diff --git a/tempest/cli/__init__.py b/tempest/cli/__init__.py
index 6aa98c4..0571f4f 100644
--- a/tempest/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/tempest/cli/__init__.py
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@
         return self.cmd_with_auth(
             'cinder', action, flags, params, admin, fail_ok)
 
+    def swift(self, action, flags='', params='', admin=True, fail_ok=False):
+        """Executes swift command for the given action."""
+        flags += ' --os-endpoint-type %s' % CONF.object_storage.endpoint_type
+        return self.cmd_with_auth(
+            'swift', action, flags, params, admin, fail_ok)
+
     def neutron(self, action, flags='', params='', admin=True, fail_ok=False):
         """Executes neutron command for the given action."""
         flags += ' --endpoint-type %s' % CONF.network.endpoint_type
diff --git a/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/test_swift.py b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/test_swift.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d6caa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/cli/simple_read_only/test_swift.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# 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.
+
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+import tempest.cli
+from tempest import config
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest(tempest.cli.ClientTestBase):
+    """Basic, read-only tests for Swift CLI client.
+
+    Checks return values and output of read-only commands.
+    These tests do not presume any content, nor do they create
+    their own. They only verify the structure of output if present.
+    """
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        if not CONF.service_available.swift:
+            msg = ("%s skipped as Swift is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(msg)
+        super(SimpleReadOnlySwiftClientTest, cls).setUpClass()
+
+    def test_swift_fake_action(self):
+        self.assertRaises(subprocess.CalledProcessError,
+                          self.swift,
+                          'this-does-not-exist')
+
+    def test_swift_list(self):
+        self.swift('list')
+
+    def test_swift_stat(self):
+        output = self.swift('stat')
+        entries = ['Account', 'Containers', 'Objects', 'Bytes', 'Content-Type',
+                   'X-Timestamp', 'X-Trans-Id']
+        for entry in entries:
+            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
+
+    def test_swift_capabilities(self):
+        output = self.swift('capabilities')
+        entries = ['account_listing_limit', 'container_listing_limit',
+                   'max_file_size', 'Additional middleware']
+        for entry in entries:
+            self.assertTrue(entry in output)
+
+    def test_swift_help(self):
+        help_text = self.swift('', flags='--help')
+        lines = help_text.split('\n')
+        self.assertFirstLineStartsWith(lines, 'Usage: swift')
+
+        commands = []
+        cmds_start = lines.index('Positional arguments:')
+        cmds_end = lines.index('Examples:')
+        command_pattern = re.compile('^ {4}([a-z0-9\-\_]+)')
+        for line in lines[cmds_start:cmds_end]:
+            match = command_pattern.match(line)
+            if match:
+                commands.append(match.group(1))
+        commands = set(commands)
+        wanted_commands = set(('stat', 'list', 'delete',
+                               'download', 'post', 'upload'))
+        self.assertFalse(wanted_commands - commands)
+
+    # Optional arguments:
+
+    def test_swift_version(self):
+        self.swift('', flags='--version')
+
+    def test_swift_debug_list(self):
+        self.swift('list', flags='--debug')
+
+    def test_swift_retries_list(self):
+        self.swift('list', flags='--retries 3')
+
+    def test_swift_region_list(self):
+        region = CONF.object_storage.region
+        if not region:
+            region = CONF.identity.region
+        self.swift('list', flags='--os-region-name ' + region)