diff --git a/glanceclient/common/http.py b/glanceclient/common/http.py
index 2dc28408..d1dc61de 100644
--- a/glanceclient/common/http.py
+++ b/glanceclient/common/http.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import OpenSSL
 
 from glanceclient.common import utils
 from glanceclient import exc
+from glanceclient.openstack.common import network_utils
 from glanceclient.openstack.common import strutils
 
 try:
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_endpoint(endpoint):
-        return parse.urlparse(endpoint)
+        return network_utils.urlsplit(endpoint)
 
     @staticmethod
     def get_connection_class(scheme):
diff --git a/tests/test_http.py b/tests/test_http.py
index e439ede0..e68dc093 100644
--- a/tests/test_http.py
+++ b/tests/test_http.py
@@ -304,9 +304,9 @@ class TestClient(testtools.TestCase):
         endpoint = 'http://example.com:9292'
         test_client = http.HTTPClient(endpoint, token=u'adc123')
         actual = test_client.parse_endpoint(endpoint)
-        expected = parse.ParseResult(scheme='http',
+        expected = parse.SplitResult(scheme='http',
                                      netloc='example.com:9292', path='',
-                                     params='', query='', fragment='')
+                                     query='', fragment='')
         self.assertEqual(expected, actual)
 
     def test_get_connection_class(self):