diff --git a/cue/manage/broker.py b/cue/manage/broker.py
index 60eceabc..cdd0f519 100644
--- a/cue/manage/broker.py
+++ b/cue/manage/broker.py
@@ -51,7 +51,17 @@ class BrokerCommands(base.Commands):
             'active': status,
         }
         broker = objects.Broker(**broker_values)
-        broker.create_broker(self.context)
+        new_broker = broker.create_broker(self.context)
+
+        new_broker_table = prettytable.PrettyTable(
+            ["Broker id", "Broker Name", "Active", "Created Time",
+             "Updated Time", "Deleted Time", ])
+        new_broker_table.add_row(
+            [new_broker.id, new_broker.name, new_broker.active,
+             new_broker.created_at, new_broker.updated_at,
+             new_broker.deleted_at])
+        print(new_broker_table)
+        return new_broker
 
     def list(self):
         """List all the brokers."""
diff --git a/cue/objects/broker.py b/cue/objects/broker.py
index bfe9501b..5760426b 100644
--- a/cue/objects/broker.py
+++ b/cue/objects/broker.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Broker(base.CueObject):
         broker_values = self.as_dict()
         db_broker = self.dbapi.create_broker(context, broker_values)
 
-        self._from_db_object(self, db_broker)
+        return self._from_db_object(self, db_broker)
 
     def delete_broker(self, context):
         """Deletes a Broker object for specified broker_id.
diff --git a/cue/tests/functional/objects/test_broker.py b/cue/tests/functional/objects/test_broker.py
index 17b70b6b..cafba752 100644
--- a/cue/tests/functional/objects/test_broker.py
+++ b/cue/tests/functional/objects/test_broker.py
@@ -102,11 +102,7 @@ class BrokerObjectsTests(base.FunctionalTestCase):
         test_broker_dict = func_utils.get_test_broker_dict()
         new_broker = objects.Broker(**test_broker_dict)
         self.validate_broker_values(new_broker, test_broker_dict)
-        new_broker.create_broker(self.context)
-        # retrieve created broker
-        broker_query = sqlalchemy_api.model_query(
-            self.context, models.Broker).filter_by(id=test_broker_dict['id'])
-        retrieved_broker = broker_query.one()
+        retrieved_broker = new_broker.create_broker(self.context)
 
         self.validate_broker_values(new_broker, retrieved_broker)
 
diff --git a/cue/tests/unit/manage/broker/test_broker.py b/cue/tests/unit/manage/broker/test_broker.py
index 480f5158..2207d383 100644
--- a/cue/tests/unit/manage/broker/test_broker.py
+++ b/cue/tests/unit/manage/broker/test_broker.py
@@ -80,6 +80,35 @@ class TestBroker(test_base.UnitTestCase):
 
         mock_add_broker.assert_called_once_with(self.cue_manage_broker.context)
 
+    def test_broker_add_check_result(self):
+        """Test 'cue-manage broker add' return value
+
+        Mocks the cue/objects/broker.py create_broker() call to return a fake
+        broker object with specific attributes and asserts that broker object
+        is printed to std_out
+        """
+        broker_name = "test_broker"
+        active_status = "True"
+
+        fake_broker = FakeBroker('test_id', broker_name, active_status,
+                                 'test_created_at', 'test_updated_at',
+                                 'test_deleted_at')
+
+        with stdout_redirect(StringIO.StringIO()) as new_stdout:
+            with mock.patch.object(
+                    broker.Broker, 'create_broker') as mock_create_broker:
+
+                mock_create_broker.return_value = fake_broker
+
+                self.cue_manage_broker.add(broker_name, active_status)
+
+        new_stdout.seek(0)
+        std_out = new_stdout.read().strip()
+        fake_broker_dict = fake_broker.__dict__
+
+        for key in fake_broker_dict:
+            self.assertIn(fake_broker_dict[key], std_out)
+
     def test_broker_list(self):
         """Test 'cue-manage broker list'