diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/tempest_glance_id_setter.rb b/lib/puppet/type/tempest_glance_id_setter.rb
index b2256cd0..c3700edb 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/tempest_glance_id_setter.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/tempest_glance_id_setter.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:tempest_glance_id_setter) do
     desc 'name of glance image'
   end
 
+  autorequire(:package) do
+    ['python-openstackclient']
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/type/tempest_neutron_net_id_setter.rb b/lib/puppet/type/tempest_neutron_net_id_setter.rb
index a39ef861..b7ac56b5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/type/tempest_neutron_net_id_setter.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/type/tempest_neutron_net_id_setter.rb
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ Puppet::Type.newtype(:tempest_neutron_net_id_setter) do
     desc 'The name of the neutron network.'
   end
 
+  autorequire(:package) do
+    ['python-openstackclient']
+  end
 end
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f727506b..2fecfb03 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ class tempest(
 
   include ::tempest::params
 
+  include ::openstacklib::openstackclient
+
   if $install_from_source {
     ensure_packages([
       'git',
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/osclient-fccb30722f2d46a0.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/osclient-fccb30722f2d46a0.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8aed534f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/osclient-fccb30722f2d46a0.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Installation of python-openstackclient by default and make sure the
+    package is installed before executing our providers that use OpenStack
+    APIs.
diff --git a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
index 05d7700d..31e6aad9 100644
--- a/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/tempest_spec.rb
@@ -160,6 +160,12 @@ describe 'tempest' do
           )
         end
 
+        it 'installs python-openstackclient package' do
+          is_expected.to contain_package('python-openstackclient').with(
+            :tag => 'openstack'
+          )
+        end
+
         it 'configure tempest config' do
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('compute/change_password_available').with(:value => nil)
           is_expected.to contain_tempest_config('compute/flavor_ref').with(:value => nil)