diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
index fd526db0e2c..619500f17b2 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java
@@ -220,4 +220,5 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String TFTP_DIR = "tftpdir";
     public static final String PING_CIFS_USERNAME = "pingcifsusername";
     public static final String PING_CIFS_PASSWORD = "pingcifspassword";
+    public static final String CHECKSUM="checksum";
 }
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/RegisterTemplateCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
index 33edc5e264e..8f49fca75f2 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/RegisterTemplateCmd.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.Implementation;
 import com.cloud.api.Parameter;
 import com.cloud.api.ServerApiException;
+import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd.CommandType;
 import com.cloud.api.response.ListResponse;
 import com.cloud.api.response.TemplateResponse;
 import com.cloud.async.AsyncJob;
@@ -88,6 +89,9 @@ public class RegisterTemplateCmd extends BaseCmd {
 
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.ACCOUNT, type=CommandType.STRING, description="an optional accountName. Must be used with domainId.")
     private String accountName;
+    
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.CHECKSUM, type=CommandType.STRING, description="the MD5 checksum value of this template")
+    private String checksum;
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
@@ -153,6 +157,10 @@ public class RegisterTemplateCmd extends BaseCmd {
 		return accountName;
 	}
 	
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return checksum;
+    }	
+	
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 9d92e7b4dde..51cc4a64564 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -1562,7 +1562,8 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
             templateResponse.setZoneId(zone.getId());
             templateResponse.setZoneName(zone.getName());
             templateResponse.setHypervisor(template.getHypervisorType().toString());
-            templateResponse.setObjectName("template");
+            templateResponse.setObjectName("template");            
+            templateResponse.setChecksum(template.getChecksum());
 
             responses.add(templateResponse);
         }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
index 3a1de5cdd09..64e647dbe71 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/template/TemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl implements TemplateManager, Manager, TemplateSe
         Long domainId = cmd.getDomainId();
         Account resourceAccount = null;
         Long accountId = null;
+        String chksum = cmd.getChecksum();
 
         //parameters verification
         if (bits == null) {
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ public class TemplateManagerImpl implements TemplateManager, Manager, TemplateSe
             userId = Long.valueOf(1);
         }
         
-        return createTemplateOrIso(userId, accountId, zoneId, name, displayText, isPublic, featured, isExtractable, format, TemplateType.USER, url, null, requiresHVM, bits, passwordEnabled, guestOSId, true, hypervisorType);
+        return createTemplateOrIso(userId, accountId, zoneId, name, displayText, isPublic, featured, isExtractable, format, TemplateType.USER, url, chksum, requiresHVM, bits, passwordEnabled, guestOSId, true, hypervisorType);
     	
     }