diff --git a/neutronclient/client.py b/neutronclient/client.py
index 936d297e2..e25f575f3 100644
--- a/neutronclient/client.py
+++ b/neutronclient/client.py
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
                  token=None, region_name=None, timeout=None,
                  endpoint_url=None, insecure=False,
                  endpoint_type='publicURL',
-                 auth_strategy='keystone', ca_cert=None, log_credentials=False,
-                 service_type='network', global_request_id=None,
-                 **kwargs):
+                 auth_strategy='keystone', ca_cert=None, cert=None,
+                 log_credentials=False, service_type='network',
+                 global_request_id=None, **kwargs):
 
         self.username = username
         self.user_id = user_id
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
         self.auth_strategy = auth_strategy
         self.log_credentials = log_credentials
         self.global_request_id = global_request_id
+        self.cert = cert
         if insecure:
             self.verify_cert = False
         else:
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ class HTTPClient(object):
             data=body,
             headers=headers,
             verify=self.verify_cert,
+            cert=self.cert,
             timeout=self.timeout,
             **kwargs)
 
@@ -399,6 +401,7 @@ def construct_http_client(username=None,
                           log_credentials=None,
                           auth_strategy='keystone',
                           ca_cert=None,
+                          cert=None,
                           service_type='network',
                           session=None,
                           global_request_id=None,
@@ -430,6 +433,7 @@ def construct_http_client(username=None,
                           endpoint_type=endpoint_type,
                           service_type=service_type,
                           ca_cert=ca_cert,
+                          cert=cert,
                           log_credentials=log_credentials,
                           auth_strategy=auth_strategy,
                           global_request_id=global_request_id)
diff --git a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
index ff440647c..c264dfd14 100644
--- a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
+++ b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ class ClientBase(object):
     :param bool log_credentials: Allow for logging of passwords or not.
                                  Defaults to False. (optional)
     :param string ca_cert: SSL CA bundle file to use. (optional)
+    :param cert: A client certificate to pass to requests. These are of the
+                 same form as requests expects. Either a single filename
+                 containing both the certificate and key or a tuple containing
+                 the path to the certificate then a path to the key. (optional)
     :param integer retries: How many times idempotent (GET, PUT, DELETE)
                             requests to Neutron server should be retried if
                             they fail (default: 0).