diff --git a/lib/tasks/make_task.js b/lib/tasks/make_task.js
index 9440a729..8e13bbea 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/make_task.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/make_task.js
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ function makeTask(logger, obj) {
     case TaskName.Play:
       const TaskPlay = require('./play');
       return new TaskPlay(logger, data);
+    case TaskName.Pause:
+      const TaskPause = require('./pause');
+      return new TaskPause(logger, data);
     case TaskName.Gather:
       const TaskGather = require('./gather');
       return new TaskGather(logger, data);
diff --git a/lib/tasks/pause.js b/lib/tasks/pause.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4515bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/tasks/pause.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+const Task = require('./task');
+const {TaskName} = require('../utils/constants');
+
+class TaskPause extends Task {
+  constructor(logger, opts, parentTask) {
+    super(logger, opts);
+
+    this.length = this.data.length;
+  }
+
+  get name() { return TaskName.Pause; }
+
+  async exec(cs, ep) {
+    super.exec(cs);
+    this.timer = setTimeout(this.notifyTaskDone.bind(this), this.length * 1000);
+    await this.awaitTaskDone();
+  }
+
+  async kill() {
+    super.kill();
+    clearTimeout(this.timer);
+    this.notifyTaskDone();
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = TaskPause;
diff --git a/lib/tasks/specs.json b/lib/tasks/specs.json
index f56d2cae..9320e0f1 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/specs.json
+++ b/lib/tasks/specs.json
@@ -108,6 +108,14 @@
       "url"
     ]
   },
+  "pause": {
+    "properties": {
+      "length": "number"
+    },
+    "required": [
+      "length"
+    ]
+  },
   "redirect": {
     "properties": {
       "action": "string",
diff --git a/lib/utils/constants.json b/lib/utils/constants.json
index 70b65cc9..7f77fcd0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/constants.json
+++ b/lib/utils/constants.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "Gather": "gather",
     "Hangup": "hangup",
     "Listen": "listen",
+    "Pause": "pause",
     "Play": "play",
     "Redirect": "redirect",
     "RestDial": "rest:dial",
diff --git a/test/data/good/pause.json b/test/data/good/pause.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f6d8ff8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/data/good/pause.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "pause": {
+    "length": 3
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/unit-tests.js b/test/unit-tests.js
index 4d9df559..31b8bfdb 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit-tests.js
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ test('app payload parsing tests', (t) => {
   task = makeTask(logger, require('./data/good/dial-listen'));
   t.ok(task.name === 'dial', 'parsed dial w/ listen');
 
+  task = makeTask(logger, require('./data/good/pause'));
+  t.ok(task.name === 'pause', 'parsed pause');
+
   const alt = require('./data/good/alternate-syntax');
   const normalize = require('../lib/utils/normalize-jamones');
   normalize(logger, alt).forEach((t) => {