diff --git a/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/RestConstants.java b/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/RestConstants.java
index b0ddd0ff5..622729b33 100644
--- a/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/RestConstants.java
+++ b/omod-common/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/RestConstants.java
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ public class RestConstants {
 	public static String REPRESENTATION_FULL = "full";
 	
 	public static String REPRESENTATION_CUSTOM_PREFIX = "custom:";
+
+    /**
+     * Used in DrugOrder object representations to indicate the specific strength an instance has
+     */
+    public static String PROPERTY_FOR_STRENGTH = "strength";
 	
 	// The URI prefix through which clients consuming web services will connect
 	// to the web application
diff --git a/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/DrugOrderSubclassHandler1_10.java b/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/DrugOrderSubclassHandler1_10.java
index 96945da4e..2d8afa0bd 100644
--- a/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/DrugOrderSubclassHandler1_10.java
+++ b/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/DrugOrderSubclassHandler1_10.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.openmrs.CareSetting;
+import org.openmrs.Drug;
 import org.openmrs.DrugOrder;
 import org.openmrs.Order;
 import org.openmrs.OrderType;
@@ -202,4 +203,16 @@ public static String getDisplay(DrugOrder delegate) {
 		
 		return ret.toString();
 	}
+
+	@PropertyGetter("strength")
+	public String getStrength(DrugOrder delegate) {
+		StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();
+		if (delegate.getDrug() != null) {
+			Drug drug = delegate.getDrug();
+			ret.append(drug.getStrength() != null ? drug.getStrength() : "[no strength]");
+		} else {
+			ret.append("[no strength]");
+		}
+		return ret.toString();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderResource1_10.java b/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderResource1_10.java
index 0fb757c4f..4d4436bf8 100644
--- a/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderResource1_10.java
+++ b/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/resource/openmrs1_10/OrderResource1_10.java
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 import org.openmrs.Patient;
 import org.openmrs.api.context.Context;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.docs.swagger.core.property.EnumProperty;
+import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.SimpleObject;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.ConversionUtil;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.RequestContext;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.RestConstants;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.annotation.Resource;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.api.RestService;
+import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.representation.CustomRepresentation;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.representation.DefaultRepresentation;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.representation.FullRepresentation;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.representation.Representation;
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.response.ObjectNotFoundException;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.response.ResourceDoesNotSupportOperationException;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.response.ResponseException;
+import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.response.ConversionException;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.v1_0.resource.openmrs1_8.OrderResource1_8;
 import org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.v1_0.resource.openmrs1_8.PatientResource1_8;
 
@@ -310,6 +313,27 @@ public int compare(Order o1, Order o2) {
 		});
 		return sortedList;
 	}
+
+    /**
+     * @see org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.resource.impl.BaseDelegatingResource#asRepresentation(Object, Representation)
+     */
+    @Override
+    public SimpleObject asRepresentation(Order delegate, Representation representation) throws ConversionException {
+        DelegatingResourceDescription repDescription;
+        if (representation instanceof CustomRepresentation) {
+            repDescription = ConversionUtil.getCustomRepresentationDescription((CustomRepresentation) representation);
+            return convertDelegateToRepresentation(delegate, repDescription);
+        }
+
+        SimpleObject simple = super.asRepresentation(delegate, representation);
+        OrderType drugOrderType = Context.getOrderService().getOrderTypeByName("Drug order");
+        if (delegate.getOrderType().equals(drugOrderType)) {
+            String strength = (String) findAndInvokeSubclassHandlerMethod("drugorder",
+                    "getStrength", delegate);
+            simple.add(RestConstants.PROPERTY_FOR_STRENGTH, strength);
+        }
+        return simple;
+    }
 	
 	/**
 	 * @see org.openmrs.module.webservices.rest.web.resource.impl.BaseDelegatingResource#getResourceVersion()
diff --git a/omod/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java b/omod/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
index 3ea113175..7f1254cf8 100644
--- a/omod/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
+++ b/omod/src/test/java/org/openmrs/module/webservices/rest/web/v1_0/controller/openmrs1_10/OrderController1_10Test.java
@@ -598,4 +598,16 @@ public void doSearch_shouldReturnExceptionIfNoPatientUuidIsSpecified() throws Ex
 		);
 		handle(req);
 	}
+
+    @Test
+    public void doSearch_shouldReturnWithDrugStrengthProperty() throws Exception {
+        MockHttpServletRequest req = newGetRequest(getURI(),
+                new Parameter("orderTypes", RestTestConstants1_10.DRUG_ORDER_TYPE_UUID),
+                new Parameter("patient", PATIENT_UUID)
+        );
+
+        SimpleObject orders = deserialize(handle(req));
+        List<Object> results = orders.get("results");
+        assertEquals(PropertyUtils.getProperty(results.get(0), "strength"), "325.0mg");
+    }
 }