diff --git libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
index ade1644..dc77021 100644
--- libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
+++ libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import warnings
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import httplib
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import b
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import next
+from libcloud.utils.py3 import urlparse
 
 import base64
 
@@ -934,8 +935,8 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_NodeDriver(OpenStackNodeDriver):
             optional_params['metadata'] = metadata
         resp = self._node_action(node, 'createImage', name=name,
                                  **optional_params)
-        # TODO: concevt location header into NodeImage object
-        return resp.status == httplib.ACCEPTED
+        image_id = self._extract_image_id_from_url(resp.headers['location'])
+        return self.ex_get_image(image_id)
 
     def ex_set_server_name(self, node, name):
         """
@@ -1065,3 +1066,8 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_NodeDriver(OpenStackNodeDriver):
                 )
             except KeyError:
                 return(0.0)
+
+    def _extract_image_id_from_url(self, location_header):
+        path = urlparse.urlparse(location_header).path
+        image_id = path.split('/')[-1]
+        return image_id
diff --git test/compute/fixtures/openstack_v1.1/_images_4949f9ee_2421_4c81_8b49_13119446008b.json test/compute/fixtures/openstack_v1.1/_images_4949f9ee_2421_4c81_8b49_13119446008b.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e72070
--- /dev/null
+++ test/compute/fixtures/openstack_v1.1/_images_4949f9ee_2421_4c81_8b49_13119446008b.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"image": {"status": "SAVING", "updated": "2012-01-05T19:42:20Z", "name": "new_image", "links": [{"href": "http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/68/images/4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b", "rel": "self"}, {"href": "http://127.0.0.1/68/images/4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b", "rel": "bookmark"}, {"href": "http://10.13.136.213:9292/68/images/4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b", "type": "application/vnd.openstack.image", "rel": "alternate"}], "created": "2012-01-05T19:42:20Z", "minDisk": 0, "server": {"id": "a0fdd7b9-73e0-4e13-a01c-2bcb421be064", "links": [{"href": "http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/servers/a0fdd7b9-73e0-4e13-a01c-2bcb421be064", "rel": "self"}, {"href": "http://127.0.0.1/servers/a0fdd7b9-73e0-4e13-a01c-2bcb421be064", "rel": "bookmark"}]}, "progress": 25, "minRam": 0, "id": "4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b", "metadata": {"instance_uuid": "a0fdd7b9-73e0-4e13-a01c-2bcb421be064", "image_state": "creating", "user_id": "reach6", "instance_ref": "http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/servers/a0fdd7b9-73e0-4e13-a01c-2bcb421be064", "image_type": "snapshot", "backup_type": null}}}
diff --git test/compute/test_openstack.py test/compute/test_openstack.py
index 55fc1ec..1d176e5 100644
--- test/compute/test_openstack.py
+++ test/compute/test_openstack.py
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ import sys
 import unittest
 import types
 
+try:
+    import simplejson as json
+except ImportError:
+    import json
+
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import httplib
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import method_type
 from libcloud.utils.py3 import u
@@ -608,8 +613,9 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_Tests(unittest.TestCase, TestCaseMixin):
             self.fail('An error was raised: ' + repr(e))
 
     def test_ex_save_image(self):
-        result = self.driver.ex_save_image(self.node, 'new_image')
-        self.assertTrue(result)
+        image = self.driver.ex_save_image(self.node, 'new_image')
+        self.assertEqual(image.name, 'new_image')
+        self.assertEqual(image.id, '4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b')
 
     def test_ex_set_server_name(self):
         old_node = Node(
@@ -673,6 +679,14 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_Tests(unittest.TestCase, TestCaseMixin):
         result = self.driver.ex_delete_image(image)
         self.assertTrue(result)
 
+    def test_extract_image_id_from_url(self):
+        url = 'http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/68/images/1d4a8ea9-aae7-4242-a42d-5ff4702f2f14'
+        url_two = 'http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/68/images/13'
+        image_id = self.driver._extract_image_id_from_url(url)
+        image_id_two = self.driver._extract_image_id_from_url(url_two)
+        self.assertEqual(image_id, '1d4a8ea9-aae7-4242-a42d-5ff4702f2f14')
+        self.assertEqual(image_id_two, '13')
+
 class OpenStack_1_1_FactoryMethodTests(OpenStack_1_1_Tests):
     should_list_locations = False
 
@@ -736,6 +750,10 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_MockHttp(MockHttpTestCase):
     def _v1_1_slug_servers_12064_action(self, method, url, body, headers):
         if method != "POST":
             self.fail('HTTP method other than POST to action URL')
+        if "createImage" in json.loads(body):
+            return (httplib.ACCEPTED, "",
+                    {"location": "http://127.0.0.1/v1.1/68/images/4949f9ee-2421-4c81-8b49-13119446008b"},
+                    httplib.responses[httplib.ACCEPTED])
 
         return (httplib.ACCEPTED, "", {}, httplib.responses[httplib.ACCEPTED])
 
@@ -790,6 +808,13 @@ class OpenStack_1_1_MockHttp(MockHttpTestCase):
         else:
             raise NotImplementedError()
 
+    def _v1_1_slug_images_4949f9ee_2421_4c81_8b49_13119446008b(self, method, url, body, headers):
+        if method == "GET":
+            body = self.fixtures.load('_images_4949f9ee_2421_4c81_8b49_13119446008b.json')
+            return (httplib.OK, body, self.json_content_headers, httplib.responses[httplib.OK])
+        else:
+            raise NotImplementedError()
+
 class OpenStack_1_1_Auth_2_0_MockHttp(OpenStack_1_1_MockHttp):
     fixtures = ComputeFileFixtures('openstack_v1.1')
     auth_fixtures = OpenStackFixtures()