diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostResponse.java
index d7638dee0fd..9cb0fcb0a43 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/HostResponse.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package org.apache.cloudstack.api.response;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
@@ -212,6 +213,10 @@ public class HostResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @Param(description = "true if the host is Ha host (dedicated to vms started by HA process; false otherwise")
     private Boolean haHost;
 
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.DETAILS)
+    @Param(description = "Host details in key/value pairs.", since = "4.5")
+    private Map details;
+
     @Override
     public String getObjectId() {
         return this.getId();
@@ -416,4 +421,9 @@ public class HostResponse extends BaseResponse {
     public void setHaHost(Boolean haHost) {
         this.haHost = haHost;
     }
+
+    public void setDetails(Map details) {
+        this.details = details;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
index 9a4b38efbb7..dca4de18814 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/query/dao/HostJoinDaoImpl.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.EnumSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import javax.ejb.Local;
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ import com.cloud.gpu.HostGpuGroupsVO;
 import com.cloud.gpu.VGPUTypesVO;
 import com.cloud.host.Host;
 import com.cloud.host.HostStats;
+import com.cloud.host.HostVO;
+import com.cloud.host.dao.HostDao;
+import com.cloud.hypervisor.Hypervisor;
 import com.cloud.storage.StorageStats;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.GenericDaoBase;
 import com.cloud.utils.db.SearchBuilder;
@@ -55,6 +59,8 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
 
     @Inject
     private ConfigurationDao _configDao;
+    @Inject
+    private HostDao hostDao;
 
     private final SearchBuilder<HostJoinVO> hostSearch;
 
@@ -182,6 +188,19 @@ public class HostJoinDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<HostJoinVO, Long> implements
                 }
             }
 
+            if (details.contains(HostDetails.all) && host.getHypervisorType() == Hypervisor.HypervisorType.KVM) {
+                //only kvm has the requirement to return host details
+                try {
+                    HostVO h = hostDao.findById(host.getId());
+                    hostDao.loadDetails(h);
+                    Map<String, String> hostVoDetails;
+                    hostVoDetails = h.getDetails();
+                    hostResponse.setDetails(hostVoDetails);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    s_logger.debug("failed to get host details", e);
+                }
+            }
+
         } else if (host.getType() == Host.Type.SecondaryStorage) {
             StorageStats secStorageStats = ApiDBUtils.getSecondaryStorageStatistics(host.getId());
             if (secStorageStats != null) {