diff --git a/cf/api/fakes/fake_user_provided_service_instance_repo.go b/cf/api/fakes/fake_user_provided_service_instance_repo.go
index ca2fbdf1694..7011d0fc16c 100644
--- a/cf/api/fakes/fake_user_provided_service_instance_repo.go
+++ b/cf/api/fakes/fake_user_provided_service_instance_repo.go
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ import "github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/cf/models"
 type FakeUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo struct {
 	CreateName     string
 	CreateDrainUrl string
-	CreateParams   map[string]string
+	CreateParams   map[string]interface{}
 
 	UpdateServiceInstance models.ServiceInstanceFields
 }
 
-func (repo *FakeUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo) Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]string) (apiErr error) {
+func (repo *FakeUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo) Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]interface{}) (apiErr error) {
 	repo.CreateName = name
 	repo.CreateDrainUrl = drainUrl
 	repo.CreateParams = params
diff --git a/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances.go b/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances.go
index 307b8da08ab..23ff89172fd 100644
--- a/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances.go
+++ b/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/cf/configuration"
 	"github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/cf/errors"
 	"github.com/cloudfoundry/cli/cf/models"
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type UserProvidedServiceInstanceRepository interface {
-	Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]string) (apiErr error)
+	Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]interface{}) (apiErr error)
 	Update(serviceInstanceFields models.ServiceInstanceFields) (apiErr error)
 }
 
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@ func NewCCUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepository(config configuration.Reader, gat
 	return
 }
 
-func (repo CCUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepository) Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]string) (apiErr error) {
+func (repo CCUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepository) Create(name, drainUrl string, params map[string]interface{}) (apiErr error) {
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/v2/user_provided_service_instances", repo.config.ApiEndpoint())
 
 	type RequestBody struct {
-		Name           string            `json:"name"`
-		Credentials    map[string]string `json:"credentials"`
-		SpaceGuid      string            `json:"space_guid"`
-		SysLogDrainUrl string            `json:"syslog_drain_url"`
+		Name           string                 `json:"name"`
+		Credentials    map[string]interface{} `json:"credentials"`
+		SpaceGuid      string                 `json:"space_guid"`
+		SysLogDrainUrl string                 `json:"syslog_drain_url"`
 	}
 
 	jsonBytes, err := json.Marshal(RequestBody{
@@ -55,8 +56,8 @@ func (repo CCUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepository) Update(serviceInstanceFields
 	path := fmt.Sprintf("%s/v2/user_provided_service_instances/%s", repo.config.ApiEndpoint(), serviceInstanceFields.Guid)
 
 	type RequestBody struct {
-		Credentials    map[string]string `json:"credentials,omitempty"`
-		SysLogDrainUrl string            `json:"syslog_drain_url,omitempty"`
+		Credentials    map[string]interface{} `json:"credentials,omitempty"`
+		SysLogDrainUrl string                 `json:"syslog_drain_url,omitempty"`
 	}
 
 	reqBody := RequestBody{serviceInstanceFields.Params, serviceInstanceFields.SysLogDrainUrl}
diff --git a/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances_test.go b/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances_test.go
index b2fe5a20922..af8eb3fc0ec 100644
--- a/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances_test.go
+++ b/cf/api/user_provided_service_instances_test.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var _ = Describe("UserProvidedServiceRepository", func() {
 		ts, handler, repo := createUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo(req)
 		defer ts.Close()
 
-		apiErr := repo.Create("my-custom-service", "", map[string]string{
+		apiErr := repo.Create("my-custom-service", "", map[string]interface{}{
 			"host":     "example.com",
 			"user":     "me",
 			"password": "secret",
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ var _ = Describe("UserProvidedServiceRepository", func() {
 		ts, handler, repo := createUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo(req)
 		defer ts.Close()
 
-		apiErr := repo.Create("my-custom-service", "syslog://example.com", map[string]string{
+		apiErr := repo.Create("my-custom-service", "syslog://example.com", map[string]interface{}{
 			"host":     "example.com",
 			"user":     "me",
 			"password": "secret",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var _ = Describe("UserProvidedServiceRepository", func() {
 		ts, handler, repo := createUserProvidedServiceInstanceRepo(req)
 		defer ts.Close()
 
