diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
index 33992b1..14e9ce9 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
@@ -165,3 +165,17 @@
         'required': ['output']
     }
 }
+
+common_instance_actions = {
+    'type': 'object',
+    'properties': {
+        'action': {'type': 'string'},
+        'request_id': {'type': 'string'},
+        'user_id': {'type': 'string'},
+        'project_id': {'type': 'string'},
+        'start_time': {'type': 'string'},
+        'message': {'type': ['string', 'null']}
+    },
+    'required': ['action', 'request_id', 'user_id', 'project_id',
+                 'start_time', 'message']
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
index f7ed94e..fe53abd 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/servers.py
@@ -177,3 +177,22 @@
 delete_server_group = {
     'status_code': [204]
 }
+
+instance_actions_object = copy.deepcopy(servers.common_instance_actions)
+instance_actions_object[
+    'properties'].update({'instance_uuid': {'type': 'string'}})
+instance_actions_object['required'].extend(['instance_uuid'])
+
+list_instance_actions = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'instanceActions': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': instance_actions_object
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['instanceActions']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
index 6716249..4fb2d87 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v3/servers.py
@@ -99,3 +99,21 @@
 update_server_metadata = copy.deepcopy(servers.update_server_metadata)
 # V3 API's response status_code is 201
 update_server_metadata['status_code'] = [201]
+
+server_actions_object = copy.deepcopy(servers.common_instance_actions)
+server_actions_object['properties'].update({'server_uuid': {'type': 'string'}})
+server_actions_object['required'].extend(['server_uuid'])
+
+list_server_actions = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'server_actions': {
+                'type': 'array',
+                'items': server_actions_object
+            }
+        },
+        'required': ['server_actions']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
index 9d3b3b6..23c1e64 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
@@ -463,6 +463,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/os-instance-actions" %
                               str(server_id))
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_instance_actions, resp, body)
         return resp, body['instanceActions']
 
     def get_instance_action(self, server_id, request_id):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
index 0ccbe7f..11258a6 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/os-server-actions" %
                               str(server_id))
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.list_server_actions, resp, body)
         return resp, body['server_actions']
 
     def get_server_action(self, server_id, request_id):