diff --git a/shade/openstackcloud.py b/shade/openstackcloud.py
index a87334e4d..9647ac9f8 100644
--- a/shade/openstackcloud.py
+++ b/shade/openstackcloud.py
@@ -1963,6 +1963,10 @@ class OpenStackCloud(object):
             img_props = image_kwargs.pop('properties')
             for k, v in iter(img_props.items()):
                 image_kwargs[k] = str(v)
+            # some MUST be integer
+            for k in ('min_disk', 'min_ram'):
+                if k in image_kwargs:
+                    image_kwargs[k] = int(image_kwargs[k])
         image = self.manager.submitTask(_tasks.ImageCreate(
             name=name, **image_kwargs))
         self.manager.submitTask(_tasks.ImageUpload(
diff --git a/shade/tests/functional/test_image.py b/shade/tests/functional/test_image.py
index 8c630a4e7..e603acee9 100644
--- a/shade/tests/functional/test_image.py
+++ b/shade/tests/functional/test_image.py
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class TestImage(base.TestCase):
                                     filename=test_image.name,
                                     disk_format='raw',
                                     container_format='bare',
+                                    min_disk=10,
+                                    min_ram=1024,
                                     wait=True)
         finally:
             self.cloud.delete_image(image_name, wait=True)
diff --git a/shade/tests/unit/test_caching.py b/shade/tests/unit/test_caching.py
index a637c7994..82f95a699 100644
--- a/shade/tests/unit/test_caching.py
+++ b/shade/tests/unit/test_caching.py
@@ -294,13 +294,13 @@ class TestMemoryCache(base.TestCase):
             # therefore we should _not_ expect to see the new one here
             self.assertEqual([first_image], self.cloud.list_images())
 
-    def _call_create_image(self, name, container=None):
+    def _call_create_image(self, name, container=None, **kwargs):
         imagefile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)
         imagefile.write(b'\0')
         imagefile.close()
         self.cloud.create_image(
             name, imagefile.name, container=container, wait=True,
-            is_public=False)
+            is_public=False, **kwargs)
 
     @mock.patch.object(occ.cloud_config.CloudConfig, 'get_api_version')
     @mock.patch.object(shade.OpenStackCloud, 'glance_client')
@@ -336,12 +336,13 @@ class TestMemoryCache(base.TestCase):
         fake_image = fakes.FakeImage('42', '42 name', 'success')
         glance_mock.images.create.return_value = fake_image
         glance_mock.images.list.return_value = [fake_image]
-        self._call_create_image('42 name')
+        self._call_create_image('42 name', min_disk=0, min_ram=0)
         args = {'name': '42 name',
                 'container_format': 'bare', 'disk_format': 'qcow2',
                 'owner_specified.shade.md5': mock.ANY,
                 'owner_specified.shade.sha256': mock.ANY,
-                'visibility': 'private'}
+                'visibility': 'private',
+                'min_disk': 0, 'min_ram': 0}
         glance_mock.images.create.assert_called_with(**args)
         glance_mock.images.upload.assert_called_with(
             image_data=mock.ANY, image_id=fake_image.id)