diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
index 1a5f277d..791bae78 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/cinder_type/openstack.rb
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
     list.each do |type|
       if type[:is_public] == 'False'
         type_details = request('volume type', 'show', type[:id])
-        type[:access_project_ids] = string2array(type_details[:access_project_ids])
+        type[:access_project_ids] = parsestring(type_details[:access_project_ids])
         type[:is_public] = false
       else
         type[:access_project_ids] = []
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
         :name               => type[:name],
         :ensure             => :present,
         :id                 => type[:id],
-        :properties         => string2array(type[:properties]),
+        :properties         => parsestring(type[:properties]),
         :is_public          => type[:is_public],
         :access_project_ids => type[:access_project_ids]
       })
@@ -112,4 +112,23 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:cinder_type).provide(
   def self.string2array(input)
     return input.delete("'").split(/,\s/)
   end
+
+  def self.pythondict2array(input)
+    json_input = JSON.parse(input.gsub(/u'(\w*)'/, '"\1"').gsub(/'/, '"'))
+    output = []
+    json_input.each do | k, v |
+      output = output + ["#{k}=#{v}"]
+    end
+    return output
+  end
+
+  def self.parsestring(input)
+    if input[0] == '{'
+      # 4.0.0+ output, python dict
+      return self.pythondict2array(input)
+    else
+      # Pre-4.0.0 output, key=value
+      return self.string2array(input)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
index c556158e..3f458028 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/cinder_type/openstack_spec.rb
@@ -89,6 +89,28 @@ access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a0
           expect(instances[0].access_project_ids).to match_array([])
           expect(instances[1].access_project_ids).to match_array(['54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23', '54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda28'])
         end
+
+        it 'finds types with a Properties hash' do
+          provider_class.expects(:openstack)
+            .with('volume type', 'list', '--quiet', '--format', 'csv', '--long')
+            .returns('"ID","Name","Is Public","Properties"
+"28b632e8-6694-4bba-bf68-67b19f619019","type-1","True","{\'key1\': \'value1\'}"
+"4f992f69-14ec-4132-9313-55cc06a6f1f6","type-2","False","{\'key2\': \'value2\'}"
+')
+          provider_class.expects(:openstack)
+            .with('volume type', 'show', '--format', 'shell', '4f992f69-14ec-4132-9313-55cc06a6f1f6')
+            .returns('
+id="4f992f69-14ec-4132-9313-55cc06a6f1f6"
+name="type-2"
+properties="key2=\'value2\'"
+is_public="False"
+access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda28"
+')
+          instances = provider_class.instances
+          expect(instances.count).to eq(2)
+          expect(instances[0].properties).to eq(["key1=value1"])
+          expect(instances[1].properties).to eq(["key2=value2"])
+        end
       end
 
       describe '#string2array' do
@@ -97,5 +119,29 @@ access_project_ids="54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a09bda23, 54f4d231201b4944a5fa4587a0
           expect(provider_class.string2array(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
         end
       end
+
+      describe '#pythondict2array' do
+        it 'should return an array with key-value when provided with a unicode python dict' do
+          s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+          expect(provider_class.pythondict2array(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
+        end
+
+        it 'should return an array with key-value when provided with a python dict' do
+          s = "{'key': 'value', 'key2': 'value2'}"
+          expect(provider_class.pythondict2array(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe '#parsestring' do
+        it 'should call string2array when provided with a string' do
+          s = "key='value', key2='value2'"
+          expect(provider_class.parsestring(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
+        end
+
+        it 'should call pythondict2array when provided with a hash' do
+          s = "{u'key': 'value', u'key2': 'value2'}"
+          expect(provider_class.parsestring(s)).to eq(['key=value', 'key2=value2'])
+        end
+      end
     end
 end