diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/serializer/Param.java b/api/src/com/cloud/serializer/Param.java
index 21f3d3a79aa..746ca4f2757 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/serializer/Param.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/serializer/Param.java
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ public @interface Param {
     Class<?> responseObject() default Object.class;
 
     boolean includeInApiDoc() default true;
+    
+    String since() default "";
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/doc/ApiXmlDocWriter.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/doc/ApiXmlDocWriter.java
index 3567f56fc3d..dcf04280b6c 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/doc/ApiXmlDocWriter.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/doc/ApiXmlDocWriter.java
@@ -499,6 +499,10 @@ public class ApiXmlDocWriter {
                          respArg.setDescription(description);
                      }
 
+                     if(!paramAnnotation.since().isEmpty()){
+                    	 respArg.setSinceVersion(paramAnnotation.since());
+                     }
+                     
                      if (fieldClass != null) {
                          Class<?> superClass = fieldClass.getSuperclass();
                          if (superClass != null) {