diff --git a/rbd/group_snap.go b/rbd/group_snap.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa010af
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+++ b/rbd/group_snap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package rbd
+
+/*
+#cgo LDFLAGS: -lrbd
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <rbd/librbd.h>
+*/
+import "C"
+
+import (
+	"unsafe"
+
+	"github.com/ceph/go-ceph/rados"
+)
+
+// GroupSnapCreate will create a group snapshot.
+//
+// Implements:
+//  int rbd_group_snap_create(rados_ioctx_t group_p,
+//                            const char *group_name,
+//                            const char *snap_name);
+func GroupSnapCreate(ioctx *rados.IOContext, group, snap string) error {
+	cGroupName := C.CString(group)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cGroupName))
+	cSnapName := C.CString(snap)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cSnapName))
+
+	ret := C.rbd_group_snap_create(cephIoctx(ioctx), cGroupName, cSnapName)
+	return getError(ret)
+}
+
+// GroupSnapRemove removes an existing group snapshot.
+//
+// Implements:
+//  int rbd_group_snap_remove(rados_ioctx_t group_p,
+//                            const char *group_name,
+//                            const char *snap_name);
+func GroupSnapRemove(ioctx *rados.IOContext, group, snap string) error {
+	cGroupName := C.CString(group)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cGroupName))
+	cSnapName := C.CString(snap)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cSnapName))
+
+	ret := C.rbd_group_snap_remove(cephIoctx(ioctx), cGroupName, cSnapName)
+	return getError(ret)
+}
+
+// GroupSnapRename will rename an existing group snapshot.
+//
+// Implements:
+//  int rbd_group_snap_rename(rados_ioctx_t group_p,
+//                            const char *group_name,
+//                            const char *old_snap_name,
+//                            const char *new_snap_name);
+func GroupSnapRename(ioctx *rados.IOContext, group, src, dest string) error {
+	cGroupName := C.CString(group)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cGroupName))
+	cOldSnapName := C.CString(src)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cOldSnapName))
+	cNewSnapName := C.CString(dest)
+	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cNewSnapName))
+
+	ret := C.rbd_group_snap_rename(
+		cephIoctx(ioctx), cGroupName, cOldSnapName, cNewSnapName)
+	return getError(ret)
+}
diff --git a/rbd/group_snap_test.go b/rbd/group_snap_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c42a1ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rbd/group_snap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package rbd
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGroupSnapshots(t *testing.T) {
+	// tests are done as subtests to avoid creating pools, images, etc
+	// over and over again.
+	conn := radosConnect(t)
+	require.NotNil(t, conn)
+	defer conn.Shutdown()
+
+	poolname := GetUUID()
+	err := conn.MakePool(poolname)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer conn.DeletePool(poolname)
+
+	ioctx, err := conn.OpenIOContext(poolname)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer ioctx.Destroy()
+
+	// create a group, some images, and add images to the group
+	gname := "snapme"
+	err = GroupCreate(ioctx, gname)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	options := NewRbdImageOptions()
+	assert.NoError(t,
+		options.SetUint64(ImageOptionOrder, uint64(testImageOrder)))
+
+	name1 := GetUUID()
+	err = CreateImage(ioctx, name1, testImageSize, options)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	name2 := GetUUID()
+	err = CreateImage(ioctx, name2, testImageSize, options)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = GroupImageAdd(ioctx, gname, ioctx, name1)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	err = GroupImageAdd(ioctx, gname, ioctx, name2)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	t.Run("groupSnapCreateRemove", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := GroupSnapCreate(ioctx, gname, "snap1")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		err = GroupSnapRemove(ioctx, gname, "snap1")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+	t.Run("groupSnapRename", func(t *testing.T) {
+		err := GroupSnapCreate(ioctx, gname, "snap2a")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		err = GroupSnapRename(ioctx, gname, "fred", "wilma")
+		assert.Error(t, err)
+		err = GroupSnapRename(ioctx, gname, "snap2a", "snap2b")
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		err = GroupSnapRemove(ioctx, gname, "snap2a")
+		assert.Error(t, err, "remove of old name: expect error")
+		err = GroupSnapRemove(ioctx, gname, "snap2b")
+		assert.NoError(t, err, "remove of current name: expect success")
+	})
+	t.Run("invalidIOContext", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.Panics(t, func() {
+			GroupSnapCreate(nil, gname, "foo")
+		})
+		assert.Panics(t, func() {
+			GroupSnapRemove(nil, gname, "foo")
+		})
+		assert.Panics(t, func() {
+			GroupSnapRename(nil, gname, "foo", "bar")
+		})
+	})
+}