diff --git a/a_test.go b/a_test.go
index ab32e3b..ca0b1ef 100644
--- a/a_test.go
+++ b/a_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ func Test(t *testing.T) {
 	zpoolTestExport(t)
 	zpoolTestPoolImportSearch(t)
 	zpoolTestImport(t)
+	zpoolTestInitialization(t)
 	zpoolTestExportForce(t)
 	zpoolTestImportByGUID(t)
 	zpoolTestPoolProp(t)
diff --git a/zpool.c b/zpool.c
index 1dc3b9a..df64295 100644
--- a/zpool.c
+++ b/zpool.c
@@ -526,3 +526,27 @@ int do_zpool_clear(zpool_list_t *pool, const char *device, u_int32_t load_policy
 
 	return (ret);
 }
+
+void collect_zpool_leaves(zpool_handle_t *zhp, nvlist_t *nvroot, nvlist_t *nv){
+	uint_t children = 0;
+	nvlist_t **child;
+	uint_t i;
+
+	(void) nvlist_lookup_nvlist_array(nvroot, ZPOOL_CONFIG_CHILDREN,
+	    &child, &children);
+
+	if (children == 0) {
+		char *path = zpool_vdev_name(libzfsHandle, zhp, nvroot,
+		    VDEV_NAME_PATH);
+
+		if (strcmp(path, VDEV_TYPE_INDIRECT) != 0)
+			fnvlist_add_boolean(nv, path);
+
+		free(path);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (i = 0; i < children; i++) {
+		collect_zpool_leaves(zhp, child[i], nv);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/zpool.go b/zpool.go
index 1990b2d..5b3c784 100644
--- a/zpool.go
+++ b/zpool.go
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ const (
 	PoolScanFuncs           // Number of scan functions
 )
 
+// PoolInitializeAction type representing pool initialize action
+type PoolInitializeAction int
+
+// Initialize actions
+const (
+	PoolInitializeStart   PoolInitializeAction = iota // start initialization
+	PoolInitializeCancel                              // cancel initialization
+	PoolInitializeSuspend                             // suspend initialization
+)
+
 // VDevStat - Vdev statistics.  Note: all fields should be 64-bit because this
 // is passed between kernel and userland as an nvlist uint64 array.
 type VDevStat struct {
@@ -1055,6 +1065,50 @@ func (pool *Pool) VDevTree() (vdevs VDevTree, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
+// Initialize - initializes pool
+func (pool *Pool) Initialize() (err error) {
+	return pool.initialize(PoolInitializeStart)
+}
+
+// CancelInitialization - cancels ongoing initialization
+func (pool *Pool) CancelInitialization() (err error) {
+	return pool.initialize(PoolInitializeCancel)
+}
+
+// SuspendInitialization - suspends ongoing initialization
+func (pool *Pool) SuspendInitialization() (err error) {
+	return pool.initialize(PoolInitializeSuspend)
+}
+
+func (pool *Pool) initialize(action PoolInitializeAction) (err error) {
+	var nvroot *C.struct_nvlist
+
+	config := C.zpool_get_config(pool.list.zph, nil)
+	if config == nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Failed zpool_get_config")
+		return
+	}
+	if C.nvlist_lookup_nvlist(config, C.sZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE, &nvroot) != 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Failed to fetch %s", C.ZPOOL_CONFIG_VDEV_TREE)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var vds *C.nvlist_t
+	if r := C.nvlist_alloc(&vds, C.NV_UNIQUE_NAME, 0); r != 0 {
+		err = errors.New("Failed to allocate vdev")
+		return
+	}
+	defer C.nvlist_free(vds)
+
+	C.collect_zpool_leaves(pool.list.zph, nvroot, vds)
+
+	if C.zpool_initialize(pool.list.zph, C.pool_initialize_func_t(action), vds) != 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Initialization action %s failed", action.String())
+		return
+	}
+	return
+}
+
 func (s PoolState) String() string {
 	switch s {
 	case PoolStateActive:
@@ -1186,3 +1240,16 @@ func (s PoolStatus) String() string {
 		return "OK"
 	}
 }
+
+func (s PoolInitializeAction) String() string {
+	switch s {
+	case PoolInitializeStart:
+		return "START"
+	case PoolInitializeCancel:
+		return "CANCEL"
+	case PoolInitializeSuspend:
+		return "SUSPEND"
+	default:
+		return "UNKNOWN"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/zpool.h b/zpool.h
index d46676a..f37db38 100644
--- a/zpool.h
+++ b/zpool.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ nvlist_ptr go_zpool_search_import(libzfs_handle_ptr zfsh, int paths, char **path
 uint64_t set_zpool_vdev_online(zpool_list_t *pool, const char *path, int flags);
 int set_zpool_vdev_offline(zpool_list_t *pool, const char *path, boolean_t istmp, boolean_t force);
 int do_zpool_clear(zpool_list_t *pool, const char *device, u_int32_t rewind_policy);
+void collect_zpool_leaves(zpool_handle_t *zhp, nvlist_t *nvroot, nvlist_t *nv);
 
 
 extern char *sZPOOL_CONFIG_VERSION;
diff --git a/zpool_test.go b/zpool_test.go
index 56fda54..4f8d120 100644
--- a/zpool_test.go
+++ b/zpool_test.go
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
-	"github.com/bicomsystems/go-libzfs"
+	zfs "github.com/bicomsystems/go-libzfs"
 )
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -362,6 +363,40 @@ func zpoolTestPoolVDevTree(t *testing.T) {
 	print("PASS\n\n")
 }
 
+func zpoolTestInitialization(t *testing.T) {
+	println("TEST POOL Initialization ( ", TSTPoolName, " ) ... ")
+	pool, err := zfs.PoolOpen(TSTPoolName)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	defer pool.Close()
+
+	err = pool.Initialize()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	err = pool.SuspendInitialization()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	err = pool.Initialize()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	err = pool.CancelInitialization()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	print("PASS\n\n")
+}
+
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 // EXAMPLES: