diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
index 7fd6b84..fad6b56 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
@@ -109,3 +109,14 @@
         'required': ['metadata']
     }
 }
+
+image_meta_item = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'meta': {'type': 'object'}
+        },
+        'required': ['meta']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
index abf6049..bd39a04 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
         """Returns the value for a specific image metadata key."""
         resp, body = self.get("images/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(image_id), key))
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.image_meta_item, resp, body)
         return resp, body['meta']
 
     def set_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key, meta):
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@
         resp, body = self.put('images/%s/metadata/%s' % (str(image_id), key),
                               post_body)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.image_meta_item, resp, body)
         return resp, body['meta']
 
     def delete_image_metadata_item(self, image_id, key):