diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
index b0ff7ab..6e4c8cb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
@@ -117,6 +117,20 @@
         self.assertEqual('204', resp['status'])
         self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image_id)
 
+    @attr(type=['gate'])
+    def test_create_image_specify_multibyte_character_image_name(self):
+        if self.__class__._interface == "xml":
+            # NOTE(sdague): not entirely accurage, but we'd need a ton of work
+            # in our XML client to make this good
+            raise self.skipException("Not testable in XML")
+        # prefix character is:
+        # http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/1F4A9/index.htm
+        utf8_name = data_utils.rand_name(u'\xF0\x9F\x92\xA9')
+        resp, body = self.client.create_image(self.server_id, utf8_name)
+        image_id = data_utils.parse_image_id(resp['location'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_image, image_id)
+        self.assertEqual('202', resp['status'])
+
 
 class ImagesOneServerTestXML(ImagesOneServerTestJSON):
     _interface = 'xml'