diff --git a/payload_consumer/download_action.cc b/payload_consumer/download_action.cc
index 6a71fdb..fdbbd72 100644
--- a/payload_consumer/download_action.cc
+++ b/payload_consumer/download_action.cc
@@ -232,6 +232,14 @@
   http_fetcher_->BeginTransfer(install_plan_.download_url);
 }
 
+void DownloadAction::SuspendAction() {
+  http_fetcher_->Pause();
+}
+
+void DownloadAction::ResumeAction() {
+  http_fetcher_->Unpause();
+}
+
 void DownloadAction::TerminateProcessing() {
   if (writer_) {
     writer_->Close();
diff --git a/payload_consumer/download_action.h b/payload_consumer/download_action.h
index d000c67..fc32068 100644
--- a/payload_consumer/download_action.h
+++ b/payload_consumer/download_action.h
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@
 class DownloadAction : public InstallPlanAction,
                        public HttpFetcherDelegate {
  public:
+  // Debugging/logging
+  static std::string StaticType() { return "DownloadAction"; }
+
   // Takes ownership of the passed in HttpFetcher. Useful for testing.
   // A good calling pattern is:
   // DownloadAction(prefs, boot_contol, hardware, system_state,
@@ -78,8 +81,13 @@
                  SystemState* system_state,
                  HttpFetcher* http_fetcher);
   ~DownloadAction() override;
+
+  // InstallPlanAction overrides.
   void PerformAction() override;
+  void SuspendAction() override;
+  void ResumeAction() override;
   void TerminateProcessing() override;
+  std::string Type() const override { return StaticType(); }
 
   // Testing
   void SetTestFileWriter(FileWriter* writer) {
@@ -88,10 +96,6 @@
 
   int GetHTTPResponseCode() { return http_fetcher_->http_response_code(); }
 
-  // Debugging/logging
-  static std::string StaticType() { return "DownloadAction"; }
-  std::string Type() const override { return StaticType(); }
-
   // HttpFetcherDelegate methods (see http_fetcher.h)
   void ReceivedBytes(HttpFetcher* fetcher,
                      const void* bytes, size_t length) override;