diff --git a/tackerclient/common/utils.py b/tackerclient/common/utils.py
index ee79ad4a..fb62cf5f 100644
--- a/tackerclient/common/utils.py
+++ b/tackerclient/common/utils.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from oslo_log import versionutils
 from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 import six
-import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from tackerclient.common import exceptions
 from tackerclient.i18n import _
@@ -175,13 +174,6 @@ def add_boolean_argument(parser, name, **kwargs):
         **kwargs)
 
 
-def validate_url(url):
-    url_parts = urlparse.urlparse(url)
-    if not url_parts.scheme or not url_parts.netloc or not url_parts.port:
-        raise exceptions.TackerClientException(message='Invalid URL')
-    return url_parts
-
-
 def get_file_path(filename):
     file_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__),
                                              '../%s' % filename))
diff --git a/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim.py b/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim.py
index 58fb0f3f..a9080d99 100644
--- a/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim.py
+++ b/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import yaml
 
 from tackerclient.common import exceptions
-from tackerclient.common import utils
 from tackerclient.tacker import v1_0 as tackerV10
 from tackerclient.tacker.v1_0.nfvo import vim_utils
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ class CreateVIM(tackerV10.CreateCommand):
             raise exceptions.TackerClientException(message='Auth URL must be '
                                                            'specified',
                                                    status_code=404)
-        vim_obj['auth_url'] = utils.validate_url(auth_url).geturl()
+        vim_obj['auth_url'] = vim_utils.validate_auth_url(auth_url).geturl()
         vim_obj['type'] = config_param.pop('type', 'openstack')
         vim_utils.args2body_vim(config_param, vim_obj)
         tackerV10.update_dict(parsed_args, body[self.resource],
diff --git a/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim_utils.py b/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim_utils.py
index 5162643c..43c2df84 100644
--- a/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim_utils.py
+++ b/tackerclient/tacker/v1_0/nfvo/vim_utils.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
-
+import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 
 from tackerclient.common import exceptions
 
@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ def args2body_vim(config_param, vim):
                         'user_id': config_param.pop('user_id', ''),
                         'user_domain_name':
                             config_param.pop('user_domain_name', '')}
+
+
+def validate_auth_url(url):
+    url_parts = urlparse.urlparse(url)
+    if not url_parts.scheme or not url_parts.netloc:
+        raise exceptions.TackerClientException(message='Invalid auth URL')
+    return url_parts
diff --git a/tackerclient/tests/unit/vm/test_vim_utils.py b/tackerclient/tests/unit/vm/test_vim_utils.py
index 58e456f9..f2535894 100644
--- a/tackerclient/tests/unit/vm/test_vim_utils.py
+++ b/tackerclient/tests/unit/vm/test_vim_utils.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from tackerclient.common import exceptions
 from tackerclient.tacker.v1_0.nfvo import vim_utils
 
 
-class CLITestAuthNoAuth(testtools.TestCase):
+class TestVIMUtils(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_args2body_vim(self):
         config_param = {'project_id': sentinel.prj_id1,
@@ -50,3 +50,22 @@ class CLITestAuthNoAuth(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.TackerClientException,
                           vim_utils.args2body_vim,
                           config_param, vim)
+
+    def test_validate_auth_url_with_port(self):
+        auth_url = "http://localhost:8000/test"
+        url_parts = vim_utils.validate_auth_url(auth_url)
+        self.assertEqual('http', url_parts.scheme)
+        self.assertEqual('localhost:8000', url_parts.netloc)
+        self.assertEqual(8000, url_parts.port)
+
+    def test_validate_auth_url_without_port(self):
+        auth_url = "http://localhost/test"
+        url_parts = vim_utils.validate_auth_url(auth_url)
+        self.assertEqual('http', url_parts.scheme)
+        self.assertEqual('localhost', url_parts.netloc)
+
+    def test_validate_auth_url_exception(self):
+        auth_url = "localhost/test"
+        self.assertRaises(exceptions.TackerClientException,
+                          vim_utils.validate_auth_url,
+                          auth_url)