diff --git a/doc/source/cli/data/glance.csv b/doc/source/cli/data/glance.csv
index e554f09fe..905e282b0 100644
--- a/doc/source/cli/data/glance.csv
+++ b/doc/source/cli/data/glance.csv
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ md-namespace-import,,Import a metadata definitions namespace from file or standa
 md-namespace-list,image metadef namespace list,List metadata definitions namespaces.
 md-namespace-objects-delete,,Delete all metadata definitions objects inside a specific namespace.
 md-namespace-properties-delete,,Delete all metadata definitions property inside a specific namespace.
-md-namespace-resource-type-list,image metadef resource type list,List resource types associated to specific namespace.
+md-namespace-resource-type-list,image metadef resource type association list,List resource types associated to specific namespace.
 md-namespace-show,image metadef namespace show,Describe a specific metadata definitions namespace.
 md-namespace-tags-delete,,Delete all metadata definitions tags inside a specific namespace.
 md-namespace-update,,Update an existing metadata definitions namespace.
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ md-property-delete,image metadef property delete,Delete a specific metadata defi
 md-property-list,image metadef property list,List metadata definitions properties inside a specific namespace.
 md-property-show,image metadef property show,Describe a specific metadata definitions property inside a namespace.
 md-property-update,image metadef property set,Update metadata definitions property inside a namespace.
-md-resource-type-associate,,Associate resource type with a metadata definitions namespace.
-md-resource-type-deassociate,,Deassociate resource type with a metadata definitions namespace.
-md-resource-type-list,,List available resource type names.
+md-resource-type-associate,image metadef resource type association create,Associate resource type with a metadata definitions namespace.
+md-resource-type-deassociate,image metadef resource type association delete,Deassociate resource type with a metadata definitions namespace.
+md-resource-type-list,image metadef resource type list,List available resource type names.
 md-tag-create,,Add a new metadata definitions tag inside a namespace.
 md-tag-create-multiple,,Create new metadata definitions tags inside a namespace.
 md-tag-delete,,Delete a specific metadata definitions tag inside a namespace.
diff --git a/openstackclient/image/v2/metadef_resource_type_association.py b/openstackclient/image/v2/metadef_resource_type_association.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6461e5da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstackclient/image/v2/metadef_resource_type_association.py
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+#   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.
+
+import logging
+
+from osc_lib.command import command
+from osc_lib import exceptions
+from osc_lib import utils
+
+from openstackclient.i18n import _
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def _get_columns(item):
+    column_map = {}
+    hidden_columns = ['location']
+    return utils.get_osc_show_columns_for_sdk_resource(
+        item, column_map, hidden_columns
+    )
+
+
+class CreateMetadefResourceTypeAssociation(command.ShowOne):
+    _description = _("Create metadef resource type association")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super().get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "namespace",
+            metavar="<namespace>",
+            help=_(
+                "The name of the namespace you want to create the "
+                "resource type association in"
+            ),
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "name",
+            metavar="<name>",
+            help=_("A name of the new resource type"),
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--properties-target",
+            metavar="<properties_target>",
+            help=_(
+                "Some resource types allow more than one "
+                "key/value pair per instance."
