diff --git a/nova/objects/fields.py b/nova/objects/fields.py
index 08d9c5e4f24f..3c3cc64d87ad 100644
--- a/nova/objects/fields.py
+++ b/nova/objects/fields.py
@@ -943,6 +943,9 @@ class AddressBase(FieldType):
         else:
             raise ValueError(_('Value must match %s') % obj.PATTERN)
 
+    def get_schema(self):
+        return {'type': ['string'], 'pattern': self.PATTERN}
+
 
 class PCIAddress(AddressBase):
     PATTERN = '[a-f0-9]{4}:[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}.[a-f0-9]'
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_fields.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_fields.py
index 7b8e52900ae8..fc31102ef7ec 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_fields.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_fields.py
@@ -64,6 +64,14 @@ class FakeEnumAlt(fields.Enum):
                                           **kwargs)
 
 
+class FakeAddress(fields.AddressBase):
+    PATTERN = '[a-z]+[0-9]+'
+
+
+class FakeAddressField(fields.AutoTypedField):
+    AUTO_TYPE = FakeAddress()
+
+
 class FakeEnumField(fields.BaseEnumField):
     AUTO_TYPE = FakeEnum()
 
@@ -735,3 +743,11 @@ class TestSecureBoot(TestField):
 
     def test_stringify_invalid(self):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.field.stringify, 'enabled')
+
+
+class TestSchemaGeneration(test.NoDBTestCase):
+    def test_address_base_get_schema(self):
+        field = FakeAddressField()
+        expected = {'type': ['string'], 'pattern': '[a-z]+[0-9]+',
+                    'readonly': False}
+        self.assertEqual(expected, field.get_schema())