diff --git a/fuelclient/commands/base.py b/fuelclient/commands/base.py
index 052f291..640998a 100644
--- a/fuelclient/commands/base.py
+++ b/fuelclient/commands/base.py
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ class BaseListCommand(lister.Lister, BaseCommand):
         group.add_argument('-s',
                            '--sort-columns',
                            type=str,
-                           default='id',
-                           help='Comma separated list of keys for sorting '
+                           nargs='+',
+                           choices=self.columns,
+                           metavar='SORT_COLUMN',
+                           default=['id'],
+                           help='Space separated list of keys for sorting '
                                 'the data. Defaults to id. Wrong values '
                                 'are ignored.')
 
@@ -74,11 +77,8 @@ class BaseListCommand(lister.Lister, BaseCommand):
         data = self.client.get_all()
         data = data_utils.get_display_data_multi(self.columns, data)
 
-        sort_columns = parsed_args.sort_columns.split(',')
-
         scolumn_ids = [self.columns.index(col)
-                       for col in sort_columns
-                       if col in self.columns]
+                       for col in parsed_args.sort_columns]
 
         data.sort(key=lambda x: [x[scolumn_id] for scolumn_id in scolumn_ids])
 
diff --git a/fuelclient/commands/environment.py b/fuelclient/commands/environment.py
index 5c54615..a0cc1bb 100644
--- a/fuelclient/commands/environment.py
+++ b/fuelclient/commands/environment.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 
 from cliff import show
 
-from fuelclient.cli import error
 from fuelclient.commands import base
 from fuelclient.common import data_utils
 
@@ -182,13 +181,15 @@ class EnvAddNodes(EnvMixIn, base.BaseCommand):
 
         parser.add_argument('-n',
                             '--nodes',
-                            type=str,
+                            type=int,
+                            nargs='+',
                             required=True,
                             help='Ids of the nodes to add.')
 
         parser.add_argument('-r',
                             '--roles',
                             type=str,
+                            nargs='+',
                             required=True,
                             help='Target roles of the nodes.')
 
@@ -196,15 +197,10 @@ class EnvAddNodes(EnvMixIn, base.BaseCommand):
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         env_id = parsed_args.env
-        try:
-            nodes = [int(n) for n in parsed_args.nodes.split(',')]
-        except ValueError:
-            raise error.ArgumentException('All node ids should be '
-                                          'integer numbers.')
 
-        roles = parsed_args.roles.split(',')
-
-        self.client.add_nodes(environment_id=env_id, nodes=nodes, roles=roles)
+        self.client.add_nodes(environment_id=env_id,
+                              nodes=parsed_args.nodes,
+                              roles=parsed_args.roles)
 
         msg = 'Nodes {n} were added to the environment {e} with roles {r}\n'
         self.app.stdout.write(msg.format(n=parsed_args.nodes,
diff --git a/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_engine.py b/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_engine.py
index 9f8661d..0c08f3d 100644
--- a/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_engine.py
+++ b/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_engine.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import mock
 
 import fuelclient
 from fuelclient.cli import error
+from fuelclient.commands import environment as env
 from fuelclient import main as main_mod
 from fuelclient.tests import base
 
@@ -89,3 +90,40 @@ class BaseCLITest(base.UnitTestCase):
 
         self.exec_command_interactive(commands)
         m_find_command.assert_called_once_with(commands)
+
+    @mock.patch('cliff.formatters.table.TableFormatter.emit_list')
+    def test_lister_sorting(self, m_emit_list):
+        cmd = 'env list -s status net_provider'
+
+        raw_data = [{'id': 43,
+                     'status': 'STATUS 2',
+                     'name': 'Test env 2',
+                     'mode': 'ha_compact',
+                     'release_id': 2,
+                     'net_provider': 'nova'},
+
+                    {'id': 42,
+                     'status': 'STATUS 1',
+                     'name': 'Test env 1',
+                     'mode': 'ha_compact',
+                     'release_id': 2,
+                     'net_provider': 'nova'},
+
+                    {'id': 44,
+                     'status': 'STATUS 2',
+                     'name': 'Test env 3',
+                     'mode': 'ha_compact',
+                     'release_id': 2,
+                     'net_provider': 'neutron'}]
+
+        expected_order = [1, 2, 0]
+        expected_data = [[raw_data[i][prop] for prop in env.EnvList.columns]
+                         for i in expected_order]
+
+        self.m_client.get_all.return_value = raw_data
+
+        self.exec_command(cmd)
+        m_emit_list.assert_called_once_with(mock.ANY,
+                                            expected_data,
+                                            mock.ANY,
+                                            mock.ANY)
diff --git a/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_env.py b/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_env.py
index be50577..5bfecc9 100644
--- a/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_env.py
+++ b/fuelclient/tests/v2/unit/cli/test_env.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class TestEnvCommand(test_engine.BaseCLITest):
         self.m_client.deploy_changes.assert_called_once_with(42)
 
     def test_env_add_nodes(self):
-        args = 'env add nodes -e 42 -n 24,25 -r compute,cinder'
+        args = 'env add nodes -e 42 -n 24 25 -r compute cinder'
         self.exec_command(args)
 
         self.m_get_client.assert_called_once_with('environment', mock.ANY)