@@ -283,13 +283,6 @@ func (n *networkRouter) buildNetworkResource(nw libnetwork.Network) *types.Netwo

 	r.ID = nw.ID()

 	r.Created = info.Created()

 	r.Scope = info.Scope()

-	if n.cluster.IsManager() {

-		if _, err := n.cluster.GetNetwork(nw.ID()); err == nil {

-			r.Scope = "swarm"

-		}

-	} else if info.Dynamic() {

-		r.Scope = "swarm"

-	}

 	r.Driver = nw.Type()

 	r.EnableIPv6 = info.IPv6Enabled()

 	r.Internal = info.Internal()

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ type NetworkResource struct {

 	Name       string                         // Name is the requested name of the network

 	ID         string                         `json:"Id"` // ID uniquely identifies a network on a single machine

 	Created    time.Time                      // Created is the time the network created

-	Scope      string                         // Scope describes the level at which the network exists (e.g. `global` for cluster-wide or `local` for machine level)

+	Scope      string                         // Scope describes the level at which the network exists (e.g. `swarm` for cluster-wide or `local` for machine level)

 	Driver     string                         // Driver is the Driver name used to create the network (e.g. `bridge`, `overlay`)

 	EnableIPv6 bool                           // EnableIPv6 represents whether to enable IPv6

 	IPAM       network.IPAM                   // IPAM is the network's IP Address Management

@@ -432,6 +432,7 @@ type NetworkCreate struct {

 	// which has the same name but it is not guaranteed to catch all name collisions.

 	CheckDuplicate bool

 	Driver         string

+	Scope          string

 	EnableIPv6     bool

 	IPAM           *network.IPAM

 	Internal       bool

@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) createNetwork(create types.NetworkCreateRequest, id string

 		libnetwork.NetworkOptionLabels(create.Labels),

 		libnetwork.NetworkOptionAttachable(create.Attachable),

 		libnetwork.NetworkOptionIngress(create.Ingress),

+		libnetwork.NetworkOptionScope(create.Scope),

 	}

 	if create.ConfigOnly {