diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/DiskOfferingResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/DiskOfferingResponse.java
index b2a34a1d862..6847646a4f1 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/DiskOfferingResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/DiskOfferingResponse.java
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ public class DiskOfferingResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.TAGS) @Param(description="the tags for the disk offering")
     private String tags;
 
+    @SerializedName("storagetype") @Param(description="the storage type for this disk offering")
+    private String storageType;
+
     public Long getId() {
         return id.getValue();
     }
@@ -119,4 +122,11 @@ public class DiskOfferingResponse extends BaseResponse {
         this.customized = customized;
     }
 
+    public String getStorageType() {
+        return storageType;
+    }
+
+    public void setStorageType(String storageType) {
+        this.storageType = storageType;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 81b0901d86a..73e120e83eb 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         }
         diskOfferingResponse.setTags(offering.getTags());
         diskOfferingResponse.setCustomized(offering.isCustomized());
+        diskOfferingResponse.setStorageType(offering.getUseLocalStorage() ? ServiceOffering.StorageType.local.toString() : ServiceOffering.StorageType.shared.toString());
         diskOfferingResponse.setObjectName("diskoffering");
         return diskOfferingResponse;
     }
diff --git a/ui/scripts/configuration.js b/ui/scripts/configuration.js
index 2da4d5f8ecd..47a1857e48a 100644
--- a/ui/scripts/configuration.js
+++ b/ui/scripts/configuration.js
@@ -945,7 +945,8 @@
                       }
                     },
                     tags: { label: 'label.storage.tags' },
-                    domain: { label: 'label.domain' }
+                    domain: { label: 'label.domain' },
+                    storagetype: { label: 'label.storage.type' }
                   }
                 ],