diff --git a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
index 5fbec2143..584dad7c6 100644
--- a/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
+++ b/ceilometer/api/controllers/v2.py
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ def _query_to_kwargs(query, db_func):
                 stamp['search_offset'] = i.value
             elif i.field.startswith('metadata.'):
                 metaquery[i.field] = i._get_value_as_type()
+            elif i.field.startswith('resource_metadata.'):
+                metaquery[i.field[9:]] = i._get_value_as_type()
             else:
                 trans[translation.get(i.field, i.field)] = i.value
 
diff --git a/tests/api/v2/test_list_meters_scenarios.py b/tests/api/v2/test_list_meters_scenarios.py
index d35f73680..abd3f999e 100644
--- a/tests/api/v2/test_list_meters_scenarios.py
+++ b/tests/api/v2/test_list_meters_scenarios.py
@@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ class TestListMeters(FunctionalTest,
         self.assertEqual(set(r['counter_name'] for r in data),
                          set(['meter.test']))
 
+    def test_list_meters_resource_metadata_query(self):
+        # NOTE(jd) Same test as above, but with the alias resource_metadata
+        # as query field
+        data = self.get_json('/meters/meter.test',
+                             q=[{'field': 'resource_metadata.tag',
+                                 'op': 'eq',
+                                 'value': 'self.sample1',
+                                 }],)
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(data))
+        self.assertEqual(set(r['resource_id'] for r in data),
+                         set(['resource-id']))
+        self.assertEqual(set(r['counter_name'] for r in data),
+                         set(['meter.test']))
+
     def test_list_meters_multi_metadata_query(self):
         data = self.get_json('/meters/meter.test',
                              q=[{'field': 'metadata.tag',