diff --git a/src/vnet/lisp-cp/one_cli.c b/src/vnet/lisp-cp/one_cli.c
index 7823ea1..70d755b 100644
--- a/src/vnet/lisp-cp/one_cli.c
+++ b/src/vnet/lisp-cp/one_cli.c
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@
 	    }
 	  locator_set_index = p[0];
 	}
+      else if (unformat (line_input, "authoritative"))
+	a->authoritative = 1;
       else
 	{
 	  error = unformat_parse_error (line_input);