diff --git a/app/controllers/api/service_dialogs_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/service_dialogs_controller.rb
index e8e16743cf..92dcd8a39c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/service_dialogs_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/service_dialogs_controller.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ module Api
   class ServiceDialogsController < BaseController
     before_action :set_additional_attributes, :only => [:index, :show]
 
+    CONTENT_PARAMS = %w[target_type target_id resource_action_id].freeze
+
     def refresh_dialog_fields_resource(type, id = nil, data = nil)
       raise BadRequestError, "Must specify an id for Reconfiguring a #{type} resource" unless id
 
@@ -14,7 +16,8 @@ def refresh_dialog_fields_resource(type, id = nil, data = nil)
     end
 
     def fetch_service_dialogs_content(resource)
-      resource.content(nil, nil, true)
+      target, resource_action = validate_dialog_content_params
+      resource.content(target, resource_action, true)
     end
 
     def create_resource(_type, _id, data)
@@ -46,6 +49,15 @@ def copy_resource(type, id, data)
 
     private
 
+    def validate_dialog_content_params
+      return unless CONTENT_PARAMS.detect { |param| params.include?(param) }
+      raise BadRequestError, "Must specify all of #{CONTENT_PARAMS.join(',')}" unless (CONTENT_PARAMS - params.keys).count.zero?
+      target_type = params['target_type'].pluralize.to_sym
+      target = resource_search(params['target_id'], target_type, collection_class(target_type))
+      resource_action = resource_search(params['resource_action_id'], :resource_actions, ResourceAction)
+      [target, resource_action]
+    end
+
     def set_additional_attributes
       @additional_attributes = %w(content) if attribute_selection == "all"
     end
diff --git a/spec/requests/service_dialogs_spec.rb b/spec/requests/service_dialogs_spec.rb
index d08d0ec2e4..dbb4065b56 100644
--- a/spec/requests/service_dialogs_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/service_dialogs_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,31 @@
       expect_result_to_have_keys(%w(content))
     end
 
+    it "query single dialog to include content with target and resource action specified" do
+      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:service_dialogs, :read, :resource_actions, :get)
+      service_template = FactoryGirl.create(:service_template)
+      get(api_service_dialog_url(nil, dialog1), :params => { :resource_action_id => ra1.id, :target_id => service_template.id, :target_type => 'service_template' })
+
+      expect_single_resource_query(
+        "id"    => dialog1.id.to_s,
+        "href"  => api_service_dialog_url(nil, dialog1),
+        "label" => dialog1.label
+      )
+      expect_result_to_have_keys(%w(content))
+    end
+
+    it "requires both target_id, target_type, and resource_action" do
+      api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:service_dialogs, :read, :resource_actions, :get)
+
+      get(api_service_dialog_url(nil, dialog1), :params => { :target_id => 'id' })
+
+      expected = {
+        'error' => a_hash_including('message' => a_string_including('Must specify all of'))
+      }
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(:bad_request)
+      expect(response.parsed_body).to include(expected)
+    end
+
     it "query single dialog to exclude content when attributes are asked for" do
       api_basic_authorize action_identifier(:service_dialogs, :read, :resource_actions, :get)