diff --git a/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/handlers/utils/RESTServiceUtils.java b/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/handlers/utils/RESTServiceUtils.java
index e5b8e8586..a2f7ebf02 100644
--- a/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/handlers/utils/RESTServiceUtils.java
+++ b/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/handlers/utils/RESTServiceUtils.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.RegistryConstants;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.Resource;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.ResourceImpl;
-import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.config.Mount;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.config.RegistryContext;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.exceptions.RegistryException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.registry.core.jdbc.handlers.RequestContext;
@@ -216,8 +215,6 @@ public static String addServiceToRegistry(RequestContext requestContext, OMEleme
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Some or all of the arguments may be null. Cannot add the rest service to registry. ");
 		}
 
-
-
 		Registry registry = requestContext.getRegistry();
 		//Creating new resource.
 		Resource serviceResource = new ResourceImpl();
@@ -254,7 +251,14 @@ public static String addServiceToRegistry(RequestContext requestContext, OMEleme
 		                     RegistryConstants.PATH_SEPARATOR + serviceVersion +
 		                     RegistryConstants.PATH_SEPARATOR + apiName + "-rest_service";
 		//saving the api resource to repository.
+
 		registry.put(pathExpression, serviceResource);
+
+        String defaultLifeCycle = CommonUtil.getDefaultLifecycle(registry, "restservice");
+        if (defaultLifeCycle != null && !defaultLifeCycle.isEmpty()) {
+            registry.associateAspect(serviceResource.getId(), defaultLifeCycle);
+        }
+
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()){
             log.debug("REST Service created at " + pathExpression);
         }
diff --git a/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/utils/CommonUtil.java b/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/utils/CommonUtil.java
index a6c813c61..911eac878 100644
--- a/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/utils/CommonUtil.java
+++ b/components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.extensions/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/registry/extensions/utils/CommonUtil.java
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public static void addService(OMElement service, RequestContext context)throws R
             resource.setProperty(CommonConstants.SOURCE_PROPERTY, CommonConstants.SOURCE_AUTO);
             resource.setProperty("registry.DefinitionImport","true");
             registry.put(path, resource);
-            String defaultLifeCycle = getDefaultServiceLifecycle(registry);
+            String defaultLifeCycle = getDefaultLifecycle(registry, "service");
             if(defaultLifeCycle != null && !defaultLifeCycle.isEmpty())
             registry.associateAspect(resource.getId(),defaultLifeCycle);
         } finally {
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ public static void addSoapService(OMElement service, RequestContext context) thr
             resource.setProperty(CommonConstants.SOURCE_PROPERTY, CommonConstants.SOURCE_AUTO);
             resource.setProperty("registry.DefinitionImport", "true");
             registry.put(path, resource);
-            String defaultLifeCycle = getDefaultServiceLifecycle(registry);
+            String defaultLifeCycle = getDefaultLifecycle(registry, "soapservice");
             if (defaultLifeCycle != null && !defaultLifeCycle.isEmpty())
                 registry.associateAspect(resource.getId(), defaultLifeCycle);
         } finally {
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ private static String getChrootedServiceLocation(Registry registry, RegistryCont
                 registry.getRegistryContext().getServicePath());  // service path contains the base
     }
 
-    private static String getDefaultServiceLifecycle(Registry registry) throws RegistryException {
+    public static String getDefaultLifecycle(Registry registry, String shortName) throws RegistryException {
         String[] rxtList = null;
         String lifecycle = "";
 
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ private static String getDefaultServiceLifecycle(Registry registry) throws Regis
                 } catch (XMLStreamException e) {
                     throw new RegistryException("Error while serializing to OM content from String", e);
                 }
-                if ("service".equals(configElement.getAttributeValue(new QName("shortName")))) {
+                if (shortName.equals(configElement.getAttributeValue(new QName("shortName")))) {
                     OMElement lifecycleElement = configElement.getFirstChildWithName(
                             new QName("lifecycle"));
                     if (lifecycleElement != null) {