diff --git a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
index f42f9d4..db356ed 100644
--- a/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
+++ b/web/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/rest/resources/MetersWebResource.java
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriBuilder;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.UriInfo;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 
 import static org.onlab.util.Tools.nullIsNotFound;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@
  */
 @Path("meters")
 public class MetersWebResource extends AbstractWebResource {
+
+    @Context
+    UriInfo uriInfo;
+
     private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
     public static final String DEVICE_INVALID = "Invalid deviceId in meter creation request";
     public static final String METER_NOT_FOUND = "Meter is not found for ";
@@ -131,7 +136,6 @@
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public Response createMeter(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId,
                                 InputStream stream) {
-        URI location;
         try {
             ObjectNode jsonTree = (ObjectNode) mapper().readTree(stream);
             JsonNode specifiedDeviceId = jsonTree.get("deviceId");
@@ -143,14 +147,17 @@
             jsonTree.put("deviceId", deviceId);
             final MeterRequest meterRequest = codec(MeterRequest.class).decode(jsonTree, this);
             final Meter meter = meterService.submit(meterRequest);
-            location = new URI(Long.toString(meter.id().id()));
-        } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException ex) {
+
+            UriBuilder locationBuilder = uriInfo.getBaseUriBuilder()
+                    .path("meters")
+                    .path(deviceId)
+                    .path(Long.toString(meter.id().id()));
+            return Response
+                    .created(locationBuilder.build())
+                    .build();
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(ex);
         }
-
-        return Response
-                .created(location)
-                .build();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -217,4 +224,4 @@
 
         return meterRequest;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}