diff --git a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/swift/swift.py b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/swift/swift.py
index 74dac85c84..3158a4cfd2 100644
--- a/heat/engine/resources/openstack/swift/swift.py
+++ b/heat/engine/resources/openstack/swift/swift.py
@@ -249,6 +249,9 @@ class SwiftContainer(resource.Resource):
                 elif key == self.HEAD_CONTAINER:
                     return headers
 
+    def _show_resource(self):
+        return self.client().head_container(self.resource_id)
+
 
 def resource_mapping():
     return {
diff --git a/heat/tests/test_swift.py b/heat/tests/test_swift.py
index 3932b2653d..ae1bd2c53b 100644
--- a/heat/tests/test_swift.py
+++ b/heat/tests/test_swift.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class swiftTest(common.HeatTestCase):
         self.assertEqual('82', rsrc.FnGetAtt('ObjectCount'))
         self.assertEqual('17680980', rsrc.FnGetAtt('BytesUsed'))
         self.assertEqual(headers, rsrc.FnGetAtt('HeadContainer'))
+        self.assertEqual(headers, rsrc.FnGetAtt('show'))
 
         self.assertRaises(exception.InvalidTemplateAttribute,
                           rsrc.FnGetAtt, 'Foo')