diff --git a/lib/fog/openstack/compute.rb b/lib/fog/openstack/compute.rb
index 3c924c7e7..695983cc6 100644
--- a/lib/fog/openstack/compute.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/openstack/compute.rb
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ module Fog
           @connection = Fog::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}", @persistent, @connection_options)
         end
 
+        def credentials
+          { :provider                 => 'openstack',
+            :openstack_auth_url       => @openstack_auth_uri.to_s,
+            :openstack_auth_token     => @openstack_auth_token,
+            :openstack_management_url => @management_url}
+        end
+
         def reload
           @connection.reset
         end
diff --git a/lib/fog/openstack/identity.rb b/lib/fog/openstack/identity.rb
index 209854eb1..5979f5fde 100644
--- a/lib/fog/openstack/identity.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/openstack/identity.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ module Fog
           @connection = Fog::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}", @persistent, @connection_options)
         end
 
+        def credentials
+          { :provider                 => 'openstack',
+            :openstack_auth_url       => @openstack_auth_uri.to_s,
+            :openstack_auth_token     => @openstack_auth_token,
+            :openstack_management_url => @management_url}
+        end
+
         def reload
           @connection.reset
         end
diff --git a/lib/fog/openstack/image.rb b/lib/fog/openstack/image.rb
index 34390576c..6a2dc73cc 100644
--- a/lib/fog/openstack/image.rb
+++ b/lib/fog/openstack/image.rb
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ module Fog
           @connection = Fog::Connection.new("#{@scheme}://#{@host}:#{@port}", @persistent, @connection_options)
         end
 
+        def credentials
+          { :provider           => 'openstack',
+            :openstack_auth_url => @openstack_auth_uri.to_s,
+            :openstack_auth_token => @openstack_auth_token,
+            :openstack_management_url => @management_url}
+        end
+
         def reload
           @connection.reset
         end