diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index bb8ce659..9f21ee8a 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -665,6 +665,7 @@ when "fedora", "redhat", "centos" # :pragma-foodcritic: ~FC024 - won't fix this
     "postgresql_python_packages" => ["python-psycopg2"],
     "nova_network_packages" => [ "openstack-nova-network" ],
     "quantum_packages" => [ "openstack-quantum" ],
+    "quantum_client_packages" => [],
     "quantum_dhcp_packages" => [ "openstack-quantum" ],
     "quantum_dhcp_build_packages" => [],
     "quantum_l3_packages" => [ "quantum-l3-agent" ],
@@ -689,6 +690,7 @@ when "suse"
     "postgresql_python_packages" => ["python-psycopg2"],
     "nova_network_packages" => ["openstack-nova-network"],
     "quantum_packages" => ["openstack-quantum"],
+    "quantum_client_packages" => [],
     "quantum_dhcp_packages" => ["openstack-quantum-dhcp-agent"],
     "quantum_dhcp_build_packages" => [],
     "quantum_l3_packages" => ["openstack-quantum-l3-agent"],
@@ -714,7 +716,8 @@ when "ubuntu"
     "postgresql_python_packages" => [ "python-psycopg2" ],
     "nova_network_packages" => [ "nova-network" ],
     "quantum_lb_packages" => ["quantum-lbaas-agent", "haproxy"],
-    "quantum_packages" => [ "quantum-common", "python-quantumclient", "python-pyparsing", "python-cliff" ],
+    "quantum_packages" => [ "quantum-common", "python-pyparsing", "python-cliff" ],
+    "quantum_client_packages" => [ "python-quantumclient" ],
     "quantum_dhcp_packages" => [ "quantum-dhcp-agent" ],
     "quantum_dhcp_build_packages" => [ "build-essential", "pkg-config", "libidn11-dev", "libdbus-1-dev", "libnetfilter-conntrack-dev", "gettext" ],
     "quantum_l3_packages" => [ "quantum-l3-agent" ],
diff --git a/recipes/common.rb b/recipes/common.rb
index f68c1506..235cb9f4 100644
--- a/recipes/common.rb
+++ b/recipes/common.rb
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ else
 end
 
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1111572
-package platform_options["quantum_python_package"] do
-  action :install
-  options platform_options["package_overrides"]
-  notifies :upgrade, "python_pip[python-quantumclient]", :immediately
+platform_options["quantum_client_packages"].each do |pkg|
+  package pkg do
+    action :install
+    options platform_options["package_overrides"]
+    notifies :upgrade, "python_pip[python-quantumclient]", :immediately
+  end
 end
 if platform?("ubuntu", "debian")
   include_recipe "python::pip"