diff --git a/src/cli/one_helper.rb b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
index 8857c889c7..ba149d6a31 100644
--- a/src/cli/one_helper.rb
+++ b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
@@ -572,4 +572,16 @@ EOT
 
         [0, template]
     end
+
+    def self.create_template_options_used?(options)
+        # Get the template options names as symbols. options hash
+        # uses symbols
+        template_options=OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS.map do |o|
+            o[:name].to_sym
+        end
+
+        # Check if one at least one of the template options is
+        # in options hash
+        (template_options-options.keys)!=template_options
+    end
 end
diff --git a/src/cli/onetemplate b/src/cli/onetemplate
index cccd4b3d77..e2f24d8537 100755
--- a/src/cli/onetemplate
+++ b/src/cli/onetemplate
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
             :options=>OpenNebulaHelper::TEMPLATE_OPTIONS do
         res=OpenNebulaHelper.create_template(options)
 
+        if args[0] && OpenNebulaHelper.create_template_options_used?(options)
+            STDERR.puts "You can not use both template file and template"<<
+                " creation options."
+            next -1
+        end
+
         if res.first!=0
             STDERR.puts res.last
             next -1
diff --git a/src/cli/onevm b/src/cli/onevm
index c09d5971b3..ed6f95b070 100755
--- a/src/cli/onevm
+++ b/src/cli/onevm
@@ -114,6 +114,12 @@ cmd=CommandParser::CmdParser.new(ARGV) do
         end
 
         if args[0]
+            if OpenNebulaHelper.create_template_options_used?(options)
+                STDERR.puts "You can not use both template file and template"<<
+                    " creation options."
+                next -1
+            end
+
             begin
                 template=File.read(args[0])
             rescue