diff --git a/WHATS_NEW b/WHATS_NEW
index e419a46e9..047e2eda1 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW
+++ b/WHATS_NEW
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 2.02.98 -
 =================================
+  Fix lvm2api origin reporting for thin snapshot volume.
   Add configure --enable-python_bindings for liblvm2app to new python subdir.
   Add implementation of lvm2api function lvm_percent_to_float.
   Allow non power of 2 thin chunk sizes if thin pool driver supports that.
diff --git a/lib/metadata/lv.c b/lib/metadata/lv.c
index 33e3270e3..4032f347c 100644
--- a/lib/metadata/lv.c
+++ b/lib/metadata/lv.c
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ char *lv_origin_dup(struct dm_pool *mem, const struct logical_volume *lv)
 {
 	if (lv_is_cow(lv))
 		return lv_name_dup(mem, origin_from_cow(lv));
+
+	if (lv_is_thin_volume(lv) && first_seg(lv)->origin)
+		return lv_name_dup(mem, first_seg(lv)->origin);
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/test/api/thin_percent.c b/test/api/thin_percent.c
index 533816496..2c8b19b04 100644
--- a/test/api/thin_percent.c
+++ b/test/api/thin_percent.c
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	assert(v.is_valid);
 	assert(v.value.integer == PERCENT_INVALID);
 
+	v = lvm_lv_get_property(lv, "origin");
+	assert(v.is_valid);
+	assert(strcmp(v.value.string, "thin") == 0);
+
 	lvm_vg_close(vg);
 	lvm_quit(handle);