diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/config.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/config.go
index 98d638ce7b..860db0b5d6 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/config.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
 	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack"
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth"
 )
 
 type Config struct {
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	IdentityEndpoint string
 	Insecure         bool
 	Password         string
+	Swauth           bool
 	TenantID         string
 	TenantName       string
 	Token            string
@@ -95,9 +97,12 @@ func (c *Config) loadAndValidate() error {
 	transport := &http.Transport{Proxy: http.ProxyFromEnvironment, TLSClientConfig: config}
 	client.HTTPClient.Transport = transport
 
-	err = openstack.Authenticate(client, ao)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	// If using Swift Authentication, there's no need to validate authentication normally.
+	if !c.Swauth {
+		err = openstack.Authenticate(client, ao)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	c.osClient = client
@@ -134,6 +139,14 @@ func (c *Config) networkingV2Client(region string) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient,
 }
 
 func (c *Config) objectStorageV1Client(region string) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	// If Swift Authentication is being used, return a swauth client.
+	if c.Swauth {
+		return swauth.NewObjectStorageV1(c.osClient, swauth.AuthOpts{
+			User: c.Username,
+			Key:  c.Password,
+		})
+	}
+
 	return openstack.NewObjectStorageV1(c.osClient, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
 		Region:       region,
 		Availability: c.getEndpointType(),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/provider.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/provider.go
index e6ef6e32f1..6e7434a94b 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/provider.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/provider.go
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ func Provider() terraform.ResourceProvider {
 				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("OS_KEY", ""),
 				Description: descriptions["key"],
 			},
+
+			"swauth": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:        schema.TypeBool,
+				Optional:    true,
+				DefaultFunc: schema.EnvDefaultFunc("OS_SWAUTH", ""),
+				Description: descriptions["swauth"],
+			},
 		},
 
 		ResourcesMap: map[string]*schema.Resource{
@@ -196,6 +203,9 @@ func init() {
 		"cert": "A client certificate to authenticate with.",
 
 		"key": "A client private key to authenticate with.",
+
+		"swauth": "Use Swift's authentication system instead of Keystone. Only used for\n" +
+			"interaction with Swift.",
 	}
 }
 
@@ -210,6 +220,7 @@ func configureProvider(d *schema.ResourceData) (interface{}, error) {
 		IdentityEndpoint: d.Get("auth_url").(string),
 		Insecure:         d.Get("insecure").(bool),
 		Password:         d.Get("password").(string),
+		Swauth:           d.Get("swauth").(bool),
 		Token:            d.Get("token").(string),
 		TenantID:         d.Get("tenant_id").(string),
 		TenantName:       d.Get("tenant_name").(string),
diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_objectstorage_container_v1_test.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_objectstorage_container_v1_test.go
index 9047fa26ee..4e6ef693c7 100644
--- a/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_objectstorage_container_v1_test.go
+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/resource_openstack_objectstorage_container_v1_test.go
@@ -56,22 +56,20 @@ func testAccCheckObjectStorageV1ContainerDestroy(s *terraform.State) error {
 
 var testAccObjectStorageV1Container_basic = fmt.Sprintf(`
 	resource "openstack_objectstorage_container_v1" "container_1" {
-		region = "%s"
 		name = "tf-test-container"
 		metadata {
 			test = "true"
 		}
 		content_type = "application/json"
-	}`,
-	OS_REGION_NAME)
+	}
+`)
 
