diff --git a/openstack/image/v1/image.py b/openstack/image/v1/image.py
index 9fc7e7c08..c4905abfd 100644
--- a/openstack/image/v1/image.py
+++ b/openstack/image/v1/image.py
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ class Image(resource.Resource, _download.DownloadMixin):
     #: of images owned by others.
     name = resource.Body('name')
     #: The ID of the owner, or project, of the image.
-    owner_id = resource.Body('owner')
+    owner = resource.Body('owner', alias='owner_id')
+    #: The ID of the owner, or project, of the image. (backwards compat)
+    owner_id = resource.Body('owner', alias='owner')
     #: Properties, if any, that are associated with the image.
     properties = resource.Body('properties')
     #: The size of the image data, in bytes.
diff --git a/openstack/image/v2/image.py b/openstack/image/v2/image.py
index 3e0f223d2..a502e811f 100644
--- a/openstack/image/v2/image.py
+++ b/openstack/image/v2/image.py
@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ class Image(resource.Resource, resource.TagMixin, _download.DownloadMixin):
     #: The name of the image.
     name = resource.Body('name')
     #: The ID of the owner, or project, of the image.
-    owner_id = resource.Body('owner')
+    owner = resource.Body('owner', alias='owner_id')
+    #: The ID of the owner, or project, of the image. (backwards compat)
+    owner_id = resource.Body('owner', alias='owner')
     # TODO(mordred) This is not how this works in v2. I mean, it's how it
     # should work, but it's not. We need to fix properties. They work right
     # in shade, so we can draw some logic from there.
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v1/test_image.py b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v1/test_image.py
index 133c4232e..d593e727d 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v1/test_image.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v1/test_image.py
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ class TestImage(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['min_disk'], sot.min_disk)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['min_ram'], sot.min_ram)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['name'], sot.name)
+        self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['owner'], sot.owner)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['owner'], sot.owner_id)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['properties'], sot.properties)
         self.assertTrue(sot.is_protected)
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_image.py b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_image.py
index 4bc95baf6..f3752d8f1 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_image.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_image.py
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ class TestImage(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['disk_format'], sot.disk_format)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['min_disk'], sot.min_disk)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['name'], sot.name)
+        self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['owner'], sot.owner)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['owner'], sot.owner_id)
         self.assertEqual(EXAMPLE['properties'], sot.properties)
         self.assertFalse(sot.is_protected)