diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
index bf2c9a8c..9649ac4d 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_qos/openstack.rb
@@ -64,11 +64,15 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_qos).provide(
   def self.instances
     list = request('volume qos', 'list')
     list.collect do |qos|
+      properties = qos[:properties]
+      unless qos[:specs].nil?
+           properties = qos[:specs]
+      end
       new({
         :name           => qos[:name],
         :ensure         => :present,
         :id             => qos[:id],
-        :properties     => string2array(qos[:specs]),
+        :properties     => string2array(properties),
         :consumer       => qos[:consumer],
         :associations   => string2array(qos[:associations])
       })
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
index 13beb94c..0d01e0e4 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_qos/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -79,6 +79,23 @@ properties="key1=\'value1\', key2=\'value2\'"
         end
       end
 
+      #Test with python-openstackclient => 3.8.0 output (column header change from 'Specs' to 'Properties')
+      describe '#instances' do
+        it 'finds qos' do
+          provider_class.expects(:openstack)
+            .with('volume qos', 'list', '--quiet', '--format', 'csv', [])
+            .returns('"ID","Name","Consumer","Associations","Properties"
+"28b632e8-6694-4bba-bf68-67b19f619019","qos-1","front-end","my_type1","read_iops=\'value1\'"
+')
+          instances = provider_class.instances
+          expect(instances.count).to eq(1)
+          expect(instances[0].name).to eq('qos-1')
+          expect(instances[0].associations).to eq(['my_type1'])
+          expect(instances[0].consumer).to eq('front-end')
+          expect(instances[0].properties).to eq(['read_iops=value1'])
+        end
+      end
+
       describe '#string2array' do
         it 'should return an array with key-value' do
           s = "key='value', key2='value2'"