diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/volume_attachment.py b/openstack/compute/v2/volume_attachment.py
index 770395c7d..45fc45bc2 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/v2/volume_attachment.py
+++ b/openstack/compute/v2/volume_attachment.py
@@ -39,5 +39,7 @@ class VolumeAttachment(resource.Resource):
     attachment_id = resource.Body('attachment_id', alternate_id=True)
     #: Virtual device tags for the attachment.
     tag = resource.Body('tag')
-    # tag introduced in 2.70
-    _max_microversion = '2.70'
+    #: Indicates whether to delete the volume when server is destroyed
+    delete_on_termination = resource.Body('delete_on_termination')
+    # delete_on_termination introduced in 2.79
+    _max_microversion = '2.79'
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_volume_attachment.py b/openstack/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_volume_attachment.py
index 2eb473d4a..03d031c1f 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_volume_attachment.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_volume_attachment.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ EXAMPLE = {
     'id': '2',
     'volume_id': '3',
     'tag': '4',
+    'delete_on_termination': 'true',
 }
 
 
@@ -46,3 +47,5 @@ class TestServerInterface(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['id'], sot.id)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['volume_id'], sot.volume_id)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['tag'], sot.tag)
+        self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['delete_on_termination'],
+                         sot.delete_on_termination)