diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
index e0e13ed..86ff39a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack.go
@@ -1038,7 +1038,7 @@ func (os *OpenStack) getVolume(diskName string) (volumes.Volume, error) {
 }
 
 // Create a volume of given size (in GiB)
-func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(size int, tags *map[string]string) (volumeName string, err error) {
+func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(name string, size int, tags *map[string]string) (volumeName string, err error) {
 
 	sClient, err := openstack.NewBlockStorageV1(os.provider, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
 		Region: os.region,
@@ -1049,7 +1049,10 @@ func (os *OpenStack) CreateVolume(size int, tags *map[string]string) (volumeName
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	opts := volumes.CreateOpts{Size: size}
+	opts := volumes.CreateOpts{
+		Name: name,
+		Size: size,
+	}
 	if tags != nil {
 		opts.Metadata = *tags
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
index 40b485c..a4db2fa 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/openstack/openstack_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/util/rand"
+
 	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
 )
 
@@ -213,7 +215,7 @@ func TestVolumes(t *testing.T) {
 	tags := map[string]string{
 		"test": "value",
 	}
-	vol, err := os.CreateVolume(1, &tags)
+	vol, err := os.CreateVolume("kubernetes-test-volume-"+rand.String(10), 1, &tags)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Cannot create a new Cinder volume: %v", err)
 	}