diff --git a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
index fcdd5c6c924..46f381ff6ed 100644
--- a/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
+++ b/agent/src/com/cloud/agent/resource/computing/LibvirtComputingResource.java
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ import com.cloud.agent.api.MirrorCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.ModifySshKeysCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.ModifyStoragePoolAnswer;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.ModifyStoragePoolCommand;
+import com.cloud.agent.api.NetworkUsageAnswer;
+import com.cloud.agent.api.NetworkUsageCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.PingCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.PingRoutingCommand;
 import com.cloud.agent.api.PingRoutingWithNwGroupsCommand;
@@ -1110,6 +1112,8 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
             	return _virtRouterResource.executeRequest(cmd);
             } else if (cmd instanceof CheckSshCommand) {
             	return execute((CheckSshCommand) cmd);
+            } else if (cmd instanceof NetworkUsageCommand) {
+            	return execute((NetworkUsageCommand) cmd);
             } else {
         		s_logger.warn("Unsupported command ");
                 return Answer.createUnsupportedCommandAnswer(cmd);
@@ -2114,19 +2118,7 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 		}
 		long totMem = Long.parseLong(totMemparser.getLine());
 		
-		double rx = 0.0;
-		OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser rxParser = new  OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
-		result = executeBashScript("cat /sys/class/net/" + _publicBridgeName + "/statistics/rx_bytes", rxParser);
-		if (result == null && rxParser.getLine() != null) {
-			rx = Double.parseDouble(rxParser.getLine())/1000;
-		}
-		
-		double tx = 0.0;
-		OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser txParser = new  OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
-		result = executeBashScript("cat /sys/class/net/" + _publicBridgeName + "/statistics/tx_bytes", txParser);
-		if (result == null && txParser.getLine() != null) {
-			tx = Double.parseDouble(txParser.getLine())/1000;
-		}
+		Pair<Double, Double> nicStats = getNicStats(_publicBridgeName);
 		
 		int numCpus = 0;
 		try {
@@ -2136,9 +2128,29 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
 			
 		}
 		
-		 HostStatsEntry hostStats = new HostStatsEntry(cmd.getHostId(), cpuUtil, rx, tx, "host", totMem, freeMem, 0, 0);
+		 HostStatsEntry hostStats = new HostStatsEntry(cmd.getHostId(), cpuUtil, nicStats.first()/1000, nicStats.second()/1000, "host", totMem, freeMem, 0, 0);
 		return new GetHostStatsAnswer(cmd, hostStats);
 	}
+	
+	private Answer execute(NetworkUsageCommand cmd) {
+		String vmName = cmd.getDomRName();
+		try {
+			Domain dm = getDomain(vmName);
+			LibvirtDomainXMLParser parser = new LibvirtDomainXMLParser();
+			String xml = dm.getXMLDesc(0);
+			parser.parseDomainXML(xml);
+			List<String> nics = parser.getInterfaces();
+			if (nics.size() != 3) {
+				return new Answer(cmd, false, vmName + " doesn't have public nic");
+			}
+			String pubNic = nics.get(2);
+			Pair<Double, Double> nicStats = getNicStats(pubNic);
+			/*Note: received means bytes received by all the vms, but from host kernel's pov, it's tx*/
+			return new NetworkUsageAnswer(cmd, "", nicStats.first().longValue(), nicStats.second().longValue());
+		} catch (LibvirtException e) {
+			return new Answer(cmd, false, e.toString());
+		}
+	}
 
 	private Answer execute(RebootCommand cmd) {
 		Long bytesReceived = null;
@@ -3864,5 +3876,23 @@ public class LibvirtComputingResource extends ServerResourceBase implements Serv
     	}
     	return false;
     }
+    
+    private Pair<Double, Double> getNicStats(String nicName) {
+    	double rx = 0.0;
+		OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser rxParser = new  OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
+		String result = executeBashScript("cat /sys/class/net/" + nicName + "/statistics/rx_bytes", rxParser);
+		if (result == null && rxParser.getLine() != null) {
+			rx = Double.parseDouble(rxParser.getLine());
+		}
+		
+		double tx = 0.0;
+		OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser txParser = new  OutputInterpreter.OneLineParser();
+		result = executeBashScript("cat /sys/class/net/" + nicName + "/statistics/tx_bytes", txParser);
+		if (result == null && txParser.getLine() != null) {
+			tx = Double.parseDouble(txParser.getLine());
+		}
+		
+		return new Pair<Double, Double>(rx, tx);
+    }
 
 }