diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
index 1248c631778..f5d7dbd76b9 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/VMSnapshotResponse.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiConstants;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseResponseWithTagInformation;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.EntityReference;
@@ -100,6 +101,10 @@ public class VMSnapshotResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implement
     @Param(description = "the domain associated with the disk volume")
     private String domainName;
 
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.HYPERVISOR)
+    @Param(description = "the type of hypervisor on which snapshot is stored")
+    private Hypervisor.HypervisorType hypervisor;
+
     public VMSnapshotResponse() {
         tags = new LinkedHashSet<ResourceTagResponse>();
     }
@@ -236,4 +241,12 @@ public class VMSnapshotResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implement
     public void setTags(Set<ResourceTagResponse> tags) {
         this.tags = tags;
     }
+
+    public Hypervisor.HypervisorType getHypervisor() {
+        return hypervisor;
+    }
+
+    public void setHypervisor(Hypervisor.HypervisorType hypervisor) {
+        this.hypervisor = hypervisor;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index 019d0dd6b5f..b7f91f70030 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         UserVm vm = ApiDBUtils.findUserVmById(vmSnapshot.getVmId());
         if (vm != null) {
             vmSnapshotResponse.setVirtualMachineid(vm.getUuid());
+            vmSnapshotResponse.setHypervisor(vm.getHypervisorType());
             DataCenterVO datacenter = ApiDBUtils.findZoneById(vm.getDataCenterId());
             if (datacenter != null) {
                 vmSnapshotResponse.setZoneId(datacenter.getUuid());