diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
index 721fa0aad56..1feab79f23b 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/ApiResponseSerializer.java
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ public class ApiResponseSerializer {
                             }
                             serializeResponseObjXML(sb, subObj);
                         } else if (value instanceof IdentityProxy) {
+                        	// Only exception reponses carry a list of IdentityProxy objects.
                         	IdentityProxy idProxy = (IdentityProxy)value;                        	
                         	String id = (idProxy.getValue() != null ? String.valueOf(idProxy.getValue()) : "");
                         	if(!id.isEmpty()) {
@@ -233,7 +234,20 @@ public class ApiResponseSerializer {
                     	sb.append("</" + serializedName.value() + ">");
                     }
                 } else if (fieldValue instanceof Date) {
-                    sb.append("<" + serializedName.value() + ">" + BaseCmd.getDateString((Date) fieldValue) + "</" + serializedName.value() + ">");                
+                    sb.append("<" + serializedName.value() + ">" + BaseCmd.getDateString((Date) fieldValue) + "</" + serializedName.value() + ">");
+                } else if (fieldValue instanceof IdentityProxy) {
+                	IdentityProxy idProxy = (IdentityProxy)fieldValue;
+                	String id = (idProxy.getValue() != null ? String.valueOf(idProxy.getValue()) : "");
+                	if(!id.isEmpty()) {
+                		IdentityDao identityDao = new IdentityDaoImpl();
+                		if(idProxy.getTableName() != null) {
+                			id = identityDao.getIdentityUuid(idProxy.getTableName(), id);
+                		} else {
+                			s_logger.warn("IdentityProxy sanity check issue, invalid IdentityProxy table name found in class: " + obj.getClass().getName());
+                		}
+                	}
+                	if(id != null && !id.isEmpty())
+                		sb.append("<" + serializedName.value() + ">" + id + "</" + serializedName.value() + ">");
                 } else {
                     String resultString = escapeSpecialXmlChars(fieldValue.toString());
                     if (!(obj instanceof ExceptionResponse)) {