diff --git a/tableauserverclient/models/project_item.py b/tableauserverclient/models/project_item.py
index d6aece83b..4cfbcb4e9 100644
--- a/tableauserverclient/models/project_item.py
+++ b/tableauserverclient/models/project_item.py
@@ -74,6 +74,14 @@ def name(self):
     def name(self, value):
         self._name = value
 
+    @property
+    def owner_id(self):
+        return self._owner_id
+
+    @owner_id.setter
+    def owner_id(self, value):
+        raise NotImplementedError('REST API does not currently support updating project owner.')
+
     def is_default(self):
         return self.name.lower() == 'default'
 
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ def _parse_common_tags(self, project_xml, ns):
             self._set_values(None, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id)
         return self
 
-    def _set_values(self, project_id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id):
+    def _set_values(self, project_id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id, owner_id):
         if project_id is not None:
             self._id = project_id
         if name:
@@ -97,6 +105,8 @@ def _set_values(self, project_id, name, description, content_permissions, parent
             self._content_permissions = content_permissions
         if parent_id:
             self.parent_id = parent_id
+        if owner_id:
+            self._owner_id = owner_id
 
     def _set_permissions(self, permissions):
         self._permissions = permissions
@@ -111,9 +121,9 @@ def from_response(cls, resp, ns):
         all_project_xml = parsed_response.findall('.//t:project', namespaces=ns)
 
         for project_xml in all_project_xml:
-            (id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id) = cls._parse_element(project_xml)
+            (id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id, owner_id) = cls._parse_element(project_xml)
             project_item = cls(name)
-            project_item._set_values(id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id)
+            project_item._set_values(id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id, owner_id)
             all_project_items.append(project_item)
         return all_project_items
 
@@ -124,5 +134,8 @@ def _parse_element(project_xml):
         description = project_xml.get('description', None)
         content_permissions = project_xml.get('contentPermissions', None)
         parent_id = project_xml.get('parentProjectId', None)
+        owner_id = None
+        for owner in project_xml:
+            owner_id = owner.get('id', None)
 
-        return id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id
+        return id, name, description, content_permissions, parent_id, owner_id
diff --git a/test/assets/project_get.xml b/test/assets/project_get.xml
index 777412b30..7898c8c13 100644
--- a/test/assets/project_get.xml
+++ b/test/assets/project_get.xml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 <tsResponse xmlns="http://tableau.com/api" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://tableau.com/api http://tableau.com/api/ts-api-2.3.xsd">
     <pagination pageNumber="1" pageSize="100" totalAvailable="3" />
     <projects>
-        <project id="ee8c6e70-43b6-11e6-af4f-f7b0d8e20760" name="default" description="The default project that was automatically created by Tableau." contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner" />
-        <project id="1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74" name="Tableau" description="" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner" />
-        <project id="4cc52973-5e3a-4d1f-a4fb-5b5f73796edf" name="Tableau > Child 1" description="" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner" parentProjectId="1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74" />
+        <project id="ee8c6e70-43b6-11e6-af4f-f7b0d8e20760" name="default" description="The default project that was automatically created by Tableau." contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner"><owner id="dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794" /></project>
+        <project id="1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74" name="Tableau" description="" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner"><owner id="2a47bbf8-8900-4ebb-b0a4-2723bd7c46c3" /></project>
+        <project id="4cc52973-5e3a-4d1f-a4fb-5b5f73796edf" name="Tableau > Child 1" description="" contentPermissions="ManagedByOwner" parentProjectId="1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74"><owner id="dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794" /></project>
     </projects>
 </tsResponse>
diff --git a/test/test_project.py b/test/test_project.py
index 5e9869c6e..045f0a43e 100644
--- a/test/test_project.py
+++ b/test/test_project.py
@@ -39,16 +39,19 @@ def test_get(self):
                          all_projects[0].description)
         self.assertEqual('ManagedByOwner', all_projects[0].content_permissions)
         self.assertEqual(None, all_projects[0].parent_id)
+        self.assertEqual('dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794', all_projects[0].owner_id)
 
         self.assertEqual('1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74', all_projects[1].id)
         self.assertEqual('Tableau', all_projects[1].name)
         self.assertEqual('ManagedByOwner', all_projects[1].content_permissions)
         self.assertEqual(None, all_projects[1].parent_id)
+        self.assertEqual('2a47bbf8-8900-4ebb-b0a4-2723bd7c46c3', all_projects[1].owner_id)
 
         self.assertEqual('4cc52973-5e3a-4d1f-a4fb-5b5f73796edf', all_projects[2].id)
         self.assertEqual('Tableau > Child 1', all_projects[2].name)
         self.assertEqual('ManagedByOwner', all_projects[2].content_permissions)
         self.assertEqual('1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74', all_projects[2].parent_id)
+        self.assertEqual('dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794', all_projects[2].owner_id)
 
     def test_get_before_signin(self):
         self.server._auth_token = None
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ def test_populate_workbooks(self):
             m.get(self.baseurl + '/9dbd2263-16b5-46e1-9c43-a76bb8ab65fb/default-permissions/workbooks',
                   text=response_xml)
             single_project = TSC.ProjectItem('test', '1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74')
-            single_project.owner_id = 'dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794'
+            single_project._owner_id = 'dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794'
             single_project._id = '9dbd2263-16b5-46e1-9c43-a76bb8ab65fb'
 
             self.server.projects.populate_workbook_default_permissions(single_project)
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ def test_delete_workbook_default_permission(self):
             single_group._id = 'c8f2773a-c83a-11e8-8c8f-33e6d787b506'
 
             single_project = TSC.ProjectItem('test', '1d0304cd-3796-429f-b815-7258370b9b74')
-            single_project.owner_id = 'dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794'
+            single_project._owner_id = 'dd2239f6-ddf1-4107-981a-4cf94e415794'
             single_project._id = '9dbd2263-16b5-46e1-9c43-a76bb8ab65fb'
 
             self.server.projects.populate_workbook_default_permissions(single_project)
diff --git a/test/test_project_model.py b/test/test_project_model.py
index 56e6c3d11..55cf20b26 100644
--- a/test/test_project_model.py
+++ b/test/test_project_model.py
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@ def test_parent_id(self):
         project = TSC.ProjectItem("proj")
         project.parent_id = "foo"
         self.assertEqual(project.parent_id, "foo")
+
+    def test_owner_id(self):
+        project = TSC.ProjectItem("proj")
+        with self.assertRaises(NotImplementedError):
+            project.owner_id = "new_owner"