diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron.rb
index b2daad801..9f883fb29 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron.rb
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:neutron_subnet).provide(
 
   def self.parse_allocation_pool(values)
     allocation_pools = []
-    return [] if values.empty?
+    return [] if values.empty? or values == '[]'
     for value in Array(values)
-      allocation_pool = JSON.parse(value.gsub(/\\"/,'"'))
+      allocation_pool = JSON.parse(value.gsub(/\\"/,'"').gsub('u\'', '"')
+                                   .gsub('\'','"').gsub('[', '')
+                                   .gsub(']', ''))
       start_ip = allocation_pool['start']
       end_ip = allocation_pool['end']
       allocation_pools << "start=#{start_ip},end=#{end_ip}"
@@ -79,17 +81,25 @@ Puppet::Type.type(:neutron_subnet).provide(
 
   def self.parse_host_routes(values)
     host_routes = []
-    return [] if values.empty?
+    return [] if values.empty? or values == '[]'
+    # Strip brackets from output, needed after neutronclient >= 6.1.0
+    values = values.gsub('[', '').gsub(']', '')
     for value in Array(values)
-      host_route = JSON.parse(value.gsub(/\\"/,'"'))
+      host_route = JSON.parse(value.gsub(/\\"/,'"').gsub('u\'', '"')
+                              .gsub('\'','"'))
       nexthop = host_route['nexthop']
       destination = host_route['destination']
-      host_routes << "nexthop=#{nexthop},destination=#{destination}"
+      host_routes << "destination=#{destination},nexthop=#{nexthop}"
     end
     return host_routes
   end
 
   def self.parse_dns_nameservers(values)
+    # With neutronclient >= 6.1.0 we need to parse the string a bit
+    if values.is_a? String
+        values = values.gsub('u\'', '').gsub('\'','').gsub('[', '')
+                       .gsub(']', '').gsub(',', '').split(' ')
+    end
     # just enforce that this is actually an array
     return Array(values)
   end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron_spec.rb
index 52920e4b5..6d83cbbcd 100644
--- a/spec/unit/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/neutron_subnet/neutron_spec.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,39 @@ tenant_id="60f9544eb94c42a6b7e8e98c2be981b1"'
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'when creating a subnet with neutronclient >= 6.1.0' do
+    it 'should call subnet-create with appropriate command line options' do
+      provider.class.stubs(:get_tenant_id).returns(subnet_attrs[:tenant_id])
+
+      output = 'Created a new subnet:
+allocation_pools="[{u\'start\': u\'10.0.0.2\', u\'end\': u\'10.0.0.10\'}]"
+cidr="10.0.0.0/24"
+dns_nameservers="[u\'8.8.8.8\']"
+enable_dhcp="False"
+gateway_ip="10.0.0.1"
+host_routes="[{u\'destination\': u\'12.0.0.0/24\', u\'nexthop\': u\'10.0.0.1\'}]"
+id="dd5e0ef1-2c88-4b0b-ba08-7df65be87963"
+ip_version="4"
+name="net1"
+network_id="98873773-aa34-4b87-af05-70903659246f"
+tenant_id="60f9544eb94c42a6b7e8e98c2be981b1"'
+
+      provider.expects(:auth_neutron).with('subnet-create', '--format=shell',
+                                            ["--name=#{subnet_attrs[:name]}",
+                                             "--ip-version=#{subnet_attrs[:ip_version]}",
+                                             "--gateway-ip=#{subnet_attrs[:gateway_ip]}",
+                                             "--disable-dhcp",
+                                             "--allocation-pool=#{subnet_attrs[:allocation_pools]}",
+                                             "--dns-nameserver=#{subnet_attrs[:dns_nameservers]}",
+                                             "--host-route=#{subnet_attrs[:host_routes]}",
+                                             "--tenant_id=#{subnet_attrs[:tenant_id]}",
+                                             subnet_name],
+                                           subnet_attrs[:cidr]).returns(output)
+
+      provider.create
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'when creating a ipv6 subnet' do
 
     let :resource do