diff --git a/datadog/dogshell/monitor.py b/datadog/dogshell/monitor.py
index ddc207e5a..877e6cd06 100644
--- a/datadog/dogshell/monitor.py
+++ b/datadog/dogshell/monitor.py
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ def setup_parser(cls, subparsers):
         post_parser.add_argument(
             "--message", help="message to include with notifications" " for this monitor", default=None
         )
+        post_parser.add_argument(
+            "--restricted_roles", help="comma-separated list of unique role identifiers allowed to edit the monitor",
+            default=None
+        )
         post_parser.add_argument("--tags", help="comma-separated list of tags", default=None)
         post_parser.add_argument(
             "--priority",
@@ -74,6 +78,10 @@ def setup_parser(cls, subparsers):
             dest="query_opt",
         )
         update_parser.add_argument("--name", help="name of the alert", default=None)
+        update_parser.add_argument(
+            "--restricted_roles", help="comma-separated list of unique role identifiers allowed to edit the monitor",
+            default=None
+        )
         update_parser.add_argument("--tags", help="comma-separated list of tags", default=None)
         update_parser.add_argument(
             "--message", help="message to include with " "notifications for this monitor", default=None
@@ -151,6 +159,10 @@ def setup_parser(cls, subparsers):
         validate_parser.add_argument(
             "--message", help="message to include with notifications" " for this monitor", default=None
         )
+        validate_parser.add_argument(
+            "--restricted_roles", help="comma-separated list of unique role identifiers allowed to edit the monitor",
+            default=None
+        )
         validate_parser.add_argument("--tags", help="comma-separated list of tags", default=None)
         validate_parser.add_argument("--options", help="json options for the monitor", default=None)
         validate_parser.set_defaults(func=cls._validate)
@@ -168,6 +180,11 @@ def _post(cls, args):
         else:
             tags = None
 
+        if args.restricted_roles:
+            restricted_roles = sorted(set([rr.strip() for rr in args.restricted_roles.split(",") if rr.strip()]))
+        else:
+            restricted_roles = None
+
         body = {
             "type": args.type,
             "query": args.query,
@@ -177,6 +194,8 @@ def _post(cls, args):
         }
         if tags:
             body["tags"] = tags
+        if restricted_roles:
+            body["restricted_roles"] = restricted_roles
         if args.priority:
             body["priority"] = args.priority
 
@@ -200,6 +219,9 @@ def _file_post(cls, args):
             "message": monitor["message"],
             "options": monitor["options"]
         }
+        restricted_roles = monitor.get("restricted_roles", None)
+        if restricted_roles:
+            body["restricted_roles"] = restricted_roles
         tags = monitor.get("tags", None)
         if tags:
             body["tags"] = tags
@@ -245,6 +267,12 @@ def _update(cls, args):
             to_update["type"] = args.type_opt
         if args.query_opt:
             to_update["query"] = args.query_opt
+        if args.restricted_roles is not None:
+            if args.restricted_roles == "":
+                to_update["restricted_roles"] = None
+            else:
+                to_update["restricted_roles"] = sorted(
+                    set([rr.strip() for rr in args.restricted_roles.split(",") if rr.strip()]))
         if args.tags:
             to_update["tags"] = sorted(set([t.strip() for t in args.tags.split(",") if t.strip()]))
         if args.priority:
@@ -274,6 +302,10 @@ def _file_update(cls, args):
             "message": monitor["message"],
             "options": monitor["options"]
         }
+        # Default value is False to defferentiate between explicit None and not set
+        restricted_roles = monitor.get("restricted_roles", False)
+        if restricted_roles is not False:
+            body["restricted_roles"] = restricted_roles
         tags = monitor.get("tags", None)
         if tags:
             body["tags"] = tags
@@ -420,8 +452,19 @@ def _validate(cls, args):
         else:
             tags = None
 
+        if args.restricted_roles:
+            restricted_roles = sorted(set([rr.strip() for rr in args.restricted_roles.split(",") if rr.strip()]))
+        else:
+            restricted_roles = None
+
         res = api.Monitor.validate(
-            type=args.type, query=args.query, name=args.name, message=args.message, tags=tags, options=options
+            type=args.type,
+            query=args.query,
+            name=args.name,
+            message=args.message,
+            tags=tags,
+            restricted_roles=restricted_roles,
+            options=options
         )
         # report_warnings(res)
         # report_errors(res)