 var testAccObjectStorageV1Container_update = fmt.Sprintf(`
 	resource "openstack_objectstorage_container_v1" "container_1" {
-		region = "%s"
 		name = "tf-test-container"
 		metadata {
 			test = "true"
 		}
 		content_type = "text/plain"
-	}`,
-	OS_REGION_NAME)
+	}
+`)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/requests.go b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/requests.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8589ae0cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/requests.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package swauth
+
+import "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+
+// AuthOptsBuilder describes struct types that can be accepted by the Auth call.
+// The AuthOpts struct in this package does.
+type AuthOptsBuilder interface {
+	ToAuthOptsMap() (map[string]string, error)
+}
+
+// AuthOpts specifies an authentication request.
+type AuthOpts struct {
+	// User is an Swauth-based username in username:tenant format.
+	User string `h:"X-Auth-User" required:"true"`
+	// Key is a secret/password to authenticate the User with.
+	Key string `h:"X-Auth-Key" required:"true"`
+}
+
+// ToAuthOptsMap formats an AuthOpts structure into a request body.
+func (opts AuthOpts) ToAuthOptsMap() (map[string]string, error) {
+	return gophercloud.BuildHeaders(opts)
+}
+
+// Auth performs an authentication request for a Swauth-based user.
+func Auth(c *gophercloud.ProviderClient, opts AuthOptsBuilder) (r GetAuthResult) {
+	h := make(map[string]string)
+
+	if opts != nil {
+		headers, err := opts.ToAuthOptsMap()
+		if err != nil {
+			r.Err = err
+			return
+		}
+
+		for k, v := range headers {
+			h[k] = v
+		}
+	}
+
+	resp, err := c.Request("GET", getURL(c), &gophercloud.RequestOpts{
+		MoreHeaders: h,
+		OkCodes:     []int{200},
+	})
+
+	if resp != nil {
+		r.Header = resp.Header
+	}
+
+	r.Err = err
+
+	return r
+}
+
+// NewObjectStorageV1 creates a Swauth-authenticated *gophercloud.ServiceClient
+// client that can issue ObjectStorage-based API calls.
+func NewObjectStorageV1(pc *gophercloud.ProviderClient, authOpts AuthOpts) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	auth, err := Auth(pc, authOpts).Extract()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	swiftClient := &gophercloud.ServiceClient{
+		ProviderClient: pc,
+		Endpoint:       gophercloud.NormalizeURL(auth.StorageURL),
+	}
+
+	swiftClient.TokenID = auth.Token
+
+	return swiftClient, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/results.go b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/results.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..294c43c07c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/results.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package swauth
+
+import (
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+)
+
+// GetAuthResult temporarily contains the response from a Swauth
+// authentication call.
+type GetAuthResult struct {
+	gophercloud.HeaderResult
+}
+
+// AuthResult contains the authentication information from a Swauth
+// authentication request.
+type AuthResult struct {
+	Token      string `json:"X-Auth-Token"`
+	StorageURL string `json:"X-Storage-Url"`
+	CDNURL     string `json:"X-CDN-Management-Url"`
+}
+
+// Extract is a method that attempts to interpret any Swauth authentication
+// response as a AuthResult struct.
+func (r GetAuthResult) Extract() (*AuthResult, error) {
+	var s *AuthResult
+	err := r.ExtractInto(&s)
+	return s, err
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/urls.go b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/urls.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a30cabd60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth/urls.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package swauth
+
+import "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+
+func getURL(c *gophercloud.ProviderClient) string {
+	return c.IdentityBase + "auth/v1.0"
+}
diff --git a/vendor/vendor.json b/vendor/vendor.json
index ee9123be05..124e542e86 100644
--- a/vendor/vendor.json
+++ b/vendor/vendor.json
@@ -1377,6 +1377,12 @@
 			"revision": "45720eeefeeeba03b2d7da500297ec68eeee51af",
 			"revisionTime": "2016-10-31T15:28:56Z"
 		},
+		{
+			"checksumSHA1": "roxPPVwS2CjJhf0CApHNQxAX7EA=",
+			"path": "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/objectstorage/v1/swauth",
+			"revision": "d5eda9707e146108e4d424062b602fd97a71c2e6",
+			"revisionTime": "2016-11-14T18:28:31Z"
+		},
 		{
 			"checksumSHA1": "TDOZnaS0TO0NirpxV1QwPerAQTY=",
 			"path": "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/utils",
diff --git a/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/index.html.markdown b/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/index.html.markdown
index 9711cfbb2b..8ece031493 100644
--- a/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/index.html.markdown
+++ b/website/source/docs/providers/openstack/index.html.markdown
@@ -86,6 +86,13 @@ The following arguments are supported:
   service catalog. It can be set using the OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE environment
   variable. If not set, public endpoints is used.
 
+* `swauth` - (Optional) Set to `true` to authenticate against Swauth, a
+  Swift-native authentication system. If omitted, the `OS_SWAUTH` environment
+  variable is used. You must also set `username` to the Swauth/Swift username
+  such as `username:project`. Set the `password` to the Swauth/Swift key.
+  Finally, set `auth_url` as the location of the Swift service. Note that this
+  will only work when used with the OpenStack Object Storage resources.
+
 ## Rackspace Compatibility
 
 Using this OpenStack provider with Rackspace is not supported and not