diff --git a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/nsx_v3/implementation/listener_mgr.py b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/nsx_v3/implementation/listener_mgr.py
index fc27ce82a9..6ea4cbffe2 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/nsx_v3/implementation/listener_mgr.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/services/lbaas/nsx_v3/implementation/listener_mgr.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class EdgeListenerManagerFromDict(base_mgr.Nsxv3LoadbalancerBaseManager):
         kwargs = {'enabled': listener['admin_state_up'],
                   'ip_address': lb_vip_address,
                   'port': listener['protocol_port'],
-                  'application_profile_id': app_profile_id}
+                  'application_profile_id': app_profile_id,
+                  'description': listener.get('description')}
         if vs_name:
             kwargs['display_name'] = vs_name
         if tags:
diff --git a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
index 8c276914b1..ff96909913 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/tests/unit/services/lbaas/test_nsxv3_driver.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class BaseTestEdgeLbaasV2(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.lb = lb_models.LoadBalancer(LB_ID, LB_TENANT_ID, 'lb1', '',
                                          'some-subnet', 'port-id', LB_VIP)
         self.listener = lb_models.Listener(LISTENER_ID, LB_TENANT_ID,
-                                           'listener1', '', None, LB_ID,
+                                           'listener1', 'Dummy', None, LB_ID,
                                            'HTTP', protocol_port=80,
                                            loadbalancer=self.lb)
         self.https_listener = lb_models.Listener(