diff --git a/acceptance/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes_test.go b/acceptance/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes_test.go
index 4f1787c..8784764 100644
--- a/acceptance/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes_test.go
@@ -43,3 +43,21 @@
 		PrintShareType(t, &shareType)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestShareTypeGetDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	client, err := clients.NewSharedFileSystemV2Client()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to create a shared file system client: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	shareType, err := sharetypes.GetDefault(client).Extract()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unable to retrieve the default share type: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if shareType.Name != "default" {
+		t.Fatal("Share type name was expected to be: default")
+	}
+
+	PrintShareType(t, shareType)
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/requests.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/requests.go
index 1e63c5f..38174fe 100644
--- a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/requests.go
@@ -92,3 +92,9 @@
 		return ShareTypePage{pagination.SinglePageBase(r)}
 	})
 }
+
+// GetDefault will retrieve the default ShareType.
+func GetDefault(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient) (r GetDefaultResult) {
+	_, r.Err = client.Get(getDefaultURL(client), &r.Body, nil)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/results.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/results.go
index a48543e..fa3a4e1 100644
--- a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/results.go
+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/results.go
@@ -63,3 +63,8 @@
 	err := (r.(ShareTypePage)).ExtractInto(&s)
 	return s.ShareTypes, err
 }
+
+// GetDefaultResult contains the response body and error from a Get Default request.
+type GetDefaultResult struct {
+	commonResult
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/fixtures.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/fixtures.go
index 5cf7194..58d9bb3 100644
--- a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/fixtures.go
@@ -133,3 +133,34 @@
         }`)
 	})
 }
+
+func MockGetDefaultResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc("/types/default", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		th.TestMethod(t, r, "GET")
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", fake.TokenID)
+
+		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, `
+        {
+            "volume_type": {
+                "required_extra_specs": null,
+                "extra_specs": {
+                    "snapshot_support": "True",
+                    "driver_handles_share_servers": "True"
+                },
+                "name": "default",
+                "id": "be27425c-f807-4500-a056-d00721db45cf"
+            },
+            "share_type": {
+                "required_extra_specs": null,
+                "extra_specs": {
+                    "snapshot_support": "True",
+                    "driver_handles_share_servers": "True"
+                },
+                "name": "default",
+                "id": "be27425c-f807-4500-a056-d00721db45cf"
+            }
+        }`)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/requests_test.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/requests_test.go
index ce20b0f..0518c02 100644
--- a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/testing/requests_test.go
@@ -100,3 +100,22 @@
 
 	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, expected, actual)
 }
+
+// Verifies that it is possible to get the default share type
+func TestGetDefault(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	MockGetDefaultResponse(t)
+
+	expected := sharetypes.ShareType{
+		ID:                 "be27425c-f807-4500-a056-d00721db45cf",
+		Name:               "default",
+		ExtraSpecs:         map[string]interface{}{"snapshot_support": "True", "driver_handles_share_servers": "True"},
+		RequiredExtraSpecs: map[string]interface{}(nil),
+	}
+
+	actual, err := sharetypes.GetDefault(client.ServiceClient()).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, &expected, actual)
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/urls.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/urls.go
index 5004f97..7b1d2ca 100644
--- a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/urls.go
+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/sharetypes/urls.go
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 func listURL(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {
 	return createURL(c)
 }
+
+func getDefaultURL(c *gophercloud.ServiceClient) string {
+	return c.ServiceURL("types", "default")
+}