diff --git a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
index bda8cf9e6f..35ece9fdc3 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/cli/tx.go
@@ -207,9 +207,8 @@ func NewCmdVote() *cobra.Command {
 			fmt.Sprintf(`Submit a vote for an active proposal. You can
 find the proposal-id by running "%s query gov proposals".
 
-
 Example:
-$ %s tx gov vote 1 yes --from mykey
+$ %s tx gov vote 1 yes=0.6,no=0.3,abstain=0.05,no_with_veto=0.05 --from mykey
 `,
 				version.AppName, version.AppName,
 			),
@@ -230,14 +229,14 @@ $ %s tx gov vote 1 yes --from mykey
 				return fmt.Errorf("proposal-id %s not a valid int, please input a valid proposal-id", args[0])
 			}
 
-			// Find out which vote option user chose
-			byteVoteOption, err := types.VoteOptionFromString(govutils.NormalizeVoteOption(args[1]))
+			// Figure out which subvotes user chose
+			subvotes, err := types.SubVotesFromString(govutils.NormalizeSubVotes(args[1]))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
 			// Build vote message and run basic validation
-			msg := types.NewMsgVote(from, proposalID, types.SubVotes{types.NewSubVote(byteVoteOption, 1)})
+			msg := types.NewMsgVote(from, proposalID, subvotes)
 			err = msg.ValidateBasic()
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
diff --git a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
index 84c2884d1a..7a4658ddbb 100644
--- a/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
+++ b/x/gov/client/utils/utils.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package utils
 
-import "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/gov/types"
+)
 
 // NormalizeVoteOption - normalize user specified vote option
 func NormalizeVoteOption(option string) string {
@@ -22,6 +26,20 @@ func NormalizeVoteOption(option string) string {
 	}
 }
 
+// NormalizeSubVotes - normalize subvotes
+func NormalizeSubVotes(subvotes string) string {
+	var newSubVotes []string
+	for _, subvote := range strings.Split(subvotes, ",") {
+		fields := strings.Split(subvote, "=")
+		fields[0] = NormalizeVoteOption(fields[0])
+		if len(fields) < 2 {
+			fields = append(fields, "1")
+		}
+		newSubVotes = append(newSubVotes, strings.Join(fields, "="))
+	}
+	return strings.Join(newSubVotes, ",")
+}
+
 //NormalizeProposalType - normalize user specified proposal type
 func NormalizeProposalType(proposalType string) string {
 	switch proposalType {
diff --git a/x/gov/types/vote.go b/x/gov/types/vote.go
index eb721f1d6f..ce8e94d50a 100644
--- a/x/gov/types/vote.go
+++ b/x/gov/types/vote.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package types
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	yaml "gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 
@@ -91,6 +92,31 @@ func VoteOptionFromString(str string) (VoteOption, error) {
 	return VoteOption(option), nil
 }
 
+// SubVotesFromString returns a SubVotes from a string. It returns an error
+// if the string is invalid.
+func SubVotesFromString(str string) (SubVotes, error) {
+	var subvotes SubVotes
+	for _, subvote := range strings.Split(str, ",") {
+		fields := strings.Split(subvote, "=")
+		option, err := VoteOptionFromString(fields[0])
+		if err != nil {
+			return subvotes, err
+		}
+		if len(fields) < 2 {
+			return subvotes, fmt.Errorf("rate field does not exist for %s opion", fields[0])
+		}
+		rate, err := sdk.NewDecFromStr(fields[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return subvotes, err
+		}
+		subvotes = append(subvotes, SubVote{
+			option,
+			rate,
+		})
+	}
+	return subvotes, nil
+}
+
 // ValidVoteOption returns true if the vote option is valid and false otherwise.
 func ValidVoteOption(option VoteOption) bool {
 	if option == OptionYes ||