diff --git a/utils/cli/core/core.py b/utils/cli/core/core.py
index facd17d4..5f126a04 100644
--- a/utils/cli/core/core.py
+++ b/utils/cli/core/core.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2020 Intel Corporation
+# Copyright (C) 2020-2021 Intel Corporation
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class CLI():
         self.session = session
         self.login(credentials)
 
-    def tasks_data(self, task_id, resource_type, resources):
+    def tasks_data(self, task_id, resource_type, resources, **kwargs):
         """ Add local, remote, or shared files to an existing task. """
         url = self.api.tasks_id_data(task_id)
         data = {}
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ class CLI():
         elif resource_type == ResourceType.SHARE:
             data = {'server_files[{}]'.format(i): f for i, f in enumerate(resources)}
         data['image_quality'] = 50
+
+        ## capture additional kwargs
+        if 'image_quality' in kwargs:
+            data['image_quality'] = kwargs.get('image_quality')
+        if 'frame_step' in kwargs:
+            data['frame_filter'] = f"step={kwargs.get('frame_step')}"
+
         response = self.session.post(url, data=data, files=files)
         response.raise_for_status()
 
@@ -85,7 +92,7 @@ class CLI():
         response_json = response.json()
         log.info('Created task ID: {id} NAME: {name}'.format(**response_json))
         task_id = response_json['id']
-        self.tasks_data(task_id, resource_type, resources)
+        self.tasks_data(task_id, resource_type, resources, **kwargs)
 
         if annotation_path != '':
             url = self.api.tasks_id_status(task_id)
diff --git a/utils/cli/core/definition.py b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
index 48e11456..db44551e 100644
--- a/utils/cli/core/definition.py
+++ b/utils/cli/core/definition.py
@@ -181,7 +181,20 @@ task_create_parser.add_argument(
     action='store_true',
     help='using lfs for dataset repository (default: %(default)s)'
 )
-
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    '--image_quality',
+    default=70,
+    type=int,
+    help='''set the image quality option in the advanced configuration
+            when creating tasks.(default: %(default)s)'''
+)
+task_create_parser.add_argument(
+    '--frame_step',
+    default=1,
+    type=int,
+    help='''set the frame step option in the advanced configuration
+            when uploading image series or videos (default: %(default)s)'''
+)
 #######################################################################
 # Delete
 #######################################################################
@@ -296,4 +309,4 @@ upload_parser.add_argument(
     type=str,
     default='CVAT 1.1',
     help='annotation format (default: %(default)s)'
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+)