diff --git a/openstackclient/image/v2/image.py b/openstackclient/image/v2/image.py
index 412a16cc1c..53ce560dcd 100644
--- a/openstackclient/image/v2/image.py
+++ b/openstackclient/image/v2/image.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 import sys
 
+import openstack.cloud._utils
 from openstack.image import image_signer
 from osc_lib.api import utils as api_utils
 from osc_lib.cli import format_columns
@@ -158,9 +159,13 @@ class AddProjectToImage(command.ShowOne):
         image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
         identity_client = self.app.client_manager.identity
 
-        project_id = common.find_project(identity_client,
-                                         parsed_args.project,
-                                         parsed_args.project_domain).id
+        if openstack.cloud._utils._is_uuid_like(parsed_args.project):
+            project_id = parsed_args.project
+        else:
+            project_id = common.find_project(
+                identity_client,
+                parsed_args.project,
+                parsed_args.project_domain).id
 
         image = image_client.find_image(parsed_args.image,
                                         ignore_missing=False)