diff --git a/client/projects.go b/client/projects.go
index 1af9073..ce6f6cd 100755
--- a/client/projects.go
+++ b/client/projects.go
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ type ProjectDetail struct {
 	// FeatureBranchInfiniteRetention holds a value that disables the feature branch retention period.
 	FeatureBranchInfiniteRetention bool   `json:"feature_branch_no_retention"`
 	DefaultBranch                  string `json:"default_branch"`
+	CriticalityLevel               int    `json:"criticality_level"`
 }
 
 type ProjectSource struct {
diff --git a/cmd/createProjects.go b/cmd/createProjects.go
index 0d63a22..a12d8a8 100644
--- a/cmd/createProjects.go
+++ b/cmd/createProjects.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func init() {
 	createCmd.AddCommand(createProjectCmd)
 
 	createProjectCmd.Flags().String("project-name", "", "name of the project")
+	createProjectCmd.Flags().Int("criticality-level", 0, "business criticality of the project, possible values are [ 4 = Major, 3 = High, 2 = Medium, 1 = Low, 0 = None, -1 = Auto ]. Default is [0]")
 	createProjectCmd.Flags().Bool("force-create", false, "ignore if the URL is used by another Kondukto project")
 	createProjectCmd.Flags().StringP("overwrite", "w", "", "rename the project name when creating a new project")
 	createProjectCmd.Flags().StringP("labels", "l", "", "comma separated label names")
@@ -192,6 +193,22 @@ func (p *Project) createProject(repo, projectName string, force bool, overwrite
 		qwe(ExitCodeError, err, "failed to parse the scope-included-files flag")
 	}
 
+	criticality, err := p.cmd.Flags().GetInt("criticality-level")
+	if err != nil {
+		qwe(ExitCodeError, err, "failed to parse the criticality flag")
+	}
+
+	businessCriticalityLevel, err := func() (int, error) {
+		if criticality < -1 || criticality > 4 {
+			return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid criticality level: %d", criticality)
+		}
+
+		return criticality, nil
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		qwe(ExitCodeError, err, "business criticality level must be between -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4")
+	}
+
 	projectSource := func() client.ProjectSource {
 		s := client.ProjectSource{Tool: tool}
 		u, err := url.Parse(repo)
@@ -235,6 +252,7 @@ func (p *Project) createProject(repo, projectName string, force bool, overwrite
 		FeatureBranchRetention:         featureBranchRetention,
 		FeatureBranchInfiniteRetention: featureBranchNoRetention,
 		DefaultBranch:                  defaultBranch,
+		CriticalityLevel:               businessCriticalityLevel,
 	}
 
 	project, err := p.client.CreateProject(pd)