diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 4621ee6..22e2eea 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const (
 	ProcAuthList                 = 66
 	ProcConnectGetLibVersion     = 157
 	ProcDomainMigrateSetMaxSpeed = 207
+	ProcDomainGetState           = 212
 	ProcDomainUndefineFlags      = 231
 	ProcDomainDestroyFlags       = 234
 	ProcConnectListAllDomains    = 273
diff --git a/libvirt.go b/libvirt.go
index fb3be48..795e776 100644
--- a/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirt.go
@@ -170,6 +170,31 @@ const (
 	DestroyFlagGraceful
 )
 
+// DomainState specifies state of the domain
+type DomainState uint32
+
+const (
+	// DomainStateNoState No state
+	DomainStateNoState = iota
+	// DomainStateRunning The domain is running
+	DomainStateRunning
+	// DomainStateBlocked The domain is blocked on resource
+	DomainStateBlocked
+	// DomainStatePaused The domain is paused by user
+	DomainStatePaused
+	// DomainStateShutdown The domain is being shut down
+	DomainStateShutdown
+	// DomainStateShutoff The domain is shut off
+	DomainStateShutoff
+	// DomainStateCrashed The domain is crashed
+	DomainStateCrashed
+	// DomainStatePMSuspended The domain is suspended by guest power management
+	DomainStatePMSuspended
+	// DomainStateLast This value will increase over time as new events are added to the libvirt
+	// API. It reflects the last state supported by this version of the libvirt API.
+	DomainStateLast
+)
+
 // 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)
@@ -253,6 +278,50 @@ func (l *Libvirt) Domains() ([]Domain, error) {
 	return result.Domains, nil
 }
 
+// DomainState returns state of the domain managed by libvirt.
+func (l *Libvirt) DomainState(dom string) (DomainState, error) {
+	d, err := l.lookup(dom)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DomainStateNoState, err
+	}
+
+	req := struct {
+		Domain Domain
+		Flags  uint32
+	}{
+		Domain: *d,
+		Flags:  0,
+	}
+
+	buf, err := encode(&req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DomainStateNoState, err
+	}
+
+	resp, err := l.request(constants.ProcDomainGetState, constants.ProgramRemote, &buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DomainStateNoState, err
+	}
+
+	r := <-resp
+	if r.Status != StatusOK {
+		return DomainStateNoState, decodeError(r.Payload)
+	}
+
+	result := struct {
+		State  uint32
+		Reason uint32
+	}{}
+
+	dec := xdr.NewDecoder(bytes.NewReader(r.Payload))
+	_, err = dec.Decode(&result)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DomainStateNoState, err
+	}
+
+	return DomainState(result.State), nil
+}
+
 // Events streams domain events.
 // If a problem is encountered setting up the event monitor connection
 // an error will be returned. Errors encountered during streaming will
diff --git a/libvirt_test.go b/libvirt_test.go
index 9cfc241..871bbab 100644
--- a/libvirt_test.go
+++ b/libvirt_test.go
@@ -117,6 +117,21 @@ func TestDomains(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestDomainState(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := libvirttest.New()
+	l := New(conn)
+
+	wantState := DomainState(DomainStateRunning)
+	gotState, err := l.DomainState("test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if gotState != wantState {
+		t.Errorf("expected domain state %d, got %d", wantState, gotState)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestEvents(t *testing.T) {
 	conn := libvirttest.New()
 	l := New(conn)
diff --git a/libvirttest/libvirt.go b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
index c22aa51..1528960 100644
--- a/libvirttest/libvirt.go
+++ b/libvirttest/libvirt.go
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ var testDomainsReply = []byte{
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x02,
 }
 
+var testDomainStateReply = []byte{
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x24, // length
+	0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x86, // program
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // version
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xd4, // procedure
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // type
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // serial
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // status
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // state
+	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, // reason
+}
+
 var testUndefineReply = []byte{
 	0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x1c, // length
 	0x20, 0x00, 0x80, 0x86, // program
@@ -293,6 +305,8 @@ func (m *MockLibvirt) handleRemote(procedure uint32, conn net.Conn) {
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testDomainResponse))
 	case constants.ProcConnectListAllDomains:
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testDomainsReply))
+	case constants.ProcDomainGetState:
+		conn.Write(m.reply(testDomainStateReply))
 	case constants.ProcDomainMigrateSetMaxSpeed:
 		conn.Write(m.reply(testSetSpeedReply))
 	case constants.ProcMigratePerformParams: