diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/images/images.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/images/images.go
index e9bd91199..07ba5d212 100644
--- a/cmd/ctr/commands/images/images.go
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/images/images.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ var Command = cli.Command{
 		tagCommand,
 		setLabelsCommand,
 		convertCommand,
+		usageCommand,
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/ctr/commands/images/usage.go b/cmd/ctr/commands/images/usage.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2227dcbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/ctr/commands/images/usage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+   Copyright The containerd 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 images
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"text/tabwriter"
+
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/cmd/ctr/commands"
+	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/progress"
+
+	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/identity"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli"
+)
+
+var usageCommand = cli.Command{
+	Name:      "usage",
+	Usage:     "Display usage of snapshots for a given image ref",
+	ArgsUsage: "[flags] <ref>",
+	Flags:     commands.SnapshotterFlags,
+	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
+		var ref = context.Args().First()
+		if ref == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("please provide an image reference to mount")
+		}
+
+		client, ctx, cancel, err := commands.NewClient(context)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		defer cancel()
+
+		snapshotter := context.String("snapshotter")
+		if snapshotter == "" {
+			snapshotter = containerd.DefaultSnapshotter
+		}
+
+		img, err := client.ImageService().Get(ctx, ref)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure if image %s exists: %w", ref, err)
+		}
+
+		i := containerd.NewImage(client, img)
+		if ok, err := i.IsUnpacked(ctx, snapshotter); err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure if image %s has been unpacked in snapshotter %s: %w",
+				ref, snapshotter, err)
+		} else if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("image %s isn't unpacked in snapshotter %s", ref, snapshotter)
+		}
+
+		diffIDs, err := i.RootFS(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		tw := tabwriter.NewWriter(os.Stdout, 1, 8, 1, ' ', 0)
+		fmt.Fprintln(tw, "KEY\tSIZE\tINODES\t")
+
+		snSrv := client.SnapshotService(snapshotter)
+		snID := identity.ChainID(diffIDs).String()
+		for snID != "" {
+			usage, err := snSrv.Usage(ctx, snID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to get usage for snapshot %s: %w", snID, err)
+			}
+
+			fmt.Fprintf(tw, "%v\t%s\t%d\t\n",
+				snID,
+				progress.Bytes(usage.Size).String(),
+				usage.Inodes,
+			)
+
+			info, err := snSrv.Stat(ctx, snID)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to ensure if snapshot %s has parent or not: %w", snID, err)
+			}
+			snID = info.Parent
+		}
+		return tw.Flush()
+	},
+}