diff --git a/openstack/resource.py b/openstack/resource.py
index 630ffb738..ea58ee375 100644
--- a/openstack/resource.py
+++ b/openstack/resource.py
@@ -231,9 +231,32 @@ class QueryParameters(object):
         self._mapping = {"limit": "limit", "marker": "marker"}
         self._mapping.update(dict({name: name for name in names}, **mappings))
 
+    def _validate(self, query, base_path=None):
+        """Check that supplied query keys match known query mappings
+
+        :param dict query: Collection of key-value pairs where each key is the
+                           client-side parameter name or server side name.
+        :param base_path: Formatted python string of the base url path for
+                          the resource.
+        """
+        expected_params = list(self._mapping.keys())
+        expected_params += self._mapping.values()
+
+        if base_path:
+            expected_params += utils.get_string_format_keys(base_path)
+
+        invalid_keys = set(query.keys()) - set(expected_params)
+        if invalid_keys:
+            raise exceptions.InvalidResourceQuery(
+                message="Invalid query params: %s" % ",".join(invalid_keys),
+                extra_data=invalid_keys)
+
     def _transpose(self, query):
         """Transpose the keys in query based on the mapping
 
+        If a query is supplied with its server side name, we will still use
+        it, but take preference to the client-side name when both are supplied.
+
         :param dict query: Collection of key-value pairs where each key is the
                            client-side parameter name to be transposed to its
                            server side name.
@@ -242,6 +265,8 @@ class QueryParameters(object):
         for key, value in self._mapping.items():
             if key in query:
                 result[value] = query[key]
+            elif value in query:
+                result[value] = query[value]
         return result
 
 
@@ -855,15 +880,7 @@ class Resource(object):
             raise exceptions.MethodNotSupported(cls, "list")
         session = cls._get_session(session)
 
-        expected_params = utils.get_string_format_keys(cls.base_path)
-        expected_params += cls._query_mapping._mapping.keys()
-
-        invalid_keys = set(params.keys()) - set(expected_params)
-        if invalid_keys:
-            raise exceptions.InvalidResourceQuery(
-                message="Invalid query params: %s" % ",".join(invalid_keys),
-                extra_data=invalid_keys)
-
+        cls._query_mapping._validate(params, base_path=cls.base_path)
         query_params = cls._query_mapping._transpose(params)
         uri = cls.base_path % params
 
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/test_resource.py b/openstack/tests/unit/test_resource.py
index 4322f3c4e..1d0fab5bb 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/test_resource.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/test_resource.py
@@ -1285,7 +1285,9 @@ class TestResourceActions(base.TestCase):
 
         # Look at the `params` argument to each of the get calls that
         # were made.
-        self.session.get.call_args_list[0][1]["params"] = {qp_name: qp}
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.session.get.call_args_list[0][1]["params"],
+            {qp_name: qp})
 
         self.assertEqual(self.session.get.call_args_list[0][0][0],
                          Test.base_path % {"something": uri_param})
@@ -1314,6 +1316,81 @@ class TestResourceActions(base.TestCase):
         except exceptions.InvalidResourceQuery as err:
             self.assertEqual(str(err), 'Invalid query params: something_wrong')
 
+    def test_values_as_list_params(self):
+        id = 1
+        qp = "query param!"
+        qp_name = "query-param"
+        uri_param = "uri param!"
+
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.links = {}
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"resources": [{"id": id}]}
+
+        mock_empty = mock.Mock()
+        mock_empty.status_code = 200
+        mock_empty.links = {}
+        mock_empty.json.return_value = {"resources": []}
+
+        self.session.get.side_effect = [mock_response, mock_empty]
+
+        class Test(self.test_class):
+            _query_mapping = resource.QueryParameters(query_param=qp_name)
+            base_path = "/%(something)s/blah"
+            something = resource.URI("something")
+
+        results = list(Test.list(self.session, paginated=True,
+                       something=uri_param, **{qp_name: qp}))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(results))
+
+        # Look at the `params` argument to each of the get calls that
+        # were made.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.session.get.call_args_list[0][1]["params"],
+            {qp_name: qp})
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.session.get.call_args_list[0][0][0],
+                         Test.base_path % {"something": uri_param})
+
+    def test_values_as_list_params_precedence(self):
+        id = 1
+        qp = "query param!"
+        qp2 = "query param!!!!!"
+        qp_name = "query-param"
+        uri_param = "uri param!"
+
+        mock_response = mock.Mock()
+        mock_response.status_code = 200
+        mock_response.links = {}
+        mock_response.json.return_value = {"resources": [{"id": id}]}
+
+        mock_empty = mock.Mock()
+        mock_empty.status_code = 200
+        mock_empty.links = {}
+        mock_empty.json.return_value = {"resources": []}
+
+        self.session.get.side_effect = [mock_response, mock_empty]
+
+        class Test(self.test_class):
+            _query_mapping = resource.QueryParameters(query_param=qp_name)
+            base_path = "/%(something)s/blah"
+            something = resource.URI("something")
+
+        results = list(Test.list(self.session, paginated=True, query_param=qp2,
+                       something=uri_param, **{qp_name: qp}))
+
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(results))
+
+        # Look at the `params` argument to each of the get calls that
+        # were made.
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.session.get.call_args_list[0][1]["params"],
+            {qp_name: qp2})
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.session.get.call_args_list[0][0][0],
+                         Test.base_path % {"something": uri_param})
+
     def test_list_multi_page_response_paginated(self):
         ids = [1, 2]
         resp1 = mock.Mock()