diff --git a/pylxd/models/storage_pool.py b/pylxd/models/storage_pool.py
index 527b0a3e..e0d276c8 100644
--- a/pylxd/models/storage_pool.py
+++ b/pylxd/models/storage_pool.py
@@ -698,6 +698,9 @@ def get(cls, volume, name):
         if response.json()["metadata"]["expires_at"] == "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z":
             snapshot.expires_at = None
 
+        # This field is normally empty so derive it from its volume.
+        snapshot.content_type = volume.content_type
+
         # Snapshot names are namespaced in LXD, as volume-name/snapshot-name.
         # We hide that implementation detail.
         snapshot.name = snapshot.name.split("/")[-1]