diff --git a/doc/source/devref/quality_of_service.rst b/doc/source/devref/quality_of_service.rst
index ea10377daa4..3beb9fb61b6 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/quality_of_service.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/quality_of_service.rst
@@ -100,12 +100,14 @@ For a list of all rule types, see:
 neutron.services.qos.qos_consts.VALID_RULE_TYPES.
 
 The list of supported QoS rule types exposed by neutron is calculated as
-the common subset of rules supported by all active QoS drivers.
+set of rules supported by at least one active QoS driver.
 
 Note: the list of supported rule types reported by core plugin is not enforced
-when accessing QoS rule resources. This is mostly because then we would not be
-able to create rules while at least one of the QoS driver in gate lacks
-support for the rules we're trying to test.
+when accessing QoS rule resources.
+
+When a policy is attached to a port or a network, or when a rule is created or updated,
+core plugins may validate write requests against their backends, and invalidate requests
+that don't make sense or can't be implemented by affected backends.
 
 
 Database models
diff --git a/neutron/services/qos/drivers/manager.py b/neutron/services/qos/drivers/manager.py
index c33465ba9ad..8b4d40e8387 100644
--- a/neutron/services/qos/drivers/manager.py
+++ b/neutron/services/qos/drivers/manager.py
@@ -137,20 +137,14 @@ class QosServiceDriverManager(object):
         if not self._drivers:
             return []
 
-        rule_types = set(qos_consts.VALID_RULE_TYPES)
+        rule_types = set()
 
         # Recalculate on every call to allow drivers determine supported rule
         # types dynamically
         for driver in self._drivers:
-            new_rule_types = rule_types & set(driver.supported_rules)
-            dropped_rule_types = rule_types - new_rule_types
-            if dropped_rule_types:
-                LOG.debug("%(rule_types)s rule types disabled "
-                          "because enabled %(driver)s does not support them",
-                          {'rule_types': ', '.join(dropped_rule_types),
-                           'driver': driver.name})
-            rule_types = new_rule_types
+            rule_types |= set(driver.supported_rules)
 
         LOG.debug("Supported QoS rule types "
-                  "(common subset for all loaded QoS drivers): %s", rule_types)
+                  "(rules supported by at least one loaded QoS driver): %s",
+                  rule_types)
         return rule_types
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/services/qos/drivers/test_manager.py b/neutron/tests/unit/services/qos/drivers/test_manager.py
index 58d84da7a1b..f0acec6d8e2 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/services/qos/drivers/test_manager.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/services/qos/drivers/test_manager.py
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class TestQoSDriversRulesValidations(TestQosDriversManagerBase):
 
 class TestQosDriversManagerRules(TestQosDriversManagerBase):
     """Test supported rules"""
-    def test_available_rules_one_in_common(self):
+    def test_available_rules(self):
         driver_manager = self._create_manager_with_drivers({
             'driver-A': {
                 'is_loaded': True,
@@ -175,32 +175,6 @@ class TestQosDriversManagerRules(TestQosDriversManagerBase):
             }
         })
         self.assertEqual(driver_manager.supported_rule_types,
-                         set([qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_MINIMUM_BANDWIDTH]))
-
-    def test_available_rules_no_rule_in_common(self):
-        driver_manager = self._create_manager_with_drivers({
-            'driver-A': {
-                'is_loaded': True,
-                'rules': {
-                    qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT: {
-                        "max_kbps": {'type:values': None},
-                        "max_burst_kbps": {'type:values': None}
-                    }
-                }
-            },
-            'driver-B': {
-                'is_loaded': True,
-                'rules': {
-                    qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_MINIMUM_BANDWIDTH: {
-                        "min_kbps": {'type:values': None},
-                        'direction': {
-                            'type:values': constants.VALID_DIRECTIONS}
-                    },
-                    qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING: {
-                        "dscp_mark": {
-                            'type:values': constants.VALID_DSCP_MARKS}
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        })
-        self.assertEqual(driver_manager.supported_rule_types, set([]))
+                         set([qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_BANDWIDTH_LIMIT,
+                              qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_MINIMUM_BANDWIDTH,
+                              qos_consts.RULE_TYPE_DSCP_MARKING]))
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/qos-change-list-of-available-rule-types-5ddbc827606c293d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/qos-change-list-of-available-rule-types-5ddbc827606c293d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..efcd56a4f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/qos-change-list-of-available-rule-types-5ddbc827606c293d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    With `improved validation for QoS rules
+    <http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-specs/pike/qos-improved-validation-mechanism-rules.html>`_
+    API call to /v2.0/qos/rule-types now returns rule types that are supported
+    by at least one of enabled backends.