diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0a057e9..46c271c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ func main() {
 	s.Register("layer3domain_get_attr", layer3DomainGetAttr)
 	s.Register("layer3domain_set_attr", layer3DomainSetAttr)
 	s.Register("ipblock_create", ipblockCreate)
+	s.Register("ippool_create", PoolCreate)
+	s.Register("ippool_delete", PoolDelete)
+	s.Register("ippool_list", PoolList)
+	s.Register("ippool_get_attr", PoolGetAttr)
+	s.Register("ippool_set_attr", PoolSetAttr)
 	s.Register("zone_create", zoneCreate)
 	s.Register("zone_list", zoneList)
 
diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7490b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"dim/query"
+	"dim/types"
+)
+
+// PoolCreate will create a new pool.
+func PoolCreate(c *Context, req Request, res *Response) error {
+	name := ""
+	options := struct {
+		Layer3Domain string         `json:"layer3domain"`
+		VLAN         uint           `json:"vlan"`
+		Owner        string         `json:"owner"`
+		Attributes   types.FieldMap `json:"attributes"`
+	}{
+		Attributes: types.NewFieldMap(map[string]interface{}{}),
+	}
+	if err := req.ParseAtLeast(1, &name, &options); err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not parse options: %s", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if name == "" {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "name is empty")
+		return nil
+	}
+	if options.VLAN > 0 {
+		options.Attributes.Set("vlan", options.VLAN)
+	}
+	attrs, err := options.Attributes.MarshalJSON()
+	if err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not encode attributes to json: %s", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	l3id := 0
+	err = c.tx.QueryRow(`select id from layer3domains where name = $1`, options.Layer3Domain).Scan(&l3id)
+	if err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not resolve layer3domain")
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not resolve layer3domain '%s': %#v", options.Layer3Domain, err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = c.tx.Exec(`insert into pools(name, created_by, modified_by, attributes, layer3domain_id)
+		values ($1, $2, $2, $3, $4)`, name, c.username, attrs, l3id)
+	if err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not create new layer3domain")
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not create new layer3domain '%s': %#v", name, err)
+	}
+	res.AddMessage(LevelInfo, "created pool '%s'", name)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PoolDelete deletes a pool.
+func PoolDelete(c *Context, req Request, res *Response) error {
+	name := ""
+	options := struct {
+		Force         bool `json:"force"`
+		DeleteSubnets bool `json:"delete_subnets"`
+	}{}
+	if err := req.ParseAtLeast(1, &name, &options); err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not parse options: %s", err)
+		return nil
+	}
+	if name == "" {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "name is empty")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	id := 0
+	l3id := 0
+	err := c.tx.QueryRow(`select id, layer3domain_id from pools where name = $1 for update`, name).
+		Scan(&id, &l3id)
+	if err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not fetch pool information") // TODO implement sql.ErrNotFound
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not find pool '%s': %#v", name, err)
+	}
+	if options.Force && options.DeleteSubnets {
+		// TODO what else needs to be deleted?
+		_, err := c.tx.Exec(`delete from containers where id = $1 and layer3domain_id = $2`, id, l3id)
+		if err != nil {
+			res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not delete subnets")
+			return fmt.Errorf("could not delete subnets for pool '%s': %#v", name, err)
+		}
+	}
+	if _, err := c.tx.Exec(`delete from pools where id = $1 and layer3domain_id = $2`, id, l3id); err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not delete pool")
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not delete pool '%s': %#v", name, err)
+	}
+	res.AddMessage(LevelInfo, "deleted pool '%s'", name)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// PoolList lists all pools with the requested fields.
+func PoolList(c *Context, req Request, res *Response) error {
+	options := struct {
+		Attributes types.FieldList
+	}{
+		Attributes: types.NewFieldList("name", "vlan", "subnets"),
+	}
+	if err := req.ParseAtLeast(0, &options); err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not parse options")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	fieldMap := map[string]string{
+		"name":         "p.name",
+		"modified_by":  "p.modified_by",
+		"modified_at":  "p.modified_at",
+		"created_by":   "p.created_by",
+		"created_at":   "p.created_at",
+		"layer3domain": "l.name",
+		"subnets":      "(jsonb_agg(c.network::text) filter (where c.network is not null))::text",
+	}
+	selClause := query.FieldListToSelect("p", options.Attributes, fieldMap)
+	from := "pools p"
+	groupBy := "p.name, p.modified_by, p.modified_at, p.created_by, p.created_at, p.attributes"
+	if options.Attributes.Contains("layer3domain") {
+		from += " join layer3domains l on p.layer3domain_id = l.id"
+		groupBy += ",l.name"
+	}
+	if options.Attributes.Contains("subnets") {
+		from += " left join containers c on p.id = c.pool_id and p.layer3domain_id = c.layer3domain_id"
+	}
+	qry := fmt.Sprintf("select %s from %s group by %s order by p.name", selClause, from, groupBy)
+	rows, err := c.tx.Query(qry)
+	if err != nil {
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not fetch pools")
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not fetch pools: %#v - query: %s", err, qry)
+	}
+	defer rows.Close()
+	res.Result, err = query.RowsToMap(rows)
+	if err != nil {
+		res.Result = nil
+		res.AddMessage(LevelError, "could not parse pools")
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not generate pool list: %#v", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func PoolGetAttr(c *Context, req Request, res *Response) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func PoolSetAttr(c *Context, req Request, res *Response) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/types/fields.go b/types/fields.go
index a67ff53..81a8e12 100644
--- a/types/fields.go
+++ b/types/fields.go
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ func NewFieldMap(fields map[string]interface{}) FieldMap {
 	return FieldMap{fields: fields}
 }
 
+func (fm *FieldMap) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(fm.fields)
+}
+
 // UnmarshalJSON implements the json decoding interface so that it can be used with
 // with the request parsing functions.
 func (fm *FieldMap) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
@@ -90,6 +94,11 @@ func (fm *FieldMap) UnmarshalJSON(raw []byte) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Set adds a key to the field map.
+func (fm FieldMap) Set(key string, val interface{}) {
+	fm.fields[key] = val
+}
+
 // Fields returns all key/value pairs.
 func (fm FieldMap) Fields() map[string]interface{} {
 	return fm.fields