diff --git a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_bigswitch/driver.py b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_bigswitch/driver.py
index ced7b37ff1..9bede39335 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_bigswitch/driver.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_bigswitch/driver.py
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ class BigSwitchMechanismDriver(NeutronRestProxyV2Base,
         net = context.network.current
         port['network'] = net
         port['binding_host'] = context._binding.host
+        port['bound_segment'] = context.bound_segment
         actx = ctx.get_admin_context()
         if (portbindings.HOST_ID in port and 'id' in port):
             host_id = port[portbindings.HOST_ID]
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/ml2/drivers/test_bigswitch_mech.py b/neutron/tests/unit/ml2/drivers/test_bigswitch_mech.py
index c1d3c52779..4defb2d2f2 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/ml2/drivers/test_bigswitch_mech.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/ml2/drivers/test_bigswitch_mech.py
@@ -123,3 +123,14 @@ class TestBigSwitchMechDriverPortsV2(test_db_plugin.TestPortsV2,
                 )
             ])
         self.spawn_p.start()
+
+    def test_backend_request_contents(self):
+        with nested(
+            mock.patch(SERVER_POOL + '.rest_create_port'),
+            self.port(**{'device_id': 'devid', 'binding:host_id': 'host'})
+        ) as (mock_rest, p):
+            # make sure basic expected keys are present in the port body
+            pb = mock_rest.mock_calls[0][1][2]
+            self.assertEqual('host', pb['binding_host'])
+            self.assertIn('bound_segment', pb)
+            self.assertIn('network', pb)