diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/fixtures.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/fixtures.go
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+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/fixtures.go
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+package testing
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	th "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	fake "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const (
+	shareEndpoint = "/shares"
+)
+
+var createRequest = `{
+		"share": {
+			"name": "my_test_share",
+			"size": 1,
+			"share_proto": "NFS"
+		}
+	}`
+
+var createResponse = `{
+		"share": {
+			"name": "my_test_share",
+			"share_proto": "NFS",
+			"size": 1,
+			"status": null,
+			"share_server_id": null,
+			"project_id": "16e1ab15c35a457e9c2b2aa189f544e1",
+			"share_type": "25747776-08e5-494f-ab40-a64b9d20d8f7",
+			"share_type_name": "default",
+			"availability_zone": null,
+			"created_at": "2015-09-18T10:25:24.533287",
+			"export_location": null,
+			"links": [
+				{
+					"href": "http://172.18.198.54:8786/v1/16e1ab15c35a457e9c2b2aa189f544e1/shares/011d21e2-fbc3-4e4a-9993-9ea223f73264",
+					"rel": "self"
+				},
+				{
+					"href": "http://172.18.198.54:8786/16e1ab15c35a457e9c2b2aa189f544e1/shares/011d21e2-fbc3-4e4a-9993-9ea223f73264",
+					"rel": "bookmark"
+				}
+			],
+			"share_network_id": null,
+			"export_locations": [],
+			"host": null,
+			"access_rules_status": "active",
+			"has_replicas": false,
+			"replication_type": null,
+			"task_state": null,
+			"snapshot_support": true,
+			"consistency_group_id": "9397c191-8427-4661-a2e8-b23820dc01d4",
+			"source_cgsnapshot_member_id": null,
+			"volume_type": "default",
+			"snapshot_id": null,
+			"is_public": true,
+			"metadata": {
+				"project": "my_app",
+				"aim": "doc"
+			},
+			"id": "011d21e2-fbc3-4e4a-9993-9ea223f73264",
+			"description": "My custom share London"
+		}
+	}`
+
+// MockCreateResponse creates a mock response
+func MockCreateResponse(t *testing.T) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc(shareEndpoint, func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		th.TestMethod(t, r, "POST")
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", fake.TokenID)
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "Content-Type", "application/json")
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "Accept", "application/json")
+		th.TestJSONRequest(t, r, createRequest)
+		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, createResponse)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/request_test.go b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/request_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares/testing/request_test.go
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+package testing
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/sharedfilesystems/v2/shares"
+	th "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/testhelper/client"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	MockCreateResponse(t)
+
+	options := &shares.CreateOpts{Size: 1, Name: "my_test_share", ShareProto: "NFS"}
+	n, err := shares.Create(client.ServiceClient(), options).Extract()
+
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.AssertEquals(t, n.Name, "my_test_share")
+	th.AssertEquals(t, n.Size, 1)
+	th.AssertEquals(t, n.ShareProto, "NFS")
+}