diff --git a/openstack/identity/v2/users/fixtures.go b/openstack/identity/v2/users/fixtures.go
index 745f572..002feb0 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v2/users/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v2/users/fixtures.go
@@ -63,3 +63,25 @@
 `)
 	})
 }
+
+func MockGetUser(t *testing.T) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc("/users/new_user", 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, `
+{
+		"user": {
+				"name": "new_user",
+				"tenant_id": "12345",
+				"enabled": false,
+				"email": "new_user@foo.com",
+				"id": "c39e3de9be2d4c779f1dfd6abacc176d"
+		}
+}
+`)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests.go b/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests.go
index ec17c20..3faf028 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests.go
@@ -93,3 +93,15 @@
 
 	return res
 }
+
+// Get requests details on a single user, either by ID or username.
+func Get(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, identifier string) GetResult {
+	var result GetResult
+
+	_, result.Err = perigee.Request("GET", resourceURL(client, identifier), perigee.Options{
+		Results:     &result.Body,
+		MoreHeaders: client.AuthenticatedHeaders(),
+	})
+
+	return result
+}
diff --git a/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests_test.go b/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests_test.go
index 6a4d78f..c15bfd5 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v2/users/requests_test.go
@@ -79,3 +79,23 @@
 
 	th.AssertDeepEquals(t, expected, user)
 }
+
+func TestGetUser(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+
+	MockGetUser(t)
+
+	user, err := Get(client.ServiceClient(), "new_user").Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+
+	expected := &User{
+		Name:     "new_user",
+		ID:       "c39e3de9be2d4c779f1dfd6abacc176d",
+		Email:    "new_user@foo.com",
+		Enabled:  false,
+		TenantID: "12345",
+	}
+
+	th.AssertDeepEquals(t, expected, user)
+}
diff --git a/openstack/identity/v2/users/results.go b/openstack/identity/v2/users/results.go
index fe62ada..7261b96 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v2/users/results.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v2/users/results.go
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@
 	return &response.User, err
 }
 
+// CreateResult represents the result of a Create operation
 type CreateResult struct {
 	commonResult
 }
+
+// GetResult represents the result of a Get operation
+type GetResult struct {
+	commonResult
+}