diff --git a/doc/rapi.rst b/doc/rapi.rst
index c25ba6eb881b4e29355efd8b2bcb87f258157b4f..9b53a8854bd5f90aec8c53856ceb0220b0a44920 100644
--- a/doc/rapi.rst
+++ b/doc/rapi.rst
@@ -429,6 +429,8 @@ Body parameters:
   will fail.
 ``force_variant`` (bool)
   Whether to force an unknown variant.
+``no_install`` (bool)
+  Do not install the OS (will enable no-start)
 ``pnode`` (string)
   Primary node.
 ``snode`` (string)
diff --git a/lib/rapi/rlib2.py b/lib/rapi/rlib2.py
index 74ee77a54e202fe241a691f1d6e22085daf5ebd2..58180afba547bf8ddd366346a5bd5e663edbf6c9 100644
--- a/lib/rapi/rlib2.py
+++ b/lib/rapi/rlib2.py
@@ -595,6 +595,7 @@ def _ParseInstanceCreateRequestVersion1(data, dry_run):
     osparams=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "osparams", default={}),
     force_variant=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "force_variant",
                                           default=False),
+    no_install=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "no_install", default=False),
     pnode=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "pnode", default=None),
     snode=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "snode", default=None),
     disk_template=baserlib.CheckParameter(data, "disk_template"),