diff --git a/pkg/container/id.go b/pkg/container/id.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bccc073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/container/id.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/v2/refs"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// ID represents container identifier
+// that supports different type of values.
+type ID struct {
+	val []byte
+}
+
+// SetSHA256 sets container identifier value to SHA256 checksum.
+func (id *ID) SetSHA256(v [sha256.Size]byte) {
+	if id != nil {
+		id.val = v[:]
+	}
+}
+
+// ToV2 returns the v2 container ID message.
+func (id *ID) ToV2() *refs.ContainerID {
+	if id != nil {
+		idV2 := new(refs.ContainerID)
+		idV2.SetValue(id.val)
+
+		return idV2
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func IDFromV2(idV2 *refs.ContainerID) (*ID, error) {
+	if idV2 == nil {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
+	val := idV2.GetValue()
+	if ln := len(val); ln != sha256.Size {
+		return nil, errors.Errorf(
+			"could not convert %T to %T: expected length %d, received %d",
+			idV2, (*ID)(nil), sha256.Size, ln,
+		)
+	}
+
+	return &ID{
+		val: val,
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/container/id_test.go b/pkg/container/id_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..245f433b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/container/id_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package container
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rand"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestIDV2_0(t *testing.T) {
+	cid := new(ID)
+
+	checksum := [sha256.Size]byte{}
+
+	_, err := rand.Read(checksum[:])
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	cid.SetSHA256(checksum)
+
+	cidV2 := cid.ToV2()
+
+	cid2, err := IDFromV2(cidV2)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, cid, cid2)
+}