diff --git a/cmd/kubernetes_app_add.go b/cmd/kubernetes_app_add.go
index a2d8c108..611a53a9 100644
--- a/cmd/kubernetes_app_add.go
+++ b/cmd/kubernetes_app_add.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ var kubernetesClusterApp string
 
 var kubernetesAppAddCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:     "add",
-	Example: "civo kubernetes application add NAME --cluster CLUSTER_NAME",
+	Example: "civo kubernetes application add NAME:PLAN --cluster CLUSTER_NAME",
 	Aliases: []string{"install"},
 	Short:   "Add the marketplace application to a Kubernetes cluster",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -30,8 +30,15 @@ var kubernetesAppAddCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 
+		appList, err := client.ListKubernetesMarketplaceApplications()
+		if err != nil {
+			utility.Error("Listing all Kubernetes cluster Applications failed with %s", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+
+		result := utility.RequestedSplit(appList, args[0])
 		configKubernetes := &civogo.KubernetesClusterConfig{
-			Applications: args[0],
+			Applications: result,
 		}
 
 		kubeCluster, err := client.UpdateKubernetesCluster(kubernetesFindCluster.ID, configKubernetes)
diff --git a/utility/kubernetes.go b/utility/kubernetes.go
index d1d9c109..d619b9fc 100644
--- a/utility/kubernetes.go
+++ b/utility/kubernetes.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/civo/civogo"
 )
 
 // ObtainKubeConfig is the function to get the kubeconfig from the cluster
@@ -95,3 +97,80 @@ func writeConfig(path string, data []byte, suppressMessage bool, mergeConfigs bo
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// checkAppPlan is the function to verify if the application to be installed in the cluster
+// has a plan or not, in case it has a plan but does not specify it,
+// we use the first one in the list
+func checkAppPlan(appList []civogo.KubernetesMarketplaceApplication, requested string) (string, error) {
+	foundIndex := -1
+	parts := strings.SplitN(requested, ":", 2)
+	appName := parts[0]
+
+	var planName string
+	if len(parts) > 1 {
+		planName = parts[1]
+	}
+
+	for i, app := range appList {
+		if strings.Contains(app.Name, appName) {
+			if foundIndex != -1 {
+				fmt.Printf("unable to find %s because there were multiple matches", appName)
+			}
+			foundIndex = i
+		}
+	}
+	if foundIndex == -1 {
+		YellowConfirm("you are trying to install the application %s, but this application does not exist\n", appName)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if len(appList[foundIndex].Plans) > 0 {
+		allPlan := []string{}
+
+		for pk := range appList[foundIndex].Plans {
+			allPlan = append(allPlan, appList[foundIndex].Plans[pk].Label)
+		}
+
+		_, found := find(allPlan, planName)
+		if !found {
+			YellowConfirm("the plan you gave doesn't exist for %s; we've picked a default one for you\n", appName)
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", appName, appList[foundIndex].Plans[0].Label), nil
+		}
+
+		return requested, nil
+	}
+
+	if planName != "" {
+		YellowConfirm("you are trying to install %s application with a plan but this application has no plans\n", appName)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	return requested, nil
+}
+
+// RequestedSplit is a function to split all app requested to be install
+func RequestedSplit(appList []civogo.KubernetesMarketplaceApplication, requested string) string {
+	allsplit := strings.Split(requested, ",")
+	allApp := []string{}
+
+	for i := range allsplit {
+		checkApp, err := checkAppPlan(appList, allsplit[i])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Print(err)
+		}
+
+		allApp = append(allApp, checkApp)
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(allApp, ", ")
+}
+
+// function to search if the string is in the slice
+func find(slice []string, val string) (int, bool) {
+	for i, item := range slice {
+		if item == val {
+			return i, true
+		}
+	}
+	return -1, false
+}