diff --git a/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/fixtures.go b/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/fixtures.go
index cb10313..0c839b8 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/fixtures.go
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@
 }
 `
 
+// CreateRequest provides the input to a Create request.
+const CreateRequest = `
+{
+  "project": {
+		"description": "The team that is red",
+		"name": "Red Team"
+  }
+}
+`
+
 // RedTeam is a Project fixture.
 var RedTeam = projects.Project{
 	IsDomain:    false,
@@ -107,3 +117,16 @@
 		fmt.Fprintf(w, GetOutput)
 	})
 }
+
+// HandleCreateProjectSuccessfully creates an HTTP handler at `/projects` on the
+// test handler mux that tests project creation.
+func HandleCreateProjectSuccessfully(t *testing.T) {
+	th.Mux.HandleFunc("/projects", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		th.TestMethod(t, r, "POST")
+		th.TestHeader(t, r, "X-Auth-Token", client.TokenID)
+		th.TestJSONRequest(t, r, CreateRequest)
+
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusCreated)
+		fmt.Fprintf(w, GetOutput)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/requests_test.go b/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/requests_test.go
index eeb2049..daed4eb 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v3/projects/testing/requests_test.go
@@ -38,3 +38,18 @@
 	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
 	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, RedTeam, *actual)
 }
+
+func TestCreateProject(t *testing.T) {
+	th.SetupHTTP()
+	defer th.TeardownHTTP()
+	HandleCreateProjectSuccessfully(t)
+
+	createOpts := projects.CreateOpts{
+		Name:        "Red Team",
+		Description: "The team that is red",
+	}
+
+	actual, err := projects.Create(client.ServiceClient(), createOpts).Extract()
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.CheckDeepEquals(t, RedTeam, *actual)
+}