diff --git a/dockercloud/__init__.py b/dockercloud/__init__.py
index 8bb6aa5..4d8b5cf 100644
--- a/dockercloud/__init__.py
+++ b/dockercloud/__init__.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 from dockercloud.api.exceptions import ApiError, AuthError, ObjectNotFound, NonUniqueIdentifier
 from dockercloud.api.utils import Utils
 from dockercloud.api.events import Events
+from dockercloud.api.swarm import Swarm
 from dockercloud.api.nodeaz import AZ
 
 __version__ = '1.0.9'
diff --git a/dockercloud/api/http.py b/dockercloud/api/http.py
index f1d0696..01f49b4 100644
--- a/dockercloud/api/http.py
+++ b/dockercloud/api/http.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def send_request(method, path, inject_header=True, **kwargs):
             # Try to parse the response.
             try:
                 json = response.json()
-                if response.headers and inject_header:
+                if response.headers and inject_header and response.headers.get("X-DockerCloud-Action-URI"):
                     json["dockercloud_action_uri"] = response.headers.get("X-DockerCloud-Action-URI", "")
             except TypeError:
                 raise ApiError("JSON Parse Error (%s %s). Response: %s" % (method, url, response.text))
diff --git a/dockercloud/api/swarm.py b/dockercloud/api/swarm.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34a0ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dockercloud/api/swarm.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from .base import Mutable
+
+
+class Swarm(Mutable):
+    subsystem = "infra"
+    endpoint = "/swarm"
diff --git a/dockercloud/api/utils.py b/dockercloud/api/utils.py
index 20d5c68..64a0c03 100644
--- a/dockercloud/api/utils.py
+++ b/dockercloud/api/utils.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from .nodecluster import NodeCluster
 from .service import Service
 from .stack import Stack
+from .swarm import Swarm
 
 
 def is_uuid4(identifier):
@@ -191,3 +192,30 @@ def fetch_remote_action(identifier, raise_exceptions=True):
             if not raise_exceptions:
                 return e
             raise e
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def fetch_remote_swarm(identifier, raise_exceptions=True):
+        try:
+            terms = identifier.split("/", 1)
+            if len(terms) == 1:
+                namespace = ""
+                name = identifier
+            else:
+                namespace = terms[0]
+                name = terms[1]
+            try:
+                return Swarm.fetch(name, namespace=namespace)
+            except Exception:
+                objects_same_identifier = Swarm.list(name__startswith=name, namespace=namespace)
+                if len(objects_same_identifier) == 1:
+                    swarm_id = objects_same_identifier[0].swarm_id
+                    return Swarm.fetch(swarm_id, namespace=namespace)
+                elif len(objects_same_identifier) == 0:
+                    raise ObjectNotFound("Cannot find a swarm cluster with name '%s'" % identifier)
+                raise NonUniqueIdentifier(
+                    "More than one action has the same identifier, please use swarm id")
+
+        except (NonUniqueIdentifier, ObjectNotFound) as e:
+            if not raise_exceptions:
+                return e
+            raise e
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index ca9140f..d4e8ee8 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -222,3 +222,34 @@ def test_fetch_remote_nodecluster(self, mock_fetch, mock_list):
         mock_list.side_effect = [ApiError, ApiError]
         self.assertRaises(ApiError, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_nodecluster, 'uuid_or_name', True)
         self.assertRaises(ApiError, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_nodecluster, 'uuid_or_name', False)
+
+    @mock.patch('dockercloud.Swarm.list')
+    @mock.patch('dockercloud.Swarm.fetch')
+    def test_fetch_remote_swarm(self, mock_fetch, mock_list):
+        # test the identifier w/ and w/o namespace
+        mock_fetch.return_value = 'returned'
+        self.assertEqual(dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm('abc', True), 'returned')
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("abc", namespace="")
+
+        self.assertEqual(dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm('tifayuki/abc', True), 'returned')
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("abc", namespace="tifayuki")
+
+        self.assertEqual(dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm('tifayuki/abc/xyz', True), 'returned')
+        mock_fetch.assert_called_with("abc/xyz", namespace="tifayuki")
+
+        # test no swarm found
+        mock_fetch.side_effect = ObjectNotFound
+        self.assertRaises(ObjectNotFound, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm, 'swarm_id', True)
+        self.assertIsInstance(dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm('swarm_id', False), ObjectNotFound)
+
+        # test multi-swarm found
+        mock_fetch.return_value = 'returned'
+        mock_list.side_effect = [['swarm1', 'swarm2'], []]
+        self.assertRaises(NonUniqueIdentifier, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm, 'swarm_id', True)
+        mock_list.side_effect = [['swarm1', 'swarm2'], []]
+        self.assertIsInstance(dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm('swarm_id', False), NonUniqueIdentifier)
+
+        # test api error
+        mock_list.side_effect = [ApiError, ApiError]
+        self.assertRaises(ApiError, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm, 'swarm_id', True)
+        self.assertRaises(ApiError, dockercloud.Utils.fetch_remote_swarm, 'swarm_id', False)