diff --git a/lib/cli.py b/lib/cli.py
index ad4e4e7b2cf45c987b2ba1e54a960a69bd45b754..81c5901bba81cd2133368b7cbd74c4213e76ac4f 100644
--- a/lib/cli.py
+++ b/lib/cli.py
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ __all__ = [
   "NODE_LIST_OPT",
   "NODE_PLACEMENT_OPT",
   "NODEGROUP_OPT",
+  "NODE_PARAMS_OPT",
   "NODRBD_STORAGE_OPT",
   "NOHDR_OPT",
   "NOIPCHECK_OPT",
@@ -1100,6 +1101,10 @@ PREALLOC_WIPE_DISKS_OPT = cli_option("--prealloc-wipe-disks", default=None,
                                      help=("Wipe disks prior to instance"
                                            " creation"))
 
+NODE_PARAMS_OPT = cli_option("--node-parameters", dest="ndparams",
+                             type="keyval", default={},
+                             help="Node parameters")
+
 
 #: Options provided by all commands
 COMMON_OPTS = [DEBUG_OPT]