diff --git a/vitrageclient/common/utils.py b/vitrageclient/common/utils.py
index 964a79c..bdff905 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/common/utils.py
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@ def import_versioned_module(version, submodule=None):
     if submodule:
         module = '.'.join((module, submodule))
     return importutils.import_module(module)
+
+
+def args_to_dict(args, attrs):
+    return {(attr, value)
+            for attr, value in [(attr, getattr(args, attr)) for attr in attrs]
+            if value is not None}
diff --git a/vitrageclient/v1/cli/topology.py b/vitrageclient/v1/cli/topology.py
index 91198f4..fd1dd43 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/v1/cli/topology.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/v1/cli/topology.py
@@ -15,10 +15,27 @@ from cliff import show
 
 # noinspection PyAbstractClass
 class TopologyShow(show.ShowOne):
+    """Show the topology of the system"""
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(TopologyShow, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument("--edges",
+                            type=lambda s: [edge for edge in s.split(',')],
+                            metavar="<edge type,edge type>",
+                            help="list of edges type (separated by ',')")
+        parser.add_argument("--vertices",
+                            type=lambda s: [vertex for vertex in s.split(',')],
+                            metavar="<vertex type,vertex type>",
+                            help="list of vertices types (separated by ',')")
+        parser.add_argument("--depth", type=int,
+                            help="the depth of the topology")
+        return parser
 
     def formatter_default(self):
         return "json"
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
-        topology = self.app.client.topology.get()
+        topology = self.app.client.topology.get(edges=parsed_args.edges,
+                                                vertices=parsed_args.vertices,
+                                                depth=parsed_args.depth)
         return self.dict2columns(topology)
diff --git a/vitrageclient/v1/topology.py b/vitrageclient/v1/topology.py
index 55d573b..c7a0602 100644
--- a/vitrageclient/v1/topology.py
+++ b/vitrageclient/v1/topology.py
@@ -17,7 +17,13 @@ class Topology(object):
     def __init__(self, api):
         self.api = api
 
-    def get(self):
-        """Get a topology """
+    def get(self, edges=None, vertices=None, depth=None):
+        """Get a topology
 
-        return self.api.get(self.URL).json()
+        :param depth: the depth of the topology graph
+        :param vertices: list of vertices types
+        :param edges: list of edges type
+        """
+
+        params = dict(edges=edges, vertices=vertices, depth=depth)
+        return self.api.get(self.URL, params=params).json()