diff --git a/acceptance/openstack/identity/v3/identity.go b/acceptance/openstack/identity/v3/identity.go
index 2969bc9..5bed8a4 100644
--- a/acceptance/openstack/identity/v3/identity.go
+++ b/acceptance/openstack/identity/v3/identity.go
@@ -3,12 +3,41 @@
 import (
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/acceptance/tools"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/identity/v3/endpoints"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/identity/v3/projects"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/identity/v3/services"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/identity/v3/tokens"
 )
 
+// CreateProject will create a project with a random name.
+// It takes an optional createOpts parameter since creating a project
+// has so many options. An error will be returned if the project was
+// unable to be created.
+func CreateProject(t *testing.T, client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, c *projects.CreateOpts) (*projects.Project, error) {
+	name := tools.RandomString("ACPTTEST", 8)
+	t.Logf("Attempting to create project: %s", name)
+
+	var createOpts projects.CreateOpts
+	if c != nil {
+		createOpts = *c
+	} else {
+		createOpts = projects.CreateOpts{}
+	}
+
+	createOpts.Name = name
+
+	project, err := projects.Create(client, createOpts).Extract()
+	if err != nil {
+		return project, err
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("Successfully created project %s with ID %s", name, project.ID)
+
+	return project, nil
+}
+
 // PrintEndpoint will print an endpoint and all of its attributes.
 func PrintEndpoint(t *testing.T, endpoint *endpoints.Endpoint) {
 	t.Logf("ID: %s", endpoint.ID)