diff --git a/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi.py b/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi.py
index a5d512b2..2ab428bf 100755
--- a/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi.py
+++ b/client-api/api_lib/pvcapi.py
@@ -941,6 +941,23 @@ def ceph_volume_add(pool, name, size):
     }
     return flask.jsonify(output), retcode
 
+def ceph_volume_clone(pool, name, source_volume):
+    """
+    Clone a Ceph RBD volume to a new volume on the PVC Ceph storage cluster.
+    """
+    zk_conn = pvc_common.startZKConnection(config['coordinators'])
+    retflag, retdata = pvc_ceph.clone_volume(zk_conn, pool, source_volume, name)
+    if retflag:
+        retcode = 200
+    else:
+        retcode = 400
+
+    pvc_common.stopZKConnection(zk_conn)
+    output = {
+        'message': retdata.replace('\"', '\'')
+    }
+    return flask.jsonify(output), retcode
+
 def ceph_volume_resize(pool, name, size):
     """
     Resize an existing Ceph RBD volume in the PVC Ceph storage cluster.
diff --git a/client-api/pvc-api.py b/client-api/pvc-api.py
index 51e3dde1..0254adeb 100755
--- a/client-api/pvc-api.py
+++ b/client-api/pvc-api.py
@@ -809,13 +809,25 @@ def api_ceph_volume_root():
         else:
             return flask.jsonify({"message":"ERROR: A pool name must be spcified."}), 400
 
+        # Get source_volume
+        if 'source_volume' in flask.request.values:
+            source_volume = flask.request.values['source_volume']
+        else:
+            source_volume = None
+
         # Get volume size
         if 'size' in flask.request.values:
             size = flask.request.values['size']
+        elif source_volume:
+            # We ignore size if we're cloning a volume
+            size = None
         else:
             return flask.jsonify({"message":"ERROR: A volume size in bytes (or with an M/G/T suffix) must be specified."}), 400
 
-        return pvcapi.ceph_volume_add(pool, volume, size)
+        if source_volume:
+            return pvcapi.ceph_volume_clone(pool, volume, source_volume)
+        else:
+            return pvcapi.ceph_volume_add(pool, volume, size)
 
 @api.route('/api/v1/storage/ceph/volume/<pool>/<volume>', methods=['GET', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
 @authenticator
diff --git a/docs/manuals/api.md b/docs/manuals/api.md
index c17c5e2e..18937ddb 100644
--- a/docs/manuals/api.md
+++ b/docs/manuals/api.md
@@ -633,10 +633,14 @@ Remove a Ceph RBD pool `<pool>` from the storage cluster.
 Return a JSON document containing information about all Ceph RBD volumes in the storage cluster. If `pool` is specified, return a JSON document containing information about all Ceph RBD volumes in Ceph RBD pool `pool`. If `limit` is specified, return a JSON document containing information about all Ceph RBD volumes with names matching `limit` as fuzzy regex.
 
 ###### `POST`
- * Mandatory values: `volume`, `pool`, `size`
- * Optional values: N/A
+ * Mandatory values: `volume`, `pool`
+ * Optional values: `size`, `source_volume`
 
-Add a new Ceph RBD volume `<volume>` to Ceph RBD pool `<pool>`. `size` must be a valid size, in bytes or a single-character metric prefix of bytes, e.g. `1073741824` (1GB), `4096M`, or `20G`.
+Add a new Ceph RBD volume `<volume>` to Ceph RBD pool `<pool>`.
+
+If `source_volume` is specified, clone the specified source volume into the new volume; when using this option, `size` is ignored.
+
+The value for `size` is mandatory if not cloning from a `source_volume`, and must be a valid storage size, in bytes or a single-character metric prefix of bytes, e.g. `1073741824` (1GB), `4096M`, or `20G`. PVC uses multiples of 1024 (MiB, GiB, etc.) consistently.
 
 #### `/api/v1/storage/ceph/volume/<pool>/<volume>`
  * Methods: `GET`, `PUT`, `DELETE`