diff --git a/libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py b/libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
index d5096b9728..38b7c64be3 100644
--- a/libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
+++ b/libcloud/compute/drivers/openstack.py
@@ -3164,6 +3164,8 @@ def _to_network(self, obj):
             extra["tags"] = obj.get("tags")
         if obj.get("is_default", None) is not None:
             extra["is_default"] = obj.get("is_default")
+        if obj.get("description", None):
+            extra["description"] = obj.get("description")
         return OpenStackNetwork(id=obj["id"], name=obj["name"], cidr=None, driver=self, extra=extra)
 
     def ex_list_networks(self):