diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodepower b/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
index 4eea87ae..a795f63d 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodepower
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ import confluent.client as client
 argparser = optparse.OptionParser(
     usage="Usage: %prog [options] noderange "
           "([status|on|off|shutdown|boot|reset])")
+argparser.add_option('-p', '--showprevious', dest='previous',
+                     action='store_true', default=False,
+                     help='Show previous power state')
 (options, args) = argparser.parse_args()
 try:
     noderange = args[0]
@@ -54,5 +57,19 @@ if setstate not in (None, 'on', 'off', 'shutdown', 'boot', 'reset'):
 session = client.Command()
 exitcode = 0
 session.add_precede_key('oldstate')
-sys.exit(
-    session.simple_noderange_command(noderange, '/power/state', setstate))
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+
+if options.previous:
+    # get previous states
+    prev = {}
+    for rsp in session.read("/noderange/{0}/power/state".format(noderange)):
+        # gets previous (current) states
+
+        databynode = rsp["databynode"]
+
+        for node in databynode:
+            prev[node] = databynode[node]["state"]["value"]
+
+    # add dictionary to session
+    session.add_precede_dict(prev)
+
+sys.exit(session.simple_noderange_command(noderange, '/power/state', setstate))
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diff --git a/confluent_client/confluent/client.py b/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
index aa4b2224..abf7c577 100644
--- a/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
+++ b/confluent_client/confluent/client.py
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ class Command(object):
     def add_precede_key(self, keyname):
         self._prevkeyname = keyname
 
+    def add_precede_dict(self, dict):
+        self._prevdict = dict
+
     def handle_results(self, ikey, rc, res, errnodes=None):
         if 'error' in res:
             if errnodes is not None:
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ class Command(object):
                 if self._prevkeyname and self._prevkeyname in res[node]:
                     cprint('{0}: {2}->{1}'.format(
                         node, val, res[node][self._prevkeyname]['value']))
+                elif self._prevdict and node in self._prevdict:
+                    cprint('{0}: {2}->{1}'.format(
+                        node, val, self._prevdict[node]))
                 else:
                     cprint('{0}: {1}'.format(node, val))
         return rc