diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
index 62dd6cfaa51..d94b2d12b2a 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String START_IP = "startip";
     public static final String START_PORT = "startport";
     public static final String STATE = "state";
+    public static final String STATUS = "status";
     public static final String STORAGE_TYPE = "storagetype";
     public static final String SYSTEM_VM_TYPE = "systemvmtype";
     public static final String TAGS = "tags";
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
index c760c594bf5..8df95a884f1 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ public class VolumeResponse extends BaseResponse {
 
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.STATE) @Param(description="the state of the disk volume")
     private String state;
+    
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.STATUS) @Param(description="the status of the disk volume")
+    private String status;
 
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.ACCOUNT) @Param(description="the account associated with the disk volume")
     private String accountName;
@@ -252,12 +255,12 @@ public class VolumeResponse extends BaseResponse {
         this.created = created;
     }
 
-    public String getState() {
-        return state;
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status;
     }
 
-    public void setState(String state) {
-        this.state = state;
+    public void setStatus(String status) {
+        this.status = status;
     }
 
     public String getAccountName() {
@@ -395,4 +398,12 @@ public class VolumeResponse extends BaseResponse {
 	public void setExtractable(Boolean extractable) {
 		this.extractable = extractable;
 	}
+	
+    public String getState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    public void setState(String state) {
+        this.state = state;
+    }	
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index c8416838164..01184cf0c75 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -784,7 +784,8 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         volResponse.setSize(volume.getSize());
 
         volResponse.setCreated(volume.getCreated());
-        volResponse.setState(volume.getStatus().toString());
+        volResponse.setState(volume.getState().toString());
+        volResponse.setStatus(volume.getStatus().toString());
 
         Account accountTemp = ApiDBUtils.findAccountById(volume.getAccountId());
         if (accountTemp != null) {