diff --git a/saharaclient/api/base.py b/saharaclient/api/base.py
index 6e82f9d4..add56214 100644
--- a/saharaclient/api/base.py
+++ b/saharaclient/api/base.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
+import copy
 import json
 import logging
 
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ class Resource(object):
                 # In this case we already defined the attribute on the class
                 pass
 
+    def to_dict(self):
+        return copy.deepcopy(self._info)
+
     def __str__(self):
         return '%s %s' % (self.resource_name, str(self._info))
 
diff --git a/saharaclient/tests/unit/test_resource.py b/saharaclient/tests/unit/test_resource.py
index d6dbe054..b1510ba6 100644
--- a/saharaclient/tests/unit/test_resource.py
+++ b/saharaclient/tests/unit/test_resource.py
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@ class ResourceTest(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNotNone(resource)
         self.assertEqual(dict_copy, dict)
 
+    def test_to_dict(self):
+        dict = {"name": "test"}
+        resource = test_base.TestResource(None, dict)
+        self.assertEqual({'description': 'Test Description',
+                          'extra': 'extra',
+                          'name': 'test'},
+                         resource.to_dict())
+
     def test_resource_str(self):
         dict = {"name": "test",
                 "description": "Changed Description"}