diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
index 6d5559d..59ac646 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v1/test_images.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from six import moves
 
 from tempest.api.image import base
+from tempest.common import image as common_image
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
@@ -306,7 +307,8 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('01752c1c-0275-4de3-9e5b-876e44541928')
     def test_list_image_metadata(self):
         # All metadata key/value pairs for an image should be returned
-        resp_metadata = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        resp = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        resp_metadata = common_image.get_image_meta_from_headers(resp)
         expected = {'key1': 'value1'}
         self.assertEqual(expected, resp_metadata['properties'])
 
@@ -314,12 +316,14 @@
     def test_update_image_metadata(self):
         # The metadata for the image should match the updated values
         req_metadata = {'key1': 'alt1', 'key2': 'value2'}
-        metadata = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        resp = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        metadata = common_image.get_image_meta_from_headers(resp)
         self.assertEqual(metadata['properties'], {'key1': 'value1'})
         metadata['properties'].update(req_metadata)
         metadata = self.client.update_image(
             self.image_id, properties=metadata['properties'])['image']
 
-        resp_metadata = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        resp = self.client.check_image(self.image_id)
+        resp_metadata = common_image.get_image_meta_from_headers(resp)
         expected = {'key1': 'alt1', 'key2': 'value2'}
         self.assertEqual(expected, resp_metadata['properties'])
diff --git a/tempest/common/image.py b/tempest/common/image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42ce5ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/common/image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+
+def get_image_meta_from_headers(resp):
+    meta = {'properties': {}}
+    for key in resp.response:
+        value = resp.response[key]
+        if key.startswith('x-image-meta-property-'):
+            _key = key[22:]
+            meta['properties'][_key] = value
+        elif key.startswith('x-image-meta-'):
+            _key = key[13:]
+            meta[_key] = value
+
+    for key in ['is_public', 'protected', 'deleted']:
+        if key in meta:
+            meta[key] = meta[key].strip().lower() in ('t', 'true', 'yes', '1')
+
+    for key in ['size', 'min_ram', 'min_disk']:
+        if key in meta:
+            try:
+                meta[key] = int(meta[key])
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+    return meta
diff --git a/tempest/common/waiters.py b/tempest/common/waiters.py
index 23d7f88..d8dad69 100644
--- a/tempest/common/waiters.py
+++ b/tempest/common/waiters.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 
+from tempest.common import image as common_image
 from tempest import config
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import misc as misc_utils
@@ -127,7 +128,11 @@
         # The 'check_image' method is used here because the show_image method
         # returns image details plus the image itself which is very expensive.
         # The 'check_image' method returns just image details.
-        show_image = client.check_image
+        def _show_image_v1(image_id):
+            resp = client.check_image(image_id)
+            return common_image.get_image_meta_from_headers(resp)
+
+        show_image = _show_image_v1
     else:
         show_image = client.show_image
 
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index 6994b9c..4de157a 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import six
 
 from tempest.common import compute
+from tempest.common import image as common_image
 from tempest.common.utils import data_utils
 from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
 from tempest.common import waiters
@@ -469,7 +470,8 @@
             cleanup_args=[_image_client.delete_image, image_id])
         if CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v1:
             # In glance v1 the additional properties are stored in the headers.
-            snapshot_image = _image_client.check_image(image_id)
+            resp = _image_client.check_image(image_id)
+            snapshot_image = common_image.get_image_meta_from_headers(resp)
             image_props = snapshot_image.get('properties', {})
         else:
             # In glance v2 the additional properties are flattened.
diff --git a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/images_client.py
index 4ffaf3b..e9f0ca1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/images_client.py
@@ -31,28 +31,6 @@
 class ImagesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
     api_version = "v1"
 
-    def _image_meta_from_headers(self, headers):
-        meta = {'properties': {}}
-        for key, value in six.iteritems(headers):
-            if key.startswith('x-image-meta-property-'):
-                _key = key[22:]
-                meta['properties'][_key] = value
-            elif key.startswith('x-image-meta-'):
-                _key = key[13:]
-                meta[_key] = value
-
-        for key in ['is_public', 'protected', 'deleted']:
-            if key in meta:
-                meta[key] = meta[key].strip().lower() in ('t', 'true', 'yes',
-                                                          '1')
-        for key in ['size', 'min_ram', 'min_disk']:
-            if key in meta:
-                try:
-                    meta[key] = int(meta[key])
-                except ValueError:
-                    pass
-        return meta
-
     def _image_meta_to_headers(self, fields):
         headers = {}
         fields_copy = copy.deepcopy(fields)
@@ -164,9 +142,8 @@
     def check_image(self, image_id):
         """Check image metadata."""
         url = 'images/%s' % image_id
-        resp, __ = self.head(url)
+        resp, body = self.head(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        body = self._image_meta_from_headers(resp)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def show_image(self, image_id):
@@ -178,7 +155,8 @@
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
         try:
-            if self.check_image(id)['status'] == 'deleted':
+            resp = self.check_image(id)
+            if resp.response["x-image-meta-status"] == 'deleted':
                 return True
         except lib_exc.NotFound:
             return True
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py b/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdd0ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/test_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.common import image
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+from tempest.tests import base
+
+
+class TestImage(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_get_image_meta_from_headers(self):
+        resp = {
+            'x-image-meta-id': 'ea30c926-0629-4400-bb6e-f8a8da6a4e56',
+            'x-image-meta-owner': '8f421f9470e645b1b10f5d2db7804924',
+            'x-image-meta-status': 'queued',
+            'x-image-meta-name': 'New Http Image'
+        }
+        respbody = rest_client.ResponseBody(resp)
+        observed = image.get_image_meta_from_headers(respbody)
+
+        expected = {
+            'properties': {},
+            'id': 'ea30c926-0629-4400-bb6e-f8a8da6a4e56',
+            'owner': '8f421f9470e645b1b10f5d2db7804924',
+            'status': 'queued',
+            'name': 'New Http Image'
+        }
+        self.assertEqual(expected, observed)