diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index 0eb42dec..75565377 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class _BaseHTTPClient(object):
         chunk = body
         while chunk:
             chunk = body.read(CHUNKSIZE)
-            if chunk == '':
+            if not chunk:
                 break
             yield chunk
 
diff --git a/glanceclient/common/utils.py b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
index 2bdca0a3..9f3a1fec 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/utils.py
@@ -360,9 +360,12 @@ def get_data_file(args):
             return None
         if not sys.stdin.isatty():
             # (2) image data is provided through standard input
+            image = sys.stdin
+            if hasattr(sys.stdin, 'buffer'):
+                image = sys.stdin.buffer
             if msvcrt:
-                msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdin.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
-            return sys.stdin
+                msvcrt.setmode(image.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)
+            return image
         else:
             # (3) no image data provided
             return None
diff --git a/glanceclient/exc.py b/glanceclient/exc.py
index 29189e4d..c8616c3e 100644
--- a/glanceclient/exc.py
+++ b/glanceclient/exc.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 import re
 import sys
 
+import six
+
 
 class BaseException(Exception):
     """An error occurred."""
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ def from_response(response, body=None):
         details = ': '.join(details_temp)
         return cls(details=details)
     elif body:
+        if six.PY3:
+            body = body.decode('utf-8')
         details = body.replace('\n\n', '\n')
         return cls(details=details)
 
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_exc.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_exc.py
index 575c62b5..9a2d01fd 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_exc.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_exc.py
@@ -68,3 +68,11 @@ class TestHTTPExceptions(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertIsInstance(err, exc.HTTPNotFound)
         self.assertEqual("404 Entity Not Found: Entity could not be found",
                          err.details)
+
+    def test_format_no_content_type(self):
+        mock_resp = mock.Mock()
+        mock_resp.status_code = 400
+        mock_resp.headers = {'content-type': 'application/octet-stream'}
+        body = b'Error \n\n'
+        err = exc.from_response(mock_resp, body)
+        self.assertEqual('Error \n', err.details)
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
index 28ae8e1a..020e146c 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
@@ -239,6 +239,14 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         test_client = http.HTTPClient(endpoint, token=u'adc123')
         self.assertEqual(600.0, test_client.timeout)
 
+    def test__chunk_body_exact_size_chunk(self):
+        test_client = http._BaseHTTPClient()
+        bytestring = b'x' * http.CHUNKSIZE
+        data = six.BytesIO(bytestring)
+        chunk = list(test_client._chunk_body(data))
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(chunk))
+        self.assertEqual([bytestring], chunk)
+
     def test_http_chunked_request(self):
         text = "Ok"
         data = six.StringIO(text)
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v1/test_shell.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v1/test_shell.py
index 93f3fe6c..95bbd07c 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v1/test_shell.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v1/test_shell.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class ShellStdinHandlingTests(testtools.TestCase):
 
             self.assertIn('data', self.collected_args[1])
             self.assertIsInstance(self.collected_args[1]['data'], file_type)
-            self.assertEqual('Some Data',
+            self.assertEqual(b'Some Data',
                              self.collected_args[1]['data'].read())
 
         finally:
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ class ShellStdinHandlingTests(testtools.TestCase):
 
             self.assertIn('data', self.collected_args[1])
             self.assertIsInstance(self.collected_args[1]['data'], file_type)
-            self.assertEqual('Some Data\n',
+            self.assertEqual(b'Some Data\n',
                              self.collected_args[1]['data'].read())
 
         finally: