diff --git a/doc/api/issues.md b/doc/api/issues.md
index 0ce14503..aaad3305 100644
--- a/doc/api/issues.md
+++ b/doc/api/issues.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ GET /issues
 [
   {
     "id": 43,
+    "project_id": 8,
     "title": "4xx/5xx pages",
     "description": "",
     "labels": [ ],
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ GET /issues
   },
   {
     "id": 42,
+    "project_id": 8,
     "title": "Add user settings",
     "description": "",
     "labels": [
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ Parameters:
 ```json
 {
   "id": 42,
+  "project_id": 8,
   "title": "Add user settings",
   "description": "",
   "labels": [
diff --git a/lib/api/entities.rb b/lib/api/entities.rb
index e5095f71..d86fb79c 100644
--- a/lib/api/entities.rb
+++ b/lib/api/entities.rb
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ module Gitlab
     end
 
     class Issue < Grape::Entity
-      expose :id, :title, :description
+      expose :id
+      expose (:project_id) {|issue| issue.project.id}
+      expose :title, :description
       expose :label_list, :as => :labels
       expose :milestone, :using => Entities::Milestone
       expose :assignee, :author, :using => Entities::UserBasic