diff --git a/restapi/index.php b/restapi/index.php
index 10914cf62..4827f5141 100644
--- a/restapi/index.php
+++ b/restapi/index.php
@@ -1054,6 +1054,7 @@ final class SeedDMS_RestapiController { /* {{{ */
             if ($mfolder->getAccessMode($userobj, 'addDocument') >= M_READWRITE) {
                 $params = $request->getQueryParams();
                 $docname = isset($params['name']) ? $params['name'] : '';
+                $comment = isset($params['comment']) ? $params['comment'] : '';
                 $keywords = isset($params['keywords']) ? $params['keywords'] : '';
                 $origfilename = isset($params['origfilename']) ? $params['origfilename'] : null;
                 $content = $request->getBody();
@@ -1071,7 +1072,7 @@ final class SeedDMS_RestapiController { /* {{{ */
                     return $this->renderer->json($response, array('success'=>false, 'message'=>getMLText("document_duplicate_name"), 'data'=>''))->withStatus(409);
                     }
                 }
-                $res = $mfolder->addDocument($docname, '', 0, $userobj, '', array(), $temp, $origfilename ? $origfilename : basename($temp), $fileType, $userfiletype, 0);
+                $res = $mfolder->addDocument($docname, $comment, 0, $userobj, '', array(), $temp, $origfilename ? $origfilename : basename($temp), $fileType, $userfiletype, 0);
                 unlink($temp);
                 if($res) {
                     $doc = $res[0];