diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/servers.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/servers.py
index 7232fb589..9822fa5b0 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/servers.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/fixture_data/servers.py
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ class V1(Base):
         if 'personality' in body['server']:
             for pfile in body['server']['personality']:
                 fakes.assert_has_keys(pfile, required=['path', 'contents'])
+        if ('return_reservation_id' in body['server'].keys() and
+                body['server']['return_reservation_id']):
+            return {'reservation_id': 'r-3fhpjulh'}
         if body['server']['name'] == 'some-bad-server':
             body = self.server_1235
         else:
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_servers.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_servers.py
index b750e1264..863368574 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_servers.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_servers.py
@@ -390,6 +390,17 @@ class ServersTest(utils.FixturedTestCase):
     def test_create_server_disk_config_manual(self):
         self._create_disk_config('MANUAL')
 
+    def test_create_server_return_reservation_id(self):
+        s = self.cs.servers.create(
+            name="My server",
+            image=1,
+            flavor=1,
+            reservation_id=True,
+            nics=self._get_server_create_default_nics()
+        )
+        self.assert_request_id(s, fakes.FAKE_REQUEST_ID_LIST)
+        self.assert_called('POST', '/servers')
+
     def test_update_server(self):
         s = self.cs.servers.get(1234)
 
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/servers.py b/novaclient/v2/servers.py
index ef94b8c92..4c38ed700 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/servers.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/servers.py
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ class ServerManager(base.BootingManagerWithFind):
 
     def _boot(self, resource_url, response_key, name, image, flavor,
               meta=None, files=None, userdata=None,
-              reservation_id=None, return_raw=False, min_count=None,
+              reservation_id=False, return_raw=False, min_count=None,
               max_count=None, security_groups=None, key_name=None,
               availability_zone=None, block_device_mapping=None,
               block_device_mapping_v2=None, nics=None, scheduler_hints=None,
@@ -695,7 +695,8 @@ class ServerManager(base.BootingManagerWithFind):
         if meta:
             body["server"]["metadata"] = meta
         if reservation_id:
-            body["server"]["reservation_id"] = reservation_id
+            body["server"]["return_reservation_id"] = reservation_id
+            return_raw = True
         if key_name:
             body["server"]["key_name"] = key_name
         if scheduler_hints:
@@ -1278,7 +1279,7 @@ class ServerManager(base.BootingManagerWithFind):
                              type(nics))
 
     def create(self, name, image, flavor, meta=None, files=None,
-               reservation_id=None, min_count=None,
+               reservation_id=False, min_count=None,
                max_count=None, security_groups=None, userdata=None,
                key_name=None, availability_zone=None,
                block_device_mapping=None, block_device_mapping_v2=None,
@@ -1300,7 +1301,8 @@ class ServerManager(base.BootingManagerWithFind):
                       are the file contents (either as a string or as a
                       file-like object). A maximum of five entries is allowed,
                       and each file must be 10k or less.
-        :param reservation_id: a UUID for the set of servers being requested.
+        :param reservation_id: return a reservation_id for the set of
+                               servers being requested, boolean.
         :param min_count: (optional extension) The minimum number of
                           servers to launch.
         :param max_count: (optional extension) The maximum number of
@@ -1399,7 +1401,7 @@ class ServerManager(base.BootingManagerWithFind):
         if nics:
             boot_kwargs['nics'] = nics
 
-        response_key = "server"
+        response_key = "server" if not reservation_id else "reservation_id"
         return self._boot(resource_url, response_key, *boot_args,
                           **boot_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/shell.py b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
index 670c717a7..708a649bf 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/shell.py
@@ -525,7 +525,8 @@ def _boot(cs, args):
         config_drive=config_drive,
         admin_pass=args.admin_pass,
         access_ip_v4=args.access_ip_v4,
-        access_ip_v6=args.access_ip_v6)
+        access_ip_v6=args.access_ip_v6,
+        reservation_id=args.return_reservation_id)
 
     if 'description' in args:
         boot_kwargs["description"] = args.description
@@ -887,6 +888,12 @@ def _boot(cs, args):
     help=_('Tags for the server.'
            'Tags must be separated by commas: --tags <tag1,tag2>'),
     start_version="2.52")
+@utils.arg(
+    '--return-reservation-id',
+    dest='return_reservation_id',
+    action="store_true",
+    default=False,
+    help=_("Return a reservation id bound to created servers."))
 def do_boot(cs, args):
     """Boot a new server."""
     boot_args, boot_kwargs = _boot(cs, args)
@@ -895,7 +902,12 @@ def do_boot(cs, args):
     boot_kwargs.update(extra_boot_kwargs)
 
     server = cs.servers.create(*boot_args, **boot_kwargs)
-    _print_server(cs, args, server)
+    if boot_kwargs['reservation_id']:
+        new_server = {'reservation_id': server}
+        utils.print_dict(new_server)
+        return
+    else:
+        _print_server(cs, args, server)
 
     if args.poll:
         _poll_for_status(cs.servers.get, server.id, 'building', ['active'])