diff --git a/components/cli/opts/opts.go b/components/cli/opts/opts.go
index 05d5497161..e1d3c2db15 100644
--- a/components/cli/opts/opts.go
+++ b/components/cli/opts/opts.go
@@ -100,6 +100,11 @@ func (opts *ListOpts) Len() int {
 	return len((*opts.values))
 }
 
+// Type returns a string name for this Option type
+func (opts *ListOpts) Type() string {
+	return "list"
+}
+
 // NamedOption is an interface that list and map options
 // with names implement.
 type NamedOption interface {