diff --git a/nova/context.py b/nova/context.py
index b17c156ab718..7ea29f3c5697 100644
--- a/nova/context.py
+++ b/nova/context.py
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class RequestContext(context.RequestContext):
             # Only include required parts of service_catalog
             self.service_catalog = [s for s in service_catalog
                 if s.get('type') in ('image', 'block-storage', 'volumev3',
-                                     'key-manager', 'placement')]
+                                     'key-manager', 'placement', 'network')]
         else:
             # if list is empty or none
             self.service_catalog = []
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_context.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_context.py
index 2603c67bbde7..e10e0caf1cee 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_context.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_context.py
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ class ContextTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                 {u'type': u's3', u'name': u's3'},
                 {u'type': u'image', u'name': u'glance'},
                 {u'type': u'volumev3', u'name': u'cinderv3'},
+                {u'type': u'network', u'name': u'neutron'},
                 {u'type': u'ec2', u'name': u'ec2'},
                 {u'type': u'object-store', u'name': u'swift'},
                 {u'type': u'identity', u'name': u'keystone'},
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ class ContextTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
         volume_catalog = [{u'type': u'image', u'name': u'glance'},
                           {u'type': u'volumev3', u'name': u'cinderv3'},
+                          {u'type': u'network', u'name': u'neutron'},
                           {u'type': u'block-storage', u'name': u'cinder'}]
         ctxt = context.RequestContext('111', '222',
                 service_catalog=service_catalog)