diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/exception/CloudException.java b/api/src/com/cloud/exception/CloudException.java
index fd839565253..2ec61420cee 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/exception/CloudException.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/exception/CloudException.java
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ public class CloudException extends Exception {
 		return;
 	}
 
+    public void addProxyObject(Object voObj, Long id, String idFieldName) {
+       // Get the VO object's table name.
+       String tablename = AnnotationHelper.getTableName(voObj);
+       if (tablename != null) {
+               addProxyObject(tablename, id, idFieldName);
+       }
+       return;
+    }
+
 	public ArrayList<String> getIdProxyList() {
 		return idList;
 	}