diff --git a/packages/cli/bin.js b/packages/cli/bin.js
index 2b5769a35..970eddef0 100755
--- a/packages/cli/bin.js
+++ b/packages/cli/bin.js
@@ -132,7 +132,30 @@ cli
   .option('-c, --customer <email>', 'Billing account email')
   .option('-na, --no-account', 'Skip account setup')
   .option('-a, --account <email>', 'Managing account email')
-  .action(Space.create)
+  .option('-ag, --authorize-gateway-services <json>', 'Authorize Gateways to serve the content uploaded to this space, e.g: \'[{"id":"did:key:z6Mki...","serviceEndpoint":"https://gateway.example.com"}]\'')
+  .option('-nga, --no-gateway-authorization', 'Skip Gateway Authorization')
+  .action((name, options) => {
+    let authorizeGatewayServices = [];
+    if (options['authorize-gateway-services']) {
+      try {
+        authorizeGatewayServices = JSON.parse(options['authorize-gateway-services']);
+      } catch (err) {
+        console.error('Invalid JSON format for --authorize-gateway-services');
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+    }
+
+    const parsedOptions = {
+      ...options,
+      // default to false if not set, so the client will validate the gateway services
+      skipGatewayAuthorization: options['gateway-authorization'] === false || false,
+      // default to empty array if not set, so the client will validate the gateway services
+      authorizeGatewayServices: authorizeGatewayServices || [],
+    };
+    console.log(parsedOptions)
+
+    return Space.create(name, parsedOptions)
+  })
 
 cli
   .command('space provision [name]')
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/bin.spec.js b/packages/cli/test/bin.spec.js
index b09acacc5..2c3b9ccf2 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/bin.spec.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/bin.spec.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export const testAccount = {
 export const testSpace = {
   'storacha space create': test(async (assert, context) => {
     const command = storacha
-      .args(['space', 'create'])
+      .args(['space', 'create', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
       .env(context.env.alice)
       .fork()
 
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
 
   'storacha space create home': test(async (assert, context) => {
     const create = storacha
-      .args(['space', 'create', 'home'])
+      .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
       .env(context.env.alice)
       .fork()
 
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
 
   'storacha space create home --no-caution': test(async (assert, context) => {
     const create = storacha
-      .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-caution'])
+      .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-caution', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
       .env(context.env.alice)
       .fork()
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
   'storacha space create my-space --no-recovery': test(
     async (assert, context) => {
       const create = storacha
-        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery'])
+        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
         .env(context.env.alice)
         .fork()
 
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
       await selectPlan(context)
 
       const create = storacha
-        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery'])
+        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
         .env(context.env.alice)
         .fork()
 
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
       await login(context, { email: 'alice@email.me' })
 
       const create = storacha
-        .args(['space', 'create', 'my-space', '--no-recovery'])
+        .args(['space', 'create', 'my-space', '--no-recovery', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
         .env(context.env.alice)
         .fork()
 
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
           '--customer',
           'unknown@web.mail',
           '--no-account',
+          '--no-gateway-authorization',
         ])
         .join()
         .catch()
@@ -240,8 +241,6 @@ export const testSpace = {
   'storacha space create home --no-recovery --customer alice@web.mail --no-account':
     test(async (assert, context) => {
       await login(context, { email: 'alice@web.mail' })
-      await login(context, { email: 'alice@email.me' })
-
       await selectPlan(context)
 
       const create = await storacha
@@ -250,6 +249,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
           'create',
           'home',
           '--no-recovery',
+          '--no-gateway-authorization',
           '--customer',
           'alice@web.mail',
           '--no-account',
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
           email,
           '--account',
           email,
+          '--no-gateway-authorization',
         ])
         .env(context.env.alice)
         .join()
@@ -312,7 +313,7 @@ export const testSpace = {
 
       const { output, error } = await storacha
         .env(context.env.alice)
-        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery'])
+        .args(['space', 'create', 'home', '--no-recovery', '--no-gateway-authorization'])
         .join()
 
       assert.match(output, /billing account is set/i)
@@ -1371,6 +1372,7 @@ export const createSpace = async (
       name,
       '--no-recovery',
       '--no-account',
+      '--no-gateway-authorization',
       ...(customer ? ['--customer', customer] : ['--no-customer']),
     ])
     .env(env)