diff --git a/client/client.go b/client/client.go
index 9fe45b878f2..6783bcc45d8 100644
--- a/client/client.go
+++ b/client/client.go
@@ -355,14 +355,16 @@ type CreateUserResult struct {
 
 // createUserRequest holds the user creation request
 type createUserRequest struct {
-	EMail string `json:"email"`
+	EMail  string `json:"email"`
+	Sudoer bool   `json:"sudoer"`
 }
 
 // CreateUser creates a user from the given mail address
 func (client *Client) CreateUser(mail string, sudoer bool) (*CreateUserResult, error) {
 	var createResult CreateUserResult
 	b, err := json.Marshal(createUserRequest{
-		EMail: mail,
+		EMail:  mail,
+		Sudoer: sudoer,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/client/client_test.go b/client/client_test.go
index 4874d6ad2ed..185e9c6ff61 100644
--- a/client/client_test.go
+++ b/client/client_test.go
@@ -282,15 +282,17 @@ func (cs *clientSuite) TestClientCreateUser(c *check.C) {
 	cs.rsp = `{
 		"type": "sync",
 		"result": {
-                        "username": "karl"
+                        "username": "karl",
+                        "ssh_key_count": 1
 		}
 	}`
-	rsp, err := cs.cli.CreateUser("popper@lse.ac.uk")
+	rsp, err := cs.cli.CreateUser("popper@lse.ac.uk", true)
 	c.Assert(cs.req.Method, check.Equals, "POST")
 	c.Assert(cs.req.URL.Path, check.Equals, "/v2/create-user")
 	c.Assert(err, check.IsNil)
 	c.Assert(rsp, check.DeepEquals, &client.CreateUserResult{
-		Username: "karl",
+		Username:    "karl",
+		SshKeyCount: 1,
 	})
 }