diff --git a/neutron_lib/api/validators.py b/neutron_lib/api/validators.py
index 0b8e284..600020f 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/api/validators.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/api/validators.py
@@ -141,6 +141,40 @@ def validate_boolean(data, valid_values=None):
         return msg
 
 
+def validate_integer(data, valid_values=None):
+    """This function validates if the data is an integer.
+
+    It checks both number or string provided to validate it's an
+    integer and returns a message with the error if it's not
+
+    :param data: The string or number to validate as integer
+    :param valid_values: values to limit the 'data' to
+    :return: Message if not an integer.
+    """
+
+    if valid_values is not None:
+        msg = validate_values(data=data, valid_values=valid_values)
+        if msg:
+            return msg
+
+    msg = _("'%s' is not an integer") % data
+    try:
+        fl_n = float(data)
+        int_n = int(data)
+    except (ValueError, TypeError, OverflowError):
+        LOG.debug(msg)
+        return msg
+
+    # Fail test if non equal or boolean
+    if fl_n != int_n:
+        LOG.debug(msg)
+        return msg
+    elif isinstance(data, bool):
+        msg = _("'%s' is not an integer:boolean") % data
+        LOG.debug(msg)
+        return msg
+
+
 def validate_range(data, valid_values=None):
     """Check that integer value is within a range provided.
 
@@ -580,6 +614,7 @@ validators = {'type:dict': validate_dict,
               'type:uuid_list': validate_uuid_list,
               'type:values': validate_values,
               'type:boolean': validate_boolean,
+              'type:integer': validate_integer,
               'type:list_of_unique_strings': validate_list_of_unique_strings}
 
 
diff --git a/neutron_lib/tests/unit/api/test_validators.py b/neutron_lib/tests/unit/api/test_validators.py
index d901667..0d80fd6 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/tests/unit/api/test_validators.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/tests/unit/api/test_validators.py
@@ -181,6 +181,30 @@ class TestAttributeValidation(base.BaseTestCase):
         msg = validators.validate_boolean("fasle")
         self.assertEqual("'fasle' is not a valid boolean value", msg)
 
+    def test_validate_integer(self):
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(1)
+        self.assertIsNone(msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(0.1)
+        self.assertEqual("'0.1' is not an integer", msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer("1")
+        self.assertIsNone(msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer("0.1")
+        self.assertEqual("'0.1' is not an integer", msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(True)
+        self.assertEqual("'True' is not an integer:boolean", msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(False)
+        self.assertEqual("'False' is not an integer:boolean", msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(float('Inf'))
+        self.assertEqual("'inf' is not an integer", msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(None)
+        self.assertEqual("'None' is not an integer", msg)
+
+    def test_validate_integer_values(self):
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(2, [2, 3, 4, 5])
+        self.assertIsNone(msg)
+        msg = validators.validate_integer(1, [2, 3, 4, 5])
+        self.assertEqual("'1' is not in [2, 3, 4, 5]", msg)
+
     def test_validate_no_whitespace(self):
         data = 'no_white_space'
         result = validators.validate_no_whitespace(data)