diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/region/ha/GlobalLoadBalancerRule.java b/api/src/com/cloud/region/ha/GlobalLoadBalancerRule.java
index 946c2f93b32..c5fd9aed2b6 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/region/ha/GlobalLoadBalancerRule.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/region/ha/GlobalLoadBalancerRule.java
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ public interface GlobalLoadBalancerRule extends Identity, InternalIdentity, Cont
     }
 
     enum ServiceType {
-        tcp, udp;
+        tcp, udp, http;
         public static boolean isValidServiceType(String serviceType) {
-            if (tcp.name().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceType) || udp.name().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceType)) {
+            if (tcp.name().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceType) ||
+                    udp.name().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceType) ||
+                    http.name().equalsIgnoreCase(serviceType)) {
                 return true;
             }
             return false;
diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
index bf2d86f50c9..550d81755eb 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/region/ha/gslb/CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd.java
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class CreateGlobalLoadBalancerRuleCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
     @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.GSLB_SERVICE_DOMAIN_NAME, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "domain name for the GSLB service.")
     private String serviceDomainName;
 
-    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.GSLB_SERVICE_TYPE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "GSLB service type (tcp, udp)")
+    @Parameter(name = ApiConstants.GSLB_SERVICE_TYPE, type = CommandType.STRING, required = true, description = "GSLB service type (tcp, udp, http)")
     private String serviceType;
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////