diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/TemplateResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/TemplateResponse.java
index 45e34ffe6ea..afefc644497 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/TemplateResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/TemplateResponse.java
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ public class TemplateResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("isextractable") @Param(description="true if the template is extractable, false otherwise")
     private Boolean extractable;
     
+    @SerializedName("checksum") @Param(description="checksum of the template")
+    private String checksum;
+    
     public Long getObjectId() {
     	return getId();
     }
@@ -326,4 +329,12 @@ public class TemplateResponse extends BaseResponse {
 	public void setExtractable(Boolean extractable) {
 		this.extractable = extractable;
 	}
+	
+    public String getChecksum() {
+        return checksum;
+    }
+
+    public void setChecksum(String checksum) {
+        this.checksum = checksum;
+    }	
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 7c0a2771e08..e228ba91c20 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -1499,6 +1499,8 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
                 templateResponse.setSize(templateSize);
             }
             
+            templateResponse.setChecksum(template.getChecksum());
+
             templateResponse.setObjectName("template");
             responses.add(templateResponse);
         }