diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_image.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_image.py
index 6c0e3b22c..2021fae7c 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_image.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server_image.py
@@ -73,25 +73,23 @@ class CreateServerImage(command.ShowOne):
                 self.app.stdout.write('\rProgress: %s' % progress)
                 self.app.stdout.flush()
 
-        compute_client = self.app.client_manager.compute
+        compute_client = self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.compute
+        image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
 
-        server = utils.find_resource(
-            compute_client.servers,
-            parsed_args.server,
+        server = compute_client.find_server(
+            parsed_args.server, ignore_missing=False,
         )
+
         if parsed_args.name:
             image_name = parsed_args.name
         else:
             image_name = server.name
 
-        image_id = compute_client.servers.create_image(
+        image_id = compute_client.create_server_image(
             server.id,
             image_name,
             parsed_args.properties,
-        )
-
-        image_client = self.app.client_manager.image
-        image = image_client.find_image(image_id)
+        ).id
 
         if parsed_args.wait:
             if utils.wait_for_status(
@@ -105,6 +103,8 @@ class CreateServerImage(command.ShowOne):
                     _('Error creating server image: %s'), parsed_args.server)
                 raise exceptions.CommandError
 
+        image = image_client.find_image(image_id, ignore_missing=False)
+
         if self.app.client_manager._api_version['image'] == '1':
             info = {}
             info.update(image._info)
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server_image.py b/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server_image.py
index 9b14428a2..b73cc763c 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server_image.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/unit/compute/v2/test_server_image.py
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ class TestServerImage(compute_fakes.TestComputev2):
         super(TestServerImage, self).setUp()
 
         # Get a shortcut to the compute client ServerManager Mock
-        self.servers_mock = self.app.client_manager.compute.servers
-        self.servers_mock.reset_mock()
+        self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection = mock.Mock()
+        self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.compute = mock.Mock()
+        self.sdk_client = self.app.client_manager.sdk_connection.compute
 
         # Get a shortcut to the image client ImageManager Mock
         self.images_mock = self.app.client_manager.image
@@ -41,14 +42,14 @@ class TestServerImage(compute_fakes.TestComputev2):
         self.methods = {}
 
     def setup_servers_mock(self, count):
-        servers = compute_fakes.FakeServer.create_servers(
+        servers = compute_fakes.FakeServer.create_sdk_servers(
             attrs=self.attrs,
             methods=self.methods,
             count=count,
         )
 
-        # This is the return value for utils.find_resource()
-        self.servers_mock.get = compute_fakes.FakeServer.get_servers(
+        # This is the return value for compute_client.find_server()
+        self.sdk_client.find_server = compute_fakes.FakeServer.get_servers(
             servers,
             0,
         )
@@ -104,8 +105,8 @@ class TestServerImageCreate(TestServerImage):
             )
 
         self.images_mock.find_image = mock.Mock(side_effect=images)
-        self.servers_mock.create_image = mock.Mock(
-            return_value=images[0].id,
+        self.sdk_client.create_server_image = mock.Mock(
+            return_value=images[0],
         )
         return images
 
@@ -126,8 +127,7 @@ class TestServerImageCreate(TestServerImage):
         # data to be shown.
         columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
-        # ServerManager.create_image(server, image_name, metadata=)
-        self.servers_mock.create_image.assert_called_with(
+        self.sdk_client.create_server_image.assert_called_with(
             servers[0].id,
             servers[0].name,
             None,
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ class TestServerImageCreate(TestServerImage):
         # data to be shown.
         columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
-        # ServerManager.create_image(server, image_name, metadata=)
-        self.servers_mock.create_image.assert_called_with(
+        self.sdk_client.create_server_image.assert_called_with(
             servers[0].id,
             'img-nam',
             {'key': 'value'},
@@ -188,8 +187,7 @@ class TestServerImageCreate(TestServerImage):
             parsed_args,
         )
 
-        # ServerManager.create_image(server, image_name, metadata=)
-        self.servers_mock.create_image.assert_called_with(
+        self.sdk_client.create_server_image.assert_called_with(
             servers[0].id,
             servers[0].name,
             None,
@@ -221,8 +219,7 @@ class TestServerImageCreate(TestServerImage):
         # data to be shown.
         columns, data = self.cmd.take_action(parsed_args)
 
-        # ServerManager.create_image(server, image_name, metadata=)
-        self.servers_mock.create_image.assert_called_with(
+        self.sdk_client.create_server_image.assert_called_with(
             servers[0].id,
             servers[0].name,
             None,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/migrate-create-server-image-to-sdk-e3d8077ffe05bb3d.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/migrate-create-server-image-to-sdk-e3d8077ffe05bb3d.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20f8d5501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/migrate-create-server-image-to-sdk-e3d8077ffe05bb3d.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Migrate openstack server image create from novaclient to sdk.