diff --git a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/floatingip.py b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/floatingip.py
index f52e52a77..d1fc9f466 100644
--- a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/floatingip.py
+++ b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/floatingip.py
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class CreateFloatingIP(neutronV20.CreateCommand):
         parser.add_argument(
             '--fixed_ip_address',
             help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '--floating-ip-address',
+            help=_('IP address of the floating IP'))
 
     def args2body(self, parsed_args):
         _network_id = neutronV20.find_resourceid_by_name_or_id(
@@ -73,6 +76,9 @@ class CreateFloatingIP(neutronV20.CreateCommand):
         if parsed_args.fixed_ip_address:
             body[self.resource].update({'fixed_ip_address':
                                         parsed_args.fixed_ip_address})
+        if parsed_args.floating_ip_address:
+            body[self.resource].update({'floating_ip_address':
+                                        parsed_args.floating_ip_address})
         return body
 
 
diff --git a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_floatingips.py b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_floatingips.py
index 3a98e2cf6..92f527a4b 100644
--- a/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_floatingips.py
+++ b/neutronclient/tests/unit/test_cli20_floatingips.py
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ class CLITestV20FloatingIpsJSON(test_cli20.CLITestV20Base):
         self._test_create_resource(resource, cmd, name, myid, args,
                                    position_names, position_values)
 
+    def test_create_floatingip_with_ip_address_of_floating_ip(self):
+        """Create floatingip: fip1 with a given IP address of floating IP."""
+        resource = 'floatingip'
+        cmd = fip.CreateFloatingIP(test_cli20.MyApp(sys.stdout), None)
+        name = 'fip1'
+        myid = 'myid'
+        addr = '10.0.0.99'
+
+        args = [name, '--floating-ip-address', addr]
+        position_values = [name, addr]
+        position_names = ['floating_network_id', 'floating_ip_address']
+        self._test_create_resource(resource, cmd, name, myid, args,
+                                   position_names, position_values)
+
     def test_list_floatingips(self):
         """list floatingips: -D."""
         resources = 'floatingips'