+            ),
+        )
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
+        kwargs = {}
+
+        kwargs['namespace'] = parsed_args.namespace
+        kwargs['name'] = parsed_args.name
+
+        if parsed_args.properties_target:
+            kwargs['properties_target'] = parsed_args.properties_target
+
+        obj = image_client.create_metadef_resource_type_association(
+            parsed_args.namespace, **kwargs
+        )
+
+        display_columns, columns = _get_columns(obj)
+        data = utils.get_item_properties(obj, columns, formatters={})
+
+        return (display_columns, data)
+
+
+class DeleteMetadefResourceTypeAssociation(command.Command):
+    _description = _("Delete metadef resource type association")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super().get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "metadef_namespace",
+            metavar="<metadef_namespace>",
+            help=_("The name of the namespace whose details you want to see"),
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "name",
+            metavar="<name>",
+            nargs="+",
+            help=_(
+                "The name of the resource type(s) (repeat option to delete"
+                "multiple metadef resource type associations)"
+            ),
+        )
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "--force",
+            dest='force',
+            action='store_true',
+            default=False,
+            help=_(
+                "Force delete the resource type association if the"
+                "namespace is protected"
+            ),
+        )
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
+
+        result = 0
+        for resource_type in parsed_args.name:
+            try:
+                metadef_namespace = image_client.get_metadef_namespace(
+                    parsed_args.metadef_namespace
+                )
+
+                kwargs = {}
+                is_initially_protected = (
+                    True if metadef_namespace.is_protected else False
+                )
+                if is_initially_protected and parsed_args.force:
+                    kwargs['is_protected'] = False
+
+                    image_client.update_metadef_namespace(
+                        metadef_namespace.namespace, **kwargs
+                    )
+
+                try:
+                    image_client.delete_metadef_resource_type_association(
+                        resource_type, metadef_namespace, ignore_missing=False
+                    )
+                finally:
+                    if is_initially_protected:
+                        kwargs['is_protected'] = True
+                        image_client.update_metadef_namespace(
+                            metadef_namespace.namespace, **kwargs
+                        )
+
+            except Exception as e:
+                result += 1
+                LOG.error(
+                    _(
+                        "Failed to delete resource type with name or "
+                        "ID '%(resource_type)s': %(e)s"
+                    ),
+                    {'resource_type': resource_type, 'e': e},
+                )
+
+        if result > 0:
+            total = len(parsed_args.metadef_namespace)
+            msg = _(
+                "%(result)s of %(total)s resource type failed to delete."
+            ) % {'result': result, 'total': total}
+            raise exceptions.CommandError(msg)
+
+
+class ListMetadefResourceTypeAssociations(command.Lister):
+    _description = _("List metadef resource type associations")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super().get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            "metadef_namespace",
+            metavar="<metadef_namespace>",
+            help=_("The name of the namespace whose details you want to see"),
+        )
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
+        data = image_client.metadef_resource_type_associations(
+            parsed_args.metadef_namespace,
+        )
+        columns = ['Name']
+        column_headers = columns
+        return (
+            column_headers,
+            (
+                utils.get_item_properties(
+                    s,
+                    columns,
+                )
+                for s in data
+            ),
+        )
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/fakes.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/fakes.py
index 6565495fb..13ff77d1b 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/fakes.py
@@ -381,3 +381,44 @@ def create_one_metadef_object(attrs=None):
     # Overwrite default attributes if there are some attributes set
     metadef_objects_list.update(attrs)
     return metadef_object.MetadefObject(**metadef_objects_list)
+
+
+def create_one_resource_type_association(attrs=None):
+    """Create a fake MetadefResourceTypeAssociation.
+
+    :param attrs: A dictionary with all attributes of
+        metadef_resource_type_association member
+    :type attrs: dict
+    :return: A fake MetadefResourceTypeAssociation object
+    :rtype: A `metadef_resource_type_association.
+        MetadefResourceTypeAssociation`
+    """
+    attrs = attrs or {}
+
+    metadef_resource_type_association_info = {
+        'namespace_name': 'OS::Compute::Quota',
+        'name': 'OS::Nova::Flavor',
+    }
+
+    metadef_resource_type_association_info.update(attrs)
+    return metadef_resource_type.MetadefResourceTypeAssociation(
+        **metadef_resource_type_association_info
+    )
+
+
+def create_resource_type_associations(attrs=None, count=2):
+    """Create mutiple fake resource type associations/
+
+    :param attrs: A dictionary with all attributes of
+        metadef_resource_type_association member
+    :type attrs: dict
+    :return: A list of fake MetadefResourceTypeAssociation objects
+    :rtype: list
+    """
+    resource_type_associations = []
+    for n in range(0, count):
+        resource_type_associations.append(
