diff --git a/certbot/cli.py b/certbot/cli.py
index 5d440f0b4..2580debb1 100644
--- a/certbot/cli.py
+++ b/certbot/cli.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ ZERO_ARG_ACTIONS = set(("store_const", "store_true",
 # This dictionary is used recursively, so if A modifies B and B modifies C,
 # it is determined that C was modified by the user if A was modified.
 VAR_MODIFIERS = {"account": set(("server",)),
+                 "renew_hook": set(("deploy_hook",)),
                  "server": set(("dry_run", "staging",)),
                  "webroot_map": set(("webroot_path",))}
 
diff --git a/certbot/tests/cli_test.py b/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
index e887e3043..65f414a2a 100644
--- a/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
+++ b/certbot/tests/cli_test.py
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ class SetByCliTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         reload_module(cli)
 
+    def test_deploy_hook(self):
+        self.assertTrue(_call_set_by_cli(
+            'renew_hook', '--deploy-hook foo'.split(), 'renew'))
+
     def test_webroot_map(self):
         args = '-w /var/www/html -d example.com'.split()
         verb = 'renew'