diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/MigrateVMCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/MigrateVMCmd.java
index c3a5cd4b415..df3d3a8cb1f 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/MigrateVMCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/MigrateVMCmd.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.cloud.exception.ResourceUnavailableException;
 import com.cloud.exception.VirtualMachineMigrationException;
 import com.cloud.host.Host;
 import com.cloud.user.Account;
+import com.cloud.user.UserContext;
 import com.cloud.uservm.UserVm;
 
 @Implementation(description="Attempts Migration of a virtual machine to the host specified.", responseObject=UserVmResponse.class)
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class MigrateVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
 
     @Override
     public String getEventDescription() {
-        return  "Attempting to migrate VM: " + getVirtualMachineId() + " to host: "+ getHostId();
+        return  "Attempting to migrate VM Id: " + getVirtualMachineId() + " to host Id: "+ getHostId();
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ public class MigrateVMCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
             throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Unable to find the host to migrate the VM, host id=" + getHostId());
         }
         try{
+        	UserContext.current().setEventDetails("VM Id: " + getVirtualMachineId() + " to host Id: "+ getHostId());
         	UserVm migratedVm = _userVmService.migrateVirtualMachine(userVm, destinationHost);
 	        if (migratedVm != null) {
 	            UserVmResponse response = _responseGenerator.createUserVmResponse("virtualmachine", migratedVm).get(0);
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
index b2285ebcfe2..7f9e098e02f 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ public class UserVmManagerImpl implements UserVmManager, UserVmService, Manager
     	return _vmDao.findById(vmId);
     }
     
-    @Override
+    @Override @ActionEvent (eventType=EventTypes.EVENT_VM_MIGRATE, eventDescription="migrating VM", async=true)
     public UserVm migrateVirtualMachine(UserVm vm, Host destinationHost) throws ResourceUnavailableException, ConcurrentOperationException, ManagementServerException, VirtualMachineMigrationException{
     	//access check - only root admin can migrate VM
     	Account caller = UserContext.current().getCaller();