diff --git a/xos/api/tenant/monitoring/monitoringchannel.py b/xos/api/tenant/monitoring/monitoringchannel.py
index 8385c40..6324745 100644
--- a/xos/api/tenant/monitoring/monitoringchannel.py
+++ b/xos/api/tenant/monitoring/monitoringchannel.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 
 class MonitoringChannelSerializer(PlusModelSerializer):
         id = ReadOnlyField()
+        backend_status = ReadOnlyField()
         service_specific_attribute = ReadOnlyField()
         ceilometer_url = ReadOnlyField()
         tenant_list_str = ReadOnlyField()
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
 
         class Meta:
             model = MonitoringChannelForAPI
-            fields = ('humanReadableName', 'id', 'provider_service', 'service_specific_attribute', 'ceilometer_url', 'tenant_list_str', 'related' )
+            fields = ('humanReadableName', 'id', 'backend_status', 'provider_service', 'service_specific_attribute', 'ceilometer_url', 'tenant_list_str', 'related' )
 
         def getHumanReadableName(self, obj):
             return obj.__unicode__()