diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
index 1fa54340879..d7cb6279b04 100755
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateDiskOfferingCmd.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd;
 import com.cloud.api.Implementation;
 import com.cloud.api.Parameter;
 import com.cloud.api.ServerApiException;
+import com.cloud.api.BaseCmd.CommandType;
 import com.cloud.api.response.DiskOfferingResponse;
 import com.cloud.offering.DiskOffering;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ public class CreateDiskOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
 
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.CUSTOMIZED, type=CommandType.BOOLEAN, description="whether disk offering is custom or not")
     private Boolean customized;
+    
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.DOMAIN_ID, type=CommandType.LONG, description="the ID of the containing domain, null for public offerings")
+    private Long domainId; 
+    
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -75,6 +80,9 @@ public class CreateDiskOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     	return customized;
     }
     
+    public Long getDomainId(){
+    	return domainId;
+    }
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ServiceOfferingResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ServiceOfferingResponse.java
index 5eb505f6708..cb3e9da7c10 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ServiceOfferingResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/ServiceOfferingResponse.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class ServiceOfferingResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("tags") @Param(description="the tags for the service offering")
     private String tags;
 
-	@SerializedName("domainId") @Param(description="the domain id of the service offering")
+	@SerializedName("domainid") @Param(description="the domain id of the service offering")
     private Long domainId;
 	
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.DOMAIN) @Param(description="Domain name for the offering")
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index 22547a2b5a5..3ae68fee580 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -1284,7 +1284,7 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
         Long numGibibytes = cmd.getDiskSize();
         Boolean isCustomized = cmd.isCustomized() != null ? cmd.isCustomized() : false; //false by default
         String tags = cmd.getTags();        
-        Long domainId = Long.valueOf(DomainVO.ROOT_DOMAIN); // disk offering always gets created under the root domain.Bug # 6055        
+        Long domainId = cmd.getDomainId() != null ? cmd.getDomainId() : Long.valueOf(DomainVO.ROOT_DOMAIN); // disk offering always gets created under the root domain.Bug # 6055 if not passed in cmd        
 
         if(!isCustomized && numGibibytes == null){
         	throw new InvalidParameterValueException("Disksize is required for non-customized disk offering");