diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/migrations.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/migrations.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6723869b6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/migrations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    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
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+list_migrations = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'migrations': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': {
+                    'type': 'object',
+                    'properties': {
+                        # NOTE: Now the type of 'id' is integer, but here
+                        # allows 'string' also because we will be able to
+                        # change it to 'uuid' in the future.
+                        'id': {'type': ['integer', 'string']},
+                        'status': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'instance_uuid': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'source_node': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'source_compute': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'dest_node': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'dest_compute': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'dest_host': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'old_instance_type_id': {
+                            'type': ['integer', 'string']
+                        },
+                        'new_instance_type_id': {
+                            'type': ['integer', 'string']
+                        },
+                        'created_at': {'type': 'string'},
+                        'updated_at': {'type': ['string', 'null']}
+                    },
+                    'required': [
+                        'id', 'status', 'instance_uuid', 'source_node',
+                        'source_compute', 'dest_node', 'dest_compute',
+                        'dest_host', 'old_instance_type_id',
+                        'new_instance_type_id', 'created_at', 'updated_at'
+                    ]
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['migrations']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/migrations_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/migrations_client.py
index a13349e268..beef5d2aed 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/migrations_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/migrations_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import migrations as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -36,4 +37,5 @@ class MigrationsClientJSON(rest_client.RestClient):
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_migrations, resp, body)
         return resp, body['migrations']
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/migration_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/migration_client.py
index efd39b71d3..c8215670e1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/migration_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/migration_client.py
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import migrations as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
 
@@ -34,4 +36,6 @@ class MigrationsV3ClientJSON(rest_client.RestClient):
             url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        return resp, self._parse_resp(body)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_migrations, resp, body)
+        return resp, body['migrations']