diff --git a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_strategy_shell.py b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_strategy_shell.py
index f9d3787..03d110e 100644
--- a/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_strategy_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/tests/v1/test_strategy_shell.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ STRATEGY_1 = {
     'name': 'basic',
     'display_name': 'Basic consolidation',
     'goal_uuid': 'fc087747-61be-4aad-8126-b701731ae836',
+    'goal_name': 'SERVER_CONSOLIDATION',
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ STRATEGY_2 = {
     'name': 'dummy',
     'display_name': 'Dummy',
     'goal_uuid': '407b03b1-63c6-49b2-adaf-4df5c0090047',
+    'goal_name': 'DUMMY',
     'created_at': datetime.datetime.now().isoformat(),
     'updated_at': None,
     'deleted_at': None,
@@ -102,13 +104,32 @@ class StrategyShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
 
         self.m_strategy_mgr.list.assert_called_once_with(detail=True)
 
-    def test_do_strategy_list_filter_by_goal(self):
+    def test_do_strategy_list_filter_by_goal_name(self):
+        strategy2 = resource.Strategy(mock.Mock(), STRATEGY_2)
+        self.m_strategy_mgr.list.return_value = [strategy2]
+
+        exit_code, results = self.run_cmd(
+            'strategy list --goal '
+            'DUMMY')
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, exit_code)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            [self.resource_as_dict(strategy2, self.SHORT_LIST_FIELDS,
+                                   self.SHORT_LIST_FIELD_LABELS)],
+            results)
+
+        self.m_strategy_mgr.list.assert_called_once_with(
+            detail=False,
+            goal='DUMMY',
+        )
+
+    def test_do_strategy_list_filter_by_goal_uuid(self):
         strategy1 = resource.Strategy(mock.Mock(), STRATEGY_1)
         self.m_strategy_mgr.list.return_value = [strategy1]
 
         exit_code, results = self.run_cmd(
-            'strategy list --goal-uuid '
-            '770ef053-ecb3-48b0-85b5-d55a2dbc6588')
+            'strategy list --goal '
+            'fc087747-61be-4aad-8126-b701731ae836')
 
         self.assertEqual(0, exit_code)
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -118,7 +139,7 @@ class StrategyShellTest(base.CommandTestCase):
 
         self.m_strategy_mgr.list.assert_called_once_with(
             detail=False,
-            goal_uuid='770ef053-ecb3-48b0-85b5-d55a2dbc6588',
+            goal='fc087747-61be-4aad-8126-b701731ae836',
         )
 
     def test_do_strategy_show_by_uuid(self):
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/strategy.py b/watcherclient/v1/strategy.py
index f3d2764..9487c0b 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/strategy.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/strategy.py
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ class StrategyManager(base.Manager):
         return ('/v1/strategies/%s' % strategy
                 if strategy else '/v1/strategies')
 
-    def list(self, goal_uuid=None, limit=None, sort_key=None,
+    def list(self, goal=None, limit=None, sort_key=None,
              sort_dir=None, detail=False):
         """Retrieve a list of strategy.
 
-        :param goal_uuid: The UUID of the goal to filter by
+        :param goal: The UUID of the goal to filter by
         :param limit: The maximum number of results to return per
                       request, if:
 
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ class StrategyManager(base.Manager):
 
         filters = utils.common_filters(limit, sort_key, sort_dir)
 
-        if goal_uuid:
-            filters.append(parse.urlencode(dict(goal_uuid=goal_uuid)))
+        if goal:
+            filters.append(parse.urlencode(dict(goal=goal)))
 
         path = ''
         if detail:
diff --git a/watcherclient/v1/strategy_shell.py b/watcherclient/v1/strategy_shell.py
index 2f29700..e25fb96 100644
--- a/watcherclient/v1/strategy_shell.py
+++ b/watcherclient/v1/strategy_shell.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ class ListStrategy(command.Lister):
     def get_parser(self, prog_name):
         parser = super(ListStrategy, self).get_parser(prog_name)
         parser.add_argument(
-            '--goal-uuid',
-            metavar='<goal_uuid>',
-            dest='goal_uuid',
-            help=_('UUID of the goal'))
+            '--goal',
+            metavar='<goal>',
+            dest='goal',
+            help=_('UUID or name of the goal'))
         parser.add_argument(
             '--detail',
             dest='detail',
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ class ListStrategy(command.Lister):
             fields = res_fields.STRATEGY_SHORT_LIST_FIELDS
             field_labels = res_fields.STRATEGY_SHORT_LIST_FIELD_LABELS
 
-        if parsed_args.goal_uuid:
-            params["goal_uuid"] = parsed_args.goal_uuid
+        if parsed_args.goal:
+            params["goal"] = parsed_args.goal
 
         params.update(
             common_utils.common_params_for_list(