diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index f7dbab68f..2004ae5b1 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.run_command('backup-create 1234')
         self.assert_called('POST', '/backups')
 
+    def test_backup_incremental(self):
+        self.run_command('backup-create 1234 --incremental')
+        self.assert_called('POST', '/backups')
+
     def test_restore(self):
         self.run_command('backup-restore 1234')
         self.assert_called('POST', '/backups/1234/restore')
diff --git a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
index 106b828ec..1b77b9ca8 100644
--- a/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
+++ b/cinderclient/tests/unit/v2/test_volume_backups.py
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ class VolumeBackupsTest(utils.TestCase):
         cs.backups.create('2b695faf-b963-40c8-8464-274008fbcef4')
         cs.assert_called('POST', '/backups')
 
+    def test_create_full(self):
+        cs.backups.create('2b695faf-b963-40c8-8464-274008fbcef4',
+                          None, None, False)
+        cs.assert_called('POST', '/backups')
+
+    def test_create_incremental(self):
+        cs.backups.create('2b695faf-b963-40c8-8464-274008fbcef4',
+                          None, None, True)
+        cs.assert_called('POST', '/backups')
+
     def test_get(self):
         backup_id = '76a17945-3c6f-435c-975b-b5685db10b62'
         cs.backups.get(backup_id)
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
index c7ace8009..f9efb7fc0 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -1150,6 +1150,10 @@ def do_retype(cs, args):
            metavar='<description>',
            default=None,
            help='Backup description. Default=None.')
+@utils.arg('--incremental',
+           action='store_true',
+           help='Incremental backup. Default=False.',
+           default=False)
 @utils.service_type('volumev2')
 def do_backup_create(cs, args):
     """Creates a volume backup."""
@@ -1163,7 +1167,8 @@ def do_backup_create(cs, args):
     backup = cs.backups.create(volume.id,
                                args.container,
                                args.name,
-                               args.description)
+                               args.description,
+                               args.incremental)
 
     info = {"volume_id": volume.id}
     info.update(backup._info)
diff --git a/cinderclient/v2/volume_backups.py b/cinderclient/v2/volume_backups.py
index a948b5ee0..faee6b177 100644
--- a/cinderclient/v2/volume_backups.py
+++ b/cinderclient/v2/volume_backups.py
@@ -35,19 +35,22 @@ class VolumeBackupManager(base.ManagerWithFind):
     resource_class = VolumeBackup
 
     def create(self, volume_id, container=None,
-               name=None, description=None):
+               name=None, description=None,
+               incremental=False):
         """Creates a volume backup.
 
         :param volume_id: The ID of the volume to backup.
         :param container: The name of the backup service container.
         :param name: The name of the backup.
         :param description: The description of the backup.
+        :param incremental: Incremental backup.
         :rtype: :class:`VolumeBackup`
         """
         body = {'backup': {'volume_id': volume_id,
                            'container': container,
                            'name': name,
-                           'description': description}}
+                           'description': description,
+                           'incremental': incremental}}
         return self._create('/backups', body, 'backup')
 
     def get(self, backup_id):