diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 345ee813..083e2cdd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 This file is used to list changes made in each version of cookbook-openstack-network.
 
+## 8.1.0
+* Add client recipe
+
 ## 8.0.1:
 * Add network database migration
 * Remove unneeded and redundant rhel setup script calls
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a635f4e..8368d869 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ The following cookbooks are dependencies:
 Recipes
 =======
 
+client
+------
+
+- Install the network client packages
+
 server
 ------
 
diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index aa186ee4..2b2ccf48 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ when 'fedora', 'redhat', 'centos' # :pragma-foodcritic: ~FC024 - won't fix this
     'postgresql_python_packages' => ['python-psycopg2'],
     'nova_network_packages' => ['openstack-nova-network'],
     'neutron_packages' => ['openstack-neutron'],
-    'neutron_client_packages' => [],
+    'neutron_client_packages' => ['python-neutronclient'],
     'neutron_dhcp_packages' => ['openstack-neutron'],
     'neutron_dhcp_build_packages' => [],
     'neutron_l3_packages' => ['openstack-neutron'],
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ when 'suse'
     'postgresql_python_packages' => ['python-psycopg2'],
     'nova_network_packages' => ['openstack-nova-network'],
     'neutron_packages' => ['openstack-neutron'],
-    'neutron_client_packages' => [],
+    'neutron_client_packages' => ['python-neutronclient'],
     'neutron_dhcp_packages' => ['openstack-neutron-dhcp-agent'],
     'neutron_dhcp_build_packages' => [],
     'neutron_l3_packages' => ['openstack-neutron-l3-agent'],
diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index 4e65a3e7..bba3f2aa 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ maintainer        'Jay Pipes <jaypipes@gmail.com>'
 license           'Apache 2.0'
 description       'Installs and configures the OpenStack Network API Service and various agents and plugins'
 long_description  IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
-version           '8.0.1'
+version           '8.1.0'
+recipe            'openstack-network::client', 'Install packages required for network client'
 recipe            'openstack-network::server', 'Installs packages required for a OpenStack Network server'
 recipe            'openstack-network::openvswitch', 'Installs packages required for OVS'
 recipe            'openstack-network::metadata_agent', 'Installs packages required for a OpenStack Network Metadata Agent'
diff --git a/recipes/client.rb b/recipes/client.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1369e336
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/client.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: openstack-network
+# Recipe:: client
+#
+# Copyright 2014, IBM Corp.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+class ::Chef::Recipe # rubocop:disable Documentation
+  include ::Openstack
+end
+
+platform_options = node['openstack']['network']['platform']
+platform_options['neutron_client_packages'].each do |pkg|
+  package pkg do
+    options platform_options['package_overrides']
+
+    action :upgrade
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/client-redhat_spec.rb b/spec/client-redhat_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43ac3e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/client-redhat_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'openstack-network::client' do
+
+  describe 'redhat' do
+
+    let(:runner) { ChefSpec::Runner.new(REDHAT_OPTS) }
+    let(:node) { runner.node }
+    let(:chef_run) do
+      runner.converge(described_recipe)
+    end
+
+    it 'installs packages' do
+      expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package('python-neutronclient')
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/client_spec.rb b/spec/client_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6c147e9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/client_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+require_relative 'spec_helper'
+
+describe 'openstack-network::client' do
+
+  describe 'ubuntu' do
+
+    let(:runner) { ChefSpec::Runner.new(UBUNTU_OPTS) }
+    let(:node) { runner.node }
+    let(:chef_run) do
+      runner.converge(described_recipe)
+    end
+
+    it 'installs packages' do
+      expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package('python-neutronclient')
+      expect(chef_run).to upgrade_package('python-pyparsing')
+    end
+  end
+end