diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/manila/share_type.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/manila/share_type.py
index 25facdd997..1ab9e8ba0f 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/manila/share_type.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/manila/share_type.py
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ class ManilaShareType(resource.Resource):
     support_status = support.SupportStatus(version='5.0.0')
 
     PROPERTIES = (
-        NAME, IS_PUBLIC, DRIVER_HANDLES_SHARE_SERVERS, EXTRA_SPECS
+        NAME, IS_PUBLIC, DRIVER_HANDLES_SHARE_SERVERS, EXTRA_SPECS,
+        SNAPSHOT_SUPPORT
     ) = (
-        'name', 'is_public', 'driver_handles_share_servers', 'extra_specs'
+        'name', 'is_public', 'driver_handles_share_servers', 'extra_specs',
+        'snapshot_support'
     )
 
     properties_schema = {
@@ -59,6 +61,13 @@ class ManilaShareType(resource.Resource):
             properties.Schema.MAP,
             _("Extra specs key-value pairs defined for share type."),
             update_allowed=True
+        ),
+        SNAPSHOT_SUPPORT: properties.Schema(
+            properties.Schema.BOOLEAN,
+            _('Boolean extra spec that used for filtering of backends by '
+              'their capability to create share snapshots.'),
+            support_status=support.SupportStatus(version='6.0.0'),
+            default=True
         )
     }
 
@@ -71,7 +80,8 @@ class ManilaShareType(resource.Resource):
             name=self.properties.get(self.NAME),
             spec_driver_handles_share_servers=self.properties.get(
                 self.DRIVER_HANDLES_SHARE_SERVERS),
-            is_public=self.properties.get(self.IS_PUBLIC)
+            is_public=self.properties.get(self.IS_PUBLIC),
+            spec_snapshot_support=self.properties.get(self.SNAPSHOT_SUPPORT)
         )
         self.resource_id_set(share_type.id)
         extra_specs = self.properties.get(self.EXTRA_SPECS)
diff --git a/heat/tests/openstack/manila/test_share_type.py b/heat/tests/openstack/manila/test_share_type.py
index bca8b5ff16..b69632cfa3 100644
--- a/heat/tests/openstack/manila/test_share_type.py
+++ b/heat/tests/openstack/manila/test_share_type.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ resources:
       driver_handles_share_servers: True
       extra_specs: {"test":"test"}
       is_public: False
+      snapshot_support: True
 """
 
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ class ManilaShareTypeTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         self.assertEqual("type_id", share_type.resource_id)
         share_type.client().share_types.create.assert_called_once_with(
             name="test_share_type", spec_driver_handles_share_servers=True,
-            is_public=False)
+            is_public=False, spec_snapshot_support=True)
         fake_share_type.set_keys.assert_called_once_with({"test": "test"})
         self.assertEqual('share_types', share_type.entity)