diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/snapshot/ListSnapshotsCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/snapshot/ListSnapshotsCmd.java
index 97bb187dd52..bdb23e4ad5b 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/snapshot/ListSnapshotsCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/snapshot/ListSnapshotsCmd.java
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import com.cloud.storage.Snapshot;
 import com.cloud.utils.Pair;
 
-@APICommand(name = "listSnapshots", description = "Lists all available snapshots for the account.", responseObject = SnapshotResponse.class, entityType = {Snapshot.class},
-        requestHasSensitiveInfo = false, responseHasSensitiveInfo = false)
+@APICommand(name = "listSnapshots", description = "Lists all available snapshots for the account.", responseObject = SnapshotResponse.class, entityType = {
+        Snapshot.class }, requestHasSensitiveInfo = false, responseHasSensitiveInfo = false)
 public class ListSnapshotsCmd extends BaseListTaggedResourcesCmd {
     public static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(ListSnapshotsCmd.class.getName());
 
diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/SnapshotResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/SnapshotResponse.java
index f560f43fe2f..a49a4e375b2 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/SnapshotResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/SnapshotResponse.java
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ public class SnapshotResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEntityRe
     @Param(description = "indicates whether the underlying storage supports reverting the volume to this snapshot")
     private boolean revertable;
 
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_TYPE_ID)
+    @Param(description = "id of the os on volume", since = "4.10")
+    private String osTypeId;
+
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.OS_DISPLAY_NAME)
+    @Param(description = "display name of the os on volume")
+    private String osDisplayName;
+
     @Override
     public String getObjectId() {
         return this.getId();
@@ -198,11 +206,19 @@ public class SnapshotResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEntityRe
         this.tags = tags;
     }
 
-    public boolean isRevertable() {
-        return revertable;
-    }
-
     public void setRevertable(boolean revertable) {
         this.revertable = revertable;
     }
-}
+
+    public String getOsTypeId() {
+        return osTypeId;
+    }
+
+    public void setOsTypeId(String osTypeId) {
+        this.osTypeId = osTypeId;
+    }
+
+    public void setOsDisplayName(String osDisplayName) {
+        this.osDisplayName = osDisplayName;
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 8563e1cebf1..6815797c05c 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -16,149 +16,6 @@
 // under the License.
 package com.cloud.api;
 
