diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 01c6bb515..757be4319 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed
 
+### Deprecated
+* Mark make_unique argument of create_target Gmpv8 as deprecated and ignore it.
+  It is already ignored by gvmd with GMP 8 [PR 156](https://github.com/greenbone/python-gvm/pull/156)
+
 [unreleased]: https://github.com/greenbone/python-gvm/compare/v1.0.0...master
 
 ## [1.0.0] - 2019-09-18
diff --git a/gvm/protocols/gmpv8/__init__.py b/gvm/protocols/gmpv8/__init__.py
index c870d390a..dbbc4434f 100644
--- a/gvm/protocols/gmpv8/__init__.py
+++ b/gvm/protocols/gmpv8/__init__.py
@@ -582,6 +582,77 @@ def modify_tag(
 
         return self._send_xml_command(cmd)
 
+    def create_target(
+        self,
+        name: str,
+        *,
+        make_unique: Optional[bool] = None,
+        asset_hosts_filter: Optional[str] = None,
+        hosts: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        comment: Optional[str] = None,
+        exclude_hosts: Optional[List[str]] = None,
+        ssh_credential_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        ssh_credential_port: Optional[int] = None,
+        smb_credential_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        esxi_credential_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        snmp_credential_id: Optional[str] = None,
+        alive_test: Optional[AliveTest] = None,
+        reverse_lookup_only: Optional[bool] = None,
+        reverse_lookup_unify: Optional[bool] = None,
+        port_range: Optional[str] = None,
+        port_list_id: Optional[str] = None
+    ) -> Any:
+        """Create a new target
+
+        Arguments:
+            name: Name of the target
+            make_unique: Deprecated. Will be ignored.
+            asset_hosts_filter: Filter to select target host from assets hosts
+            hosts: List of hosts addresses to scan
+            exclude_hosts: List of hosts addresses to exclude from scan
+            comment: Comment for the target
+            ssh_credential_id: UUID of a ssh credential to use on target
+            ssh_credential_port: The port to use for ssh credential
+            smb_credential_id: UUID of a smb credential to use on target
+            snmp_credential_id: UUID of a snmp credential to use on target
+            esxi_credential_id: UUID of a esxi credential to use on target
+            alive_test: Which alive test to use
+            reverse_lookup_only: Whether to scan only hosts that have names
+            reverse_lookup_unify: Whether to scan only one IP when multiple IPs
+                have the same name.
+            port_range: Port range for the target
+            port_list_id: UUID of the port list to use on target
+
+        Returns:
+            The response. See :py:meth:`send_command` for details.
+        """
+        if make_unique is not None:
+            import warnings
+
+            warnings.warn(
+                'create_target make_unique argument is deprecated '
+                'and will be ignored.',
+                DeprecationWarning,
+            )
+
+        return super().create_target(
+            name,
+            asset_hosts_filter=asset_hosts_filter,
+            hosts=hosts,
+            comment=comment,
+            exclude_hosts=exclude_hosts,
+            ssh_credential_id=ssh_credential_id,
+            ssh_credential_port=ssh_credential_port,
+            smb_credential_id=smb_credential_id,
+            esxi_credential_id=esxi_credential_id,
+            snmp_credential_id=snmp_credential_id,
+            alive_test=alive_test,
+            reverse_lookup_only=reverse_lookup_only,
+            reverse_lookup_unify=reverse_lookup_unify,
+            port_range=port_range,
+            port_list_id=port_list_id,
+        )
+
     def clone_ticket(self, ticket_id: str) -> Any:
         """Clone an existing ticket
 
diff --git a/tests/protocols/gmpv8/test_create_target.py b/tests/protocols/gmpv8/test_create_target.py
index 533ebca6c..9d9d652b2 100644
--- a/tests/protocols/gmpv8/test_create_target.py
+++ b/tests/protocols/gmpv8/test_create_target.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Greenbone Networks GmbH
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 #
@@ -17,14 +17,49 @@
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import unittest
+import warnings
 
 from gvm.errors import RequiredArgument, InvalidArgument
+
 from gvm.protocols.gmpv8 import AliveTest
 
 from . import Gmpv8TestCase
 
 
 class GmpCreateTargetCommandTestCase(Gmpv8TestCase):
+    def test_create_target_with_ignoring_make_unique(self):
+
+        with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warn:
+            warnings.simplefilter("always")
+
+            self.gmp.create_target(
+                'foo', make_unique=True, hosts=['foo', 'bar']
+            )
+
+            self.connection.send.has_been_called_with(
+                '<create_target>'
+                '<name>foo</name>'
+                '<hosts>foo,bar</hosts>'
+                '</create_target>'
+            )
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(warn), 1)
+            self.assertTrue(issubclass(warn[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))
+
+            self.gmp.create_target(
+                'foo', make_unique=False, hosts=['foo', 'bar']
+            )
+
+            self.connection.send.has_been_called_with(
+                '<create_target>'
+                '<name>foo</name>'
+                '<hosts>foo,bar</hosts>'
+                '</create_target>'
+            )
+
+            self.assertEqual(len(warn), 2)
+            self.assertTrue(issubclass(warn[-1].category, DeprecationWarning))
+
     def test_create_target_missing_name(self):
         with self.assertRaises(RequiredArgument):
             self.gmp.create_target(None, hosts=['foo'])