diff --git a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/requests.go b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/requests.go
index 32f09ee..044b5cb 100644
--- a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/requests.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
 	// properties is a set of properties, if any, that
 	// are associated with the image.
-	Properties map[string]string `json:"-,omitempty"`
+	Properties map[string]string `json:"-"`
 }
 
 // ToImageCreateMap assembles a request body based on the contents of
diff --git a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/fixtures.go b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/fixtures.go
index 1754407..10a87b4 100644
--- a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/fixtures.go
+++ b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/fixtures.go
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@
 		th.TestJSONRequest(t, r, `{
 			"id": "e7db3b45-8db7-47ad-8109-3fb55c2c24fd",
 			"name": "Ubuntu 12.10",
+			"architecture": "x86_64",
 			"tags": [
 				"ubuntu",
 				"quantal"
diff --git a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/requests_test.go b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/requests_test.go
index fdd8402..0371e4c 100644
--- a/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/requests_test.go
+++ b/openstack/imageservice/v2/images/testing/requests_test.go
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
 	actualImage, err := images.Create(fakeclient.ServiceClient(), images.CreateOpts{
 		ID:   id,
 		Name: name,
+		Properties: map[string]string{
+			"architecture": "x86_64",
+		},
 		Tags: []string{"ubuntu", "quantal"},
 	}).Extract()