-import java.text.DecimalFormat;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.EnumSet;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
-import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity.ACLType;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.affinity.AffinityGroup;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.affinity.AffinityGroupResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants.HostDetails;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants.VMDetails;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ResponseGenerator;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ResponseObject.ResponseView;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.job.QueryAsyncJobResultCmd;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AccountResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerInstanceResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerRuleResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AsyncJobResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScalePolicyResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScaleVmGroupResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScaleVmProfileResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CapabilityResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CapacityResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ClusterResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ConditionResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ConfigurationResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ControlledEntityResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ControlledViewEntityResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CounterResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CreateCmdResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CreateSSHKeyPairResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DiskOfferingResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainRouterResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.EventResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ExtractResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.FirewallResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.FirewallRuleResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GlobalLoadBalancerResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestOSResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestOsMappingResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestVlanRangeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostForMigrationResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HypervisorCapabilitiesResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IPAddressResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ImageStoreResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.InstanceGroupResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.InternalLoadBalancerElementResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IpForwardingRuleResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IsolationMethodResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBHealthCheckPolicyResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBHealthCheckResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBStickinessPolicyResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBStickinessResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ListResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LoadBalancerResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkACLItemResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkACLResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkOfferingResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NicResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NicSecondaryIpResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.OvsProviderResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PhysicalNetworkResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PodResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PortableIpRangeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PortableIpResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PrivateGatewayResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectAccountResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectInvitationResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProviderResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.RegionResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.RemoteAccessVpnResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceCountResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceLimitResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceTagResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SSHKeyPairResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SecurityGroupResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SecurityGroupRuleResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ServiceOfferingResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ServiceResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteCustomerGatewayResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteVpnGatewayResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotPolicyResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotScheduleResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StaticRouteResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StorageNetworkIpRangeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StoragePoolResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SystemVmInstanceResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SystemVmResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplatePermissionsResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplateResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TrafficMonitorResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TrafficTypeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UpgradeRouterTemplateResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UsageRecordResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserVmResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VMSnapshotResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VirtualRouterProviderResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VlanIpRangeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VolumeResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpcOfferingResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpcResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpnUsersResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.config.Configuration;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreCapabilities;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.SnapshotDataFactory;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.SnapshotInfo;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.jobs.AsyncJob;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.jobs.AsyncJobManager;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb.ApplicationLoadBalancerRule;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.region.PortableIp;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.region.PortableIpRange;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.region.Region;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.PrimaryDataStoreDao;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.SnapshotDataStoreDao;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.SnapshotDataStoreVO;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.StoragePoolVO;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.Usage;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.UsageService;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.UsageTypes;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-
 import com.cloud.agent.api.VgpuTypesInfo;
 import com.cloud.api.query.ViewResponseHelper;
 import com.cloud.api.query.vo.AccountJoinVO;
@@ -317,6 +174,147 @@ import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine;
 import com.cloud.vm.VirtualMachine.Type;
 import com.cloud.vm.dao.NicSecondaryIpVO;
 import com.cloud.vm.snapshot.VMSnapshot;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.acl.ControlledEntity.ACLType;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.affinity.AffinityGroup;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.affinity.AffinityGroupResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants.HostDetails;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants.VMDetails;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ResponseGenerator;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ResponseObject.ResponseView;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.user.job.QueryAsyncJobResultCmd;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AccountResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerInstanceResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ApplicationLoadBalancerRuleResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AsyncJobResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScalePolicyResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScaleVmGroupResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.AutoScaleVmProfileResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CapabilityResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CapacityResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ClusterResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ConditionResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ConfigurationResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ControlledEntityResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ControlledViewEntityResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CounterResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CreateCmdResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.CreateSSHKeyPairResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DiskOfferingResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainRouterResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.EventResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ExtractResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.FirewallResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.FirewallRuleResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GlobalLoadBalancerResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestOSResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestOsMappingResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.GuestVlanRangeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostForMigrationResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HostResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.HypervisorCapabilitiesResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IPAddressResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ImageStoreResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.InstanceGroupResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.InternalLoadBalancerElementResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IpForwardingRuleResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.IsolationMethodResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBHealthCheckPolicyResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBHealthCheckResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBStickinessPolicyResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LBStickinessResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ListResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.LoadBalancerResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkACLItemResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkACLResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkOfferingResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NetworkResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NicResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.NicSecondaryIpResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.OvsProviderResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PhysicalNetworkResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PodResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PortableIpRangeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PortableIpResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.PrivateGatewayResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectAccountResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectInvitationResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProviderResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.RegionResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.RemoteAccessVpnResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceCountResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceLimitResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ResourceTagResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SSHKeyPairResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SecurityGroupResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SecurityGroupRuleResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ServiceOfferingResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ServiceResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteCustomerGatewayResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.Site2SiteVpnGatewayResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotPolicyResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SnapshotScheduleResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StaticRouteResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StorageNetworkIpRangeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StoragePoolResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SystemVmInstanceResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.SystemVmResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplatePermissionsResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TemplateResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TrafficMonitorResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.TrafficTypeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UpgradeRouterTemplateResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UsageRecordResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.UserVmResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VMSnapshotResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VirtualRouterProviderResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VlanIpRangeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VolumeResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpcOfferingResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpcResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VpnUsersResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.config.Configuration;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.context.CallContext;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStore;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreCapabilities;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.DataStoreManager;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.SnapshotDataFactory;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.engine.subsystem.api.storage.SnapshotInfo;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.jobs.AsyncJob;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.jobs.AsyncJobManager;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.network.lb.ApplicationLoadBalancerRule;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.region.PortableIp;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.region.PortableIpRange;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.region.Region;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.PrimaryDataStoreDao;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.SnapshotDataStoreDao;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.SnapshotDataStoreVO;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.storage.datastore.db.StoragePoolVO;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.Usage;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.UsageService;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.usage.UsageTypes;
+import org.apache.commons.collections.CollectionUtils;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Calendar;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
 
@@ -481,6 +479,18 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
             if (zone != null) {
                 snapshotResponse.setZoneId(zone.getUuid());
             }
+
+            if (volume.getVolumeType() == Volume.Type.ROOT) {
+                //TODO combine lines and 489 into a join in the volume dao
+                VMInstanceVO instance = ApiDBUtils.findVMInstanceById(volume.getInstanceId());
+                if (instance != null) {
+                    GuestOS guestOs = ApiDBUtils.findGuestOSById(instance.getGuestOSId());
+                    if (guestOs != null) {
+                        snapshotResponse.setOsTypeId(guestOs.getUuid());
+                        snapshotResponse.setOsDisplayName(guestOs.getDisplayName());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
         snapshotResponse.setCreated(snapshot.getCreated());
         snapshotResponse.setName(snapshot.getName());