diff --git a/tempest/tests/fake_http.py b/tempest/tests/fake_http.py
index a09d5ba..7b878af 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/fake_http.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/fake_http.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import copy
 import httplib2
 
 
@@ -44,3 +45,29 @@
         else:
             msg = "unsupported return type %s" % self.return_type
             raise TypeError(msg)
+
+
+class fake_httplib(object):
+    def __init__(self, headers, body=None,
+                 version=1.0, status=200, reason="Ok"):
+        """
+        :param headers: dict representing HTTP response headers
+        :param body: file-like object
+        :param version: HTTP Version
+        :param status: Response status code
+        :param reason: Status code related message.
+        """
+        self.body = body
+        self.status = status
+        self.reason = reason
+        self.version = version
+        self.headers = headers
+
+    def getheaders(self):
+        return copy.deepcopy(self.headers).items()
+
+    def getheader(self, key, default):
+        return self.headers.get(key, default)
+
+    def read(self, amt):
+        return self.body.read(amt)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_glance_http.py b/tempest/tests/test_glance_http.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2df43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_glance_http.py
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+# Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+# 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 httplib
+import json
+import mock
+import six
+import socket
+
+from tempest.common import glance_http
+from tempest import exceptions
+from tempest.openstack.common.fixture import mockpatch
+from tempest.tests import base
+from tempest.tests import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests import fake_http
+
+
+class TestGlanceHTTPClient(base.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestGlanceHTTPClient, self).setUp()
+        self.fake_http = fake_http.fake_httplib2(return_type=200)
+        # NOTE(maurosr): using http here implies that we will be using httplib
+        # directly. With https glance_client would use an httpS version, but
+        # the real backend would still be httplib anyway and since we mock it
+        # that there is no reason to care.
+        self.endpoint = 'http://fake_url.com'
+        self.fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+
+        self.fake_auth.base_url = mock.MagicMock(return_value=self.endpoint)
+
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                        'request',
+                        side_effect=self.fake_http.request(self.endpoint)[1]))
+        self.client = glance_http.HTTPClient(self.fake_auth, {})
+
+    def _set_response_fixture(self, header, status, resp_body):
+        resp = fake_http.fake_httplib(header, status=status,
+                                      body=six.StringIO(resp_body))
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                        'getresponse',
+                        return_value=resp))
+        return resp
+
+    def test_json_request_without_content_type_header(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({}, 200, 'fake_response_body')
+        resp, body = self.client.json_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertIsNone(body)
+
+    def test_json_request_with_xml_content_type_header(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({'content-type': 'application/xml'},
+                                   200, 'fake_response_body')
+        resp, body = self.client.json_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertIsNone(body)
+
+    def test_json_request_with_content_type_header(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({'content-type': 'application/json'},
+                                   200, 'fake_response_body')
+        resp, body = self.client.json_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual('fake_response_body', body)
+
+    def test_json_request_fails_to_json_loads(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({'content-type': 'application/json'},
+                                   200, 'fake_response_body')
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(json, 'loads',
+                        side_effect=ValueError()))
+        resp, body = self.client.json_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual(body, 'fake_response_body')
+
+    def test_json_request_socket_timeout(self):
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                                              'request',
+                                              side_effect=socket.timeout()))
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.TimeoutException,
+                          self.client.json_request, 'GET', '/images')
+
+    def test_json_request_endpoint_not_found(self):
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                                              'request',
+                                              side_effect=socket.gaierror()))
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.EndpointNotFound,
