diff --git a/cccli/command.py b/cccli/command.py
index 8acf5acfe6ae1354504d49baf445ea31f440a532..756bdfdafdd47dcb805475ff69c88579098b2f3d 100644
--- a/cccli/command.py
+++ b/cccli/command.py
@@ -314,13 +314,13 @@ class Command(object):
 
     def cmd_addaccount(self, argv):
         '''Create an account'''
-        if len(argv) != 2:
+        if len(argv) != 3:
             raise cmdBadArgument()
         try:
-            self.cli.rpc.addaccount(argv[1])
+            self.cli.rpc.addaccount(argv[1], argv[2])
         except RpcError as e:
             raise cmdError("RPCError: %s"%str(e))
-    cmd_addaccount.usage = "addaccount <name>"
+    cmd_addaccount.usage = "addaccount <name> <role>"
 
     def cmd_delaccount(self, argv):
         '''Delete an account'''