diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/container.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/container.go
index 008cea4eb..11766bac4 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/container.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/engine/container.go
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ type ContainerSizeRes struct {
 	size uint64
 }
 
+type ListContainersPrm struct{}
+
+type ListContainersRes struct {
+	containers []*container.ID
+}
+
 func (p *ContainerSizePrm) WithContainerID(cid *container.ID) *ContainerSizePrm {
 	if p != nil {
 		p.cid = cid
@@ -26,6 +32,10 @@ func (r *ContainerSizeRes) Size() uint64 {
 	return r.size
 }
 
+func (r *ListContainersRes) Containers() []*container.ID {
+	return r.containers
+}
+
 // ContainerSize returns sum of estimation container sizes among all shards.
 func (e *StorageEngine) ContainerSize(prm *ContainerSizePrm) *ContainerSizeRes {
 	return &ContainerSizeRes{
@@ -57,3 +67,46 @@ func (e *StorageEngine) containerSize(id *container.ID) (total uint64) {
 
 	return total
 }
+
+// ListContainers returns unique container IDs presented in the engine objects.
+func (e *StorageEngine) ListContainers(_ *ListContainersPrm) *ListContainersRes {
+	return &ListContainersRes{
+		containers: e.listContainers(),
+	}
+}
+
+// ListContainers returns unique container IDs presented in the engine objects.
+func ListContainers(e *StorageEngine) []*container.ID {
+	return e.ListContainers(&ListContainersPrm{}).Containers()
+}
+
+func (e *StorageEngine) listContainers() []*container.ID {
+	uniqueIDs := make(map[string]*container.ID)
+
+	e.iterateOverUnsortedShards(func(s *shard.Shard) (stop bool) {
+		cnrs, err := shard.ListContainers(s)
+		if err != nil {
+			e.log.Warn("can't get list of containers",
+				zap.Stringer("shard_id", s.ID()),
+				zap.String("error", err.Error()))
+
+			return false
+		}
+
+		for i := range cnrs {
+			id := cnrs[i].String()
+			if _, ok := uniqueIDs[id]; !ok {
+				uniqueIDs[id] = cnrs[i]
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false
+	})
+
+	result := make([]*container.ID, 0, len(uniqueIDs))
+	for _, v := range uniqueIDs {
+		result = append(result, v)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/list.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/list.go
index 24dc5c18a..9dfeb6276 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/list.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/shard/list.go
@@ -3,11 +3,23 @@ package shard
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/container"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
 	meta "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/local_object_storage/metabase"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
 
+type ListContainersPrm struct{}
+
+type ListContainersRes struct {
+	containers []*container.ID
+}
+
+func (r *ListContainersRes) Containers() []*container.ID {
+	return r.containers
+}
+
 func (s *Shard) List() (*SelectRes, error) {
 	lst, err := s.metaBase.Containers()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -32,3 +44,23 @@ func (s *Shard) List() (*SelectRes, error) {
 
 	return res, nil
 }
+
+func (s *Shard) ListContainers(_ *ListContainersPrm) (*ListContainersRes, error) {
+	containers, err := s.metaBase.Containers()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "could not get list of containers")
+	}
+
+	return &ListContainersRes{
+		containers: containers,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func ListContainers(s *Shard) ([]*container.ID, error) {
+	res, err := s.ListContainers(&ListContainersPrm{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return res.Containers(), nil
+}