diff --git a/openstack/cloud/openstackcloud.py b/openstack/cloud/openstackcloud.py
index cf8c9fdcb..f075e862a 100755
--- a/openstack/cloud/openstackcloud.py
+++ b/openstack/cloud/openstackcloud.py
@@ -7417,6 +7417,35 @@ class OpenStackCloud(_normalize.Normalizer):
             {'container': container, 'name': name})
         return False
 
+    def create_directory_marker_object(self, container, name, **headers):
+        """Create a zero-byte directory marker object
+
+        .. note::
+
+          This method is not needed in most cases. Modern swift does not
+          require directory marker objects. However, some swift installs may
+          need these.
+
+        When using swift Static Web and Web Listings to serve static content
+        one may need to create a zero-byte object to represent each
+        "directory". Doing so allows Web Listings to generate an index of the
+        objects inside of it, and allows Static Web to render index.html
+        "files" that are "inside" the directory.
+
+        :param container: The name of the container.
+        :param name: Name for the directory marker object within the container.
+        :param headers: These will be passed through to the object creation
+            API as HTTP Headers.
+        """
+        headers['content-type'] = 'application/directory'
+
+        return self.create_object(
+            container,
+            name,
+            data='',
+            generate_checksums=False,
+            **headers)
+
     def create_object(
             self, container, name, filename=None,
             md5=None, sha256=None, segment_size=None,
diff --git a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_object.py b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_object.py
index 6e08d52b6..448a30f77 100644
--- a/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_object.py
+++ b/openstack/tests/unit/cloud/test_object.py
@@ -470,6 +470,57 @@ class TestObjectUploads(BaseTestObject):
 
         self.assert_calls()
 
+    def test_create_directory_marker_object(self):
+
+        self.register_uris([
+            dict(method='GET',
+                 uri='https://object-store.example.com/info',
+                 json=dict(
+                     swift={'max_file_size': 1000},
+                     slo={'min_segment_size': 500})),
+            dict(method='HEAD',
+                 uri='{endpoint}/{container}'.format(
+                     endpoint=self.endpoint,
+                     container=self.container),
+                 status_code=404),
+            dict(method='PUT',
+                 uri='{endpoint}/{container}'.format(
+                     endpoint=self.endpoint, container=self.container),
+                 status_code=201,
+                 headers={
+                     'Date': 'Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:21:20 GMT',
+                     'Content-Length': '0',
+                     'Content-Type': 'text/html; charset=UTF-8',
+                 }),
+            dict(method='HEAD',
+                 uri='{endpoint}/{container}'.format(
+                     endpoint=self.endpoint, container=self.container),
+                 headers={
+                     'Content-Length': '0',
+                     'X-Container-Object-Count': '0',
+                     'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
+                     'X-Storage-Policy': 'Policy-0',
+                     'Date': 'Fri, 16 Dec 2016 18:29:05 GMT',
+                     'X-Timestamp': '1481912480.41664',
+                     'X-Trans-Id': 'tx60ec128d9dbf44b9add68-0058543271dfw1',
+                     'X-Container-Bytes-Used': '0',
+                     'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8'}),
+            dict(method='PUT',
+                 uri='{endpoint}/{container}/{object}'.format(
+                     endpoint=self.endpoint,
+                     container=self.container, object=self.object),
+                 status_code=201,
+                 validate=dict(
+                     headers={
+                         'content-type': 'application/directory',
+                     }))
+        ])
+
+        self.cloud.create_directory_marker_object(
+            container=self.container, name=self.object)
+
+        self.assert_calls()
+
     def test_create_dynamic_large_object(self):
 
         max_file_size = 2
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/create-object-directory-98e2cae175cc5082.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/create-object-directory-98e2cae175cc5082.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08cce1665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/create-object-directory-98e2cae175cc5082.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Added a ``create_directory_marker_object``' method to allow for easy
+    creation of zero-byte 'directory' marker objects. These are not needed
+    in most cases, but on some clouds they are used by Static
+    Web and Web Listings in swift to facilitate directory traversal.