diff --git a/tripleo_common/actions/plan.py b/tripleo_common/actions/plan.py
index 077642d56..15363d818 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/actions/plan.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/actions/plan.py
@@ -185,12 +185,16 @@ class ListRolesAction(base.TripleOAction):
     Parses roles_data.yaml and returns the names of all available roles.
 
     :param container: name of the Swift container / plan name
+    :param detail: if false(default), displays role names only.  if true,
+                   returns all roles data
     :return: list of roles in the container's deployment plan
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, container=constants.DEFAULT_CONTAINER_NAME):
+    def __init__(self, container=constants.DEFAULT_CONTAINER_NAME,
+                 detail=False):
         super(ListRolesAction, self).__init__()
         self.container = container
+        self.detail = detail
 
     def run(self, context):
         try:
@@ -203,7 +207,10 @@ class ListRolesAction(base.TripleOAction):
             LOG.exception(err_msg)
             return actions.Result(error=err_msg)
 
-        return [role['name'] for role in roles_data]
+        if self.detail:
+            return roles_data
+        else:
+            return [role['name'] for role in roles_data]
 
 
 class ExportPlanAction(base.TripleOAction):
diff --git a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_plan.py b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_plan.py
index 4967926c1..5205bc543 100644
--- a/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_plan.py
+++ b/tripleo_common/tests/actions/test_plan.py
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ class DeletePlanActionTest(base.TestCase):
         swift.delete_container.assert_called_with(self.container_name)
 
 
-class RoleListActionTest(base.TestCase):
+class ListRolesActionTest(base.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super(RoleListActionTest, self).setUp()
+        super(ListRolesActionTest, self).setUp()
         self.container = 'overcloud'
         self.ctx = mock.MagicMock()
 
@@ -257,6 +257,31 @@ class RoleListActionTest(base.TestCase):
         expected = ['MyController', 'Compute', 'CustomRole']
         self.assertEqual(expected, result)
 
+    @mock.patch('tripleo_common.actions.base.TripleOAction.get_object_client')
+    def test_run_show_detail(self, get_obj_client_mock):
+        # setup swift
+        swift = mock.MagicMock()
+        swift.get_object.return_value = ({}, ROLES_DATA_YAML_CONTENTS)
+        get_obj_client_mock.return_value = swift
+
+        # Test
+        action = plan.ListRolesAction(detail=True)
+        result = action.run(self.ctx)
+
+        # verify
+        expected = [
+            {u'CountDefault': 1,
+             u'ServicesDefault': [u'OS::TripleO::Services::CACerts'],
+             u'name': u'MyController'},
+            {u'HostnameFormatDefault': u'%stackname%-novacompute-%index%',
+             u'ServicesDefault': [u'OS::TripleO::Services::NovaCompute',
+                                  u'OS::TripleO::Services::DummyService'],
+             u'name': u'Compute'},
+            {u'ServicesDefault': [u'OS::TripleO::Services::Kernel'],
+             u'name': u'CustomRole'}]
+
+        self.assertEqual(expected, result)
+
     @mock.patch('tripleo_common.actions.base.TripleOAction.get_object_client')
     def test_no_roles_data_file(self, get_obj_client_mock):