode(&req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcDomainCreateWithFlags, constants.ProgramRemote, &buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	r := <-resp
+	if r.Status != StatusOK {
+		return decodeError(r.Payload)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // DomainState returns state of the domain managed by libvirt.
 func (l *Libvirt) DomainState(dom string) (DomainState, error) {
 	d, err := l.lookup(dom)
diff --git a/libvirt_test.go b/libvirt_test.go
index 6ad9543..c9a9e56 100644
--- a/libvirt_test.go
+++ b/libvirt_test.go
@@ -370,3 +370,13 @@ func TestDefineXML(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected define error: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDomainCreateWithFlags(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := libvirttest.New()
+	l := New(conn)
+
+	var flags DomainCreateFlags
+	if err := l.DomainCreateWithFlags("test", flags); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected create error: %v", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libvirttest/libvirt.go b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
index 779cffe..a410949 100644
--- a/libvirttest/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 
 	"github.com/digitalocean/go-libvirt/internal/constants"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 )
 
 var testDomainResponse = []byte{
@@ -341,6 +343,22 @@ var testDefineXML = []byte{
 	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, // id
 }
 
+var testCreateWithFlags = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x38, // length
+	0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x86, // program
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // version
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x5e, // procedure
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // type
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // serial
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // status
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, // dom
+	0x74, 0x65, 0x73, 0x74, // name
+	// uuid
+	0xaf, 0xc2, 0xef, 0x71, 0x66, 0xe0, 0x45, 0xa7,
+	0xa5, 0xec, 0xd8, 0xba, 0x1e, 0xa8, 0x17, 0x7d,
+	0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, // id
+}
+
 // MockLibvirt provides a mock libvirt server for testing.
 type MockLibvirt struct {
 	net.Conn
@@ -418,6 +436,10 @@ func (m *MockLibvirt) handleRemote(procedure uint32, conn net.Conn) {
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testDestroyReply))
 	case constants.ProcDomainDefineXMLFlags:
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testDefineXML))
+	case constants.ProcDomainCreateWithFlags:
+		conn.Write(m.reply(testCreateWithFlags))
+	default:
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, "unknown procedure", procedure)
 	}
 }