diff --git a/maxctrl/maxctrl_core/lib/create.js b/maxctrl/maxctrl_core/lib/create.js
index 40a8d3064..4cacba607 100644
--- a/maxctrl/maxctrl_core/lib/create.js
+++ b/maxctrl/maxctrl_core/lib/create.js
@@ -82,7 +82,15 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
             describe: 'Link the created monitor to these servers',
             type: 'array'
         })
-        .command('monitor <name> <module>', 'Create a new server', {}, function(argv) {
+        .option('monitor-user', {
+            describe: 'Username for the monitor user',
+            type: 'string'
+        })
+        .option('monitor-password', {
+            describe: 'Password for the monitor user',
+            type: 'string'
+        })
+        .command('monitor <name> <module>', 'Create a new monitor', {}, function(argv) {
 
             var monitor = {
                 'data': {
@@ -99,6 +107,13 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
                 }
             }
 
+            if (argv.monitorUser) {
+                _.set(monitor, 'data.attributes.parameters.user', argv.monitorUser)
+            }
+            if (argv.monitorPassword) {
+                _.set(monitor, 'data.attributes.parameters.password', argv.monitorPassword)
+            }
+
             maxctrl(argv, function(host) {
                 return doRequest(host, 'monitors', null, {method: 'POST', body: monitor})
             })
@@ -132,7 +147,7 @@ exports.builder = function(yargs) {
             describe: 'TLS certificate verification depth',
             type: 'string'
         })
-        .command('listener <service> <name> <port>', 'Create a new server', {}, function(argv) {
+        .command('listener <service> <name> <port>', 'Create a new listener', {}, function(argv) {
 
             var listener = {
                 'data': {