diff --git a/openstack/image/v2/_proxy.py b/openstack/image/v2/_proxy.py
index 6c6b50249..448778311 100644
--- a/openstack/image/v2/_proxy.py
+++ b/openstack/image/v2/_proxy.py
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ class Proxy(proxy.Proxy):
                 **image_kwargs,
             )
         else:
+            properties = image_kwargs.pop('properties', {})
+            image_kwargs.update(self._make_v2_image_params(meta, properties))
             image_kwargs['name'] = name
             image = self._create(_image.Image, **image_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/openstack/tests/functional/image/v2/test_image.py b/openstack/tests/functional/image/v2/test_image.py
index 5c46448a1..7b7829c8d 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/functional/image/v2/test_image.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/functional/image/v2/test_image.py
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ class TestImage(base.BaseImageTest):
             name=TEST_IMAGE_NAME,
             disk_format='raw',
             container_format='bare',
-            # TODO(mordred): This is not doing what people think it is doing.
-            # This is EPICLY broken. However, rather than fixing it as it is,
-            # we need to just replace the image upload code with the stuff
-            # from shade. Figuring out mapping the crap-tastic arbitrary
-            # extra key-value pairs into Resource is going to be fun.
             properties={
                 'description': 'This is not an image',
             },
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_proxy.py b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_proxy.py
index 9752eb7f9..23816cc1f 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_proxy.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/image/v2/test_proxy.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class TestImage(TestImageProxy):
         )
         self.assertIn('filename and data are mutually exclusive', str(exc))
 
-    def test_image_create_minimal(self):
+    def test_image_create(self):
         self.verify_create(
             self.proxy.create_image,
             _image.Image,
@@ -105,12 +105,16 @@ class TestImage(TestImageProxy):
                 'disk_format': 'fake_dformat',
                 'container_format': 'fake_cformat',
                 'allow_duplicates': True,
+                'is_protected': True,
             },
             expected_kwargs={
                 'name': 'fake',
                 'disk_format': 'fake_dformat',
                 'container_format': 'fake_cformat',
-                'properties': mock.ANY,
+                'is_protected': True,
+                'owner_specified.openstack.md5': '',
+                'owner_specified.openstack.object': 'images/fake',
+                'owner_specified.openstack.sha256': '',
             },
         )
 
@@ -187,9 +191,7 @@ class TestImage(TestImageProxy):
             meta={},
             properties={
                 self.proxy._IMAGE_MD5_KEY: '144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194',
-                self.proxy._IMAGE_SHA256_KEY: 'b5d54c39e66671c9731b9f471e585'
-                'd8262cd4f54963f0c93082d8dcf33'
-                '4d4c78',
+                self.proxy._IMAGE_SHA256_KEY: 'b5d54c39e66671c9731b9f471e585d8262cd4f54963f0c93082d8dcf334d4c78',  # noqa: E501
                 self.proxy._IMAGE_OBJECT_KEY: 'bare/fake',
             },
             timeout=3600,