diff --git a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
index 3336d892f20..a610d6d4899 100644
--- a/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
+++ b/neutron/db/securitygroups_db.py
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ class SecurityGroupDbMixin(ext_sg.SecurityGroupPluginBase):
 
     __native_bulk_support = True
 
-    def create_security_group_bulk(self, context, security_group_rule):
+    def create_security_group_bulk(self, context, security_groups):
         return self._create_bulk('security_group', context,
-                                 security_group_rule)
+                                 security_groups)
 
     def _registry_notify(self, res, event, id=None, exc_cls=None, **kwargs):
         # NOTE(armax): a callback exception here will prevent the request
diff --git a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_security_groups.py b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_security_groups.py
index a6009e4feea..4520ecc2a5f 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/tempest/api/test_security_groups.py
@@ -53,3 +53,17 @@ class SecGroupTest(base.BaseSecGroupTest):
         self.assertEqual(show_body['security_group']['name'], new_name)
         self.assertEqual(show_body['security_group']['description'],
                          new_description)
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('7c0ecb10-b2db-11e6-9b14-000c29248b0d')
+    def test_create_bulk_sec_groups(self):
+        # Creates 2 sec-groups in one request
+        sec_nm = [data_utils.rand_name('secgroup'),
+                  data_utils.rand_name('secgroup')]
+        body = self.client.create_bulk_security_groups(sec_nm)
+        created_sec_grps = body['security_groups']
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(created_sec_grps))
+        for secgrp in created_sec_grps:
+            self.addCleanup(self.client.delete_security_group,
+                            secgrp['id'])
+            self.assertIn(secgrp['name'], sec_nm)
+            self.assertIsNotNone(secgrp['id'])
diff --git a/neutron/tests/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py b/neutron/tests/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
index 6b71f0258a6..610b04998aa 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/tempest/services/network/json/network_client.py
@@ -251,6 +251,18 @@ class NetworkClientJSON(service_client.RestClient):
         self.expected_success(201, resp.status)
         return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
+    def create_bulk_security_groups(self, security_group_list):
+        group_list = [{'security_group': {'name': name}}
+                      for name in security_group_list]
+        post_data = {'security_groups': group_list}
+        body = self.serialize_list(post_data, 'security_groups',
+                                   'security_group')
+        uri = self.get_uri("security-groups")
+        resp, body = self.post(uri, body)
+        body = {'security_groups': self.deserialize_list(body)}
+        self.expected_success(201, resp.status)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
     def wait_for_resource_deletion(self, resource_type, id):
         """Waits for a resource to be deleted."""
         start_time = int(time.time())
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_securitygroup.py b/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_securitygroup.py
index 187c7d3bf06..ed1c255239e 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_securitygroup.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_securitygroup.py
@@ -69,14 +69,16 @@ class SecurityGroupTestExtensionManager(object):
 
 class SecurityGroupsTestCase(test_db_base_plugin_v2.NeutronDbPluginV2TestCase):
 
-    def _create_security_group(self, fmt, name, description, **kwargs):
-
+    def _build_security_group(self, name, description, **kwargs):
         data = {
             'security_group': {
                 'name': name,
-                'tenant_id': kwargs.get('tenant_id',
-                                        test_db_base_plugin_v2.TEST_TENANT_ID),
+                'tenant_id': kwargs.get(
+                    'tenant_id', test_db_base_plugin_v2.TEST_TENANT_ID),
                 'description': description}}
+        return data
+
+    def _create_security_group_response(self, fmt, data, **kwargs):
         security_group_req = self.new_create_request('security-groups', data,
                                                      fmt)
         if (kwargs.get('set_context') and 'tenant_id' in kwargs):
@@ -85,6 +87,10 @@ class SecurityGroupsTestCase(test_db_base_plugin_v2.NeutronDbPluginV2TestCase):
                 context.Context('', kwargs['tenant_id']))
         return security_group_req.get_response(self.ext_api)
 
+    def _create_security_group(self, fmt, name, description, **kwargs):
+        data = self._build_security_group(name, description, **kwargs)
+        return self._create_security_group_response(fmt, data, **kwargs)
+
     def _build_security_group_rule(
             self, security_group_id, direction, proto,
             port_range_min=None, port_range_max=None,
@@ -284,6 +290,16 @@ class TestSecurityGroups(SecurityGroupDBTestCase):
                     'port_range_min': None}
         self._assert_sg_rule_has_kvs(v6_rule, expected)
 
+    def test_create_security_group_bulk(self):
+            rule1 = self._build_security_group("sg_1", "sec_grp_1")
+            rule2 = self._build_security_group("sg_2", "sec_grp_2")
+            rules = {'security_groups': [rule1['security_group'],
+                                         rule2['security_group']]}
+            res = self._create_security_group_response(self.fmt, rules)
+            ret = self.deserialize(self.fmt, res)
+            self.assertEqual(webob.exc.HTTPCreated.code, res.status_int)
+            self.assertEqual(2, len(ret['security_groups']))
+
     def test_skip_duplicate_default_sg_error(self):
         num_called = [0]
         original_func = self.plugin.create_security_group