diff --git a/engine/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java b/engine/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
index 14577ef2c00..9e7e9ef452f 100644
--- a/engine/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
+++ b/engine/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class TemplateObjectTO implements DataTO {
     private  DataStoreTO imageDataStore;
     private  String name;
     private String guestOsType;
+    private Long size;
 
     public TemplateObjectTO() {
 
@@ -159,4 +160,12 @@ public class TemplateObjectTO implements DataTO {
     public void setGuestOsType(String guestOsType) {
         this.guestOsType = guestOsType;
     }
+
+	public Long getSize() {
+		return size;
+	}
+
+	public void setSize(Long size) {
+		this.size = size;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/engine/storage/image/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/store/TemplateObject.java b/engine/storage/image/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/store/TemplateObject.java
index 12e29e78163..cd94704d490 100644
--- a/engine/storage/image/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/store/TemplateObject.java
+++ b/engine/storage/image/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/image/store/TemplateObject.java
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ public class TemplateObject implements TemplateInfo {
                     if (this.getDataStore().getRole() == DataStoreRole.Image) {
                         VMTemplateVO templateVO = this.imageDao.findById(this.getId());
                         templateVO.setFormat(newTemplate.getFormat());
+                        templateVO.setSize(newTemplate.getSize());
                         this.imageDao.update(templateVO.getId(), templateVO);
                     }
         		}
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java b/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
index fcd34811c1c..c93b99a1f11 100755
--- a/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/resource/NfsSecondaryStorageResource.java
@@ -367,10 +367,11 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
             loc.create(1, true, templateName);
             loc.addFormat(info);
             loc.save();
-
+            TemplateProp prop = loc.getTemplateInfo();
             TemplateObjectTO newTemplate = new TemplateObjectTO();
             newTemplate.setPath(destData.getPath() + File.separator + templateName);
             newTemplate.setFormat(ImageFormat.VHD);
+            newTemplate.setSize(prop.getSize());
             return new CopyCmdAnswer(newTemplate);
         } catch (ConfigurationException e) {
             s_logger.debug("Failed to create template from snapshot: " + e.toString());