diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_endpoints.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_endpoints.py
index 78ecf93..05b704f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_endpoints.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_endpoints.py
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(interface2, endpoint['interface'])
         self.assertEqual(url2, endpoint['url'])
         self.assertEqual(region2, endpoint['region'])
-        self.assertEqual('False', str(endpoint['enabled']))
+        self.assertEqual('false', str(endpoint['enabled']).lower())
         self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_endpoint, endpoint_for_update['id'])
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
index a32eede..d79ea92 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v3/xml/endpoints_client.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
         """Create endpoint."""
         region = kwargs.get('region', None)
         enabled = kwargs.get('enabled', None)
+        if enabled is not None:
+            enabled = str(enabled).lower()
         create_endpoint = Element("endpoint",
                                   xmlns=XMLNS,
                                   service_id=service_id,
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@
         if region:
             endpoint.add_attr("region", region)
         if enabled is not None:
-            endpoint.add_attr("enabled", enabled)
+            endpoint.add_attr("enabled", str(enabled).lower())
         resp, body = self.patch('endpoints/%s' % str(endpoint_id), str(doc))
         body = self._parse_body(etree.fromstring(body))
         return resp, body