diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/list/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/list/main.go
index ea2d48f4..1b194085 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/list/main.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/list/main.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/api/container"
+	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -17,16 +18,17 @@ func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) (err error) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	fmt.Printf("%-16s %-6s %-16s %-18s %-18s\n", "CONTAINER NAME", "NODES", "KERNEL VERSION", "CREATION TIME", "MODIFICATION TIME")
+	fmt.Printf("%-16s %-6s %-16s %-20s %-20s %-8s\n", "CONTAINER NAME", "NODES", "KERNEL VERSION", "CREATION TIME", "MODIFICATION TIME", "SIZE")
 	for i := 0; i < len(containerInfo); i++ {
 		createTime := time.Unix(int64(containerInfo[i].CreateDate), 0)
 		modTime := time.Unix(int64(containerInfo[i].ModDate), 0)
-		fmt.Printf("%-16s %-6d %-16s %-18s %-18s\n",
+		fmt.Printf("%-16s %-6d %-16s %-20s %-20s %-8s\n",
 			containerInfo[i].Name,
 			containerInfo[i].NodeCount,
 			containerInfo[i].KernelVersion,
 			createTime.Format(time.RFC822),
-			modTime.Format(time.RFC822))
+			modTime.Format(time.RFC822),
+			util.ByteToString(int64(containerInfo[i].Size)))
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/api/container/container.go b/internal/pkg/api/container/container.go
index 8e56772c..401a5cb2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/api/container/container.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/api/container/container.go
@@ -298,12 +298,28 @@ func ContainerList() (containerInfo []*wwapiv1.ContainerInfo, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			wwlog.Error("%s\n", err)
 		}
+		size, err := util.DirSize(container.SourceDir(source))
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Error("%s\n", err)
+		}
+		imgSize, err := os.Stat(container.ImageFile(source))
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Error("%s\n", err)
+		}
+		size += imgSize.Size()
+		imgSize, err = os.Stat(container.ImageFile(source) + ".gz")
+		if err != nil {
+			wwlog.Error("%s\n", err)
+		}
+		size += imgSize.Size()
+
 		containerInfo = append(containerInfo, &wwapiv1.ContainerInfo{
 			Name:          source,
 			NodeCount:     uint32(nodemap[source]),
 			KernelVersion: kernelVersion,
 			CreateDate:    uint64(creationTime.ModTime().Unix()),
 			ModDate:       uint64(modTime.ModTime().Unix()),
+			Size:          uint64(size),
 		})
 
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/util/util.go b/internal/pkg/util/util.go
index 05ebfe0d..f8b7f3f4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/util/util.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/util/util.go
@@ -715,3 +715,36 @@ func RunWWCTL(args ...string) (out []byte, err error) {
 
 	return out, err
 }
+
+/*
+Get size of given directory in bytes
+*/
+func DirSize(path string) (int64, error) {
+	var size int64
+	err := filepath.Walk(path, func(_ string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if !info.IsDir() {
+			size += info.Size()
+		}
+		return err
+	})
+	return size, err
+}
+
+/*
+Convert bytes to human friendly format
+*/
+func ByteToString(b int64) string {
+	const base = 1024
+	if b < base {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%d B", b)
+	}
+	div, exp := int64(base), 0
+	for n := b / base; n >= base; n /= base {
+		div *= base
+		exp++
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%.1f %ciB", float64(b)/float64(div), "KMGTPE"[exp])
+}