+                          self.client.json_request, 'GET', '/images')
+
+    def test_raw_request(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({}, 200, 'fake_response_body')
+        resp, body = self.client.raw_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual('fake_response_body', body.read())
+
+    def test_raw_request_with_response_chunked(self):
+        self._set_response_fixture({}, 200, 'fake_response_body')
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(glance_http,
+                                              'CHUNKSIZE', 1))
+        resp, body = self.client.raw_request('GET', '/images')
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual('fake_response_body', body.read())
+
+    def test_raw_request_chunked(self):
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(glance_http,
+                                              'CHUNKSIZE', 1))
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                        'endheaders'))
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(httplib.HTTPConnection,
+                        'send'))
+
+        self._set_response_fixture({}, 200, 'fake_response_body')
+        req_body = six.StringIO('fake_request_body')
+        resp, body = self.client.raw_request('PUT', '/images', body=req_body)
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status)
+        self.assertEqual('fake_response_body', body.read())
+        httplib.HTTPConnection.send.assert_call_count(req_body.len)
+
+    def test_get_connection_class_for_https(self):
+        conn_class = self.client.get_connection_class('https')
+        self.assertEqual(glance_http.VerifiedHTTPSConnection, conn_class)
+
+    def test_get_connection_class_for_http(self):
+        conn_class = (self.client.get_connection_class('http'))
+        self.assertEqual(httplib.HTTPConnection, conn_class)
+
+    def test_get_connection_http(self):
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(self.client.get_connection(),
+                                   httplib.HTTPConnection))
+
+    def test_get_connection_https(self):
+        endpoint = 'https://fake_url.com'
+        self.fake_auth.base_url = mock.MagicMock(return_value=endpoint)
+        self.client = glance_http.HTTPClient(self.fake_auth, {})
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(self.client.get_connection(),
+                                   glance_http.VerifiedHTTPSConnection))
+
+    def test_get_connection_url_not_fount(self):
+        self.useFixture(mockpatch.PatchObject(self.client, 'connection_class',
+                                              side_effect=httplib.InvalidURL()
+                                              ))
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.EndpointNotFound,
+                          self.client.get_connection)
+
+    def test_get_connection_kwargs_default_for_http(self):
+        kwargs = self.client.get_connection_kwargs('http')
+        self.assertEqual(600, kwargs['timeout'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(kwargs.keys()))
+
+    def test_get_connection_kwargs_set_timeout_for_http(self):
+        kwargs = self.client.get_connection_kwargs('http', timeout=10,
+                                                   cacert='foo')
+        self.assertEqual(10, kwargs['timeout'])
+        # nothing more than timeout is evaluated for http connections
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(kwargs.keys()))
+
+    def test_get_connection_kwargs_default_for_https(self):
+        kwargs = self.client.get_connection_kwargs('https')
+        self.assertEqual(600, kwargs['timeout'])
+        self.assertEqual(None, kwargs['cacert'])
+        self.assertEqual(None, kwargs['cert_file'])
+        self.assertEqual(None, kwargs['key_file'])
+        self.assertEqual(False, kwargs['insecure'])
+        self.assertEqual(True, kwargs['ssl_compression'])
+        self.assertEqual(6, len(kwargs.keys()))
+
+    def test_get_connection_kwargs_set_params_for_https(self):
+        kwargs = self.client.get_connection_kwargs('https', timeout=10,
+                                                   cacert='foo',
+                                                   cert_file='/foo/bar.cert',
+                                                   key_file='/foo/key.pem',
+                                                   insecure=True,
+                                                   ssl_compression=False)
+        self.assertEqual(10, kwargs['timeout'])
+        self.assertEqual('foo', kwargs['cacert'])
+        self.assertEqual('/foo/bar.cert', kwargs['cert_file'])
+        self.assertEqual('/foo/key.pem', kwargs['key_file'])
+        self.assertEqual(True, kwargs['insecure'])
+        self.assertEqual(False, kwargs['ssl_compression'])
+        self.assertEqual(6, len(kwargs.keys()))
+
+
+class TestResponseBodyIterator(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_iter_default_chunk_size_64k(self):
+        resp = fake_http.fake_httplib({}, six.StringIO(
+            'X' * (glance_http.CHUNKSIZE + 1)))
+        iterator = glance_http.ResponseBodyIterator(resp)
+        chunks = list(iterator)
+        self.assertEqual(chunks, ['X' * glance_http.CHUNKSIZE, 'X'])