diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/limits.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/limits.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9857f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/limits.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# 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.
+
+get_limit = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'limits': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'properties': {
+                    'absolute': {
+                        'type': 'object',
+                        'properties': {
+                            'maxTotalRAMSize': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalCoresUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalInstances': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalFloatingIps': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalSecurityGroupsUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalCores': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalFloatingIpsUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxSecurityGroups': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxServerMeta': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxPersonality': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxImageMeta': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxPersonalitySize': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxSecurityGroupRules': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalKeypairs': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalRAMUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalInstancesUsed': {'type': 'integer'}
+                        },
+                        'required': ['maxImageMeta',
+                                     'maxPersonality',
+                                     'maxPersonalitySize',
+                                     'maxSecurityGroupRules',
+                                     'maxSecurityGroups',
+                                     'maxServerMeta',
+                                     'maxTotalCores',
+                                     'maxTotalFloatingIps',
+                                     'maxTotalInstances',
+                                     'maxTotalKeypairs',
+                                     'maxTotalRAMSize',
+                                     'totalCoresUsed',
+                                     'totalFloatingIpsUsed',
+                                     'totalInstancesUsed',
+                                     'totalRAMUsed',
+                                     'totalSecurityGroupsUsed']
+                    },
+                    'rate': {
+                        'type': 'array',
+                        'items': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'limit': {
+                                    'type': 'array',
+                                    'items': {
+                                        'type': 'object',
+                                        'properties': {
+                                            'next-available':
+                                                {'type': 'string'},
+                                            'remaining':
+                                                {'type': 'integer'},
+                                            'unit':
+                                                {'type': 'string'},
+                                            'value':
+                                                {'type': 'integer'},
+                                            'verb':
+                                                {'type': 'string'}
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                'regex': {'type': 'string'},
+                                'uri': {'type': 'string'}
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                'required': ['absolute', 'rate']
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['limits']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/limits_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/limits_client.py
index 1493718..e503bef 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/limits_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/limits_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import json
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import limits as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -30,11 +31,13 @@
     def get_absolute_limits(self):
         resp, body = self.get("limits")
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_limit, resp, body)
         return resp, body['limits']['absolute']
 
     def get_specific_absolute_limit(self, absolute_limit):
         resp, body = self.get("limits")
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_limit, resp, body)
         if absolute_limit not in body['limits']['absolute']:
             return None
         else: