diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateVolumeCmd.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateVolumeCmd.java
index 31ec30f5c70..4cfb29a6139 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateVolumeCmd.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/CreateVolumeCmd.java
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ public class CreateVolumeCmd extends BaseAsyncCreateCmd {
         if (volume.getPoolId() != null) {
             response.setStoragePoolName(ApiDBUtils.findStoragePoolById(volume.getPoolId()).getName());
         }
+
+        // if the volume was created from a snapshot, snapshotId will be set so we pass it back in the response
+        response.setSnapshotId(getSnapshotId());
         response.setZoneId(volume.getDataCenterId());
         response.setZoneName(ApiDBUtils.findZoneById(volume.getDataCenterId()).getName());
 
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
index 8a2099d380f..8d5b643da63 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/response/VolumeResponse.java
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ public class VolumeResponse extends BaseResponse {
     @SerializedName("storage") @Param(description="name of the primary storage hosting the disk volume")
     private String storagePoolName;
 
+    @SerializedName("snapshotid") @Param(description="ID of the snapshot from which this volume was created")
+    private Long snapshotId;
+
     public Long getId() {
         return id;
     }
@@ -308,4 +311,12 @@ public class VolumeResponse extends BaseResponse {
     public void setStoragePoolName(String storagePoolName) {
         this.storagePoolName = storagePoolName;
     }
+
+    public Long getSnapshotId() {
+        return snapshotId;
+    }
+
+    public void setSnapshotId(Long snapshotId) {
+        this.snapshotId = snapshotId;
+    }
 }