diff --git a/changelog/63128.added b/changelog/63128.added
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..edbc81fb4817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/63128.added
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ethtool execution and state module functions for pause
diff --git a/salt/modules/ethtool.py b/salt/modules/ethtool.py
index 31256a3c28b1..16f9c4a7b538 100644
--- a/salt/modules/ethtool.py
+++ b/salt/modules/ethtool.py
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
 :platform:      linux
 """
 
-
 import logging
+import os
+
+import salt.utils.path
+from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
 
 try:
     import ethtool
@@ -299,3 +302,144 @@ def set_offload(devname, **kwargs):
                 return "Not supported"
 
     return show_offload(devname)
+
+
+def _ethtool_command(devname, *args, **kwargs):
+    """
+    Helper function to build an ethtool command
+    """
+    ethtool = salt.utils.path.which("ethtool")
+    if not ethtool:
+        raise CommandExecutionError("Command 'ethtool' cannot be found")
+    switches = " ".join(arg for arg in args)
+    params = " ".join("{} {}".format(key, val) for key, val in kwargs.items())
+    cmd = "{} {} {} {}".format(ethtool, switches, devname, params).strip()
+    ret = __salt__["cmd.run"](cmd, ignore_retcode=True).splitlines()
+    if ret and ret[0].startswith("Cannot"):
+        raise CommandExecutionError(ret[0])
+    return ret
+
+
+def _validate_params(valid_params, kwargs):
+    """
+    Helper function to validate parameters to ethtool commands. Boolean values
+    will be transformed into ``on`` and ``off`` to match expected syntax.
+    """
+    validated = {}
+    for key, val in kwargs.items():
+        key = key.lower()
+        if key in valid_params:
+            if val is True:
+                val = "on"
+            elif val is False:
+                val = "off"
+            validated[key] = val
+    if not validated:
+        raise CommandExecutionError(
+            "None of the valid parameters were provided: {}".format(valid_params)
+        )
+    return validated
+
+
+def show_pause(devname):
+    """
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
+    Queries the specified network device for associated pause information
+
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' ethtool.show_pause <devname>
+    """
+    data = {}
+
+    content = _ethtool_command(devname, "-a")
+
+    for line in content[1:]:
+        if line.strip():
+            (key, value) = (s.strip() for s in line.split(":", 1))
+            data[key] = value == "on"
+
+    return data
+
+
+def set_pause(devname, **kwargs):
+    """
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
+    Changes the pause parameters of the specified network device
+
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' ethtool.set_pause <devname> autoneg=off rx=off tx=off
+    """
+    valid_params = ["autoneg", "rx", "tx"]
+    params = _validate_params(valid_params, kwargs)
+    ret = _ethtool_command(devname, "-A", **params)
+    if not ret:
+        return True
+    return ret
+
+
+def show_features(devname):
+    """
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
+    Queries the specified network device for associated feature information
+
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' ethtool.show_features <devname>
+    """
+    data = {}
+
+    content = _ethtool_command(devname, "-k")
+
+    for line in content[1:]:
+        if ":" in line:
+            key, value = (s.strip() for s in line.strip().split(":", 1))
+            fixed = "fixed" in value
+            if fixed:
+                value = value.split()[0].strip()
+            data[key.strip()] = {"on": value == "on", "fixed": fixed}
+
+    return data
+
+
+def set_feature(devname, **kwargs):
+    """
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
+    Changes the feature parameters of the specified network device
+
+    CLI Example:
+
+    .. code-block:: bash
+
+        salt '*' ethtool.set_feature <devname> sg=off
+    """
+    valid_params = [
+        "rx",
+        "tx",
+        "sg",
+        "tso",
+        "ufo",
+        "gso",
+        "gro",
+        "lro",
+        "rxvlan",
+        "txvlan",
+        "ntuple",
+        "rxhash",
+    ]
+    params = _validate_params(valid_params, kwargs)
+    ret = _ethtool_command(devname, "-K", **params)
+    if not ret:
+        return True
+    return os.linesep.join(ret)
diff --git a/salt/states/ethtool.py b/salt/states/ethtool.py
index 1564b798f67d..3d9fff691ecc 100644
--- a/salt/states/ethtool.py
+++ b/salt/states/ethtool.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 
 import logging
 
+from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
+
 # Set up logging
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -310,3 +312,85 @@ def offload(name, **kwargs):
             return ret
 
     return ret
+
+
+def pause(name, **kwargs):
+    """
+    .. versionadded:: 3006.0
+
+    Manage pause parameters of network device
+
+    name
+        Interface name to apply pause parameters
+
+    .. code-block:: yaml
+
+        eth0:
