diff --git a/app/controllers/api/cloud_volume_snapshots_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/cloud_volume_snapshots_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..449f351a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/cloud_volume_snapshots_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+module Api
+  class CloudVolumeSnapshotsController < BaseController
+    def delete_resource_action(type, id = nil, _data = nil)
+      api_resource(type, id, "Deleting", :supports => :delete) do |snapshot|
+        {:task_id => snapshot.delete_snapshot_queue(User.current_userid)}
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/api.yml b/config/api.yml
index db7d418274..c3e84ceec2 100644
--- a/config/api.yml
+++ b/config/api.yml
@@ -758,10 +758,26 @@
         :identifier: cloud_tenant_tag
   :cloud_volume_snapshots:
     :description: Cloud Volume Snapshots
+    :identifier: cloud_volume_snapshot
     :options:
-    - :subcollection
+    - :collection
     :verbs: *gpppd
     :klass: CloudVolumeSnapshot
+    :subcollections:
+    :collection_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: cloud_volume_snapshot_view
+      :post:
+      - :name: delete
+        :identifier: cloud_volume_snapshot_delete
+    :resource_actions:
+      :get:
+      - :name: read
+        :identifier: cloud_volume_snapshot_view
+      :post:
+      - :name: delete
+        :identifier: cloud_volume_snapshot_delete
   :cloud_volume_types:
     :description: Cloud Volume Types
     :identifier: cloud_volume_type
diff --git a/spec/requests/cloud_volume_snapshots_spec.rb b/spec/requests/cloud_volume_snapshots_spec.rb
index df41f17f0a..7b0075ce33 100644
--- a/spec/requests/cloud_volume_snapshots_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/cloud_volume_snapshots_spec.rb
@@ -77,5 +77,16 @@
         expect_bad_request(/Feature not .*supported/)
       end
     end
+
+    describe "DELETE /api/cloud_volumes/:c_id/cloud_volume_snapshots/:s_id" do
+      it "create & delete cloud volume snapshot" do
+        api_basic_authorize('cloud_volume_snapshot_delete')
+
+        stub_supports(CloudVolumeSnapshot, :delete)
+        post(api_cloud_volume_snapshot_url(nil, cloud_volume_snapshot), :params => gen_request(:delete))
+
+        expect_single_action_result(:success => true, :message => /Deleting Cloud Volume Snapshot id: #{cloud_volume_snapshot.id} name: '#{cloud_volume_snapshot.name}'/)
+      end
+    end
   end
 end