diff --git a/kubernetes/schema_container.go b/kubernetes/schema_container.go
index f35af8fb18..752ccb8fb2 100644
--- a/kubernetes/schema_container.go
+++ b/kubernetes/schema_container.go
@@ -83,6 +83,20 @@ func lifecycleHandlerFields() map[string]*schema.Schema {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		"sleep": {
+			Type:        schema.TypeList,
+			Optional:    true,
+			Description: "Sleep represents a duration that the container should sleep.",
+			Elem: &schema.Resource{
+				Schema: map[string]*schema.Schema{
+					"seconds": {
+						Type:         schema.TypeString,
+						Required:     true,
+						Description:  "Seconds is the number of seconds to sleep.",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
 		"tcp_socket": {
 			Type:        schema.TypeList,
 			Optional:    true,
diff --git a/kubernetes/structures_container.go b/kubernetes/structures_container.go
index 8e1d0e08da..9b7fe63677 100644
--- a/kubernetes/structures_container.go
+++ b/kubernetes/structures_container.go
@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ func flattenLifecycleHandler(in *v1.LifecycleHandler) []interface{} {
 	if in.HTTPGet != nil {
 		att["http_get"] = flattenHTTPGet(in.HTTPGet)
 	}
+	if in.Sleep != nil {
+		att["sleep"] = flattenSleep(in.Sleep)
+	}
 	if in.TCPSocket != nil {
 		att["tcp_socket"] = flattenTCPSocket(in.TCPSocket)
 	}
@@ -119,6 +122,12 @@ func flattenHTTPGet(in *v1.HTTPGetAction) []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{att}
 }
 
+func flattenSleep(in *v1.SleepAction) []interface{} {
+	att := make(map[string]interface{})
+	att["seconds"] = in.Seconds
+	return []interface{}{att}
+}
+
 func flattenTCPSocket(in *v1.TCPSocketAction) []interface{} {
 	att := make(map[string]interface{})
 	att["port"] = in.Port.String()
@@ -686,6 +695,18 @@ func expandSecurityCapabilities(l []interface{}) *v1.Capabilities {
 	return &obj
 }
 
+func expandSleep(l []interface{}) *v1.SleepAction {
+	if len(l) == 0 || l[0] == nil {
+		return &v1.SleepAction{}
+	}
+	in := l[0].(map[string]interface{})
+	obj := v1.SleepAction{}
+	if v, ok := in["seconds"].(int); ok {
+		obj.Seconds = int64(v)
+	}
+	return &obj
+}
+
 func expandTCPSocket(l []interface{}) *v1.TCPSocketAction {
 	if len(l) == 0 || l[0] == nil {
 		return &v1.TCPSocketAction{}
@@ -788,6 +809,9 @@ func expandLifecycleHandlers(l []interface{}) *v1.LifecycleHandler {
 	if v, ok := in["http_get"].([]interface{}); ok && len(v) > 0 {
 		obj.HTTPGet = expandHTTPGet(v)
 	}
+	if v, ok := in["sleep"].([]interface{}); ok && len(v) > 0 {
+		obj.Sleep = expandSleep(v)
+	}
 	if v, ok := in["tcp_socket"].([]interface{}); ok && len(v) > 0 {
 		obj.TCPSocket = expandTCPSocket(v)
 	}