diff --git a/acceptance/openstack/client_test.go b/acceptance/openstack/client_test.go
index 9b12337..52c0cf5 100644
--- a/acceptance/openstack/client_test.go
+++ b/acceptance/openstack/client_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack"
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/utils"
 )
@@ -29,7 +30,9 @@
 	t.Logf("Client successfully acquired a token: %v", client.TokenID)
 
 	// Find the storage service in the service catalog.
-	storage, err := openstack.NewStorageV1(client, os.Getenv("OS_REGION_NAME"))
+	storage, err := openstack.NewStorageV1(client, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+		Region: os.Getenv("OS_REGION_NAME"),
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unable to locate a storage service: %v", err)
 	} else {
diff --git a/endpoint_search.go b/endpoint_search.go
index 7c80dea..16e170d 100644
--- a/endpoint_search.go
+++ b/endpoint_search.go
@@ -49,3 +49,13 @@
 // EndpointLocator is a function that describes how to locate a single endpoint from a service catalog for a specific ProviderClient.
 // It should be set during ProviderClient authentication and used to discover related ServiceClients.
 type EndpointLocator func(EndpointOpts) (string, error)
+
+// ApplyDefaults sets EndpointOpts fields if not already set. Currently, EndpointOpts.Availability defaults to the public endpoint.
+func (eo *EndpointOpts) ApplyDefaults(t string) {
+	if eo.Type == "" {
+		eo.Type = t
+	}
+	if eo.Availability == "" {
+		eo.Availability = AvailabilityPublic
+	}
+}
diff --git a/openstack/client.go b/openstack/client.go
index 9ebdd65..7279bca 100644
--- a/openstack/client.go
+++ b/openstack/client.go
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@
 }
 
 // NewStorageV1 creates a ServiceClient that may be used with the v1 object storage package.
-func NewStorageV1(client *gophercloud.ProviderClient, region string) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
-	url, err := client.EndpointLocator(gophercloud.EndpointOpts{Type: "object-store", Name: "swift"})
+func NewStorageV1(client *gophercloud.ProviderClient, eo gophercloud.EndpointOpts) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	eo.ApplyDefaults("object-store")
+	url, err := client.EndpointLocator(eo)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}