+          ethtool.pause:
+            - name: eth0
+            - autoneg: off
+            - rx: off
+            - tx: off
+
+    """
+    ret = {
+        "name": name,
+        "changes": {},
+        "result": True,
+        "comment": "Network device {} pause parameters are up to date.".format(name),
+    }
+    apply_pause = False
+
+    # Get current pause parameters
+    try:
+        old = __salt__["ethtool.show_pause"](name)
+    except CommandExecutionError:
+        ret["result"] = False
+        ret["comment"] = "Device {} pause parameters are not supported".format(name)
+        return ret
+
+    # map ethtool command input to output text
+    pause_map = {
+        "autoneg": "Autonegotiate",
+        "rx": "RX",
+        "tx": "RX",
+    }
+
+    # Process changes
+    new = {}
+    diff = []
+
+    for key, value in kwargs.items():
+        key = key.lower()
+        if key in pause_map:
+            if value != old[pause_map[key]]:
+                new.update({key: value})
+                if value is True:
+                    value = "on"
+                elif value is False:
+                    value = "off"
+                diff.append("{}: {}".format(key, value))
+
+    if not new:
+        return ret
+
+    # Dry run
+    if __opts__["test"]:
+        ret["result"] = None
+        ret["comment"] = "Device {} pause parameters are set to be updated:\n{}".format(
+            name, "\n".join(diff)
+        )
+        return ret
+
+    # Apply pause parameters
+    try:
+        __salt__["ethtool.set_pause"](name, **new)
+        # Prepare return output
+        ret["comment"] = "Device {} pause parameters updated.".format(name)
+        ret["changes"]["ethtool_pause"] = "\n".join(diff)
+    except CommandExecutionError as exc:
+        ret["result"] = False
+        ret["comment"] = str(exc)
+        return ret
+
+    return ret
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_ethtool.py b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_ethtool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..908116aeef4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/modules/test_ethtool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+from textwrap import dedent
+
+import pytest
+
+import salt.modules.ethtool as ethtool
+from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
+from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def configure_loader_modules():
+    return {
+        ethtool: {
+            "__salt__": {},
+        }
+    }
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def pause_ret():
+    cmdret = dedent(
+        """Pause parameters for eth0:
+        Autonegotiate:  on
+        RX:             on
+        TX:             on
+        RX negotiated:  off
+        TX negotiated:  off"""
+    )
+    return cmdret
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
+def features_ret():
+    cmdret = dedent(
+        """Features for eth0:
+        rx-checksumming: on [fixed]
+        tx-checksumming: on
+                tx-checksum-ipv4: off [fixed]
+                tx-checksum-ip-generic: on
+                tx-checksum-ipv6: off [fixed]
+                tx-checksum-fcoe-crc: off [fixed]
+                tx-checksum-sctp: off [fixed]
+        scatter-gather: on
+                tx-scatter-gather: on
+                tx-scatter-gather-fraglist: off [fixed]
+        tcp-segmentation-offload: on
+                tx-tcp-segmentation: on
+                tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation: on
+                tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation: off
+                tx-tcp6-segmentation: on
+        udp-fragmentation-offload: off
+        generic-segmentation-offload: on
+        generic-receive-offload: on
+        large-receive-offload: off [fixed]
+        rx-vlan-offload: off [fixed]
+        tx-vlan-offload: off [fixed]
+        ntuple-filters: off [fixed]
+        receive-hashing: off [fixed]
+        highdma: on [fixed]
+        rx-vlan-filter: on [fixed]
+        vlan-challenged: off [fixed]
+        tx-lockless: off [fixed]
+        netns-local: off [fixed]
+        tx-gso-robust: on [fixed]
+        tx-fcoe-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-gre-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-gre-csum-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-ipxip4-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-ipxip6-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-udp_tnl-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-udp_tnl-csum-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-gso-partial: off [fixed]
+        tx-sctp-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-esp-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        tx-udp-segmentation: off [fixed]
+        fcoe-mtu: off [fixed]
+        tx-nocache-copy: off
+        loopback: off [fixed]
+        rx-fcs: off [fixed]
+        rx-all: off [fixed]
+        tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert: off [fixed]
+        rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse: off [fixed]
+        rx-vlan-stag-filter: off [fixed]
