diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell_v2.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell_v2.py
index d5868055..45200ca1 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell_v2.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell_v2.py
@@ -301,6 +301,26 @@ class ShellV2Test(testtools.TestCase):
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
+    @mock.patch('sys.stdin', autospec=True)
+    def test_do_image_create_with_unicode(self, mock_stdin):
+        name = u'\u041f\u0420\u0418\u0412\u0415\u0422\u0418\u041a'
+
+        args = self._make_args({'name': name,
+                                'file': None})
+        with mock.patch.object(self.gc.images, 'create') as mocked_create:
+            ignore_fields = ['self', 'access', 'file', 'schema']
+            expect_image = dict((field, field) for field in ignore_fields)
+            expect_image['id'] = 'pass'
+            expect_image['name'] = name
+            mocked_create.return_value = expect_image
+
+            mock_stdin.isatty = lambda: True
+            test_shell.do_image_create(self.gc, args)
+
+            mocked_create.assert_called_once_with(name=name)
+            utils.print_dict.assert_called_once_with({
+                'id': 'pass', 'name': name})
+
     @mock.patch('sys.stdin', autospec=True)
     def test_do_image_create_with_user_props(self, mock_stdin):
         args = self._make_args({'name': 'IMG-01',