diff --git a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
index d4dbcb5..1bc377f 100644
--- a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_audit_shell.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ AUDIT_1 = {
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
+    'period': 3600,
 }
 
 AUDIT_2 = {
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ AUDIT_2 = {
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
+    'period': 3600,
 }
 
 
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT')
+            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_audit_template_name(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT')
+            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_deadline(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -259,7 +261,8 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
             type='ONESHOT',
-            deadline='2016-04-28T10:48:32.064802')
+            deadline='2016-04-28T10:48:32.064802',
+            period=3600)
 
     def test_do_audit_create_with_type(self):
         audit = resource.Audit(mock.Mock(), AUDIT_1)
@@ -276,4 +279,4 @@ class AuditShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
             result)
         self.m_audit_mgr.create.assert_called_once_with(
             audit_template_uuid='f8e47706-efcf-49a4-a5c4-af604eb492f2',
-            type='ONESHOT')
+            type='ONESHOT', period=3600)
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/audit.py b/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
index 830e67c..2b2d434 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/audit.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from watcherclient.common import base
 from watcherclient.common import utils
 from watcherclient import exceptions as exc
 
-CREATION_ATTRIBUTES = ['audit_template_uuid', 'deadline', 'type']
+CREATION_ATTRIBUTES = ['audit_template_uuid', 'deadline', 'type', 'period']
 
 
 class Audit(base.Resource):
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py b/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
index c3da48d..a38a05b 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/audit_shell.py
@@ -132,13 +132,19 @@ class CreateAudit(command.ShowOne):
             metavar='<type>',
             default='ONESHOT',
             help=_("Audit type."))
+        parser.add_argument(
+            '-p', '--period',
+            dest='period',
+            metavar='<period>',
+            default=3600,
+            help=_("Audit period."))
 
         return parser
 
     def take_action(self, parsed_args):
         client = getattr(self.app.client_manager, "infra-optim")
 
-        field_list = ['audit_template_uuid', 'type', 'deadline']
+        field_list = ['audit_template_uuid', 'type', 'deadline', 'period']
         fields = dict((k, v) for (k, v) in vars(parsed_args).items()
                       if k in field_list and v is not None)
         if fields.get('audit_template_uuid'):
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py b/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
index b4e0299..3754da9 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/resource_fields.py
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ AUDIT_TEMPLATE_SHORT_LIST_FIELD_LABELS = ['UUID', 'Name']
 # Audit
 AUDIT_FIELDS = ['uuid', 'created_at', 'updated_at', 'deleted_at',
                 'deadline', 'state', 'type', 'audit_template_uuid',
-                'audit_template_name']
+                'audit_template_name', 'period']
 
 AUDIT_FIELD_LABELS = ['UUID', 'Created At', 'Updated At', 'Deleted At',
                       'Deadline', 'State', 'Type', 'Audit Template uuid',
-                      'Audit Template Name']
+                      'Audit Template Name', 'Period']
 
 AUDIT_SHORT_LIST_FIELDS = ['uuid', 'type', 'audit_template_name', 'state']