diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
index 0087fee3340..aa4eebc929e 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ApiConstants.java
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String OLD_FORMAT = "oldformat";
     public static final String OP = "op";
     public static final String OS_CATEGORY_ID = "oscategoryid";
+    public static final String OS_CATEGORY_NAME = "oscategoryname";
     public static final String OS_ID = "osid";
     public static final String OS_TYPE_ID = "ostypeid";
     public static final String OS_DISPLAY_NAME = "osdisplayname";
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UsageRecordResponse.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UsageRecordResponse.java
index 8710790a507..7bcb1afd2d2 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UsageRecordResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UsageRecordResponse.java
@@ -16,16 +16,15 @@
 // under the License.
 package org.apache.cloudstack.api.response;
 
-import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
-
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
-
-import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponseWithTagInformation;
-
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponseWithTagInformation;
+
+import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
+
 @SuppressWarnings("unused")
 public class UsageRecordResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implements ControlledEntityResponse {
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.ACCOUNT)
@@ -89,8 +88,20 @@ public class UsageRecordResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implemen
     private String templateId;
 
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_TYPE_ID)
-    @Param(description = "virtual machine os type id")
-    private Long osTypeId;
+    @Param(description = "virtual machine os type ID")
+    private String osTypeId;
+
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_DISPLAY_NAME)
+    @Param(description = "virtual machine os display name")
+    private String osDisplayName;
+
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_CATEGORY_ID)
+    @Param(description = "virtual machine guest os category ID")
+    private String osCategoryId;
+
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_CATEGORY_NAME)
+    @Param(description = "virtual machine os category name")
+    private String osCategoryName;
 
     @SerializedName("usageid")
     @Param(description = "id of the resource")
@@ -206,10 +217,22 @@ public class UsageRecordResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implemen
         this.templateId = templateId;
     }
 
-    public void setOsTypeId(Long osTypeId) {
+    public void setOsTypeId(String osTypeId) {
         this.osTypeId = osTypeId;
     }
 
+    public void setOsDisplayName(String osDisplayName) {
+        this.osDisplayName = osDisplayName;
+    }
+
+    public void setOsCategoryId(String osCategoryId) {
+        this.osCategoryId = osCategoryId;
+    }
+
+    public void setOsCategoryName(String osCategoryName) {
+        this.osCategoryName = osCategoryName;
+    }
+
     public void setUsageId(String usageId) {
         this.usageId = usageId;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 473c501b52f..67a6709d402 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ import com.cloud.storage.DiskOfferingVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.GuestOS;
 import com.cloud.storage.GuestOSCategoryVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.GuestOSHypervisor;
+import com.cloud.storage.GuestOsCategory;
 import com.cloud.storage.ImageStore;
 import com.cloud.storage.Snapshot;
 import com.cloud.storage.SnapshotVO;
@@ -315,6 +316,8 @@ import com.cloud.storage.UploadVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.VMTemplateVO;
 import com.cloud.storage.Volume;
 import com.cloud.storage.VolumeVO;
+import com.cloud.storage.dao.GuestOSCategoryDao;
+import com.cloud.storage.dao.GuestOSDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.dao.VolumeDao;
 import com.cloud.storage.snapshot.SnapshotPolicy;
 import com.cloud.storage.snapshot.SnapshotSchedule;
@@ -394,6 +397,10 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
     private VMSnapshotDao vmSnapshotDao;
     @Inject
     private BackupOfferingDao backupOfferingDao;
+    @Inject
+    private GuestOSCategoryDao _guestOsCategoryDao;
+    @Inject
+    private GuestOSDao _guestOsDao;
 
     @Override
     public UserResponse createUserResponse(User user) {
@@ -3395,7 +3402,16 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
                 resourceType = ResourceTag.ResourceObjectType.UserVm;
                 usageRecResponse.setUsageId(vm.getUuid());
                 resourceId = vm.getId();
-                usageRecResponse.setOsTypeId(vm.getGuestOSId());
+                final GuestOS guestOS = _guestOsDao.findById(vm.getGuestOSId());
+                if (guestOS != null) {
+                    usageRecResponse.setOsTypeId(guestOS.getUuid());
+                    usageRecResponse.setOsDisplayName(guestOS.getDisplayName());
+                    final GuestOsCategory guestOsCategory = _guestOsCategoryDao.findById(guestOS.getCategoryId());
+                    if (guestOsCategory != null) {
+                        usageRecResponse.setOsCategoryId(guestOsCategory.getUuid());
+                        usageRecResponse.setOsCategoryName(guestOsCategory.getName());
+                    }
+                }
             }
             //Hypervisor Type
             usageRecResponse.setType(usageRecord.getType());