+        l2-fwd-offload: off [fixed]
+        hw-tc-offload: off [fixed]
+        esp-hw-offload: off [fixed]
+        esp-tx-csum-hw-offload: off [fixed]
+        rx-udp_tunnel-port-offload: off [fixed]
+        tls-hw-tx-offload: off [fixed]
+        tls-hw-rx-offload: off [fixed]
+        rx-gro-hw: off [fixed]
+        tls-hw-record: off [fixed]"""
+    )
+    return cmdret
+
+
+def test_ethtool__ethtool_command_which_fail():
+    with patch("salt.utils.path.which", MagicMock(return_value=None)):
+        with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+            ethtool._ethtool_command("eth0")
+
+
+def test_ethtool__ethtool_command_operation_not_supported():
+    mock_cmd_run = MagicMock(
+        side_effect=[
+            "Pause parameters for eth0:\nCannot get device pause settings: Operation not supported",
+            "Cannot get device pause settings: Operation not supported",
+        ]
+    )
+    with patch(
+        "salt.utils.path.which", MagicMock(return_value="/sbin/ethtool")
+    ), patch.dict(ethtool.__salt__, {"cmd.run": mock_cmd_run}):
+        with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+            ethtool._ethtool_command("eth0", "-a")
+            ethtool._ethtool_command("eth0", "-A", autoneg="off", rx="off", tx="off")
+
+
+def test_ethtool__ethtool_command(pause_ret):
+    mock_cmd_run = MagicMock(return_value=pause_ret)
+
+    with patch(
+        "salt.utils.path.which", MagicMock(return_value="/sbin/ethtool")
+    ), patch.dict(ethtool.__salt__, {"cmd.run": mock_cmd_run}):
+        ret = ethtool._ethtool_command("eth0", "-A", autoneg="off", rx="off", tx="off")
+
+    mock_cmd_run.assert_called_once_with(
+        "/sbin/ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off rx off tx off", ignore_retcode=True
+    )
+    assert pause_ret.splitlines() == ret
+
+
+def test_ethtool__validate_params():
+    with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+        ethtool._validate_params(["not_found"], {"eth": "tool"})
+    assert ethtool._validate_params(["eth"], {"eth": "tool"}) == {"eth": "tool"}
+    assert ethtool._validate_params(["eth", "not_found"], {"eth": "tool"}) == {
+        "eth": "tool"
+    }
+    assert ethtool._validate_params(["eth", "salt"], {"eth": True, "salt": False}) == {
+        "eth": "on",
+        "salt": "off",
+    }
+
+
+def test_ethtool_show_pause(pause_ret):
+    expected = {
+        "Autonegotiate": True,
+        "RX": True,
+        "RX negotiated": False,
+        "TX": True,
+        "TX negotiated": False,
+    }
+
+    with patch(
+        "salt.modules.ethtool._ethtool_command",
+        MagicMock(return_value=pause_ret.splitlines()),
+    ):
+        ret = ethtool.show_pause("eth0")
+
+    assert expected == ret
+
+
+def test_ethtool_show_features(features_ret):
+    expected = {
+        "esp-hw-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "esp-tx-csum-hw-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "fcoe-mtu": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "generic-receive-offload": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "generic-segmentation-offload": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "highdma": {"fixed": True, "on": True},
+        "hw-tc-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "l2-fwd-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "large-receive-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "loopback": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "netns-local": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "ntuple-filters": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "receive-hashing": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-all": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-checksumming": {"fixed": True, "on": True},
+        "rx-fcs": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-gro-hw": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-udp_tunnel-port-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-vlan-filter": {"fixed": True, "on": True},
+        "rx-vlan-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-vlan-stag-filter": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "rx-vlan-stag-hw-parse": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "scatter-gather": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tcp-segmentation-offload": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tls-hw-record": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tls-hw-rx-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tls-hw-tx-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-checksum-fcoe-crc": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-checksum-ip-generic": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-checksum-ipv4": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-checksum-ipv6": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-checksum-sctp": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-checksumming": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-esp-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-fcoe-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-gre-csum-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-gre-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-gso-partial": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-gso-robust": {"fixed": True, "on": True},
