diff --git a/build/visible_to/BUILD b/build/visible_to/BUILD
index bd05a56b6a8..8bd49242a6a 100644
--- a/build/visible_to/BUILD
+++ b/build/visible_to/BUILD
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ package_group(
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/auth",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/create",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/resource",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout",
         "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/set",
         "//pkg/kubectl/explain",
     ],
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/BUILD b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/BUILD
index dbcdca0146a..ed141fe1bed 100644
--- a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/BUILD
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 load(
     "@io_bazel_rules_go//go:def.bzl",
     "go_library",
+    "go_test",
 )
 
 go_library(
@@ -49,3 +50,19 @@ filegroup(
         "//build/visible_to:pkg_kubectl_cmd_rollout_CONSUMERS",
     ],
 )
+
+go_test(
+    name = "go_default_test",
+    srcs = ["rollout_pause_test.go"],
+    embed = [":go_default_library"],
+    deps = [
+        "//pkg/api/legacyscheme:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/apis/extensions:go_default_library",
+        "//pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest:go_default_library",
+        "//vendor/k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake:go_default_library",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_pause_test.go b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_pause_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23bcff14ee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/kubectl/cmd/rollout/rollout_pause_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package rollout
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/types"
+	restclient "k8s.io/client-go/rest"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/rest/fake"
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/legacyscheme"
+	extensions "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/extensions"
+	cmdtesting "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubectl/cmd/testing"
+)
+
+var rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "extensions", Version: "v1beta1"}
+var rolloutPauseGroupVersionDecoder = schema.GroupVersion{Group: "extensions", Version: runtime.APIVersionInternal}
+
+func TestRolloutPause(t *testing.T) {
+	deploymentName := "deployment/nginx-deployment"
+	ns := legacyscheme.Codecs
+	tf := cmdtesting.NewTestFactory()
+
+	info, _ := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(ns.SupportedMediaTypes(), runtime.ContentTypeJSON)
+	encoder := ns.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder)
+	tf.Client = &RolloutPauseRESTClient{
+		RESTClient: &fake.RESTClient{
+			NegotiatedSerializer: ns,
+			Client: fake.CreateHTTPClient(func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+				switch p, m := req.URL.Path, req.Method; {
+				case p == "/namespaces/test/deployments/nginx-deployment" && (m == "GET" || m == "PATCH"):
+					responseDeployment := &extensions.Deployment{}
+					responseDeployment.Name = deploymentName
+					body := ioutil.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte(runtime.EncodeOrDie(encoder, responseDeployment))))
+					return &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK, Header: defaultHeader(), Body: body}, nil
+				default:
+					t.Fatalf("unexpected request: %#v\n%#v", req.URL, req)
+					return nil, nil
+				}
+			}),
+		},
+	}
+
+	tf.Namespace = "test"
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
+	cmd := NewCmdRolloutPause(tf, buf)
+
+	cmd.Run(cmd, []string{deploymentName})
+	expectedOutput := "deployment.apps \"" + deploymentName + "\" paused\n"
+	if buf.String() != expectedOutput {
+		t.Errorf("expected output: %s, but got: %s", expectedOutput, buf.String())
+	}
+}
+
+type RolloutPauseRESTClient struct {
+	*fake.RESTClient
+}
+
+func (c *RolloutPauseRESTClient) Get() *restclient.Request {
+	config := restclient.ContentConfig{
+		ContentType:          runtime.ContentTypeJSON,
+		GroupVersion:         &rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder,
+		NegotiatedSerializer: c.NegotiatedSerializer,
+	}
+
+	info, _ := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(c.NegotiatedSerializer.SupportedMediaTypes(), runtime.ContentTypeJSON)
+	serializers := restclient.Serializers{
+		Encoder: c.NegotiatedSerializer.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder),
+		Decoder: c.NegotiatedSerializer.DecoderToVersion(info.Serializer, rolloutPauseGroupVersionDecoder),
+	}
+	if info.StreamSerializer != nil {
+		serializers.StreamingSerializer = info.StreamSerializer.Serializer
+		serializers.Framer = info.StreamSerializer.Framer
+	}
+	return restclient.NewRequest(c, "GET", &url.URL{Host: "localhost"}, c.VersionedAPIPath, config, serializers, nil, nil, 0)
+}
+
+func (c *RolloutPauseRESTClient) Patch(pt types.PatchType) *restclient.Request {
+	config := restclient.ContentConfig{
+		ContentType:          runtime.ContentTypeJSON,
+		GroupVersion:         &rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder,
+		NegotiatedSerializer: c.NegotiatedSerializer,
+	}
+
+	info, _ := runtime.SerializerInfoForMediaType(c.NegotiatedSerializer.SupportedMediaTypes(), runtime.ContentTypeJSON)
+	serializers := restclient.Serializers{
+		Encoder: c.NegotiatedSerializer.EncoderForVersion(info.Serializer, rolloutPauseGroupVersionEncoder),
+		Decoder: c.NegotiatedSerializer.DecoderToVersion(info.Serializer, rolloutPauseGroupVersionDecoder),
+	}
+	if info.StreamSerializer != nil {
+		serializers.StreamingSerializer = info.StreamSerializer.Serializer
+		serializers.Framer = info.StreamSerializer.Framer
+	}
+	return restclient.NewRequest(c, "PATCH", &url.URL{Host: "localhost"}, c.VersionedAPIPath, config, serializers, nil, nil, 0)
+}
+
+func defaultHeader() http.Header {
+	header := http.Header{}
+	header.Set("Content-Type", runtime.ContentTypeJSON)
+	return header
+}