diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
index 9c562b7..4def19f 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
@@ -112,11 +112,27 @@
     others, it requires a little hand-editing of the result.
     """
     json = {}
+    bool_flag = False
+    int_flag = False
+    long_flag = False
     for attr in node.keys():
         if not attr.startswith("xmlns"):
             json[attr] = node.get(attr)
+            if json[attr] == 'bool':
+                bool_flag = True
+            elif json[attr] == 'int':
+                int_flag = True
+            elif json[attr] == 'long':
+                long_flag = True
     if not node.getchildren():
-        return node.text or json
+        if bool_flag:
+            return node.text == 'True'
+        elif int_flag:
+            return int(node.text)
+        elif long_flag:
+            return long(node.text)
+        else:
+            return node.text or json
     for child in node.getchildren():
         tag = child.tag
         if tag.startswith("{"):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py b/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfa6a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_compute_xml_common.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 2013 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.
+from lxml import etree
+
+from tempest.services.compute.xml import common
+from tempest.tests import base
+
+
+class TestXMLParser(base.TestCase):
+
+    def test_xml_to_json_parser_bool_value(self):
+        node = etree.fromstring('''<health_monitor
+        xmlns="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+         xmlns:quantum="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+           <admin_state_up quantum:type="bool">False</admin_state_up>
+          <fake_state_up quantum:type="bool">True</fake_state_up>
+          </health_monitor>''')
+        body = common.xml_to_json(node)
+        self.assertEqual(body['admin_state_up'], False)
+        self.assertEqual(body['fake_state_up'], True)
+
+    def test_xml_to_json_parser_int_value(self):
+        node = etree.fromstring('''<health_monitor
+        xmlns="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+         xmlns:quantum="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+          <delay quantum:type="long">4</delay>
+          <max_retries quantum:type="int">3</max_retries>
+          </health_monitor>''')
+        body = common.xml_to_json(node)
+        self.assertEqual(body['delay'], 4L)
+        self.assertEqual(body['max_retries'], 3)
+
+    def test_xml_to_json_parser_text_value(self):
+        node = etree.fromstring('''<health_monitor
+        xmlns="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+         xmlns:quantum="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+          <status>ACTIVE</status>
+          </health_monitor>''')
+        body = common.xml_to_json(node)
+        self.assertEqual(body['status'], 'ACTIVE')
+
+    def test_xml_to_json_parser_list_as_value(self):
+        node = etree.fromstring('''<health_monitor
+        xmlns="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+         xmlns:quantum="http://openstack.org/quantum/api/v2.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+          <elements>
+          <element>first_element</element>
+          <element>second_element</element>
+          </elements>
+          </health_monitor>''')
+        body = common.xml_to_json(node, 'elements')
+        self.assertEqual(body['elements'], ['first_element', 'second_element'])