diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e193833..e36610b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ resource "uptimerobot_monitor" "main" {
   url           = "http://example.com"
   # pro allows 60 seconds
   interval      = 300
+  paused        = true
 
   alert_contact {
     id = uptimerobot_alert_contact.slack.id
diff --git a/uptimerobot/api/monitor.go b/uptimerobot/api/monitor.go
index ad66ebe..b0294ec 100644
--- a/uptimerobot/api/monitor.go
+++ b/uptimerobot/api/monitor.go
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ type Monitor struct {
 	URL          string `json:"url"`
 	Type         string `json:"type"`
 	Status       string `json:"status"`
+	Paused       bool   `json:"paused"`
 	Interval     int    `json:"interval"`
 
 	SubType string `json:"sub_type"`
@@ -114,6 +115,13 @@ func (client UptimeRobotApiClient) GetMonitor(id int) (m Monitor, err error) {
 	m.URL = monitor["url"].(string)
 	m.Type = intToString(monitorType, int(monitor["type"].(float64)))
 	m.Status = intToString(monitorStatus, int(monitor["status"].(float64)))
+
+	if m.Status == "paused" {
+		m.Paused = true
+	} else {
+		m.Paused = false
+	}
+
 	m.Interval = int(monitor["interval"].(float64))
 
 	switch m.Type {
@@ -270,6 +278,7 @@ type MonitorUpdateRequest struct {
 	FriendlyName string
 	URL          string
 	Type         string
+	Status       string
 	Interval     int
 
 	SubType string
@@ -295,6 +304,7 @@ func (client UptimeRobotApiClient) UpdateMonitor(req MonitorUpdateRequest) (m Mo
 	data.Add("friendly_name", req.FriendlyName)
 	data.Add("url", req.URL)
 	data.Add("type", fmt.Sprintf("%d", monitorType[req.Type]))
+	data.Add("status", req.Status)
 	data.Add("interval", fmt.Sprintf("%d", req.Interval))
 	switch req.Type {
 	case "port":
diff --git a/uptimerobot/resource_uptimerobot_monitor.go b/uptimerobot/resource_uptimerobot_monitor.go
index a60fc98..c8b725a 100644
--- a/uptimerobot/resource_uptimerobot_monitor.go
+++ b/uptimerobot/resource_uptimerobot_monitor.go
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@ func resourceMonitor() *schema.Resource {
 				Optional: true,
 				Default:  false,
 			},
+			"paused": {
+				Type:     schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional: true,
+				Default:  false,
+			},
 			"alert_contact": {
 				Type:     schema.TypeList,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -196,11 +201,19 @@ func resourceMonitorUpdate(d *schema.ResourceData, m interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	var status string
+	if d.Get("paused").(bool) {
+		status = "0"
+	} else {
+		status = "1"
+	}
+
 	req := uptimerobotapi.MonitorUpdateRequest{
 		ID:           id,
 		FriendlyName: d.Get("friendly_name").(string),
 		URL:          d.Get("url").(string),
 		Type:         d.Get("type").(string),
+		Status:       status,
 	}
 
 	switch req.Type {
@@ -274,6 +287,7 @@ func updateMonitorResource(d *schema.ResourceData, m uptimerobotapi.Monitor) err
 	d.Set("url", m.URL)
 	d.Set("type", m.Type)
 	d.Set("status", m.Status)
+	d.Set("paused", m.Paused)
 	d.Set("interval", m.Interval)
 
 	d.Set("sub_type", m.SubType)