diff --git a/core/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java b/core/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
index 2347de35168..bcf6eb9a11a 100644
--- a/core/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
+++ b/core/src/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/to/TemplateObjectTO.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public class TemplateObjectTO implements DataTO {
     private String name;
     private String guestOsType;
     private Long size;
+    private Long physicalSize;
     private Hypervisor.HypervisorType hypervisorType;
 
     public TemplateObjectTO() {
@@ -200,6 +201,14 @@ public class TemplateObjectTO implements DataTO {
         this.size = size;
     }
 
+    public Long getPhysicalSize() {
+        return physicalSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setPhysicalSize(Long physicalSize) {
+        this.physicalSize = physicalSize;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         return new StringBuilder("TemplateTO[id=").append(id).append("|origUrl=").append(origUrl)
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 0c0aa996793..174d5ca293e 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
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ public class TemplateObject implements TemplateInfo {
                     templateStoreRef.setDownloadPercent(100);
                     templateStoreRef.setDownloadState(Status.DOWNLOADED);
                     templateStoreRef.setSize(newTemplate.getSize());
+                    templateStoreRef.setPhysicalSize(newTemplate.getPhysicalSize());
                     templateStoreDao.update(templateStoreRef.getId(), templateStoreRef);
                     if (this.getDataStore().getRole() == DataStoreRole.Image) {
                         VMTemplateVO templateVO = this.imageDao.findById(this.getId());
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 340100618e9..e45b6858c5b 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
@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
             newTemplate.setPath(destData.getPath() + File.separator + templateName);
             newTemplate.setFormat(ImageFormat.VHD);
             newTemplate.setSize(prop.getSize());
+            newTemplate.setPhysicalSize(prop.getPhysicalSize());
             return new CopyCmdAnswer(newTemplate);
         } catch (ConfigurationException e) {
             s_logger.debug("Failed to create template from snapshot: " + e.toString());
@@ -444,6 +445,7 @@ public class NfsSecondaryStorageResource extends ServerResourceBase implements S
                 newTemplate.setPath(destData.getPath() + File.separator + templateName + "." + ImageFormat.QCOW2.getFileExtension());
                 newTemplate.setFormat(ImageFormat.QCOW2);
                 newTemplate.setSize(prop.getSize());
+                newTemplate.setPhysicalSize(prop.getPhysicalSize());
                 return new CopyCmdAnswer(newTemplate);
             } catch (ConfigurationException e) {
                 s_logger.debug("Failed to create template:" + e.toString());