diff --git a/apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/domain/Resource.java b/apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/domain/Resource.java
index ffd68f87bf..0d82ffa894 100644
--- a/apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/domain/Resource.java
+++ b/apis/nova/src/main/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/domain/Resource.java
@@ -22,31 +22,81 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentSkipListMap;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Functions;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import sun.awt.image.ImageWatched;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
 
 /**
  * @author Dmitri Babaev
+ * @author Matt Stephenson
  */
 public class Resource {
 
    private List<Map<String, String>> links = Lists.newArrayList();
 
-   public URI getURI() {
+   //This is the preference order for returning a URI in getURI
+   private enum LinkType {
+       BOOKMARK_JSON(new Predicate<Map<String, String>>() {
+           @Override
+           public boolean apply(@Nullable Map<String, String> linkMap) {
+               return Functions.forMap(linkMap, "").apply("rel").equals("bookmark") &&
+                      Functions.forMap(linkMap, "").apply("type").contains("json");
+           }
+       }),
+       BOOKMARK_ANY(new Predicate<Map<String, String>>() {
+           @Override
+           public boolean apply(@Nullable Map<String, String> linkMap) {
+               return Functions.forMap(linkMap, "").apply("rel").equals("bookmark");
+           }
+       }),
+       SELF(new Predicate<Map<String, String>>() {
+           @Override
+           public boolean apply(@Nullable Map<String, String> linkMap) {
+               return Functions.forMap(linkMap, "").apply("rel").equals("self");
+           }
+       });
+
+       Predicate<Map<String,String>> linkPredicate;
+
+       LinkType(Predicate<Map<String,String>> linkPredicate) {
+           this.linkPredicate = linkPredicate;
+       };
+   }
+
+   private final ConcurrentSkipListMap<LinkType,URI> orderedSelfReferences = new ConcurrentSkipListMap<LinkType,URI>();
+
+   private void populateOrderedSelfReferences() {
       for (Map<String, String> linkProperties : links) {
-         try {
-            if (!Functions.forMap(linkProperties, "").apply("rel").equals("bookmark"))
-               continue;
-            if (!Functions.forMap(linkProperties, "").apply("type").contains("json"))
-               continue;
-            
-            return new URI(linkProperties.get("href"));
-         } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+         for (LinkType type : LinkType.values()) {
+            if(type.linkPredicate.apply(linkProperties)) {
+               try {
+                  orderedSelfReferences.put(type, new URI(linkProperties.get("href")));
+               } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+                  throw new RuntimeException(e);
+               }
+            }
          }
       }
+      if(orderedSelfReferences.isEmpty())
+         throw new IllegalStateException("URI is not available");
+   }
 
-      throw new IllegalStateException("URI is not available");
+   public URI getURI() {
+      if(orderedSelfReferences.isEmpty())
+         populateOrderedSelfReferences();
+
+      return orderedSelfReferences.firstEntry().getValue();
+   }
+
+   public URI getSelfURI() {
+      if(orderedSelfReferences.isEmpty())
+         populateOrderedSelfReferences();
+
+      return orderedSelfReferences.get(LinkType.SELF);
    }
 }
diff --git a/apis/nova/src/test/resources/test_list_servers_detail.json b/apis/nova/src/test/resources/test_list_servers_detail.json
index 6891e92091..aa5cbbf185 100644
--- a/apis/nova/src/test/resources/test_list_servers_detail.json
+++ b/apis/nova/src/test/resources/test_list_servers_detail.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
             "created" : "2010-08-10T12:00:00Z",
             "hostId" : "e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffaddf22cbd0",
             "affinityId" : "fc88bcf8394db9c8d0564e08ca6a9724188a84d1",
+            "uuid" : "d84e2086-fc0d-11e0-8e08-2837371c69ae",
             "status" : "BUILD",
             "progress" : 60,
             "addresses" : {
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@
             "created" : "2010-08-10T12:00:00Z",
             "hostId" : "9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6",
             "affinityId" : "b414fa41cb37b97dcb58d6c76112af1258e9eae2",
+            "uuid" : "e66d54d4-fc0d-11e0-b93f-2837371c69ae",
             "status" : "ACTIVE",
             "addresses" : {
                 "public" : [
@@ -74,12 +76,6 @@
                 },
                 {
                     "rel" : "bookmark",
-                    "type" : "application/vnd.openstack.compute-v1.1+xml",
-                    "href" : "http://servers.api.openstack.org/1234/servers/5678"
-                },
-                {
-                    "rel" : "bookmark",
-                    "type" : "application/vnd.openstack.compute-v1.1+json",
                     "href" : "http://servers.api.openstack.org/1234/servers/56789"
                 }
             ]