diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/servers.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/servers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29b3e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_6/servers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Copyright 2016 IBM Corp.
+#
+#    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.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_3 import servers
+
+list_servers = copy.deepcopy(servers.list_servers)
+get_server = copy.deepcopy(servers.get_server)
+list_servers_detail = copy.deepcopy(servers.list_servers_detail)
+
+# NOTE: The consolidated remote console API got introduced with v2.6
+# with bp/consolidate-console-api. See Nova commit 578bafeda
+get_remote_consoles = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'remote_console': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'properties': {
+                    'protocol': {'enum': ['vnc', 'rdp', 'serial', 'spice']},
+                    'type': {'enum': ['novnc', 'xpvnc', 'rdp-html5',
+                                      'spice-html5', 'serial']},
+                    'url': {
+                        'type': 'string',
+                        'format': 'uri'
+                    }
+                },
+                'additionalProperties': False,
+                'required': ['protocol', 'type', 'url']
+            }
+        },
+        'additionalProperties': False,
+        'required': ['remote_console']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py
index 470190c..e260e48 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_9/servers.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import copy
 
-from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_3 import servers
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_6 import servers
 
 list_servers = copy.deepcopy(servers.list_servers)
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
index 0d355a1..ff65b25 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_19 import servers as schemav219
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_26 import servers as schemav226
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_3 import servers as schemav23
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_6 import servers as schemav26
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_9 import servers as schemav29
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib.services.compute import base_compute_client
@@ -37,7 +38,8 @@
 
     schema_versions_info = [
         {'min': None, 'max': '2.2', 'schema': schema},
-        {'min': '2.3', 'max': '2.8', 'schema': schemav23},
+        {'min': '2.3', 'max': '2.5', 'schema': schemav23},
+        {'min': '2.6', 'max': '2.8', 'schema': schemav26},
         {'min': '2.9', 'max': '2.15', 'schema': schemav29},
         {'min': '2.16', 'max': '2.18', 'schema': schemav216},
         {'min': '2.19', 'max': '2.25', 'schema': schemav219},
@@ -598,6 +600,29 @@
         return self.action(server_id, 'os-getConsoleOutput',
                            schema.get_console_output, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_remote_console(self, server_id, console_type, protocol, **kwargs):
+        """Get a remote console.
+
+        For a full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        TODO (markus_z) The api-ref for that isn't yet available, update this
+        here when the docs in Nova are updated. The old API is at
+        http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/#get-serial-console-os-getserialconsole-action
+        """
+        param = {
+            'remote_console': {
+                'type': console_type,
+                'protocol': protocol,
+            }
+        }
+        post_body = json.dumps(param)
+        resp, body = self.post("servers/%s/remote-consoles" % server_id,
+                               post_body)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        schema = self.get_schema(self.schema_versions_info)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_remote_consoles, resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
     def list_virtual_interfaces(self, server_id):
         """List the virtual interfaces used in an instance."""
         resp, body = self.get('/'.join(['servers', server_id,