diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/UserResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/UserResponse.java
index 76293601ff6..5be473ae676 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/UserResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/UserResponse.java
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ public class UserResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("secretkey") @Param(description="the secret key of the user")
     private String secretKey;
 
+    @SerializedName("accountid") @Param(description="the account ID of the user")
+    private IdentityProxy accountId = new IdentityProxy("account");
+
+    
     public Long getId() {
         return id.getValue();
     }
@@ -178,4 +182,11 @@ public class UserResponse extends BaseResponse {
     public void setSecretKey(String secretKey) {
         this.secretKey = secretKey;
     }
+    public Long getAccountId() {
+        return accountId.getValue();
+    }
+
+    public void setAccountId(Long accountId) {
+        this.accountId.setValue(accountId);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index baf4c8b7080..f1e1d6ccf0a 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         userResponse.setUsername(user.getUsername());
         userResponse.setApiKey(user.getApiKey());
         userResponse.setSecretKey(user.getSecretKey());
+        userResponse.setAccountId((user.getAccountId()));
         userResponse.setObjectName("user");
 
         return userResponse;