diff --git a/src/lxc/freezer.c b/src/lxc/freezer.c
index 2a6f0f52e..3e4f55da5 100644
--- a/src/lxc/freezer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/freezer.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <sys/param.h>
 
 #include "error.h"
+#include "state.h"
+#include "monitor.h"
 
 #include <lxc/log.h>
 #include <lxc/cgroup.h>
@@ -95,7 +97,10 @@ static int freeze_unfreeze(const char *name, int freeze)
 
 		ret = strncmp(f, tmpf, strlen(f));
 		if (!ret)
+		{
+			lxc_monitor_send_state(name, freeze ? FROZEN : THAWED);
 			break;		/* Success */
+		}
 
 		sleep(1);
 
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@ out:
 
 int lxc_freeze(const char *name)
 {
+	lxc_monitor_send_state(name, FREEZING);
 	return freeze_unfreeze(name, 1);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c b/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
index de1163e37..799225d97 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_wait.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Options :\n\
   -n, --name=NAME   NAME for name of the container\n\
   -s, --state=STATE ORed states to wait for\n\
                     STOPPED, STARTING, RUNNING, STOPPING,\n\
-                    ABORTING, FREEZING, FROZEN\n\
+                    ABORTING, FREEZING, FROZEN, THAWED\n\
   -t, --timeout=TMO Seconds to wait for state changes\n",
 	.options  = my_longopts,
 	.parser   = my_parser,