diff --git a/keystoneclient/base.py b/keystoneclient/base.py
index 3f13a6cc9..af37222eb 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/base.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/base.py
@@ -479,7 +479,14 @@ class Resource(object):
     def _add_details(self, info):
         for (k, v) in six.iteritems(info):
             try:
-                setattr(self, k, v)
+                try:
+                    setattr(self, k, v)
+                except UnicodeEncodeError:
+                    # This happens when we're running with Python version that
+                    # does not support Unicode identifiers (e.g. Python 2.7).
+                    # In that case we can't help but not set this attrubute;
+                    # it'll be available in a dict representation though
+                    pass
                 self._info[k] = v
             except AttributeError:  # nosec(cjschaef): we already defined the
                 # attribute on the class
diff --git a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_base.py b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_base.py
index 9814d3d16..f6ca651af 100644
--- a/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_base.py
+++ b/keystoneclient/tests/unit/test_base.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
 #    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
 #    a copy of the License at
@@ -96,6 +97,15 @@ class BaseTest(utils.TestCase):
         r = HumanReadable(None, {"name": "1 of !"})
         self.assertEqual(r.human_id, "1-of")
 
+    def test_non_ascii_attr(self):
+        r_dict = {"name": "foobar",
+                  u"тест": "1234",
+                  u"тест2": u"привет мир"}
+
+        r = base.Resource(None, r_dict)
+        self.assertEqual(r.name, "foobar")
+        self.assertEqual(r.to_dict(), r_dict)
+
 
 class ManagerTest(utils.TestCase):
     body = {"hello": {"hi": 1}}