diff --git a/iptables/iptables.go b/iptables/iptables.go
index 6c5bbd7..0440134 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables.go
+++ b/iptables/iptables.go
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ const (
 
 type IPTables struct {
 	path              string
+	rpath             string
 	proto             Protocol
 	hasCheck          bool
 	hasWait           bool
@@ -155,6 +156,12 @@ func New(opts ...option) (*IPTables, error) {
 	}
 	ipt.path = path
 
+	rpath, err := exec.LookPath(getIptablesRestoreCommand(ipt.proto))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ipt.rpath = rpath
+
 	vstring, err := getIptablesVersionString(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not get iptables version: %v", err)
@@ -233,6 +240,23 @@ func (ipt *IPTables) InsertUnique(table, chain string, pos int, rulespec ...stri
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Restore replaces specified chains and rules in a specific table
+// rulesMap is keyed by chain name, and holds slices of rulespecs
+// Only chains specified in the map will be flushed and replaced. Other chains will not be affected.
+func (ipt *IPTables) Restore(table string, rulesMap map[string][][]string) error {
+	restoreRules := "*" + table
+	for chain, rules := range rulesMap {
+		restoreRules += "\n" + fmt.Sprintf(":%s - [0:0]", strings.ToUpper(chain))
+		for _, rule := range rules {
+			restoreRules += "\n" + fmt.Sprintf("-I %s %s", chain, strings.Join(rule, " "))
+		}
+	}
+	restoreRules += "\nCOMMIT\n"
+	cmd := []string{"-n"}
+
+	return ipt.runRestore(cmd, restoreRules)
+}
+
 // Append appends rulespec to specified table/chain
 func (ipt *IPTables) Append(table, chain string, rulespec ...string) error {
 	cmd := append([]string{"-t", table, "-A", chain}, rulespec...)
@@ -554,6 +578,57 @@ func (ipt *IPTables) run(args ...string) error {
 	return ipt.runWithOutput(args, nil)
 }
 
+// runWithOutput runs an iptables command with the given arguments,
+// writing any stdout output to the given writer
+func (ipt *IPTables) runRestore(args []string, input string) error {
+	args = append([]string{ipt.rpath}, args...)
+	if ipt.hasWait {
+		args = append(args, "--wait")
+		if ipt.timeout != 0 && ipt.waitSupportSecond {
+			args = append(args, strconv.Itoa(ipt.timeout))
+		}
+	} else {
+		fmu, err := newXtablesFileLock()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		ul, err := fmu.tryLock()
+		if err != nil {
+			syscall.Close(fmu.fd)
+			return err
+		}
+		defer ul.Unlock()
+	}
+
+	var stderr bytes.Buffer
+	cmd := exec.Cmd{
+		Path:   ipt.rpath,
+		Args:   args,
+		Stderr: &stderr,
+	}
+
+	stdin, err := cmd.StdinPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	go func() {
+		defer stdin.Close()
+		io.WriteString(stdin, input)
+	}()
+
+	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
+		switch e := err.(type) {
+		case *exec.ExitError:
+			return &Error{*e, cmd, stderr.String(), nil}
+		default:
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // runWithOutput runs an iptables command with the given arguments,
 // writing any stdout output to the given writer
 func (ipt *IPTables) runWithOutput(args []string, stdout io.Writer) error {
@@ -607,6 +682,15 @@ func getIptablesCommand(proto Protocol) string {
 	}
 }
 
+// getIptablesRestoreCommand returns the correct command for the given protocol, either "iptables" or "ip6tables".
+func getIptablesRestoreCommand(proto Protocol) string {
+	if proto == ProtocolIPv6 {
+		return "ip6tables-restore"
+	} else {
+		return "iptables-restore"
+	}
+}
+
 // Checks if iptables has the "-C" and "--wait" flag
 func getIptablesCommandSupport(v1 int, v2 int, v3 int) (bool, bool, bool, bool) {
 	return iptablesHasCheckCommand(v1, v2, v3), iptablesHasWaitCommand(v1, v2, v3), iptablesWaitSupportSecond(v1, v2, v3), iptablesHasRandomFully(v1, v2, v3)
diff --git a/iptables/iptables_test.go b/iptables/iptables_test.go
index f341e2c..9caba5d 100644
--- a/iptables/iptables_test.go
+++ b/iptables/iptables_test.go
@@ -165,6 +165,58 @@ func mustTestableIptables() []*IPTables {
 	return ipts
 }
 
+func TestRestore(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, ipt := range mustTestableIptables() {
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(i), func(t *testing.T) {
+			runRestoreTests(t, ipt)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func runRestoreTests(t *testing.T, ipt *IPTables) {
+	t.Logf("testing %s (hasWait=%t, hasCheck=%t)", ipt.path, ipt.hasWait, ipt.hasCheck)
+	var address1, address2, subnet1, subnet2 string
+	if ipt.Proto() == ProtocolIPv6 {
+		address1 = "2001:db8::1"
+		address2 = "2001:db8::2"
+		subnet1 = "2001:db8:a::/48"
+		subnet2 = "2001:db8:b::/48"
+	} else {
+		address1 = "203.0.113.1"
+		address2 = "203.0.113.2"
+		subnet1 = "192.0.2.0/24"
+		subnet2 = "198.51.100.0/24"
+	}
+
+	chain := randChain(t)
+	rule1 := []string{"-d", subnet1, "-p", "tcp", "-m", "tcp", "--dport", "80", "-j", "DNAT", "--to-destination", fmt.Sprintf("%s:80", address1)}
+	rule2 := []string{"-d", subnet2, "-p", "tcp", "-m", "tcp", "--dport", "80", "-j", "DNAT", "--to-destination", fmt.Sprintf("%s:80", address2)}
+
+	x := map[string][][]string{
+		chain: {rule1, rule2},
+	}
+	err := ipt.Restore("nat", x)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Restore failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	rules, err := ipt.List("nat", chain)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("List failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	expected := []string{
+		"-N " + chain,
+		"-A " + chain + " -d " + subnet2 + " -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination " + fmt.Sprintf("%s:80", address2),
+		"-A " + chain + " -d " + subnet1 + " -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination " + fmt.Sprintf("%s:80", address1),
+	}
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(rules, expected) {
+		t.Fatalf("List mismatch: \ngot  %#v \nneed %#v", rules, expected)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestChain(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, ipt := range mustTestableIptables() {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprint(i), func(t *testing.T) {