+        "tx-ipxip4-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-ipxip6-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-lockless": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-nocache-copy": {"fixed": False, "on": False},
+        "tx-scatter-gather": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-scatter-gather-fraglist": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-sctp-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-tcp-ecn-segmentation": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-tcp-mangleid-segmentation": {"fixed": False, "on": False},
+        "tx-tcp-segmentation": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-tcp6-segmentation": {"fixed": False, "on": True},
+        "tx-udp-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-udp_tnl-csum-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-udp_tnl-segmentation": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-vlan-offload": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "tx-vlan-stag-hw-insert": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+        "udp-fragmentation-offload": {"fixed": False, "on": False},
+        "vlan-challenged": {"fixed": True, "on": False},
+    }
+
+    with patch(
+        "salt.modules.ethtool._ethtool_command",
+        MagicMock(return_value=features_ret.splitlines()),
+    ):
+        ret = ethtool.show_features("eth0")
+
+    assert expected == ret
+
+
+def test_ethtool_set_pause():
+    with patch("salt.modules.ethtool._ethtool_command", MagicMock(return_value="")):
+        with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+            ethtool.set_pause("eth0", not_there=False)
+        ret = ethtool.set_pause("eth0", autoneg=False)
+
+    assert ret is True
+
+
+def test_ethtool_set_feature():
+    with patch("salt.modules.ethtool._ethtool_command", MagicMock(return_value="")):
+        with pytest.raises(CommandExecutionError):
+            ethtool.set_feature("eth0", not_there=False)
+        ret = ethtool.set_feature("eth0", sg=False)
+
+    assert ret is True
diff --git a/tests/pytests/unit/states/test_ethtool.py b/tests/pytests/unit/states/test_ethtool.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c0f5267f811f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pytests/unit/states/test_ethtool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import pytest
+
+import salt.states.ethtool as ethtool
+from salt.exceptions import CommandExecutionError
+from tests.support.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def configure_loader_modules():
+    return {
+        ethtool: {
+            "__opts__": {"test": False},
+            "__salt__": {},
+        }
+    }
+
+
+def test_ethtool_pause():
+    expected = {
+        "changes": {},
+        "comment": "Network device eth0 pause parameters are up to date.",
+        "name": "eth0",
+        "result": True,
+    }
+    show_ret = {
+        "Autonegotiate": True,
+        "RX": True,
+        "RX negotiated": False,
+        "TX": True,
+        "TX negotiated": False,
+    }
+    mock_show = MagicMock(return_value=show_ret)
+    mock_set = MagicMock(return_value=True)
+    with patch.dict(
+        ethtool.__salt__,
+        {"ethtool.set_pause": mock_set, "ethtool.show_pause": mock_show},
+    ):
+        # clean
+        ret = ethtool.pause("eth0", autoneg=True, rx=True, tx=True)
+        assert ret == expected
+
+        # changes
+        expected["changes"] = {"ethtool_pause": "autoneg: off\nrx: off\ntx: off"}
+        expected["comment"] = "Device eth0 pause parameters updated."
+        ret = ethtool.pause("eth0", autoneg=False, rx=False, tx=False)
+        assert ret == expected
+        mock_set.assert_called_once_with("eth0", autoneg=False, rx=False, tx=False)
+
+        # changes, test mode
+        mock_set.reset_mock()
+        with patch.dict(ethtool.__opts__, {"test": True}):
+            expected["result"] = None
+            expected["changes"] = {}
+            expected[
+                "comment"
+            ] = "Device eth0 pause parameters are set to be updated:\nautoneg: off\nrx: off\ntx: off"
+            ret = ethtool.pause("eth0", autoneg=False, rx=False, tx=False)
+            assert ret == expected
+            mock_set.assert_not_called()
+
+    # exceptions
+    with patch.dict(
+        ethtool.__salt__,
+        {
+            "ethtool.set_pause": MagicMock(side_effect=CommandExecutionError("blargh")),
+            "ethtool.show_pause": MagicMock(
+                side_effect=[CommandExecutionError, show_ret]
+            ),
+        },
+    ):
+        expected["comment"] = "Device eth0 pause parameters are not supported"
+        expected["result"] = False
+        ret = ethtool.pause("eth0", autoneg=False, rx=False, tx=False)
+        assert ret == expected
+        ret = ethtool.pause("eth0", autoneg=False, rx=False, tx=False)
+        expected["comment"] = "blargh"
+        assert ret == expected