+            create_one_resource_type_association(attrs)
+        )
+
+    return resource_type_associations
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/test_metadef_resource_type_association.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/test_metadef_resource_type_association.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac1d65008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/image/v2/test_metadef_resource_type_association.py
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#   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 openstackclient.image.v2 import metadef_resource_type_association
+from openstackclient.tests.unit.image.v2 import fakes as resource_type_fakes
+
+
+class TestMetadefResourceTypeAssociationCreate(
+    resource_type_fakes.TestImagev2
+):
+    resource_type_association = (
+        resource_type_fakes.create_one_resource_type_association()
+    )
+
+    columns = (
+        'created_at',
+        'id',
+        'name',
+        'prefix',
+        'properties_target',
+        'updated_at',
+    )
+
+    data = (
+        resource_type_association.created_at,
+        resource_type_association.id,
+        resource_type_association.name,
+        resource_type_association.prefix,
+        resource_type_association.properties_target,
+        resource_type_association.updated_at,
+    )
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        self.image_client.create_metadef_resource_type_association.return_value = (
+            self.resource_type_association
+        )
+        self.cmd = metadef_resource_type_association.CreateMetadefResourceTypeAssociation(
+            self.app, None
+        )
+
+    def test_resource_type_association_create(self):
+        arglist = [
+            self.resource_type_association.namespace_name,
+            self.resource_type_association.name,
+        ]
+
+        verifylist = []
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
+        self.assertEqual(self.data, data)
+
+
+class TestMetadefResourceTypeAssociationDelete(
+    resource_type_fakes.TestImagev2
+):
+    resource_type_association = (
+        resource_type_fakes.create_one_resource_type_association()
+    )
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        self.image_client.delete_metadef_resource_type_association.return_value = (
+            self.resource_type_association
+        )
+        self.cmd = metadef_resource_type_association.DeleteMetadefResourceTypeAssociation(
+            self.app, None
+        )
+
+    def test_resource_type_association_delete(self):
+        arglist = [
+            self.resource_type_association.namespace_name,
+            self.resource_type_association.name,
+        ]
+
+        verifylist = []
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, verifylist)
+
+        result = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.assertIsNone(result)
+
+
+class TestMetadefResourceTypeAssociationList(resource_type_fakes.TestImagev2):
+    resource_type_associations = (
+        resource_type_fakes.create_resource_type_associations()
+    )
+
+    columns = ['Name']
+
+    datalist = [
+        (resource_type_association.name,)
+        for resource_type_association in resource_type_associations
+    ]
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+
+        self.image_client.metadef_resource_type_associations.side_effect = [
+            self.resource_type_associations,
+            [],
+        ]
+
+        self.cmd = metadef_resource_type_association.ListMetadefResourceTypeAssociations(
+            self.app, None
+        )
+
+    def test_resource_type_association_list(self):
+        arglist = [
+            self.resource_type_associations[0].namespace_name,
+        ]
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, arglist, [])
+
+        columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
+        self.assertCountEqual(self.datalist, data)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-image-metadef-resource-type-association-commands-4d373d7d8eca5d55.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-image-metadef-resource-type-association-commands-4d373d7d8eca5d55.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb03566fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-image-metadef-resource-type-association-commands-4d373d7d8eca5d55.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added ``image metadef resource type association list``
+    to list resource type associations for the image service.
+    This is equivalent to the
+    ``md-namespace-resource-type-list`` command in glance.
+  - |
+    Added ``image metadef resource type association create``
+    to create a resource type association for the image service.
+    This is equivalent to the
+    ``md-resource-type-associate`` command in glance.
+  - |
+    Added ``image metadef resource type association delete``
+    to delete a resource type association for the image service.
+    This is equivalent to the
+    ``md-resource-type-deassociate`` command in glance.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ceb94adc5..d49bb6bcc 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -411,6 +411,9 @@ openstack.image.v2 =
     image_metadef_property_show = openstackclient.image.v2.metadef_properties:ShowMetadefProperty
 
     image_metadef_resource_type_list = openstackclient.image.v2.metadef_resource_types:ListMetadefResourceTypes
+    image_metadef_resource_type_association_create = openstackclient.image.v2.metadef_resource_type_association:CreateMetadefResourceTypeAssociation
+    image_metadef_resource_type_association_delete = openstackclient.image.v2.metadef_resource_type_association:DeleteMetadefResourceTypeAssociation
+    image_metadef_resource_type_association_list = openstackclient.image.v2.metadef_resource_type_association:ListMetadefResourceTypeAssociations
 
     cached_image_list = openstackclient.image.v2.cache:ListCachedImage
     cached_image_queue = openstackclient.image.v2.cache:QueueCachedImage