diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/availability_zone.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/availability_zone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1abc64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/availability_zone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2014 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.
+
+# NOTE: This is the detail information for "get az detail" API.
+# The information is the same between v2 and v3 APIs.
+detail = {
+    'type': 'object',
+    'patternProperties': {
+        # NOTE: Here is for a hostname
+        '^[a-zA-Z0-9-_.]+$': {
+            'type': 'object',
+            'patternProperties': {
+                # NOTE: Here is for a service name
+                '^.*$': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'available': {'type': 'boolean'},
+                        'active': {'type': 'boolean'},
+                        'updated_at': {'type': 'string'}
+                    },
+                    'required': ['available', 'active', 'updated_at']
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/availability_zone.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/availability_zone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d3d2787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/availability_zone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+# Copyright 2014 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.
+
+import copy
+
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import availability_zone as common
+
+
+base = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'availabilityZoneInfo': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'zoneName': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'zoneState': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'available': {'type': 'boolean'}
+                            },
+                            'required': ['available']
+                        },
+                        # NOTE: Here is the difference between detail and
+                        # non-detail.
+                        'hosts': {'type': 'null'}
+                    },
+                    'required': ['zoneName', 'zoneState', 'hosts']
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['availabilityZoneInfo']
+    }
+}
+
+get_availability_zone_list = copy.deepcopy(base)
+
+get_availability_zone_list_detail = copy.deepcopy(base)
+get_availability_zone_list_detail['response_body']['properties'][
+    'availabilityZoneInfo']['items']['properties']['hosts'] = common.detail
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/availability_zone.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/availability_zone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f36c33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/availability_zone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+# Copyright 2014 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.
+
+import copy
+
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import availability_zone as common
+
+
+base = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'availability_zone_info': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        'zone_name': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'zone_state': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'available': {'type': 'boolean'}
+                            },
+                            'required': ['available']
+                        },
+                        # NOTE: Here is the difference between detail and
+                        # non-detail
+                        'hosts': {'type': 'null'}
+                    },
+                    'required': ['zone_name', 'zone_state', 'hosts']
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['availability_zone_info']
+    }
+}
+
+get_availability_zone_list = copy.deepcopy(base)
+get_availability_zone_list_detail = copy.deepcopy(base)
+get_availability_zone_list_detail['response_body']['properties'][
+    'availability_zone_info']['items']['properties']['hosts'] = common.detail
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/availability_zone_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/availability_zone_client.py
index 9278d5b..1c067e8 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/availability_zone_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/availability_zone_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import availability_zone as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -31,9 +32,12 @@
     def get_availability_zone_list(self):
         resp, body = self.get('os-availability-zone')
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_availability_zone_list, resp, body)
         return resp, body['availabilityZoneInfo']
 
     def get_availability_zone_list_detail(self):
         resp, body = self.get('os-availability-zone/detail')
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_availability_zone_list_detail, resp,
+                               body)
         return resp, body['availabilityZoneInfo']
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/availability_zone_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/availability_zone_client.py
index bad2de9..bf74e68 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/availability_zone_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/availability_zone_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute.v3 import availability_zone as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -31,9 +32,12 @@
     def get_availability_zone_list(self):
         resp, body = self.get('os-availability-zone')
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_availability_zone_list, resp, body)
         return resp, body['availability_zone_info']
 
     def get_availability_zone_list_detail(self):
         resp, body = self.get('os-availability-zone/detail')
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_availability_zone_list_detail, resp,
+                               body)
         return resp, body['availability_zone_info']