diff --git a/neutron_lib/clients/placement.py b/neutron_lib/clients/placement.py
index 8c677e8cc..ceee392cf 100644
--- a/neutron_lib/clients/placement.py
+++ b/neutron_lib/clients/placement.py
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ class PlacementAPIClient(object):
 
         :param resource_provider: The resource provider. A dict with the name
                                   (required) and the uuid (required).
+        :returns: The resource provider created.
         """
         url = '/resource_providers'
-        self._post(url, resource_provider)
+        return self._post(url, resource_provider).json()
 
     @_check_placement_api_available
     def delete_resource_provider(self, resource_provider_uuid):
@@ -353,9 +354,10 @@ class PlacementAPIClient(object):
         :param resource_provider_uuid: UUID of the resource provider.
         :param aggregates: aggregates to be associated to the resource
                            provider.
+        :returns: All aggregates associated with the resource provider.
         """
         url = '/resource_providers/%s/aggregates' % resource_provider_uuid
-        self._put(url, aggregates)
+        return self._put(url, aggregates).json()
 
     @_check_placement_api_available
     def list_aggregates(self, resource_provider_uuid):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/placement-client-return-f4f22d244e7b174a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/placement-client-return-f4f22d244e7b174a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dfcf2517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/placement-client-return-f4f22d244e7b174a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    The ``create_resource_provider`` and ``associate_aggregates``
+    methods of ``PlacementAPIClient`` now return the parsed
+    body of the respective responses. Since these methods returned ``None``
+    previously this is unlikely to break anything. On the other hand callers
+    of these methods now have a chance to simplify their code.