diff --git a/packages/base/any/onlp-snmpd/onlp-snmpd.init b/packages/base/any/onlp-snmpd/onlp-snmpd.init
index 1151c88d..a6c4b464 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/onlp-snmpd/onlp-snmpd.init
+++ b/packages/base/any/onlp-snmpd/onlp-snmpd.init
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ case $1 in
 		status=$?
 	        log_end_msg $status
 		;;
+        pause)
+                log_daemon_msg "Pausing ONLP SNMP Agent" "onlp-snmpd"
+                start-stop-daemon --stop $QUIET --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --signal 19
+		status=$?
+	        log_end_msg $status
+		;;
+        continue)
+                log_daemon_msg "Continuing ONLP SNMP Agent" "onlp-snmpd"
+                start-stop-daemon --stop $QUIET --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --signal 18
+		status=$?
+	        log_end_msg $status
+		;;
 	status)
 		status_of_proc $DAEMON "ONLP SNMP Agent"
 		;;
diff --git a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlpd.init b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlpd.init
index 99165b56..64ba03a1 100644
--- a/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlpd.init
+++ b/packages/base/any/onlp/src/onlpd.init
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ case $1 in
 		status=$?
 	        log_end_msg $status
 		;;
+        pause)
+                log_daemon_msg "Pausing ONLP Platform Agent" "onlpd"
+                start-stop-daemon --stop $QUIET --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --signal 19
+		status=$?
+	        log_end_msg $status
+		;;
+        continue)
+                log_daemon_msg "Continuing ONLP Platform Agent" "onlpd"
+                start-stop-daemon --stop $QUIET --oknodo --pidfile $PIDFILE --signal 18
+		status=$?
+	        log_end_msg $status
+		;;
 	status)
 		status_of_proc $DAEMON "ONLP Platform Agent"
 		;;