diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index 11317afe5e2..a7777cc3140 100755
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -2140,6 +2140,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 
             if (data instanceof VolumeObjectTO) {
                 final VolumeObjectTO volumeObjectTO = (VolumeObjectTO)data;
+                disk.setSerial(diskUuidToSerial(volumeObjectTO.getUuid()));
                 if (volumeObjectTO.getBytesReadRate() != null && volumeObjectTO.getBytesReadRate() > 0) {
                     disk.setBytesReadRate(volumeObjectTO.getBytesReadRate());
                 }
@@ -2419,6 +2420,11 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
         }
     }
 
+    public String diskUuidToSerial(String uuid) {
+        String uuidWithoutHyphen = uuid.replace("-","");
+        return uuidWithoutHyphen.substring(0, Math.min(uuidWithoutHyphen.length(), 20));
+    }
+
     private String getIqn() {
         try {
             final String textToFind = "InitiatorName=";
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
index 5ab842948df..fb1b1340115 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtVMDef.java
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
 
     public static class DiskDef {
         public enum DeviceType {
-            FLOPPY("floppy"), DISK("disk"), CDROM("cdrom");
+            FLOPPY("floppy"), DISK("disk"), CDROM("cdrom"), LUN("lun");
             String _type;
 
             DeviceType(String type) {
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
         private Long _iopsReadRate;
         private Long _iopsWriteRate;
         private DiskCacheMode _diskCacheMode;
+        private String _serial;
         private boolean qemuDriver = true;
 
         public void setDeviceType(DeviceType deviceType) {
@@ -708,6 +709,10 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
             this.qemuDriver = qemuDriver;
         }
 
+        public void setSerial(String serial) {
+            this._serial = serial;
+        }
+
         @Override
         public String toString() {
             StringBuilder diskBuilder = new StringBuilder();
@@ -761,6 +766,10 @@ public class LibvirtVMDef {
             }
             diskBuilder.append("/>\n");
 
+            if (_serial != null && !_serial.isEmpty() && _deviceType != DeviceType.LUN) {
+                diskBuilder.append("<serial>" + _serial + "</serial>");
+            }
+
             if ((_deviceType != DeviceType.CDROM) &&
                     (s_libvirtVersion >= 9008) &&
                     (s_qemuVersion >= 1001000) &&
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
index 08ce05ad3ea..995941346c6 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/src/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/storage/KVMStorageProcessor.java
@@ -950,7 +950,7 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
         return null;
     }
 
-    protected synchronized String attachOrDetachDisk(final Connect conn, final boolean attach, final String vmName, final KVMPhysicalDisk attachingDisk, final int devId) throws LibvirtException,
+    protected synchronized String attachOrDetachDisk(final Connect conn, final boolean attach, final String vmName, final KVMPhysicalDisk attachingDisk, final int devId, final String serial) throws LibvirtException,
     InternalErrorException {
         List<DiskDef> disks = null;
         Domain dm = null;
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
                 }
             } else {
                 diskdef = new DiskDef();
+                diskdef.setSerial(serial);
                 if (attachingPool.getType() == StoragePoolType.RBD) {
                     if(resource.getHypervisorType() == Hypervisor.HypervisorType.LXC){
                         // For LXC, map image to host and then attach to Vm
@@ -1028,6 +1029,7 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
         final VolumeObjectTO vol = (VolumeObjectTO)disk.getData();
         final PrimaryDataStoreTO primaryStore = (PrimaryDataStoreTO)vol.getDataStore();
         final String vmName = cmd.getVmName();
+        final String serial = resource.diskUuidToSerial(vol.getUuid());
         try {
             final Connect conn = LibvirtConnection.getConnectionByVmName(vmName);
 
@@ -1035,7 +1037,7 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
 
             final KVMPhysicalDisk phyDisk = storagePoolMgr.getPhysicalDisk(primaryStore.getPoolType(), primaryStore.getUuid(), vol.getPath());
 
-            attachOrDetachDisk(conn, true, vmName, phyDisk, disk.getDiskSeq().intValue());
+            attachOrDetachDisk(conn, true, vmName, phyDisk, disk.getDiskSeq().intValue(), serial);
 
             return new AttachAnswer(disk);
         } catch (final LibvirtException e) {
@@ -1054,12 +1056,13 @@ public class KVMStorageProcessor implements StorageProcessor {
         final VolumeObjectTO vol = (VolumeObjectTO)disk.getData();
         final PrimaryDataStoreTO primaryStore = (PrimaryDataStoreTO)vol.getDataStore();
         final String vmName = cmd.getVmName();
+        final String serial = resource.diskUuidToSerial(vol.getUuid());
         try {
             final Connect conn = LibvirtConnection.getConnectionByVmName(vmName);
 
             final KVMPhysicalDisk phyDisk = storagePoolMgr.getPhysicalDisk(primaryStore.getPoolType(), primaryStore.getUuid(), vol.getPath());
 
-            attachOrDetachDisk(conn, false, vmName, phyDisk, disk.getDiskSeq().intValue());
+            attachOrDetachDisk(conn, false, vmName, phyDisk, disk.getDiskSeq().intValue(), serial);
 
             storagePoolMgr.disconnectPhysicalDisk(primaryStore.getPoolType(), primaryStore.getUuid(), vol.getPath());
 
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
index b15e1488b8c..e0d99525f83 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/kvm/test/com/cloud/hypervisor/kvm/resource/LibvirtComputingResourceTest.java
@@ -389,6 +389,14 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResourceTest {
         assertNotNull(stats);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void diskUuidToSerialTest() {
+        String uuid = "38400000-8cf0-11bd-b24e-10b96e4ef00d";
+        String expected = "384000008cf011bdb24e";
+        LibvirtComputingResource lcr = new LibvirtComputingResource();
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected, lcr.diskUuidToSerial(uuid));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testUUID() {
         String uuid = "1";