diff --git a/acceptance/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacktemplates_test.go b/acceptance/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacktemplates_test.go
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+// +build acceptance
+
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacks"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/orchestration/v1/stacktemplates"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+)
+
+func TestStackTemplates(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a provider client for making the HTTP requests.
+	// See common.go in this directory for more information.
+	client := newClient(t)
+
+	stackName := "postman_stack_2"
+
+	createOpts := stacks.CreateOpts{
+		Name:     stackName,
+		Template: template,
+		Timeout:  5,
+	}
+	stack, err := stacks.Create(client, createOpts).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	t.Logf("Created stack: %+v\n", stack)
+	defer func() {
+		err := stacks.Delete(client, stackName, stack.ID).ExtractErr()
+		th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+		t.Logf("Deleted stack (%s)", stackName)
+	}()
+	err = gophercloud.WaitFor(60, func() (bool, error) {
+		getStack, err := stacks.Get(client, stackName, stack.ID).Extract()
+		if err != nil {
+			return false, err
+		}
+		if getStack.Status == "CREATE_COMPLETE" {
+			return true, nil
+		}
+		return false, nil
+	})
+
+	tmpl, err := stacktemplates.Get(client, stackName, stack.ID).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	t.Logf("retrieved template: %+v\n", tmpl)
+
+	validateOpts := stacktemplates.ValidateOpts{
+		Template: map[string]interface{}{
+			"heat_template_version": "2013-05-23",
+			"description":           "Simple template to test heat commands",
+			"parameters": map[string]interface{}{
+				"flavor": map[string]interface{}{
+					"default": "m1.tiny",
+					"type":    "string",
+				},
+			},
+			"resources": map[string]interface{}{
+				"hello_world": map[string]interface{}{
+					"type": "OS::Nova::Server",
+					"properties": map[string]interface{}{
+						"key_name": "heat_key",
+						"flavor": map[string]interface{}{
+							"get_param": "flavor",
+						},
+						"image":     "ad091b52-742f-469e-8f3c-fd81cadf0743",
+						"user_data": "#!/bin/bash -xv\necho \"hello world\" &gt; /root/hello-world.txt\n",
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	validatedTemplate, err := stacktemplates.Validate(client, validateOpts).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	t.Logf("validated template: %+v\n", validatedTemplate)
+}