diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse.java
index 429b8f5e984..833d012692a 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse.java
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public class Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.LIFETIME) @Param(description="Lifetime of vpn connection to the customer gateway, in seconds") //from CustomerGateway
     private Long lifetime;
     
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.STATE) @Param(description="State of vpn connection")
+    private String state;
+    
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.CREATED) @Param(description="the date and time the host was created")
     private Date created;
 
@@ -97,6 +100,10 @@ public class Site2SiteVpnConnectionResponse extends BaseResponse {
     	this.lifetime = lifetime;
     }     
     
+    public void setState(String state) {
+        this.state = state;
+    }
+
     public void setCreated(Date created) {
         this.created = created;
     }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index c94434d73be..91d3319964b 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -3848,6 +3848,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         	response.setLifetime(customerGateway.getLifetime());
         }      
                 
+        response.setState(result.getState().toString());
         response.setCreated(result.getCreated());
         response.setRemoved(result.getRemoved());
         response.setObjectName("vpnconnection");