diff --git a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateServiceOfferingCmd.java b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateServiceOfferingCmd.java
index 0233bfa1065..80fe6140ff3 100644
--- a/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateServiceOfferingCmd.java
+++ b/api/src/com/cloud/api/commands/UpdateServiceOfferingCmd.java
@@ -39,11 +39,14 @@ public class UpdateServiceOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.DISPLAY_TEXT, type=CommandType.STRING, description="the display text of the service offering to be updated")
     private String displayText;
 
-    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="the ID of the service offering to be updated")
-    private Long id;
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.IS_PUBLIC, type=CommandType.BOOLEAN, description="if the service offering needs to be made public , we can only go from private to public and not vice versa")
+    private Boolean isPublic;
 
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.NAME, type=CommandType.STRING, description="the name of the service offering to be updated")
     private String serviceOfferingName;
+
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.ID, type=CommandType.LONG, required=true, description="the ID of the service offering to be updated")
+    private Long id;
     
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
@@ -61,7 +64,9 @@ public class UpdateServiceOfferingCmd extends BaseCmd {
         return serviceOfferingName;
     }
 
-
+    public Boolean getIsPublic() {
+        return isPublic;
+    }
     
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////// API Implementation///////////////////
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
index 56c7121d044..b547073610c 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/configuration/ConfigurationManagerImpl.java
@@ -1304,7 +1304,8 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
     	Long id = cmd.getId();
     	String name = cmd.getServiceOfferingName();
     	Long userId = UserContext.current().getCallerUserId();
-    	    	
+    	Boolean isPublic = cmd.getIsPublic();
+    	
         if (userId == null) {
             userId = Long.valueOf(User.UID_SYSTEM);
         }
@@ -1316,6 +1317,10 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
     	}
     	    	
     	boolean updateNeeded = (name != null || displayText != null);
+    	
+    	if(isPublic != null && isPublic)
+    	    updateNeeded = true;
+    	
     	if (!updateNeeded) {
     		return _serviceOfferingDao.findById(id);
     	}
@@ -1329,6 +1334,10 @@ public class ConfigurationManagerImpl implements ConfigurationManager, Configura
         if (displayText != null) {
         	offering.setDisplayText(displayText);
         }
+        
+        if(isPublic != null && isPublic) {
+            offering.setDomainId(null);
+        }
                 
 //Note: tag editing commented out for now; keeping the code intact, might need to re-enable in next releases    	
 //        if (tags != null)