diff --git a/rgw/admin/user.go b/rgw/admin/user.go
index fceef425f..16be579ad 100644
--- a/rgw/admin/user.go
+++ b/rgw/admin/user.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type User struct {
 	Caps                []UserCapSpec  `json:"caps"`
 	OpMask              string         `json:"op_mask" url:"op-mask"`
 	DefaultPlacement    string         `json:"default_placement" url:"default-placement"`
-	DefaultStorageClass string         `json:"default_storage_class"`
+	DefaultStorageClass string         `json:"default_storage_class" url:"default-storage-class"`
 	PlacementTags       []interface{}  `json:"placement_tags"`
 	BucketQuota         QuotaSpec      `json:"bucket_quota"`
 	UserQuota           QuotaSpec      `json:"user_quota"`
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ func (api *API) CreateUser(ctx context.Context, user User) (User, error) {
 	}
 
 	// valid parameters not supported by go-ceph: system, exclusive, placement-tags
-	body, err := api.call(ctx, http.MethodPut, "/user", valueToURLParams(user, []string{"uid", "display-name", "default-placement", "email", "key-type", "access-key", "secret-key", "user-caps", "tenant", "generate-key", "max-buckets", "suspended", "op-mask", "account-id", "account-root"}))
+	body, err := api.call(ctx, http.MethodPut, "/user", valueToURLParams(user, []string{"uid", "display-name", "default-placement", "default-storage-class", "email", "key-type", "access-key", "secret-key", "user-caps", "tenant", "generate-key", "max-buckets", "suspended", "op-mask", "account-id", "account-root"}))
 	if err != nil {
 		return User{}, err
 	}
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func (api *API) ModifyUser(ctx context.Context, user User) (User, error) {
 	}
 
 	// valid parameters not supported by go-ceph: system, placement-tags
-	body, err := api.call(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/user", valueToURLParams(user, []string{"uid", "display-name", "default-placement", "email", "generate-key", "access-key", "secret-key", "key-type", "max-buckets", "suspended", "op-mask", "account-id", "account-root"}))
+	body, err := api.call(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/user", valueToURLParams(user, []string{"uid", "display-name", "default-placement", "default-storage-class", "email", "generate-key", "access-key", "secret-key", "key-type", "max-buckets", "suspended", "op-mask", "account-id", "account-root"}))
 	if err != nil {
 		return User{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/rgw/admin/user_test.go b/rgw/admin/user_test.go
index 37097d23c..47716417f 100644
--- a/rgw/admin/user_test.go
+++ b/rgw/admin/user_test.go
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ type mockDoType func(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
 // Do is the mock client's `Do` func
 func (m *mockClient) Do(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) { return m.mockDo(req) }
 
-var (
-	fakeUserResponse = []byte(`
+var fakeUserResponse = []byte(`
 {
   "tenant": "",
   "user_id": "dashboard-admin",
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ var (
   "system": "true",
   "admin": "false",
   "default_placement": "ssd",
-  "default_storage_class": "",
+  "default_storage_class": "ONEZONE_IA",
   "placement_tags": [],
   "bucket_quota": {
     "enabled": false,
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ var (
   "type": "rgw",
   "mfa_ids": []
 }`)
-)
 
 func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
 	u := &User{}
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ func (suite *RadosGWTestSuite) TestUser() {
 
 	suite.T().Run("user creation success", func(_ *testing.T) {
 		usercaps := "users=read"
-		user, err := co.CreateUser(context.Background(), User{ID: "leseb", DisplayName: "This is leseb", Email: "leseb@example.com", UserCaps: usercaps, OpMask: "delete", DefaultPlacement: "default-placement"})
+		user, err := co.CreateUser(context.Background(), User{ID: "leseb", DisplayName: "This is leseb", Email: "leseb@example.com", UserCaps: usercaps, OpMask: "delete", DefaultPlacement: "default-placement", DefaultStorageClass: "STANDARD"})
 		assert.NoError(suite.T(), err)
 		assert.Equal(suite.T(), "leseb@example.com", user.Email)
 	})
@@ -254,6 +252,13 @@ func TestGetUserMockAPI(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, "ssd", u.DefaultPlacement, u)
 	})
+	t.Run("test get user default storage class", func(t *testing.T) {
+		api, err := New("127.0.0.1", "accessKey", "secretKey", returnMockClient())
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		u, err := api.GetUser(context.TODO(), User{ID: "dashboard-admin"})
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, "ONEZONE_IA", u.DefaultStorageClass, u)
+	})
 	t.Run("test get user with access key", func(t *testing.T) {
 		api, err := New("127.0.0.1", "accessKey", "secretKey", returnMockClient())
 		assert.NoError(t, err)