diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/StoragePoolResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/StoragePoolResponse.java
index b7f7d0b41ee..02d5c44a93a 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/StoragePoolResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/StoragePoolResponse.java
@@ -16,18 +16,16 @@
 // under the License.
 package org.apache.cloudstack.api.response;
 
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Map;
-
+import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
+import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
+import com.cloud.storage.StoragePoolStatus;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
-
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.EntityReference;
 
-import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
-import com.cloud.storage.StoragePool;
-import com.cloud.storage.StoragePoolStatus;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @EntityReference(value = StoragePool.class)
 public class StoragePoolResponse extends BaseResponse {
@@ -119,6 +117,10 @@ public class StoragePoolResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @Param(description = "true if this pool is suitable to migrate a volume," + " false otherwise")
     private Boolean suitableForMigration;
 
+    @SerializedName("provider")
+    @Param(description = "Storage provider for this pool")
+    private String provider;
+
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.STORAGE_CAPABILITIES)
     @Param(description = "the storage pool capabilities")
     private Map<String, String> caps;
@@ -317,4 +319,12 @@ public class StoragePoolResponse extends BaseResponse {
     public Boolean getSuitableForMigration() {
         return suitableForMigration;
     }
+
+    public String getProvider() {
+        return provider;
+    }
+
+    public void setProvider(String provider) {
+        this.provider = provider;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl.java
index f51f52e2f8d..37fdaefefcf 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl.java
@@ -16,16 +16,6 @@
 // under the License.
 package com.cloud.api.query.dao;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StoragePoolResponse;
-import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
-
 import com.cloud.api.ApiDBUtils;
 import com.cloud.api.query.vo.StoragePoolJoinVO;
 import com.cloud.capacity.CapacityManager;
@@ -35,6 +25,14 @@ import com.cloud.utils.StringUtils;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchCriteria;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.StoragePoolResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.framework.config.dao.ConfigurationDao;
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 @Component
 public class StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<StoragePoolJoinVO, Long> implements StoragePoolJoinDao {
@@ -98,6 +96,7 @@ public class StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<StoragePoolJoinVO, Lo
 
         poolResponse.setClusterId(pool.getClusterUuid());
         poolResponse.setClusterName(pool.getClusterName());
+        poolResponse.setProvider(pool.getStorageProviderName());
         poolResponse.setTags(pool.getTag());
         poolResponse.setOverProvisionFactor(Double.toString(CapacityManager.StorageOverprovisioningFactor.valueIn(pool.getId())));
 
@@ -163,6 +162,7 @@ public class StoragePoolJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<StoragePoolJoinVO, Lo
 
         poolResponse.setClusterId(pool.getClusterUuid());
         poolResponse.setClusterName(pool.getClusterName());
+        poolResponse.setProvider(pool.getStorageProviderName());
         poolResponse.setTags(pool.getTag());
 
         // set async job