diff --git a/api/soap/mc_issue_api.php b/api/soap/mc_issue_api.php
index 6081e34688..1536deae14 100644
--- a/api/soap/mc_issue_api.php
+++ b/api/soap/mc_issue_api.php
@@ -803,6 +803,8 @@ function mc_issue_update( $p_username, $p_password, $p_issue_id, $p_issue ) {
 	$t_is_success = $t_bug_data->update( /* update_extended */ true, /* bypass_email */ true );
 
 	mci_issue_set_custom_fields( $p_issue_id, $p_issue['custom_fields'], true );
+	if ( isset ( $p_issue['monitors'] ) )
+	    mci_issue_set_monitors( $p_issue_id , $t_user_id, $p_issue['monitors'] );
 
 	if ( isset( $p_issue['notes'] ) && is_array( $p_issue['notes'] ) ) {
 		foreach ( $p_issue['notes'] as $t_note ) {
diff --git a/tests/soap/IssueMonitorTest.php b/tests/soap/IssueMonitorTest.php
index cd3093d548..043b90c915 100644
--- a/tests/soap/IssueMonitorTest.php
+++ b/tests/soap/IssueMonitorTest.php
@@ -88,4 +88,43 @@ public function testAddMonitorWhenCreatingAnIssue() {
 		self::assertEquals( $this->userName, $monitor->name );
 		
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * A test case that tests the following
+	 * 
+	 * 1. Creates a new issue
+	 * 2. Adds a monitor to it
+	 * 3. Retrieves the issue and verifies that the user is in the monitor list
+	 */
+	public function testAddMonitorToExistingIssue() {
+	    
+	    $issueToAdd = $this->getIssueToAdd( 'IssueMonitorTest.testAddRemoveMonitorFromIssue' );
+
+	    $issueId = $this->client->mc_issue_add(
+			$this->userName,
+			$this->password,
+			$issueToAdd);
+			
+		$this->deleteAfterRun( $issueId );
+		
+		$issue = $this->client->mc_issue_get(
+			$this->userName,
+			$this->password,
+			$issueId);		
+		
+        $issue->monitors = array(
+	        array ('id' =>  $this->userId )
+        );
+        
+        $this->client->mc_issue_update( $this->userName, $this->password, $issueId, $issue );
+			
+		$issue = $this->client->mc_issue_get( $this->userName, $this->password, $issueId);
+		
+		self::assertEquals(1, sizeof($issue->monitors));
+		
+		$monitor = $issue->monitors[0];
+		
+		self::assertEquals( $this->userId, $monitor->id );
+		self::assertEquals( $this->userName, $monitor->name );
+	}
 }