diff --git a/keras_retinanet/bin/train.py b/keras_retinanet/bin/train.py
index 71be859ab..1c3a7f05d 100755
--- a/keras_retinanet/bin/train.py
+++ b/keras_retinanet/bin/train.py
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ def csv_list(string):
     parser.add_argument('--snapshot-path',    help='Path to store snapshots of models during training (defaults to \'./snapshots\')', default='./snapshots')
     parser.add_argument('--tensorboard-dir',  help='Log directory for Tensorboard output', default='./logs')
     parser.add_argument('--no-snapshots',     help='Disable saving snapshots.', dest='snapshots', action='store_false')
+    parser.add_argument('--initial-epoch',    help='Last epoch from resumed snapshot', type=int, default=0)
     parser.add_argument('--no-evaluation',    help='Disable per epoch evaluation.', dest='evaluation', action='store_false')
     parser.add_argument('--freeze-backbone',  help='Freeze training of backbone layers.', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--random-transform', help='Randomly transform image and annotations.', action='store_true')
@@ -506,7 +507,8 @@ def main(args=None):
         workers=args.workers,
         use_multiprocessing=use_multiprocessing,
         max_queue_size=args.max_queue_size,
-        validation_data=validation_generator
+        validation_data=validation_generator,
+        initial_epoch=args.initial_epoch
     )