diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-backup-show-to-osc-022f42ad93136ce6.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-backup-show-to-osc-022f42ad93136ce6.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..277ba011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-backup-show-to-osc-022f42ad93136ce6.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - The command ``trove backup-show`` is now available to use in
+    the python-openstackclient CLI as ``openstack database backup
+    show``
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 9def2356..cb809033 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ openstack.cli.extension =
 
 openstack.database.v1 =
     database_backup_list = troveclient.osc.v1.database_backups:ListDatabaseBackups
+    database_backup_show = troveclient.osc.v1.database_backups:ShowDatabaseBackup
     database_cluster_list = troveclient.osc.v1.database_clusters:ListDatabaseClusters
     database_configuration_list = troveclient.osc.v1.database_configurations:ListDatabaseConfigurations
     database_configuration_show = troveclient.osc.v1.database_configurations:ShowDatabaseConfiguration
diff --git a/troveclient/osc/v1/database_backups.py b/troveclient/osc/v1/database_backups.py
index a7bd29e1..89895967 100644
--- a/troveclient/osc/v1/database_backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/osc/v1/database_backups.py
@@ -14,10 +14,20 @@
 
 from osc_lib.command import command
 from osc_lib import utils as osc_utils
+import six
 
 from troveclient.i18n import _
 
 
+def set_attributes_for_print_detail(backup):
+    info = backup._info.copy()
+    if hasattr(backup, 'datastore'):
+        info['datastore'] = backup.datastore['type']
+        info['datastore_version'] = backup.datastore['version']
+        info['datastore_version_id'] = backup.datastore['version_id']
+    return info
+
+
 class ListDatabaseBackups(command.Lister):
 
     _description = _("List database backups")
@@ -64,3 +74,23 @@ class ListDatabaseBackups(command.Lister):
         backups = [osc_utils.get_item_properties(b, self.columns)
                    for b in backups]
         return self.columns, backups
+
+
+class ShowDatabaseBackup(command.ShowOne):
+
+    _description = _("Shows details of a database backup")
+
+    def get_parser(self, prog_name):
+        parser = super(ShowDatabaseBackup, self).get_parser(prog_name)
+        parser.add_argument(
+            'backup',
+            metavar='<backup>',
+            help=_('ID or name of the backup'),
+        )
+        return parser
+
+    def take_action(self, parsed_args):
+        database_backups = self.app.client_manager.database.backups
+        backup = osc_utils.find_resource(database_backups, parsed_args.backup)
+        backup = set_attributes_for_print_detail(backup)
+        return zip(*sorted(six.iteritems(backup)))
diff --git a/troveclient/tests/osc/v1/test_database_backups.py b/troveclient/tests/osc/v1/test_database_backups.py
index 05fa18ba..a674586d 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/osc/v1/test_database_backups.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/osc/v1/test_database_backups.py
@@ -48,3 +48,39 @@ class TestBackupList(TestBackups):
         self.backup_client.list.assert_called_once_with(**self.defaults)
         self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
         self.assertEqual([self.values], data)
+
+
+class TestBackupShow(TestBackups):
+
+    values = ('2015-05-16T14:22:28', 'mysql', '5.6', 'v-56', None, 'bk-1234',
+              '1234',
+              'http://backup_srvr/database_backups/bk-1234.xbstream.gz.enc',
+              'bkp_1', None, 0.11, 'COMPLETED', '2015-05-16T14:23:08')
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestBackupShow, self).setUp()
+        self.cmd = database_backups.ShowDatabaseBackup(self.app, None)
+        self.data = self.fake_backups.get_backup_bk_1234()
+        self.backup_client.get.return_value = self.data
+        self.columns = (
+            'created',
+            'datastore',
+            'datastore_version',
+            'datastore_version_id',
+            'description',
+            'id',
+            'instance_id',
+            'locationRef',
+            'name',
+            'parent_id',
+            'size',
+            'status',
+            'updated',
+        )
+
+    def test_show(self):
+        args = ['bkp_1']
+        parsed_args = self.check_parser(self.cmd, args, [])
+        columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
+        self.assertEqual(self.columns, columns)
+        self.assertEqual(self.values, data)