diff --git a/netmap/node_info.go b/netmap/node_info.go
index 46892116..242807a0 100644
--- a/netmap/node_info.go
+++ b/netmap/node_info.go
@@ -558,3 +558,21 @@ func (x *NodeInfo) SetOnline() {
 func (x NodeInfo) IsOnline() bool {
 	return x.m.GetState() == netmap.Online
 }
+
+// SetMaintenance sets the state of the node to "maintenance". When a node updates
+// information about itself in the network map, this
+// state declares temporal unavailability for a node.
+//
+// See also IsMaintenance.
+func (x *NodeInfo) SetMaintenance() {
+	x.m.SetState(netmap.Maintenance)
+}
+
+// IsMaintenance checks if the node is in the "maintenance" state.
+//
+// Zero NodeInfo has undefined state.
+//
+// See also SetMaintenance.
+func (x NodeInfo) IsMaintenance() bool {
+	return x.m.GetState() == netmap.Maintenance
+}
diff --git a/netmap/node_info_test.go b/netmap/node_info_test.go
index 76194b7e..f475132a 100644
--- a/netmap/node_info_test.go
+++ b/netmap/node_info_test.go
@@ -22,3 +22,26 @@ func TestNodeInfo_SetAttribute(t *testing.T) {
 	n.SetAttribute(key, val)
 	require.Equal(t, val, n.Attribute(key))
 }
+
+func TestNodeInfo_Status(t *testing.T) {
+	var n NodeInfo
+
+	require.False(t, n.IsOnline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsOffline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsMaintenance())
+
+	n.SetOnline()
+	require.True(t, n.IsOnline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsOffline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsMaintenance())
+
+	n.SetOffline()
+	require.True(t, n.IsOffline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsOnline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsMaintenance())
+
+	n.SetMaintenance()
+	require.True(t, n.IsMaintenance())
+	require.False(t, n.IsOnline())
+	require.False(t, n.IsOffline())
+}