diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
index d72ba894..912400a1 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_backups.py
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ class BackupManagerTest(testtools.TestCase):
         self.backups.create(**args)
         create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
 
+    def test_create_incremental(self):
+        create_mock = mock.Mock()
+        self.backups._create = create_mock
+        args = {'name': 'test_backup', 'instance': '1', 'parent_id': 'foo'}
+        body = {'backup': args}
+        self.backups.create(**args)
+        create_mock.assert_called_with('/backups', body, 'backup')
+
     def test_list(self):
         page_mock = mock.Mock()
         self.backups._paginated = page_mock
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/backups.py b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
index 0b23e346..bf2c8ea1 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/backups.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class Backups(base.ManagerWithFind):
         """
         return self._paginated("/backups", "backups", limit, marker)
 
-    def create(self, name, instance, description=None):
+    def create(self, name, instance, description=None, parent_id=None):
         """
         Create a new backup from the given instance.
         """
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ class Backups(base.ManagerWithFind):
         }
         if description:
             body['backup']['description'] = description
+        if parent_id:
+            body['backup']['parent_id'] = parent_id
         return self._create("/backups", body, "backup")
 
     def delete(self, backup_id):
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index 21b82f29..028ce4bf 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@ def do_backup_list_instance(cs, args):
     while wrapper.next and not args.limit:
         wrapper = cs.instances.backups(args.instance, marker=wrapper.next)
         backups += wrapper.items
-    utils.print_list(backups, ['id', 'name', 'status', 'updated'],
+    utils.print_list(backups, ['id', 'name', 'status',
+                               'parent_id', 'updated'],
                      order_by='updated')
 
 
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ def do_backup_list(cs, args):
         wrapper = cs.backups.list(marker=wrapper.next)
         backups += wrapper.items
     utils.print_list(backups, ['id', 'instance_id', 'name',
-                               'status', 'updated'],
+                               'status', 'parent_id', 'updated'],
                      order_by='updated')
 
 
@@ -296,11 +297,15 @@ def do_backup_delete(cs, args):
 @utils.arg('--description', metavar='<description>',
            default=None,
            help='An optional description for the backup.')
+@utils.arg('--parent', metavar='<parent>', default=None,
+           help='Optional UUID of the parent backup to preform an'
+           ' incremental backup from.')
 @utils.service_type('database')
 def do_backup_create(cs, args):
     """Creates a backup."""
     backup = cs.backups.create(args.name, args.instance,
-                               description=args.description)
+                               description=args.description,
+                               parent_id=args.parent)
     _print_instance(backup)