diff --git a/lib/zabbixapi.rb b/lib/zabbixapi.rb
index 5f62086..78b3d15 100644
--- a/lib/zabbixapi.rb
+++ b/lib/zabbixapi.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 require "zabbixapi/classes/errors"
 require "zabbixapi/classes/graphs"
 require "zabbixapi/classes/hostgroups"
+require "zabbixapi/classes/maintenance"
 require "zabbixapi/classes/hosts"
 require "zabbixapi/classes/items"
 require "zabbixapi/classes/mediatypes"
@@ -72,6 +73,10 @@ def hostgroups
     @hostgroups ||= HostGroups.new(@client)
   end
 
+  def maintenance
+    @maintenance ||= Maintenance.new(@client)
+  end
+
   def triggers
     @triggers ||= Triggers.new(@client)
   end
diff --git a/lib/zabbixapi/classes/maintenance.rb b/lib/zabbixapi/classes/maintenance.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58c6a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/zabbixapi/classes/maintenance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class ZabbixApi
+  class Maintenance < Basic
+
+    def method_name
+      "maintenance"
+    end
+
+    def indentify
+      "name"
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/maintenance.rb b/spec/maintenance.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..986cbb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/maintenance.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#encoding: utf-8
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'maintenance' do
+  context 'when not exists' do
+  before :all do
+	@hostgroupid = zbx.hostgroups.create(:name => "hostgroup_#{rand(1_000_000)}")
+	end
+	
+    describe 'create' do
+      it "should return integer id after creation" do
+        maintenanceid = zbx.maintenance.create(:name => "maintenance_#{rand(1_000_000)}",
+											   :groupids => [ @hostgroupid ],
+											   :active_since => 1358844540,
+											   :active_till => 1390466940,
+											   :timeperiods => [ :timeperiod_type => 3, :every => 1, :dayofweek => 64, :start_time => 64800, :period => 3600 ]
+											)
+        expect(maintenanceid).to be_kind_of(Integer)
+		zbx.maintenance.delete(maintenanceid)
+      end
+    end
+	
+	after :all do
+		zbx.hostgroups.delete(@hostgroupid)
+	end
+
+  end
+
+  context 'when exists' do
+    before :all do
+	  @hostgroupid_when_exists = zbx.hostgroups.create(:name => "hostgroup_#{rand(1_000_000)}")
+      @maintenance = gen_name('maintenance')
+      @maintenanceid = zbx.maintenance.create(:name => @maintenance,
+											   :groupids => [ @hostgroupid_when_exists ],
+											   :active_since => 1358844540,
+											   :active_till => 1390466940,
+											   :timeperiods => [ :timeperiod_type => 3, :every => 1, :dayofweek => 64, :start_time => 64800, :period => 3600 ]
+											)
+    end
+
+    describe 'get_id' do
+      it "should return id" do
+        zbx.maintenance.get_id(:name => @maintenance).should eq @maintenanceid
+      end
+
+      it "should return nil for not existing group" do
+        zbx.maintenance.get_id(:name => "#{@maintenance}______").should be_kind_of(NilClass)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'get_or_create' do
+      it "should return id of existing maintenance" do
+        zbx.maintenance.get_or_create(:name => @maintenance).should eq @maintenanceid
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'create_or_update' do
+      it "should return id of maintenance" do
+        zbx.maintenance.create_or_update(:name => @maintenance).should eq @maintenanceid
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'all' do
+      it "should contains created maintenance" do
+        zbx.maintenance.all.should include(@maintenance => @maintenanceid.to_s)
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe "delete" do
+      it "shold return id" do
+        zbx.maintenance.delete(@maintenanceid).should eq @maintenanceid
+      end
+    end
+	
+	after :all do
+		zbx.hostgroups.delete(@hostgroupid_when_exists)
+	end
+
+  end
+end