-		params := map[string]string{
+		params := map[string]interface{}{
 			"host":     "example.com",
 			"user":     "me",
 			"password": "secret",
diff --git a/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service.go b/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service.go
index 4c8799d5b4d..bdb113619b3 100644
--- a/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service.go
+++ b/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func (cmd CreateUserProvidedService) Run(c *cli.Context) {
 
 	params := c.String("p")
 	params = strings.Trim(params, `"`)
-	paramsMap := make(map[string]string)
+	paramsMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 
 	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(params), &paramsMap)
 	if err != nil && params != "" {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (cmd CreateUserProvidedService) Run(c *cli.Context) {
 	cmd.ui.Ok()
 }
 
-func (cmd CreateUserProvidedService) mapValuesFromPrompt(params string, paramsMap map[string]string) map[string]string {
+func (cmd CreateUserProvidedService) mapValuesFromPrompt(params string, paramsMap map[string]interface{}) map[string]interface{} {
 	for _, param := range strings.Split(params, ",") {
 		param = strings.Trim(param, " ")
 		paramsMap[param] = cmd.ui.Ask("%s", param)
diff --git a/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service_test.go b/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service_test.go
index e523fe1298f..bce703db90d 100644
--- a/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service_test.go
+++ b/cf/commands/service/create_user_provided_service_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ var _ = Describe("create-user-provided-service command", func() {
 		))
 
 		Expect(repo.CreateName).To(Equal("my-custom-service"))
-		Expect(repo.CreateParams).To(Equal(map[string]string{
+		Expect(repo.CreateParams).To(Equal(map[string]interface{}{
 			"foo": "foo value",
 			"bar": "bar value",
 			"baz": "baz value",
@@ -71,15 +71,15 @@ var _ = Describe("create-user-provided-service command", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("accepts service parameters as JSON without prompting", func() {
-		args := []string{"-p", `{"foo": "foo value", "bar": "bar value", "baz": "baz value"}`, "my-custom-service"}
+		args := []string{"-p", `{"foo": "foo value", "bar": "bar value", "baz": 4}`, "my-custom-service"}
 		testcmd.RunCommand(cmd, args, requirementsFactory)
 
 		Expect(ui.Prompts).To(BeEmpty())
 		Expect(repo.CreateName).To(Equal("my-custom-service"))
-		Expect(repo.CreateParams).To(Equal(map[string]string{
+		Expect(repo.CreateParams).To(Equal(map[string]interface{}{
 			"foo": "foo value",
 			"bar": "bar value",
-			"baz": "baz value",
+			"baz": float64(4),
 		}))
 
 		Expect(ui.Outputs).To(ContainSubstrings(
diff --git a/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service.go b/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service.go
index 9c321505829..6b7b5d1f94f 100644
--- a/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service.go
+++ b/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (cmd *UpdateUserProvidedService) Run(c *cli.Context) {
 	drainUrl := c.String("l")
 	params := c.String("p")
 
-	paramsMap := make(map[string]string)
+	paramsMap := make(map[string]interface{})
 	if params != "" {
 
 		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(params), &paramsMap)
diff --git a/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service_test.go b/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service_test.go
index a4bb0bb160a..64d671fcb46 100644
--- a/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service_test.go
+++ b/cf/commands/service/update_user_provided_service_test.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ var _ = Describe("update-user-provided-service test", func() {
 					[]string{"TIP"},
 				))
 				Expect(serviceRepo.UpdateServiceInstance.Name).To(Equal("service-name"))
-				Expect(serviceRepo.UpdateServiceInstance.Params).To(Equal(map[string]string{"foo": "bar"}))
+				Expect(serviceRepo.UpdateServiceInstance.Params).To(Equal(map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"}))
 				Expect(serviceRepo.UpdateServiceInstance.SysLogDrainUrl).To(Equal("syslog://example.com"))
 			})
 		})
diff --git a/cf/models/service_instance.go b/cf/models/service_instance.go
index 76d3e0adb2e..f3ed5129435 100644
--- a/cf/models/service_instance.go
+++ b/cf/models/service_instance.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type ServiceInstanceFields struct {
 	Name             string
 	SysLogDrainUrl   string
 	ApplicationNames []string
-	Params           map[string]string
+	Params           map[string]interface{}
 }
 
 type ServiceInstance struct {