diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb4804d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# 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_image = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'image': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'properties': {
+                    'id': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'status': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'updated': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'links': {
+                        'type': 'array',
+                        'items': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'href': {
+                                    'type': 'string',
+                                    'format': 'uri'
+                                },
+                                'rel': {'type': 'string'}
+                            },
+                            'required': ['href', 'rel']
+                        }
+                    },
+                    'name': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'created': {'type': 'string'},
+                    'OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'minDisk': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'minRam': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'progress': {'type': 'integer'},
+                    'metadata': {'type': 'object'},
+                    'server': {
+                        'type': 'object',
+                        'properties': {
+                            # NOTE: Now the type of 'id' is integer, but here
+                            # allows 'string' also because we will be able to
+                            # change it to 'uuid' in the future.
+                            'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                            'links': {
+                                'type': 'array',
+                                'items': {
+                                    'type': 'object',
+                                    'properties': {
+                                        'href': {
+                                            'type': 'string',
+                                            'format': 'uri'
+                                        },
+                                        'rel': {'type': 'string'}
+                                    },
+                                    'required': ['href', 'rel']
+                                }
+                            }
+                        },
+                        'required': ['id', 'links']
+                    }
+                },
+                # 'server' attributes only comes in response body if image is
+                # associated with any server. So it is not 'required'
+                'required': ['id', 'status', 'updated', 'links', 'name',
+                             'created', 'OS-EXT-IMG-SIZE:size', 'minDisk',
+                             'minRam', 'progress', 'metadata']
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['image']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
index 5a79a29..deb9c93 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import images as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("images/%s" % str(image_id))
         self.expected_success(200, resp)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_image, resp, body)
         return resp, body['image']
 
     def delete_image(self, image_id):