diff --git a/nfv/nfv-plugins/nfv_plugins/nfvi_plugins/openstack/exceptions.py b/nfv/nfv-plugins/nfv_plugins/nfvi_plugins/openstack/exceptions.py
index 914ce5d3..51200db2 100755
--- a/nfv/nfv-plugins/nfv_plugins/nfvi_plugins/openstack/exceptions.py
+++ b/nfv/nfv-plugins/nfv_plugins/nfvi_plugins/openstack/exceptions.py
@@ -67,12 +67,13 @@ class OpenStackRestAPIException(exceptions.PickleableException):
         """
         Create an OpenStack Rest-API exception
         """
-        super(OpenStackRestAPIException, self).__init__(message)
+        super(OpenStackRestAPIException, self).__init__(message, reason)
         self._method = method
         self._url = url
         self._headers = headers
         self._body = body
         self._status_code = status_code  # as defined in RFC 2616
+        self._message = message
         self._reason = reason  # a message string or another exception
         self._response_headers = response_headers
         self._response_body = response_body
@@ -99,9 +100,12 @@ class OpenStackRestAPIException(exceptions.PickleableException):
         """
         Return a tuple so that we can properly pickle the exception
         """
-        return (OpenStackRestAPIException, (self._method, self._url,
-                                            self._headers, self._body,
-                                            self._status_code, self.message,
+        return (OpenStackRestAPIException, (self._method,
+                                            self._url,
+                                            self._headers,
+                                            self._body,
+                                            self._status_code,
+                                            self.message,
                                             self._reason,
                                             self._response_headers,
                                             self._response_body,
@@ -135,6 +139,13 @@ class OpenStackRestAPIException(exceptions.PickleableException):
         """
         return self._response_reason
 
+    @property
+    def message(self):
+        """
+        Returns the message for the exception
+        """
+        return self._message
+
     @property
     def reason(self):
         """
diff --git a/nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/tests/test_exceptions.py b/nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/tests/test_exceptions.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cb366d8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nfv/nfv-tests/nfv_unit_tests/tests/test_exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Wind River Systems, Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+import pickle
+
+from nfv_plugins.nfvi_plugins.openstack.exceptions import NotFound
+from nfv_plugins.nfvi_plugins.openstack.exceptions import OpenStackException
+from nfv_plugins.nfvi_plugins.openstack.exceptions import OpenStackRestAPIException
+
+from nfv_unit_tests.tests import testcase
+
+
+class TestPickleableExceptions(testcase.NFVTestCase):
+    """Unit tests that verify pickleable exceptions"""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Setup for testing."""
+        super(TestPickleableExceptions, self).setUp()
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        """Cleanup testing setup."""
+        super(TestPickleableExceptions, self).tearDown()
+
+    def _do_pickling_test(self, ex):
+        data = pickle.dumps(ex)
+        obj = pickle.loads(data)
+        self.assertEqual(obj.__reduce__(), ex.__reduce__())
+
+    def test_pickling_not_found(self):
+        ex = NotFound("message")
+        self._do_pickling_test(ex)
+
+    def test_pickling_openstack_exception(self):
+        ex = OpenStackException("method",
+                                "url",
+                                "headers",
+                                "body",
+                                "message",
+                                "reason")
+        self._do_pickling_test(ex)
+
+    def test_pickling_openstack_rest_api_exception(self):
+        ex = OpenStackRestAPIException("method",
+                                       "url",
+                                       "headers",
+                                       "body",
+                                       "status_code",
+                                       "message",
+                                       "reason",
+                                       "response_headers",
+                                       "response_body",
+                                       "response_reason")
+        self._do_pickling_test(ex)