diff --git a/lib/cli.py b/lib/cli.py
index bbe5158b37dbcf04b1f42d06f7b3ce6db57ce2e6..3b1156c7a020f83f6276595007256466530fe631 100644
--- a/lib/cli.py
+++ b/lib/cli.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ __all__ = [
   "CONFIRM_OPT",
   "DEBUG_OPT",
   "DEBUG_SIMERR_OPT",
+  "DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT",
   "FIELDS_OPT",
   "FORCE_OPT",
   "NOHDR_OPT",
@@ -475,6 +476,12 @@ NWSYNC_OPT = cli_option("--no-wait-for-sync", dest="wait_for_sync",
                         default=True, action="store_false",
                         help="Don't wait for sync (DANGEROUS!)")
 
+DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT = cli_option("-t", "--disk-template", dest="disk_template",
+                               help="Custom disk setup (diskless, file,"
+                               " plain or drbd)",
+                               default=None, metavar="TEMPL",
+                               choices=list(constants.DISK_TEMPLATES))
+
 
 def _ParseArgs(argv, commands, aliases):
   """Parser for the command line arguments.
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index a45256f742db538a87ade483fd13ecb9d2a2d789..8ee9b67455131182e25f8c9542fe816f85cf37c9 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -218,10 +218,7 @@ import_opts = [
   cli_option("-B", "--backend", dest="beparams",
              type="keyval", default={},
              help="Backend parameters"),
-  cli_option("-t", "--disk-template", dest="disk_template",
-             help="Custom disk setup (diskless, file, plain, drbd)",
-             default=None, metavar="TEMPL",
-             choices=list(constants.DISK_TEMPLATES)),
+  DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT,
   cli_option("--disk", help="Disk information",
              default=[], dest="disks",
              action="append",
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-debug b/scripts/gnt-debug
index b582c5e586a639079dd72ca252a766117cda5b3d..80ea6c18863e73e052f015b41dc5229cc08abbbe 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-debug
+++ b/scripts/gnt-debug
@@ -198,9 +198,7 @@ commands = {
                             help="Memory size for the instance (MiB)"),
                  cli_option("--disks", default="4096,4096",
                             help="Comma separated list of disk sizes (MiB)"),
-                 cli_option("-t", "--disk-template", default="drbd",
-                            help="Select the disk template",
-                            choices=list(constants.DISK_TEMPLATES)),
+                 DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT,
                  cli_option("--nics", default="00:11:22:33:44:55",
                             help="Comma separated list of nics, each nic"
                             " definition is of form mac/ip/bridge, if"
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 256b39a4c11af50123d247ea687d9e2d9c0b2060..05b2a45a7b1f0759acc16218c50bf9b9f7863cd3 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -1375,10 +1375,7 @@ add_opts = [
   cli_option("-B", "--backend", dest="beparams",
              type="keyval", default={},
              help="Backend parameters"),
-  cli_option("-t", "--disk-template", dest="disk_template",
-             help="Custom disk setup (diskless, file, plain or drbd)",
-             default=None, metavar="TEMPL",
-             choices=list(constants.DISK_TEMPLATES)),
+  DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT,
   cli_option("-s", "--os-size", dest="sd_size", help="Disk size for a"
              " single-disk configuration, when not using the --disk option,"
              " in MiB unless a suffix is used",