diff --git a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
index 9840c17..f530a43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/rest/decoder/RESTResource.java
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ public class RESTResource {
                 Namespace.getNamespace("atom", "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"));
         return atom.getAttributeValue("href");
     }
+    
+    public String getNativeCRS() {
+    	return rootElem.getChildText("nativeCRS");
+    }
 
     public String getCRS() {
         Element elBBox = rootElem.getChild("latLonBoundingBox");
diff --git a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java
index 84f4be2..d6a51df 100644
--- a/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/it/geosolutions/geoserver/decoder/ResourceDecoderTest.java
@@ -81,6 +81,17 @@ public class ResourceDecoderTest {
                 "http://localhost:8080/geoserver/rest/workspaces/topp/coveragestores/granuleTestMosaic.xml");
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testNativeCRS() {
+    	String expectedCrs = "GEOGCS[\"WGS 84\", \r\n		DATUM[\"World Geodetic\n		System 1984\", \r\n"
+    			+"		SPHEROID[\"WGS 84\", 6378137.0,\n		298.257223563,\n		AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"7030\"]], \r\n"
+    			+"		AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"6326\"]], \r\n		PRIMEM[\"Greenwich\", 0.0,\n		AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"8901\"]], \r\n"
+    			+"		UNIT[\"degree\", 0.017453292519943295], \r\n		AXIS[\"Geodetic longitude\", EAST], \r\n"
+    			+"		AXIS[\"Geodetic\n		latitude\", NORTH], \r\n		AUTHORITY[\"EPSG\",\"4326\"]]";
+
+    	Assert.assertEquals(expectedCrs, coverage.getNativeCRS());
+    }
+    
     @Test
     public void testCRS() {
         Assert.assertEquals(coverage.getCRS(), "EPSG:4326");