diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
index 7455fb4e93a..af4fb6699be 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.cloud.api.response;
 
 import java.util.Date;
 
+import com.cloud.api.ApiConstants;
 import com.cloud.serializer.Param;
 import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ public class IPAddressResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("networkid") @Param(description="the ID of the Network where ip belongs to")
     private Long networkId;
     
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.STATE) @Param(description="State of the ip address. Can be: Allocatin, Allocated and Releasing")
+    private String state;
+    
     public String getIpAddress() {
         return ipAddress;
     }
@@ -220,4 +224,12 @@ public class IPAddressResponse extends BaseResponse {
     public void setId(Long id) {
         this.id = id;
     }
+
+    public String getState() {
+        return state;
+    }
+
+    public void setState(String state) {
+        this.state = state;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index cab2aad9047..06705352c88 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -658,6 +658,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         }
         
         ipResponse.setNetworkId(networkId);
+        ipResponse.setState(ipAddress.getState().toString());
         
         // show this info to admin only
         Account account = UserContext.current().getCaller();