diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nso/nso.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nso/nso.py
index f4267b8cab2..bdf62cc734c 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nso/nso.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/network/nso/nso.py
@@ -446,14 +446,20 @@ class ValueBuilder(object):
 
         schema = self._find_child(parent_path, parent_schema, key)
         if self._is_leaf(schema):
-            path_type = schema['type']
-            if path_type.get('primitive', False):
-                return path_type['name']
-            else:
-                path_type_key = '{0}:{1}'.format(
-                    path_type['namespace'], path_type['name'])
-                type_info = meta['types'][path_type_key]
-                return type_info[-1]['name']
+            def get_type(meta, curr_type):
+                if curr_type.get('primitive', False):
+                    return curr_type['name']
+                if 'namespace' in curr_type:
+                    curr_type_key = '{0}:{1}'.format(
+                        curr_type['namespace'], curr_type['name'])
+                    type_info = meta['types'][curr_type_key][-1]
+                    return get_type(meta, type_info)
+                if 'leaf_type' in curr_type:
+                    return get_type(meta, curr_type['leaf_type'][-1])
+                return curr_type['name']
+
+            return get_type(meta, schema['type'])
+
         return None
 
     def _ensure_schema_cached(self, path):
diff --git a/test/units/module_utils/network/nso/test_nso.py b/test/units/module_utils/network/nso/test_nso.py
index 38fed66b23b..b05d7a8b1f8 100644
--- a/test/units/module_utils/network/nso/test_nso.py
+++ b/test/units/module_utils/network/nso/test_nso.py
@@ -152,7 +152,25 @@ SCHEMA_DATA = {
 ''',
     '/test:test': '''
 {
-    "meta": {},
+    "meta": {
+        "types": {
+            "http://example.com/test:t15": [
+               {
+                  "leaf_type":[
+                     {
+                        "name":"string"
+                     }
+                  ],
+                  "list_type":[
+                     {
+                        "name":"http://example.com/test:t15",
+                        "leaf-list":true
+                     }
+                  ]
+               }
+            ]
+        }
+    },
     "data": {
         "kind": "list",
         "name":"test",
@@ -206,6 +224,15 @@ SCHEMA_DATA = {
                         ]
                     }
                 ]
+            },
+            {
+               "kind":"leaf-list",
+               "name":"device-list",
+               "qname":"test:device-list",
+               "type": {
+                  "namespace":"http://example.com/test",
+                  "name":"t15"
+               }
             }
         ]
     }
@@ -365,6 +392,28 @@ class TestValueBuilder(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(0, len(calls))
 
+    @patch('ansible.module_utils.network.nso.nso.open_url')
+    def test_leaf_list_type(self, open_url_mock):
+        calls = [
+            MockResponse('new_trans', {}, 200, '{"result": {"th": 1}}'),
+            get_schema_response('/test:test')
+        ]
+        open_url_mock.side_effect = lambda *args, **kwargs: mock_call(calls, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        parent = "/test:test"
+        schema_data = json.loads(
+            SCHEMA_DATA['/test:test'])
+        schema = schema_data['data']
+
+        vb = nso.ValueBuilder(nso.JsonRpc('http://localhost:8080/jsonrpc'))
+        vb.build(parent, None, {'device-list': ['one', 'two']}, schema)
+        self.assertEquals(1, len(vb.values))
+        value = vb.values[0]
+        self.assertEquals('{0}/device-list'.format(parent), value.path)
+        self.assertEquals(['one', 'two'], value.value)
+
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(calls))
+
 
 class TestVerifyVersion(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_valid_versions(self):