diff --git a/apis/server/container_bridge.go b/apis/server/container_bridge.go
index 84bd4308f..fde31bec4 100644
--- a/apis/server/container_bridge.go
+++ b/apis/server/container_bridge.go
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ func (s *Server) upgradeContainer(ctx context.Context, rw http.ResponseWriter, r
 func (s *Server) topContainer(ctx context.Context, rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) error {
 	name := mux.Vars(req)["name"]
 
-	procList, err := s.ContainerMgr.Top(ctx, name, req.Form.Get("ps_args"))
+	query := req.URL.Query()
+	procList, err := s.ContainerMgr.Top(ctx, name, query.Get("ps_args"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/apis/swagger.yml b/apis/swagger.yml
index 6b0dff6da..524d05899 100644
--- a/apis/swagger.yml
+++ b/apis/swagger.yml
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ paths:
       tags: ["Container"]
 
   /containers/{id}/top:
-    post:
+    get:
       summary: "Display the running processes of a container"
       operationId: "ContainerTop"
       parameters:
diff --git a/cli/top.go b/cli/top.go
index 1ac495e2f..67169ceba 100644
--- a/cli/top.go
+++ b/cli/top.go
@@ -33,6 +33,13 @@ func (top *TopCommand) Init(c *Cli) {
 		},
 		Example: topExamples(),
 	}
+	top.addFlags()
+}
+
+// addFlags adds flags for specific command.
+func (top *TopCommand) addFlags() {
+	flagSet := top.cmd.Flags()
+	flagSet.SetInterspersed(false)
 }
 
 // runTop is the entry of top command.
diff --git a/test/api_container_top_test.go b/test/api_container_top_test.go
index 111619b55..8edbeb8fd 100644
--- a/test/api_container_top_test.go
+++ b/test/api_container_top_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
+
+	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/apis/types"
 	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/test/environment"
+	"github.com/alibaba/pouch/test/request"
 
 	"github.com/go-check/check"
 )
@@ -17,6 +24,65 @@ func init() {
 func (suite *APIContainerTopSuite) SetUpTest(c *check.C) {
 	SkipIfFalse(c, environment.IsLinux)
 
-	// TODO: missing code
-	helpwantedForMissingCase(c, "container api top cases")
+	PullImage(c, busyboxImage)
+}
+
+// TestTopContainer is to verify the correctness of pouch top command.
+func (suite *APIContainerTopSuite) TestTopContainer(c *check.C) {
+	cname := "TestTop"
+
+	CreateBusyboxContainerOk(c, cname)
+	defer DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, cname)
+
+	StartContainerOk(c, cname)
+
+	resp, err := request.Get("/containers/" + cname + "/top")
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+
+	response := types.ContainerProcessList{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&response)
+	if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
+		// close body ReadCloser to make Transport reuse the connection
+		io.CopyN(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body, 512)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(response, check.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(response.Titles[0], check.Equals, "UID")
+
+	if len(response.Processes) != 1 {
+		c.Fatalf("unexpected processes length %d expected %d", len(response.Processes), 1)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTopContainerWithOptions is to verify the correctness of pouch top command with ps options.
+func (suite *APIContainerTopSuite) TestTopContainerWithOptions(c *check.C) {
+	cname := "TestTopWithOptions"
+
+	CreateBusyboxContainerOk(c, cname)
+	defer DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, cname)
+
+	StartContainerOk(c, cname)
+
+	q := url.Values{}
+	q.Add("ps_args", "-aux")
+	query := request.WithQuery(q)
+	resp, err := request.Get("/containers/"+cname+"/top", query)
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+
+	response := types.ContainerProcessList{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&response)
+	if resp != nil && resp.Body != nil {
+		// close body ReadCloser to make Transport reuse the connection
+		io.CopyN(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body, 512)
+		resp.Body.Close()
+	}
+	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
+	c.Assert(response, check.NotNil)
+	c.Assert(response.Titles[0], check.Equals, "USER")
+
+	if len(response.Processes) != 1 {
+		c.Fatalf("unexpected processes length %d expected %d", len(response.Processes), 1)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/test/cli_top_test.go b/test/cli_top_test.go
index d8f4a65de..b8d29f9e3 100644
--- a/test/cli_top_test.go
+++ b/test/cli_top_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,32 @@ func (suite *PouchTopSuite) TestTopContainer(c *check.C) {
 	res.Assert(c, icmd.Success)
 
 	expectString := "UIDPIDPPID"
-	if out := util.TrimAllSpaceAndNewline(res.Combined()); !strings.Contains(out, expectString) {
+	if out := util.TrimAllSpaceAndNewline(res.Combined()); !strings.HasPrefix(out, expectString) {
+		c.Fatalf("unexpected output %s expected %s", out, expectString)
+	}
+	expectString = "top"
+	if out := util.TrimAllSpaceAndNewline(res.Combined()); !strings.HasSuffix(out, expectString) {
+		c.Fatalf("unexpected output %s expected %s", out, expectString)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestTopContainerWithOptions is to verify the correctness of pouch top command with ps options.
+func (suite *PouchTopSuite) TestTopContainerWithOptions(c *check.C) {
+	name := "TestTopContainerWithOptions"
+
+	res := command.PouchRun("run", "-d", "-m", "300M", "--name", name, busyboxImage, "top")
+	defer DelContainerForceMultyTime(c, name)
+	res.Assert(c, icmd.Success)
+
+	res = command.PouchRun("top", name, "-aux")
+	res.Assert(c, icmd.Success)
+
+	expectString := "USERPID"
+	if out := util.TrimAllSpaceAndNewline(res.Combined()); !strings.HasPrefix(out, expectString) {
+		c.Fatalf("unexpected output %s expected %s", out, expectString)
+	}
+	expectString = "top"
+	if out := util.TrimAllSpaceAndNewline(res.Combined()); !strings.HasSuffix(out, expectString) {
 		c.Fatalf("unexpected output %s expected %s", out, expectString)
 	}
 }