diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/image-clients-as-library-86d17caa26ce3961.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/image-clients-as-library-86d17caa26ce3961.yaml
index faae7d09e..90a50560d 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/image-clients-as-library-86d17caa26ce3961.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/image-clients-as-library-86d17caa26ce3961.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ features:
     so the other projects can use these modules as stable libraries
     without any maintenance changes.
 
+      * image_members_client(v1)
       * image_members_client(v2)
       * images_client(v2)
       * namespaces_client(v2)
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 7a7d15d32..3d9e85cd3 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ from tempest.lib.services.compute.volumes_client import \
 from tempest.lib.services.identity.v2.endpoints_client import EndpointsClient
 from tempest.lib.services.identity.v2.token_client import TokenClient
 from tempest.lib.services.identity.v3.token_client import V3TokenClient
+from tempest.lib.services.image.v1.image_members_client import \
+    ImageMembersClient
 from tempest.lib.services.image.v2.image_members_client import \
     ImageMembersClient as ImageMembersClientV2
 from tempest.lib.services.image.v2.images_client import \
@@ -141,8 +143,6 @@ from tempest.services.identity.v3.json.services_client import \
 from tempest.services.identity.v3.json.trusts_client import TrustsClient
 from tempest.services.identity.v3.json.users_clients import \
     UsersClient as UsersV3Client
-from tempest.services.image.v1.json.image_members_client import \
-    ImageMembersClient
 from tempest.services.image.v1.json.images_client import ImagesClient
 from tempest.services.object_storage.account_client import AccountClient
 from tempest.services.object_storage.container_client import ContainerClient
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_members_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/image_members_client.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tempest/services/image/v1/json/image_members_client.py
rename to tempest/lib/services/image/v1/image_members_client.py
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v1/__init__.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v1/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v1/test_image_members_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v1/test_image_members_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5a6128c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/image/v1/test_image_members_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+# Copyright 2016 NEC Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from tempest.lib.services.image.v1 import image_members_client
+from tempest.tests.lib import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.lib.services import base
+
+
+class TestImageMembersClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
+    FAKE_LIST_IMAGE_MEMBERS = {
+        "members": [
+            {
+                "created_at": "2013-10-07T17:58:03Z",
+                "image_id": "dbc999e3-c52f-4200-bedd-3b18fe7f87fe",
+                "member_id": "123456789",
+                "status": "pending",
+                "updated_at": "2013-10-07T17:58:03Z"
+            },
+            {
+                "created_at": "2013-10-07T17:58:55Z",
+                "image_id": "dbc999e3-c52f-4200-bedd-3b18fe7f87fe",
+                "member_id": "987654321",
+                "status": "accepted",
+                "updated_at": "2013-10-08T12:08:55Z"
+            }
+        ]
+    }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestImageMembersClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = image_members_client.ImageMembersClient(fake_auth,
+                                                              'image',
+                                                              'regionOne')
+
+    def _test_list_image_members(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_image_members,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_LIST_IMAGE_MEMBERS,
+            bytes_body,
+            image_id="0ae74cc5-5147-4239-9ce2-b0c580f7067e")
+
+    def _test_create_image_member(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.create_image_member,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.put',
+            {},
+            bytes_body,
+            image_id="0ae74cc5-5147-4239-9ce2-b0c580f7067e",
+            member_id="8989447062e04a818baf9e073fd04fa7",
+            status=204)
+
+    def test_list_image_members_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_image_members()
+
+    def test_list_image_members_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_image_members(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def test_create_image_member_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_create_image_member()
+
+    def test_create_image_member_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_create_image_member(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def test_delete_image_member(self):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.delete_image_member,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.delete',
+            {},
+            image_id="0ae74cc5-5147-4239-9ce2-b0c580f7067e",
+            member_id="8989447062e04a818baf9e073fd04fa7",
+            status=204)