diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
index b995053..e649053 100644
--- a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
+++ b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/requests.go
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
 	}
 }
 
-// GetPassword makes a request agains the nova API to get the encrypted administrative password.
+// GetPassword makes a request against the nova API to get the encrypted administrative password.
 func GetPassword(client *gophercloud.ServiceClient, serverId string) GetPasswordResult {
 	var res GetPasswordResult
 	_, res.Err = client.Request("GET", passwordURL(client, serverId), gophercloud.RequestOpts{
diff --git a/openstack/compute/v2/servers/results_test.go b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/results_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..101160b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstack/compute/v2/servers/results_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+package servers
+
+import (
+	"crypto/rsa"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	th "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/testhelper"
+	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
+)
+
+// Fail - No password in JSON.
+func TestExtractPassword_no_pwd_data(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var dejson interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{ "Crappy data": ".-.-." }`), &dejson)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+	resp := GetPasswordResult{gophercloud.Result{Body: dejson}}
+
+	pwd, err := resp.ExtractPassword(nil)
+	th.AssertEquals(t, pwd, "")
+}
+
+// Ok - return encrypted password when no private key is given.
+func TestExtractPassword_encrypted_pwd(t *testing.T) {
+
+	var dejson interface{}
+	sejson := []byte(`{"password":"PP8EnwPO9DhEc8+O/6CKAkPF379mKsUsfFY6yyw0734XXvKsSdV9KbiHQ2hrBvzeZxtGMrlFaikVunCRizyLLWLMuOi4hoH+qy9F9sQid61gQIGkxwDAt85d/7Eau2/KzorFnZhgxArl7IiqJ67X6xjKkR3zur+Yp3V/mtVIehpPYIaAvPbcp2t4mQXl1I9J8yrQfEZOctLL1L4heDEVXnxvNihVLK6pivlVggp6SZCtjj9cduZGrYGsxsOCso1dqJQr7GCojfwvuLOoG0OYwEGuWVTZppxWxi/q1QgeHFhGKA5QUXlz7pS71oqpjYsTeViuHnfvlqb5TVYZpQ1haw=="}`)
+
+	err := json.Unmarshal(sejson, &dejson)
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", dejson)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+	resp := GetPasswordResult{gophercloud.Result{Body: dejson}}
+
+	pwd, err := resp.ExtractPassword(nil)
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.AssertEquals(t, "PP8EnwPO9DhEc8+O/6CKAkPF379mKsUsfFY6yyw0734XXvKsSdV9KbiHQ2hrBvzeZxtGMrlFaikVunCRizyLLWLMuOi4hoH+qy9F9sQid61gQIGkxwDAt85d/7Eau2/KzorFnZhgxArl7IiqJ67X6xjKkR3zur+Yp3V/mtVIehpPYIaAvPbcp2t4mQXl1I9J8yrQfEZOctLL1L4heDEVXnxvNihVLK6pivlVggp6SZCtjj9cduZGrYGsxsOCso1dqJQr7GCojfwvuLOoG0OYwEGuWVTZppxWxi/q1QgeHFhGKA5QUXlz7pS71oqpjYsTeViuHnfvlqb5TVYZpQ1haw==", pwd)
+}
+
+// Ok - return decrypted password when private key is given.
+// Decrytion can be verified by:
+//   echo "<enc_pwd>" | base64 -D | openssl rsautl -decrypt -inkey <privateKey.pem>
+func TestExtractPassword_decrypted_pwd(t *testing.T) {
+
+	privateKey, err := ssh.ParseRawPrivateKey([]byte(`
+-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----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+-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
+`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Error parsing private key: %s\n", err)
+	}
+
+	var dejson interface{}
+	sejson := []byte(`{"password":"PP8EnwPO9DhEc8+O/6CKAkPF379mKsUsfFY6yyw0734XXvKsSdV9KbiHQ2hrBvzeZxtGMrlFaikVunCRizyLLWLMuOi4hoH+qy9F9sQid61gQIGkxwDAt85d/7Eau2/KzorFnZhgxArl7IiqJ67X6xjKkR3zur+Yp3V/mtVIehpPYIaAvPbcp2t4mQXl1I9J8yrQfEZOctLL1L4heDEVXnxvNihVLK6pivlVggp6SZCtjj9cduZGrYGsxsOCso1dqJQr7GCojfwvuLOoG0OYwEGuWVTZppxWxi/q1QgeHFhGKA5QUXlz7pS71oqpjYsTeViuHnfvlqb5TVYZpQ1haw=="}`)
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(sejson, &dejson)
+	fmt.Printf("%v\n", dejson)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("%s", err)
+	}
+	resp := GetPasswordResult{gophercloud.Result{Body: dejson}}
+
+	pwd, err := resp.ExtractPassword(privateKey.(*rsa.PrivateKey))
+	th.AssertNoErr(t, err)
+	th.AssertEquals(t, "ruZKK0tqxRfYm5t7lSJq", pwd)
+}