diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/volume/UploadVolumeCmd.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/volume/UploadVolumeCmd.java
index 3b00ba0d4bb..fea3e04d249 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/volume/UploadVolumeCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/command/user/volume/UploadVolumeCmd.java
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ApiErrorCode;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseAsyncCmd;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.Parameter;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.ServerApiException;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.BaseCmd.CommandType;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.DomainResponse;
+import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ProjectResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.VolumeResponse;
 import org.apache.cloudstack.api.response.ZoneResponse;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
@@ -72,6 +74,10 @@ public class UploadVolumeCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
             description="Image store uuid")
     private String imageStoreUuid;
 
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.PROJECT_ID, type=CommandType.UUID, entityType = ProjectResponse.class,
+            description="Upload volume for the project")
+    private Long projectId;    
+
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -135,7 +141,7 @@ public class UploadVolumeCmd extends BaseAsyncCmd {
 
     @Override
     public long getEntityOwnerId() {
-        Long accountId = finalyzeAccountId(accountName, domainId, null, true);
+        Long accountId = finalyzeAccountId(accountName, domainId, projectId, true);
         if (accountId == null) {
             return UserContext.current().getCaller().getId();
         }