diff --git a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClusterResource.java b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClusterResource.java
index 6ea66d89901..dbec0a7643c 100644
--- a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClusterResource.java
+++ b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClusterResource.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Action;
+import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.ActionableResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.AffinityGroupsResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.AssignedCpuProfilesResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.AssignedPermissionsResource;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.gluster.GlusterVolumesResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.resource.gluster.BackendGlusterHooksResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.resource.gluster.BackendGlusterVolumesResource;
+import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.resource.utils.LinksTreeNode;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.util.LinkHelper;
 import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.VdcObjectType;
 import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action.ActionParametersBase;
@@ -182,4 +184,26 @@ public ClusterEnabledFeaturesResource getEnabledFeaturesResource() {
     public ClusterExternalProvidersResource getExternalNetworkProvidersResource() {
         return inject(new BackendClusterExternalNetworkProvidersResource(guid));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void follow(ActionableResource entity, LinksTreeNode linksTree) {
+        org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Cluster cluster = (org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Cluster)entity;
+        removeGlusterVolumesFromFollowTree(linksTree, cluster);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * specific case:
+     *
+     * if this cluster does not have gluster-service (meaning it's virt-only), but
+     * the user has requested to follow it's gluster_volumes link, silently ignore
+     * this request. It doesn't make sense to the Engine and if it reaches it, an
+     * exception will be thrown (see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2079361)
+     */
+    static void removeGlusterVolumesFromFollowTree(LinksTreeNode linksTree, org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Cluster cluster) {
+        final String GLUSTER_VOLUMES = "gluster_volumes";
+        if ((!cluster.isSetGlusterService() || !cluster.isGlusterService())
+                && linksTree.pathExists(GLUSTER_VOLUMES)) {
+            linksTree.markAsFollowed(GLUSTER_VOLUMES);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClustersResource.java b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClustersResource.java
index f947d618f4d..f3c029fca15 100644
--- a/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClustersResource.java
+++ b/backend/manager/modules/restapi/jaxrs/src/main/java/org/ovirt/engine/api/restapi/resource/BackendClustersResource.java
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
+import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.ActionableResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Clusters;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Network;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.ClusterResource;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.resource.ClustersResource;
+import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.resource.utils.LinksTreeNode;
 import org.ovirt.engine.api.restapi.util.LinkHelper;
 import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action.ActionType;
 import org.ovirt.engine.core.common.action.ClusterOperationParameters;
@@ -148,4 +150,12 @@ protected org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Cluster doPopulate(org.ovirt.engine.api.mod
 
         return cluster;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void follow(ActionableResource entity, LinksTreeNode linksTree) {
+        Clusters clusters = (Clusters)entity;
+        for (org.ovirt.engine.api.model.Cluster cluster : clusters.getClusters()) {
+            BackendClusterResource.removeGlusterVolumesFromFollowTree(linksTree, cluster);
+        }
+    }
 }