diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7b0a4759..3fb1cf63e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All changes to `doctl` will be documented in this file.
 ## [1.17.0] - UNRELEASED
 
  - #438 Remove need to opt-in to database commands. - @andrewsomething
+ - #420 Allow creating Volumes from a Snapshots. - @bentranter
 
 ## [1.16.0] - 2019-04-25
 
diff --git a/args.go b/args.go
index 7d0d38119..3d00f212e 100644
--- a/args.go
+++ b/args.go
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ const (
 	ArgVolumeDesc = "desc"
 	// ArgVolumeRegion is the region of a volume.
 	ArgVolumeRegion = "region"
+	// ArgVolumeSnapshot is the snapshot from which to create a volume.
+	ArgVolumeSnapshot = "snapshot"
 	// ArgVolumeFilesystemType is the filesystem type for a volume.
 	ArgVolumeFilesystemType = "fs-type"
 	// ArgVolumeFilesystemLabel is the filesystem label for a volume.
diff --git a/commands/displayers/volume.go b/commands/displayers/volume.go
index 796bcc0ea..aeaa8bd49 100644
--- a/commands/displayers/volume.go
+++ b/commands/displayers/volume.go
@@ -60,11 +60,14 @@ func (a *Volume) KV() []map[string]interface{} {
 			"ID":               volume.ID,
 			"Name":             volume.Name,
 			"Size":             strconv.FormatInt(volume.SizeGigaBytes, 10) + " GiB",
-			"Region":           volume.Region.Slug,
 			"Filesystem Type":  volume.FilesystemType,
 			"Filesystem Label": volume.FilesystemLabel,
 			"Tags":             strings.Join(volume.Tags, ","),
 		}
+		m["Region"] = ""
+		if volume.Region != nil {
+			m["Region"] = volume.Region.Slug
+		}
 		m["DropletIDs"] = ""
 		if len(volume.DropletIDs) != 0 {
 			m["DropletIDs"] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", volume.DropletIDs)
diff --git a/commands/volumes.go b/commands/volumes.go
index ce934cbf1..57a912c6d 100644
--- a/commands/volumes.go
+++ b/commands/volumes.go
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ func Volume() *Command {
 	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeSize, "", "4TiB", "Volume size",
 		requiredOpt())
 	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeDesc, "", "", "Volume description")
-	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeRegion, "", "", "Volume region",
-		requiredOpt())
+	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeRegion, "", "", "Volume region; should not be specified with a snapshot")
+	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeSnapshot, "", "", "Volume snapshot; should not specified with a region")
 	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeFilesystemType, "", "", "Volume filesystem type (ext4 or xfs)")
 	AddStringFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgVolumeFilesystemLabel, "", "", "Volume filesystem label")
 	AddStringSliceFlag(cmdVolumeCreate, doctl.ArgTag, "", []string{}, "tags to apply to the volume; comma separate or repeat --tag to add multiple tags at once")
@@ -147,7 +147,16 @@ func RunVolumeCreate(c *CmdConfig) error {
 	region, err := c.Doit.GetString(c.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeRegion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
+	}
+
+	snapshotID, err := c.Doit.GetString(c.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeSnapshot)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
+	if region == "" && snapshotID == "" {
+		errorMsg := fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s || %s.%s", c.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeRegion, c.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeSnapshot)
+		return doctl.NewMissingArgsErr(errorMsg)
 	}
 
 	fsType, err := c.Doit.GetString(c.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeFilesystemType)
@@ -170,6 +179,7 @@ func RunVolumeCreate(c *CmdConfig) error {
 	createVolume.SizeGigaBytes = int64(size / (1 << 30))
 	createVolume.Description = desc
 	createVolume.Region = region
+	createVolume.SnapshotID = snapshotID
 	createVolume.FilesystemType = fsType
 	createVolume.FilesystemLabel = fsLabel
 	createVolume.Tags = tags
diff --git a/commands/volumes_test.go b/commands/volumes_test.go
index 84492d0b6..bfe861228 100644
--- a/commands/volumes_test.go
+++ b/commands/volumes_test.go
@@ -109,6 +109,29 @@ func TestVolumeCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestVolumeCreateFromSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
+	withTestClient(t, func(config *CmdConfig, tm *tcMocks) {
+		tcr := godo.VolumeCreateRequest{
+			Name:          "test-volume",
+			SizeGigaBytes: 100,
+			SnapshotID:    "ed6414f7-7873-4dd2-90cf-f4f354c293e6",
+			Description:   "test description",
+			Tags:          []string{"one", "two"},
+		}
+		tm.volumes.On("CreateVolume", &tcr).Return(&testVolume, nil)
+
+		config.Args = append(config.Args, "test-volume")
+
+		config.Doit.Set(config.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeSnapshot, "ed6414f7-7873-4dd2-90cf-f4f354c293e6")
+		config.Doit.Set(config.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeSize, "100GiB")
+		config.Doit.Set(config.NS, doctl.ArgVolumeDesc, "test description")
+		config.Doit.Set(config.NS, doctl.ArgTag, []string{"one", "two"})
+
+		err := RunVolumeCreate(config)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestVolumesDelete(t *testing.T) {
 	withTestClient(t, func(config *CmdConfig, tm *tcMocks) {
 		tm.volumes.On("DeleteVolume", "test-volume").Return(nil)