diff --git a/shade/_utils.py b/shade/_utils.py
index e5117b368..3ca54d128 100644
--- a/shade/_utils.py
+++ b/shade/_utils.py
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ def _get_entity(cloud, resource, name_or_id, filters, **kwargs):
         get_<>_by_id or search_<resource>s methods(Example: network)
         or a callable to invoke.
     :param string name_or_id:
-        The name or ID of the entity being filtered or a dict
+        The name or ID of the entity being filtered or an object or dict.
+        If this is an object/dict with an 'id' attr/key, we return it and
+        bypass resource lookup.
     :param filters:
         A dictionary of meta data to use for further filtering.
         OR
@@ -221,7 +223,8 @@ def _get_entity(cloud, resource, name_or_id, filters, **kwargs):
     # an additional call, it's simple enough to test to see if we got an
     # object and just short-circuit return it.
 
-    if hasattr(name_or_id, 'id'):
+    if (hasattr(name_or_id, 'id') or
+       (isinstance(name_or_id, dict) and 'id' in name_or_id)):
         return name_or_id
 
     # If a uuid is passed short-circuit it calling the
diff --git a/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py b/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
index 1c453f426..a67fdf30d 100644
--- a/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
+++ b/shade/tests/unit/test__utils.py
@@ -326,6 +326,11 @@ class TestUtils(base.TestCase):
         self.cloud.use_direct_get = True
         self.assertEqual(obj, _utils._get_entity(self.cloud, '', obj, {}))
 
+    def test_get_entity_pass_dict(self):
+        d = dict(id=uuid4().hex)
+        self.cloud.use_direct_get = True
+        self.assertEqual(d, _utils._get_entity(self.cloud, '', d, {}))
+
     def test_get_entity_no_use_direct_get(self):
         # test we are defaulting to the search_<resource> methods
         # if the use_direct_get flag is set to False(default).