diff --git a/troveclient/tests/fakes.py b/troveclient/tests/fakes.py
index 2fe389c3..67f7b04a 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/fakes.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/fakes.py
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(base_client.HTTPClient):
                 "str_id": "3",
                 "ram": 4096,
                 "id": 3,
-                "name": "m1.medium"}]})
+                "name": "m1.medium"},
+            {
+                "str_id": "7d0d16e5-875f-4198-b6da-90ab2d3e899e",
+                "ram": 8192,
+                "id": None,
+                "name": "m1.uuid"}]})
 
     def get_datastores_mysql_versions_some_version_id_flavors(self, **kw):
         return self.get_flavors()
@@ -201,6 +206,10 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(base_client.HTTPClient):
         r = {'flavor': self.get_flavors()[2]['flavors'][0]}
         return (200, {}, r)
 
+    def get_flavors_m1_uuid(self, **kw):
+        r = {'flavor': self.get_flavors()[2]['flavors'][4]}
+        return (200, {}, r)
+
     def get_clusters(self, **kw):
         return (200, {}, {"clusters": [
             {
diff --git a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
index 5c377bb9..a5874683 100644
--- a/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/tests/test_v1_shell.py
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.run_command('flavor-show 1')
         self.assert_called('GET', '/flavors/1')
 
+    def test_flavor_show_uuid(self):
+        self.run_command('flavor-show m1.uuid')
+        self.assert_called('GET', '/flavors/m1.uuid')
+
     def test_cluster_list(self):
         self.run_command('cluster-list')
         self.assert_called('GET', '/clusters')
diff --git a/troveclient/utils.py b/troveclient/utils.py
index 8f1e1f60..c685ea2b 100644
--- a/troveclient/utils.py
+++ b/troveclient/utils.py
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ def print_list(objs, fields, formatters={}, order_by=None, obj_is_dict=False,
                 data = obj.get(field, '')
             else:
                 data = getattr(obj, field, '')
-            row.append(data)
+            row.append(str(data))
             # set the alignment to right-aligned if it's a numeric
             if set_align and hasattr(data, '__int__'):
                 align[labels[field]] = 'r'
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/flavors.py b/troveclient/v1/flavors.py
index 64238abb..7b1d72fa 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/flavors.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/flavors.py
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ from troveclient import base
 class Flavor(base.Resource):
     """A Flavor is an Instance type, specifying other things, like RAM size."""
 
+    def __init__(self, manager, info, loaded=False):
+        super(Flavor, self).__init__(manager, info, loaded)
+        if self.id is None and self.str_id is not None:
+            self.id = self.str_id
+
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<Flavor: %s>" % self.name
 
diff --git a/troveclient/v1/shell.py b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
index 5737f050..f8ab1b79 100644
--- a/troveclient/v1/shell.py
+++ b/troveclient/v1/shell.py
@@ -90,8 +90,7 @@ def _print_object(obj):
 
     # Fallback to str_id for flavors, where necessary
     if hasattr(obj, 'str_id'):
-        if hasattr(obj, 'id') and not obj.id:
-            obj._info['id'] = obj.str_id
+        obj._info['id'] = obj.id
         del(obj._info['str_id'])
 
     utils.print_dict(obj._info)