@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ func dataSourceNetworkingNetworkV2() *schema.Resource {
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
 			},
+			"description": &schema.Schema{
+				Type:     schema.TypeString,
+				Optional: true,
+			},
 			"status": &schema.Schema{
 				Type:     schema.TypeString,
 				Optional: true,
@@ -78,10 +82,11 @@ func dataSourceNetworkingNetworkV2Read(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	}
 
 	listOpts = networks.ListOpts{
-		ID:       d.Get("network_id").(string),
-		Name:     d.Get("name").(string),
-		TenantID: d.Get("tenant_id").(string),
-		Status:   status,
+		ID:          d.Get("network_id").(string),
+		Name:        d.Get("name").(string),
+		Description: d.Get("description").(string),
+		TenantID:    d.Get("tenant_id").(string),
+		Status:      status,
 	}
 
 	if v, ok := d.GetOkExists("external"); ok {
@@ -159,6 +164,7 @@ func dataSourceNetworkingNetworkV2Read(d *schema.ResourceData, meta interface{})
 	d.SetId(network.ID)
 
 	d.Set("name", network.Name)
+	d.Set("description", network.Description)
 	d.Set("admin_state_up", strconv.FormatBool(network.AdminStateUp))
 	d.Set("shared", strconv.FormatBool(network.Shared))
 	d.Set("external", network.External)
 
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ func TestAccOpenStackNetworkingNetworkV2DataSource_basic(t *testing.T) {
 					testAccCheckNetworkingNetworkV2DataSourceID("data.openstack_networking_network_v2.net"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"data.openstack_networking_network_v2.net", "name", "tf_test_network"),
+					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
+						"data.openstack_networking_network_v2.net", "description", "my network description"),
 					resource.TestCheckResourceAttr(
 						"data.openstack_networking_network_v2.net", "admin_state_up", "true"),
 				),
@@ -138,6 +140,7 @@ func testAccCheckNetworkingNetworkV2DataSourceID(n string) resource.TestCheckFun
 const testAccOpenStackNetworkingNetworkV2DataSource_network = `
 resource "openstack_networking_network_v2" "net" {
         name = "tf_test_network"
+        description = "my network description"
         admin_state_up = "true"
 }
 
@@ -154,6 +157,7 @@ var testAccOpenStackNetworkingNetworkV2DataSource_basic = fmt.Sprintf(`
 
 data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "net" {
 	name = "${openstack_networking_network_v2.net.name}"
+        description = "${openstack_networking_network_v2.net.description}"
 }
 `, testAccOpenStackNetworkingNetworkV2DataSource_network)
 
 
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "network" {
 
 * `name` - (Optional) The name of the network.
 
+* `description` - (Optional) Human-readable description of the network.
+
 * `status` - (Optional) The status of the network.
 
 * `external` - (Optional) The external routing facility of the network.
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ are exported:
 
 * `admin_state_up` - (Optional) The administrative state of the network.
 * `name` - See Argument Reference above.
+* `description` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `region` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `external` - See Argument Reference above.
 * `shared` - (Optional)  Specifies whether the network resource can be accessed