diff --git a/chronograf.go b/chronograf.go
index 0f336994e..bdc9d5fc9 100644
--- a/chronograf.go
+++ b/chronograf.go
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ type Source struct {
 	Telegraf           string `json:"telegraf"`                     // Telegraf is the db telegraf is written to.  By default it is "telegraf"
 	Organization       string `json:"organization"`                 // Organization is the organization ID that resource belongs to
 	Role               string `json:"role,omitempty"`               // Not Currently Used. Role is the name of the minimum role that a user must possess to access the resource.
+	DefaultRP          string `json:"defaultRP"`                    // DefaultRP is the default retention policy used in database queries to this source
 }
 
 // SourcesStore stores connection information for a `TimeSeries`
diff --git a/server/sources_test.go b/server/sources_test.go
index ed42c4de7..2ce4160d6 100644
--- a/server/sources_test.go
+++ b/server/sources_test.go
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ func TestService_SourcesID(t *testing.T) {
 			ID:              "1",
 			wantStatusCode:  200,
 			wantContentType: "application/json",
-			wantBody:        `{"id":"1","name":"","url":"","default":false,"telegraf":"telegraf","organization":"","links":{"self":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1","kapacitors":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/kapacitors","proxy":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/proxy","queries":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/queries","write":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/write","permissions":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/permissions","users":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/users","databases":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/dbs","annotations":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/annotations","health":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/health"}, "defaultRP":""}`,
+			wantBody: `{"id":"1","name":"","url":"","default":false,"telegraf":"telegraf","organization":"","defaultRP":"","links":{"self":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1","kapacitors":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/kapacitors","proxy":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/proxy","queries":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/queries","write":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/write","permissions":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/permissions","users":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/users","databases":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/dbs","annotations":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/annotations","health":"/chronograf/v1/sources/1/health"}}
+`,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {