diff --git a/nsot/api/urls.py b/nsot/api/urls.py
index eb85f4d..fa232dd 100644
--- a/nsot/api/urls.py
+++ b/nsot/api/urls.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 sites_router.register(r'interfaces', views.InterfaceViewSet)
 sites_router.register(r'networks', views.NetworkViewSet)
 sites_router.register(r'values', views.ValueViewSet)
+sites_router.register(r'sites', views.SiteViewSet)
 
 # Wire up our API using automatic URL routing.
 # Additionally, we include login URLs for the browsable API.
diff --git a/nsot/migrations/0030_site_parent.py b/nsot/migrations/0030_site_parent.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ccab66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nsot/migrations/0030_site_parent.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('nsot', '0029_auto__add_circuit'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='site',
+            name='parent',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(related_name='parent_site', on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.PROTECT, verbose_name='Parent site', to='nsot.Site', help_text='ID of a site that this site is nested in', null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/nsot/models.py b/nsot/models.py
index d8aa71c..e8bc696 100644
--- a/nsot/models.py
+++ b/nsot/models.py
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ class Site(models.Model):
     description = models.TextField(
         default='', blank=True, help_text='A helpful description for the Site.'
     )
+    parent = models.ForeignKey(
+        'self', db_index=True, related_name='parent_site', on_delete=models.PROTECT,
+        verbose_name='Parent site',
+        help_text='ID of a site that this site is nested in',
+        null=True
+    )
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
@@ -68,8 +74,25 @@ def __unicode__(self):
     def clean_name(self, value):
         return validators.validate_name(value)
 
+    def clean_foreign_key(self, value):            
+        if value != None and value.name == self.name:
+            raise exc.ValidationError({
+                'parent': 'A site cannot be nested in itself'
+            })
+        return validators.validate_parent(self.id, value)
+
     def clean_fields(self, exclude=None):
         self.name = self.clean_name(self.name)
+        # if self.id is not None then we are creating a nested site
+        if not self.id is None:
+            # check if we are changing name or description of site
+            s = Site.objects.filter(id=self.id)[0]
+            if s.name != self.name or s.description != self.description:
+                # we are not upating a site's parent
+                return 
+            else:
+                # other wise we are updating a site's parent
+                self.parent = self.clean_foreign_key(self.parent)
 
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.full_clean()  # First validate fields are correct
@@ -80,6 +103,7 @@ def to_dict(self):
             'id': self.id,
             'name': self.name,
             'description': self.description,
+            'parent': self.parent
         }
 
 
diff --git a/nsot/validators.py b/nsot/validators.py
index 053e6db..58519b7 100644
--- a/nsot/validators.py
+++ b/nsot/validators.py
@@ -69,3 +69,14 @@ def validate_email(value):
             'email': err.message
         })
     return value
+
+
+def validate_parent(site_id, value):
+    v = value
+    while v != None:
+        if v.id == site_id:
+            raise exc.ValidationError({
+                'parent': 'Site with id %d is a child or grand child of site with id %d'%(value.id, site_id)    
+            })
+        v = v.parent
+    return value