diff --git a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
index a3b3e96..a8fab7f 100644
--- a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_client.py
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@
 
         headers = {}
 
-        for option in ['is_public', 'location', 'properties', 'copy_from']:
+        for option in ['is_public', 'location', 'properties',
+                       'copy_from', 'min_ram']:
             if option in kwargs:
                 params[option] = kwargs.get(option)
 
diff --git a/tempest/tests/image/v1/test_images.py b/tempest/tests/image/v1/test_images.py
index 1b6fa10..0065d27 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/image/v1/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/image/v1/test_images.py
@@ -117,6 +117,26 @@
         self.assertEqual(resp['status'], '200')
         self.assertEqual(body, data)
 
+    @attr(type='image')
+    def test_register_image_with_min_ram(self):
+        # Register an image with min ram
+        properties = {'prop1': 'val1'}
+        resp, body = self.create_image(name='New_image_with_min_ram',
+                                       container_format='bare',
+                                       disk_format='raw',
+                                       is_public=True,
+                                       min_ram=40,
+                                       properties=properties)
+        self.assertTrue('id' in body)
+        image_id = body.get('id')
+        self.created_images.append(image_id)
+        self.assertEqual('New_image_with_min_ram', body.get('name'))
+        self.assertTrue(body.get('is_public'))
+        self.assertEqual('queued', body.get('status'))
+        self.assertEqual(40, body.get('min_ram'))
+        for key, val in properties.items():
+            self.assertEqual(val, body.get('properties')[key])
+
 
 class ListImagesTest(base.BaseV1ImageTest):