diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-quota-sets-detail-kwarg-74b72183295b3ce7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-quota-sets-detail-kwarg-74b72183295b3ce7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06f4fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-quota-sets-detail-kwarg-74b72183295b3ce7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Interface show_quota_set of compute quotas_client has been extended to include the
+    argument "detail", which allows for detailed quota set information for a project to be
+    retrieved, if set to True.
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py b/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
index 0ad2df8..9d83ee1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/test_quotas.py
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
             self.assertIn(quota, quota_set.keys())
 
         # get the quota set using user id
-        quota_set = self.client.show_quota_set(self.tenant_id,
-                                               self.user_id)['quota_set']
+        quota_set = self.client.show_quota_set(
+            self.tenant_id, user_id=self.user_id)['quota_set']
         self.assertEqual(quota_set['id'], self.tenant_id)
         for quota in expected_quota_set:
             self.assertIn(quota, quota_set.keys())
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/quotas.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/quotas.py
index 7953983..44f5bdf 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/quotas.py
@@ -60,6 +60,124 @@
 get_quota_set['response_body']['properties']['quota_set']['required'].extend([
     'id'])
 
+get_quota_set_details = copy.deepcopy(get_quota_set)
+get_quota_set_details['response_body']['properties']['quota_set'][
+    'properties'] = {
+    'id': {'type': 'string'},
+    'instances': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'cores': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'ram': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'floating_ips': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'fixed_ips': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'metadata_items': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'key_pairs': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'security_groups': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'security_group_rules': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'server_group_members': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'server_groups': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'injected_files': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'injected_file_content_bytes': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    },
+    'injected_file_path_bytes': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'reserved': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'limit': {'type': 'integer'},
+            'in_use': {'type': 'integer'}
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 delete_quota = {
     'status_code': [202]
 }
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/compute/quotas_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/compute/quotas_client.py
index a2b0397..3839c74 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/compute/quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/compute/quotas_client.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import quotas as schema
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
@@ -22,15 +23,29 @@
 
 class QuotasClient(base_compute_client.BaseComputeClient):
 
-    def show_quota_set(self, tenant_id, user_id=None):
-        """List the quota set for a tenant."""
+    def show_quota_set(self, tenant_id, user_id=None, detail=False):
+        """List the quota set for a tenant.
 
+        For a full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html/#show-a-quota
+        http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html/#show-the-detail-of-quota
+        """
+
+        params = {}
         url = 'os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id
+        if detail:
+            url += '/detail'
         if user_id:
-            url += '?user_id=%s' % user_id
+            params.update({'user_id': user_id})
+        if params:
+            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
-        self.validate_response(schema.get_quota_set, resp, body)
+        if detail:
+            self.validate_response(schema.get_quota_set_details, resp, body)
+        else:
+            self.validate_response(schema.get_quota_set, resp, body)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def show_default_quota_set(self, tenant_id):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_quotas_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_quotas_client.py
index 4c49e8d..bbb8eb7 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_quotas_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_quotas_client.py
@@ -49,22 +49,35 @@
         self.client = quotas_client.QuotasClient(
             fake_auth, 'compute', 'regionOne')
 
-    def _test_show_quota_set(self, bytes_body=False, user_id=None):
+    def _get_quota_set(self, detail):
+        if not detail:
+            return self.FAKE_QUOTA_SET
+        fake_quota_set = {"quota_set": {}}
+        for key, val in self.FAKE_QUOTA_SET['quota_set'].items():
+            fake_quota_set['quota_set'][key] = \
+                {'limit': val, 'reserved': 0, 'in_use': 0}
+        fake_quota_set['quota_set']['id'] = "8421f7be61064f50b680465c07f334af"
+        return fake_quota_set
+
+    def _test_show_quota_set(self, bytes_body=False, detail=False,
+                             user_id=None):
         if user_id:
             self.check_service_client_function(
                 self.client.show_quota_set,
                 'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
-                self.FAKE_QUOTA_SET,
+                self._get_quota_set(detail),
                 to_utf=bytes_body,
                 tenant_id=self.project_id,
+                detail=detail,
                 user_id=user_id)
         else:
             self.check_service_client_function(
                 self.client.show_quota_set,
                 'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
-                self.FAKE_QUOTA_SET,
+                self._get_quota_set(detail),
                 to_utf=bytes_body,
-                tenant_id=self.project_id)
+                tenant_id=self.project_id,
+                detail=detail)
 
     def test_show_quota_set_with_str_body(self):
         self._test_show_quota_set()
@@ -78,6 +91,9 @@
     def test_show_quota_set_for_user_with_bytes_body(self):
         self._test_show_quota_set(bytes_body=True, user_id=self.fake_user_id)
 
+    def test_show_quota_set_with_details(self):
+        self._test_show_quota_set(detail=True)
+
     def _test_show_default_quota_set(self, bytes_body=False):
         self.check_service_client_function(
             self.client.show_default_quota_set,