diff --git a/vmw_snapshot_create b/vmw_snapshot_create
index 3b60fad..90a930d 100755
--- a/vmw_snapshot_create
+++ b/vmw_snapshot_create
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ def get_args():
                         action='store',
                         help='snapshot name')
 
+    parser.add_argument('-m', '--memory',
+                        required=False,
+                        action='store_true',
+                        help='include vm memory')
+
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args
 
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ def main():
         exit(1)
 
     description = 'vmw_snapshot_create'
-    dump_memory = True
+    dump_memory = args.memory
     quiesce = False
 
     wait_for_task(vm.CreateSnapshot(