diff --git a/heatclient/osc/v1/snapshot.py b/heatclient/osc/v1/snapshot.py
index 1ff1384a..79eea08d 100644
--- a/heatclient/osc/v1/snapshot.py
+++ b/heatclient/osc/v1/snapshot.py
@@ -52,7 +52,14 @@ class ListSnapshot(command.Lister):
             raise exc.CommandError(_('Stack not found: %s') %
                                    parsed_args.stack)
 
-        columns = ['id', 'name', 'status', 'status_reason', 'creation_time']
+        columns = [
+            'id',
+            'name',
+            'action',
+            'status',
+            'status_reason',
+            'creation_time'
+        ]
         return (
             columns,
             (utils.get_dict_properties(s, columns)
@@ -168,6 +175,7 @@ class CreateSnapshot(command.ShowOne):
         columns = [
             'ID',
             'name',
+            'action',
             'status',
             'status_reason',
             'data',
diff --git a/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_snapshot.py b/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_snapshot.py
index d22dee89..e65449c4 100644
--- a/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_snapshot.py
+++ b/heatclient/tests/unit/osc/v1/test_snapshot.py
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class TestRestoreSnapshot(TestStack):
 
 class TestSnapshotCreate(TestStack):
     get_response = {
+        "action": "CREATE",
         "status": "IN_PROGRESS",
         "name": "test_snapshot",
         "status_reason": None,
diff --git a/heatclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py b/heatclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
index fffef6cc..322b6f76 100644
--- a/heatclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
+++ b/heatclient/tests/unit/test_shell.py
@@ -2124,6 +2124,7 @@ class ShellTestUserPass(ShellBase):
         resp_dict = {"snapshots": [{
             "id": "2",
             "name": "snap1",
+            "action": "CREATE",
             "status": "COMPLETE",
             "status_reason": "",
             "creation_time": "2014-12-05T01:25:52Z"
@@ -2136,6 +2137,7 @@ class ShellTestUserPass(ShellBase):
         required = [
             'id',
             'name',
+            'action',
             'status',
             'status_reason',
             'creation_time',
diff --git a/heatclient/v1/shell.py b/heatclient/v1/shell.py
index f3cb69fa..12ee3f70 100644
--- a/heatclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/heatclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -1684,10 +1684,13 @@ def do_snapshot_list(hc, args):
     except exc.HTTPNotFound:
         raise exc.CommandError(_('Stack not found: %s') % args.id)
     else:
-        fields = ['id', 'name', 'status', 'status_reason', 'creation_time']
+        fields = [
+            'id', 'name', 'action', 'status', 'status_reason', 'creation_time'
+        ]
         formatters = {
             'id': lambda x: x['id'],
             'name': lambda x: x['name'],
+            'action': lambda x: x['action'],
             'status': lambda x: x['status'],
             'status_reason': lambda x: x['status_reason'],
             'creation_time': lambda x: x['creation_time'],
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/snapshot-action-a8ead3d9d0285a54.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/snapshot-action-a8ead3d9d0285a54.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..70bd8372
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/snapshot-action-a8ead3d9d0285a54.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    The follwoing commands now shows the new `action` field.
+
+    - ``openstack stack snapshot list <stack>``
+    - ``openstack stack snapshot show <stack> <snapshot>``