diff --git a/shade/_tasks.py b/shade/_tasks.py
index 6f72bdd2a..1c4d3c005 100644
--- a/shade/_tasks.py
+++ b/shade/_tasks.py
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ class ObjectMetadata(task_manager.Task):
         return client.swift_client.head_object(**self.args)
 
 
+class ObjectGet(task_manager.Task):
+    def main(self, client):
+        return client.swift_client.get_object(**self.args)
+
+
 class SubnetCreate(task_manager.Task):
     def main(self, client):
         return client.neutron_client.create_subnet(**self.args)
diff --git a/shade/openstackcloud.py b/shade/openstackcloud.py
index 0e3b92669..23a3dacd4 100644
--- a/shade/openstackcloud.py
+++ b/shade/openstackcloud.py
@@ -3751,6 +3751,31 @@ class OpenStackCloud(object):
                 "Object metadata fetch failed: %s (%s/%s)" % (
                     e.http_reason, e.http_host, e.http_path))
 
+    def get_object(self, container, obj, query_string=None,
+                   resp_chunk_size=None):
+        """Get the headers and body of an object from swift
+
+        :param string container: name of the container.
+        :param string obj: name of the object.
+        :param string query_string: query args for uri.
+                                    (delimiter, prefix, etc.)
+        :param int resp_chunk_size: chunk size of data to read.
+
+        :returns: Tuple (headers, body) of the object, or None if the object
+                  is not found (404)
+        :raises: OpenStackCloudException on operation error.
+        """
+        try:
+            return self.manager.submitTask(_tasks.ObjectGet(
+                container=container, obj=obj, query_string=query_string,
+                resp_chunk_size=resp_chunk_size))
+        except swift_exceptions.ClientException as e:
+            if e.http_status == 404:
+                return None
+            raise OpenStackCloudException(
+                "Object fetch failed: %s (%s/%s)" % (
+                    e.http_reason, e.http_host, e.http_path))
+
     def create_subnet(self, network_name_or_id, cidr, ip_version=4,
                       enable_dhcp=False, subnet_name=None, tenant_id=None,
                       allocation_pools=None,
diff --git a/shade/task_manager.py b/shade/task_manager.py
index 4bcc85d05..e949e0f6f 100644
--- a/shade/task_manager.py
+++ b/shade/task_manager.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Task(object):
         if type(self._result) == list:
             return meta.obj_list_to_dict(self._result)
         elif type(self._result) not in (bool, int, float, str, set,
-                                        types.GeneratorType):
+                                        tuple, types.GeneratorType):
             return meta.obj_to_dict(self._result)
         else:
             return self._result
diff --git a/shade/tests/functional/test_object.py b/shade/tests/functional/test_object.py
index e2818238e..6413f46fd 100644
--- a/shade/tests/functional/test_object.py
+++ b/shade/tests/functional/test_object.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class TestObject(base.TestCase):
                 )
             self.assertIsNotNone(
                 self.cloud.get_object_metadata(container_name, name))
+            self.assertIsNotNone(
+                self.cloud.get_object(container_name, name))
             self.assertEqual(
                 name,
                 self.cloud.list_objects(container_name)[0]['name'])
diff --git a/shade/tests/unit/test_object.py b/shade/tests/unit/test_object.py
index b27edb32e..2132ad1a7 100644
--- a/shade/tests/unit/test_object.py
+++ b/shade/tests/unit/test_object.py
@@ -322,3 +322,32 @@ class TestObject(base.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(shade.OpenStackCloudException,
                           self.cloud.delete_object,
                           container_name, object_name)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(shade.OpenStackCloud, 'swift_client')
+    def test_get_object(self, mock_swift):
+        fake_resp = ({'headers': 'yup'}, 'test body')
+        mock_swift.get_object.return_value = fake_resp
+        container_name = 'container_name'
+        object_name = 'object_name'
+        resp = self.cloud.get_object(container_name, object_name)
+        self.assertEqual(fake_resp, resp)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(shade.OpenStackCloud, 'swift_client')
+    def test_get_object_not_found(self, mock_swift):
+        mock_swift.get_object.side_effect = swift_exc.ClientException(
+            'ERROR', http_status=404)
+        container_name = 'container_name'
+        object_name = 'object_name'
+        self.assertIsNone(self.cloud.get_object(container_name, object_name))
+        mock_swift.get_object.assert_called_once_with(
+            container=container_name, obj=object_name,
+            query_string=None, resp_chunk_size=None)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(shade.OpenStackCloud, 'swift_client')
+    def test_get_object_exception(self, mock_swift):
+        mock_swift.get_object.side_effect = swift_exc.ClientException("ERROR")
+        container_name = 'container_name'
+        object_name = 'object_name'
+        self.assertRaises(shade.OpenStackCloudException,
+                          self.cloud.get_object,
+                          container_name, object_name)