diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index 1157381..2177292 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class HTTPClient(_BaseHTTPClient):
         self.identity_headers = kwargs.get('identity_headers')
         self.auth_token = kwargs.get('token')
         self.language_header = kwargs.get('language_header')
+        self.last_request_id = None
         if self.identity_headers:
             if self.identity_headers.get('X-Auth-Token'):
                 self.auth_token = self.identity_headers.get('X-Auth-Token')
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ class HTTPClient(_BaseHTTPClient):
                        {'endpoint': endpoint, 'e': e})
             raise exc.CommunicationError(message=message)
 
+        self.last_request_id = resp.headers.get('x-openstack-request-id')
         resp, body_iter = self._handle_response(resp)
         self.log_http_response(resp)
         return resp, body_iter
@@ -303,6 +305,7 @@ class SessionClient(adapter.Adapter, _BaseHTTPClient):
     def __init__(self, session, **kwargs):
         kwargs.setdefault('user_agent', USER_AGENT)
         kwargs.setdefault('service_type', 'image')
+        self.last_request_id = None
         super(SessionClient, self).__init__(session, **kwargs)
 
     def request(self, url, method, **kwargs):
@@ -329,6 +332,7 @@ class SessionClient(adapter.Adapter, _BaseHTTPClient):
                        dict(url=conn_url, e=e))
             raise exc.CommunicationError(message=message)
 
+        self.last_request_id = resp.headers.get('x-openstack-request-id')
         return self._handle_response(resp)
 
 
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
index c18660e..e0c1219 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/test_http.py
@@ -200,6 +200,14 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         resp, body = self.client.get(path, headers=headers)
         self.assertEqual(text, resp.text)
 
+    def test_request_id(self):
+        path = '/v1/images/detail'
+        self.mock.get(self.endpoint + path,
+                      headers={"x-openstack-request-id": "req-aaa"})
+
+        self.client.get(path)
+        self.assertEqual(self.client.last_request_id, 'req-aaa')
+
     def test_headers_encoding(self):
         if not hasattr(self.client, 'encode_headers'):
             self.skipTest('Cannot do header encoding check on SessionClient')