diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/lookup.c b/src/vnet/ip/lookup.c
index 667c679..d9922f4 100755
--- a/src/vnet/ip/lookup.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/lookup.c
@@ -695,6 +695,7 @@
   unformat_input_t _line_input, *line_input = &_line_input;
   clib_error_t *error = NULL;
   u32 table_id, is_add;
+  u8 *name = NULL;
 
   is_add = 1;
   table_id = ~0;
@@ -711,6 +712,8 @@
 	is_add = 0;
       else if (unformat (line_input, "add"))
 	is_add = 1;
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "name %s", &name))
+	;
       else
 	{
 	  error = unformat_parse_error (line_input);
@@ -732,7 +735,7 @@
     {
       if (is_add)
 	{
-	  ip_table_create (fproto, table_id, 0);
+	  ip_table_create (fproto, table_id, 0, name);
 	}
       else
 	{