diff --git a/freezerclient/shell.py b/freezerclient/shell.py
index d34f293..2637708 100644
--- a/freezerclient/shell.py
+++ b/freezerclient/shell.py
@@ -20,33 +20,16 @@ from cliff import app
 from cliff import commandmanager
 
 import freezerclient
-from freezerclient.v1 import client as v1_client
-from freezerclient.v2 import client as v2_client
-
+from freezerclient import utils
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 # Suppress output from requests
 logging.getLogger('requests').setLevel(logging.WARN)
 
 
-def check_api_version():
-    """Check freezer version API to use
-    1: not multi-tenant, useful for infrastructure
-    2: multi-tenant, useful for backup as a service
-    :return: str
-    """
-    freezer_api_version = os.environ.get('OS_BACKUP_API_VERSION', '1')
-    if freezer_api_version == '1':
-        return '1'
-    elif freezer_api_version == '2':
-        return '2'
-    else:
-        raise Exception('Freezer API version not supported')
-
-
 class FreezerCommandManager(commandmanager.CommandManager):
     """All commands available for the shell are registered here"""
-    if check_api_version() == '1':
+    if utils.check_api_version() == '1':
         from freezerclient.v1 import actions
         from freezerclient.v1 import backups
         from freezerclient.v1 import clients
@@ -281,10 +264,7 @@ class FreezerShell(app.App):
             'cacert': self.options.os_cacert,
             'insecure': self.options.insecure
         }
-        if check_api_version() == '1':
-            return v1_client.Client(**opts)
-        else:
-            return v2_client.Client(**opts)
+        return utils.get_client_instance(opts)
 
 
 def main(argv=sys.argv[1:]):
diff --git a/freezerclient/utils.py b/freezerclient/utils.py
index c976925..87cbe10 100644
--- a/freezerclient/utils.py
+++ b/freezerclient/utils.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+import os
+
+from oslo_utils import importutils
 
 logging = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -138,3 +141,40 @@ def prepare_search(search_term):
     if search_term:
         return {"match": [{"_all": search_term}, ], }
     return {}
+
+
+def check_api_version():
+    """Check freezer version API to use
+    1: not multi-tenant, useful for infrastructure
+    2: multi-tenant, useful for backup as a service
+    :return: str
+    """
+    freezer_api_version = os.environ.get('OS_BACKUP_API_VERSION', '2')
+    if freezer_api_version == '1':
+        return '1'
+    elif freezer_api_version == '2':
+        return '2'
+    else:
+        raise Exception('Freezer API version not supported')
+
+
+def get_client_class(api_version=None):
+    """Return Client Class.
+    Try to use provided api_version to import client class or
+    Guess the api_version form env.
+    Returns freezerclient.v{x}.client.Client
+    :return: class
+    """
+    if not api_version:
+        api_version = check_api_version()
+    api_string = 'freezerclient.v{0}.client.Client'.format(api_version)
+    return importutils.import_class(api_string)
+
+
+def get_client_instance(kwargs={}, opts=None):
+    """Get Freezerclient Instance.
+    We will the provided auth dict to instantiate a client instance
+    Returns freezerclient.v{x}.client.Client Object
+    :return: Object
+    """
+    return get_client_class()(opts=opts, **kwargs)
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5999291..34fe663 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ setuptools!=24.0.0,!=34.0.0,!=34.0.1,!=34.0.2,!=34.0.3,!=34.1.0,!=34.1.1,!=34.2.
 pbr!=2.1.0,>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 keystoneauth1>=3.3.0 # Apache-2.0
 cliff!=2.9.0,>=2.8.0 # Apache-2.0
+oslo.utils>=3.33.0  # Apache-2.0