diff --git a/neutron/extensions/segment.py b/neutron/extensions/segment.py
index 820178c6433..d27aeb3473b 100644
--- a/neutron/extensions/segment.py
+++ b/neutron/extensions/segment.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import six
 
 from neutron.api import extensions
 from neutron.api.v2 import base
+from neutron.extensions import _standard_attr_segment_lib as stdattrseg_apidef
+from neutron.extensions import standardattrdescription as ext_stddesc
 
 SEGMENT = 'segment'
 SEGMENTS = '%ss' % SEGMENT
@@ -73,12 +75,7 @@ RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP = {
                  'allow_put': True,
                  'default': constants.ATTR_NOT_SPECIFIED,
                  'validate': {'type:string_or_none': NAME_LEN},
-                 'is_visible': True},
-        'description': {'allow_post': True,
-                        'allow_put': True,
-                        'default': constants.ATTR_NOT_SPECIFIED,
-                        'validate': {'type:string_or_none': DESC_LEN},
-                        'is_visible': True},
+                 'is_visible': True}
     },
     subnet_def.COLLECTION_NAME: {
         SEGMENT_ID: {'allow_post': True,
@@ -134,6 +131,10 @@ class Segment(api_extensions.ExtensionDescriptor):
         else:
             return {}
 
+    def get_required_extensions(self):
+        return [ext_stddesc.Standardattrdescription.get_alias(),
+                stdattrseg_apidef.ALIAS]
+
 
 @six.add_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta)
 class SegmentPluginBase(object):
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_segment.py b/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_segment.py
index 2e42e8d3bbd..433ce758e4f 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_segment.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/extensions/test_segment.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ from neutron.db import db_base_plugin_v2
 from neutron.db import portbindings_db
 from neutron.db import segments_db
 from neutron.extensions import segment as ext_segment
+from neutron.extensions import standardattrdescription as ext_stddesc
 from neutron.objects import network
 from neutron.services.segments import db
 from neutron.services.segments import exceptions as segment_exc
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@ HTTP_NOT_FOUND = 404
 class SegmentTestExtensionManager(object):
 
     def get_resources(self):
+        ext_segment.Segment().update_attributes_map(
+            {ext_segment.SEGMENTS: ext_stddesc.DESCRIPTION_BODY})
         return ext_segment.Segment.get_resources()
 
     def get_actions(self):
@@ -161,14 +164,14 @@ class TestSegmentNameDescription(SegmentTestCase):
                 continue
             d.setdefault('network_id', self.network['id'])
             d.setdefault('name', None)
-            d.setdefault('description', None)
+            d.setdefault('description', 'desc')
             d.setdefault('physical_network', 'phys_net')
             d.setdefault('network_type', 'net_type')
             d.setdefault('segmentation_id', 200)
         return super(TestSegmentNameDescription, self)._test_create_segment(
             expected, **kwargs)
 
-    def test_create_segment_no_name_description(self):
+    def test_create_segment_no_name(self):
         self._test_create_segment(expected={})
 
     def test_create_segment_with_name(self):
@@ -209,11 +212,9 @@ class TestSegmentNameDescription(SegmentTestCase):
     def test_update_segment_set_description_to_none(self):
         segment = self._test_create_segment(
             description='A segment', name='segment')
-        result = self._update('segments',
-                              segment['segment']['id'],
-                              {'segment': {'description': None}},
-                              expected_code=webob.exc.HTTPOk.code)
-        self.assertIsNone(result['segment']['description'])
+        self._update('segments', segment['segment']['id'],
+                     {'segment': {'description': None}},
+                     expected_code=webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest.code)
 
 
 class TestSegment(SegmentTestCase):