diff --git a/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/lib/calculate_climatology.py b/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/lib/calculate_climatology.py
index 28f05920d..1197f81e2 100644
--- a/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/lib/calculate_climatology.py
+++ b/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/lib/calculate_climatology.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 def calculate_climatology(
     var, infile,
     outfile=None, outpath=None, outfilename=None,
-    start=None, end=None, ver=None):
+    start=None, end=None, ver=None, periodinname=None, climlist=None):
 
     if ver is None:
         ver=datetime.datetime.now().strftime("v%Y%m%d")
@@ -84,8 +84,14 @@ def calculate_climatology(
     d_clim_dict['SON'] = d_clim.isel(time=3)
     d_clim_dict['AC'] = d_ac
 
-    for s in ["AC", "DJF", "MAM", "JJA", "SON"]:
-        addf = (
+    if climlist is None: 
+        clims = ["AC", "DJF", "MAM", "JJA", "SON"]
+    else:
+        clims = climlist 
+
+    for s in clims:
+        if periodinname is None: 
+         addf = (
             "."
             + start_yr_str
             + start_mo_str
@@ -96,8 +102,15 @@ def calculate_climatology(
             + s
             + "."
             + ver
-            + ".nc"
-        )
+            + ".nc")
+        if periodinname is not None:
+         addf = (
+            "."
+            + s
+            + "."
+            + ver
+            + ".nc")
+
         if outfilename is not None:
             out = os.path.join(outdir, outfilename)
         out_season = out.replace(".nc", addf)
diff --git a/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py b/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
index 62a8c5307..2cb1285ca 100755
--- a/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
+++ b/pcmdi_metrics/mean_climate/pcmdi_compute_climatologies.py
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 )
 P.add_argument("--end", dest="end", help="Defines end year and month", required=False)
 
+P.add_argument("--periodinname", dest="periodinname", help="Include clim period in name (default yes) or not", required=False)
+
+P.add_argument("--climlist", dest="climlist", help="Defines list of clim seasons to output (default='all')", required=False)
+
 args = P.get_parameter()
 
 infile_template = args.infile
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@
 varlist = args.vars
 start = args.start
 end = args.end
+periodinname = args.periodinname
+climlist = args.climlist
 
 print("start and end are ", start, " ", end)
 print("variable list: ", varlist)
@@ -68,4 +74,4 @@
     print('outpath:', outpath)
 
     # calculate climatologies for this variable
-    calculate_climatology(var, infile, outfile, outpath, outfilename, start, end, ver)
+    calculate_climatology(var, infile, outfile, outpath, outfilename, start, end, ver, periodinname, climlist)