diff --git a/doc/manpages/qvm-create.rst b/doc/manpages/qvm-create.rst
index c5ec3cee..c287b4b6 100644
--- a/doc/manpages/qvm-create.rst
+++ b/doc/manpages/qvm-create.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ Options
    Use provided :file:`root.img` instead of default/empty one (file will be
    *moved*). This option is mutually exclusive with :option:`--root-copy-from`.
 
+.. option:: --pool=POOL_NAME:VOLUME_NAME, -P POOL_NAME:VOLUME_NAME
+
+    Specify the pool to use for a volume
+
 Options for internal use
 ------------------------
 
@@ -71,5 +75,6 @@ Authors
 | Rafal Wojtczuk <rafal at invisiblethingslab dot com>
 | Marek Marczykowski <marmarek at invisiblethingslab dot com>
 | Wojtek Porczyk <woju at invisiblethingslab dot com>
+| Bahtiar `kalkin-` Gadimov <bahtiar at gadimov dot de> 
 
 .. vim: ts=3 sw=3 et tw=80
diff --git a/qubes/tools/qvm_create.py b/qubes/tools/qvm_create.py
index 3ee077d6..83f1fb35 100644
--- a/qubes/tools/qvm_create.py
+++ b/qubes/tools/qvm_create.py
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ parser.add_argument('--property', '--prop', '-p',
     action=qubes.tools.PropertyAction,
     help='set domain\'s property, like "internal", "memory" or "vcpus"')
 
-parser.add_argument('--pool-name', '--pool', '-P',
-    action=qubes.tools.SinglePropertyAction,
-    help='specify the storage pool to use')
+parser.add_argument('--pool', '-P',
+                    action='append',
+                    metavar='POOL_NAME:VOLUME_NAME',
+                    help='specify the pool to use for a volume')
 
 parser.add_argument('--template', '-t',
     action=qubes.tools.SinglePropertyAction,
@@ -79,6 +80,17 @@ parser.add_argument('name', metavar='VMNAME',
 def main(args=None):
     args = parser.parse_args(args)
 
+    if args.pool:
+        args.properties['volume_config'] = {}
+        for pool_vol in args.pool:
+            try:
+                pool_name, volume_name = pool_vol.split(':')
+                config = {'pool': pool_name, 'name': volume_name}
+                args.properties['volume_config'][volume_name] = config
+            except ValueError:
+                parser.error(
+                    'Pool argument must be of form: -P pool_name:volume_name')
+
     if 'label' not in args.properties:
         parser.error('--label option is mandatory')