diff --git a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoadBalancerResponse.java b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoadBalancerResponse.java
index 21e1dab450e..1eb8fca5087 100644
--- a/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoadBalancerResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/LoadBalancerResponse.java
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@ public class LoadBalancerResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEnti
     @Param(description = "the id of the zone the rule belongs to")
     private String zoneId;
 
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.ZONE_NAME)
+    @Param(description = "the name of the zone the load balancer rule belongs to", since = "4.11")
+    private String zoneName;
+
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.PROTOCOL)
     @Param(description = "the protocol of the loadbalanacer rule")
     private String lbProtocol;
@@ -166,6 +170,10 @@ public class LoadBalancerResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEnti
         this.zoneId = zoneId;
     }
 
+    public void setZoneName(String zoneName) {
+        this.zoneName = zoneName;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setProjectId(String projectId) {
         this.projectId = projectId;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
index fd7c67db29d..d9fd01cf5fc 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ public class ApiResponseHelper implements ResponseGenerator {
         DataCenter zone = ApiDBUtils.findZoneById(publicIp.getDataCenterId());
         if (zone != null) {
             lbResponse.setZoneId(zone.getUuid());
+            lbResponse.setZoneName(zone.getName());
         }
 
         //set tag information