diff --git a/os_client_config/__init__.py b/os_client_config/__init__.py
index 4246525..f5976b4 100644
--- a/os_client_config/__init__.py
+++ b/os_client_config/__init__.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ def get_config(
 
 def make_rest_client(
         service_key, options=None,
-        app_name=None, app_version=None,
+        app_name=None, app_version=None, version=None,
         **kwargs):
     """Simple wrapper function. It has almost no features.
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def make_rest_client(
         service_key=service_key, options=options,
         app_name=app_name, app_version=app_version,
         **kwargs)
-    return cloud.get_session_client(service_key)
+    return cloud.get_session_client(service_key, version=version)
 # Backwards compat - simple_client was a terrible name
 simple_client = make_rest_client
 # Backwards compat - session_client was a terrible name
diff --git a/os_client_config/cloud_config.py b/os_client_config/cloud_config.py
index d8b1e26..2e97629 100644
--- a/os_client_config/cloud_config.py
+++ b/os_client_config/cloud_config.py
@@ -235,7 +235,27 @@ class CloudConfig(object):
         """Helper method to grab the service catalog."""
         return self._auth.get_access(self.get_session()).service_catalog
 
-    def get_session_client(self, service_key):
+    def _get_version_args(self, service_key, version):
+        """Translate OCC version args to those needed by ksa adapter.
+
+        If no version is requested explicitly and we have a configured version,
+        set the version parameter and let ksa deal with expanding that to
+        min=ver.0, max=ver.latest.
+
+        If version is set, pass it through.
+
+        If version is not set and we don't have a configured version, default
+        to latest.
+        """
+        if version == 'latest':
+            return None, None, 'latest'
+        if not version:
+            version = self.get_api_version(service_key)
+        if not version:
+            return None, None, 'latest'
+        return version, None, None
+
+    def get_session_client(self, service_key, version=None):
         """Return a prepped requests adapter for a given service.
 
         This is useful for making direct requests calls against a
@@ -249,12 +269,17 @@ class CloudConfig(object):
 
         and it will work like you think.
         """
+        (version, min_version, max_version) = self._get_version_args(
+            service_key, version)
 
         return adapter.Adapter(
             session=self.get_session(),
             service_type=self.get_service_type(service_key),
             service_name=self.get_service_name(service_key),
             interface=self.get_interface(service_key),
+            version=version,
+            min_version=min_version,
+            max_version=max_version,
             region_name=self.region)
 
     def _get_highest_endpoint(self, service_types, kwargs):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/make-rest-client-version-discovery-84125700f159491a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/make-rest-client-version-discovery-84125700f159491a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7326978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/make-rest-client-version-discovery-84125700f159491a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add version argument to make_rest_client and plumb
+    version discovery through get_session_client so that
+    versioned endpoints are properly found if unversioned
+    are in the catalog.