diff --git a/solumclient/builder/client.py b/solumclient/builder/client.py
index 3b4f796..a6a4ef7 100644
--- a/solumclient/builder/client.py
+++ b/solumclient/builder/client.py
@@ -34,3 +34,30 @@ def Client(version, **kwargs):
         endpoint=kwargs.get('endpoint'))
     http_client = client.HTTPClient(keystone_auth)
     return client_class(http_client)
+
+
+def get_client(api_version, **kwargs):
+    """Get an authtenticated client.
+
+    This is based on the credentials in the keyword args.
+
+    :param api_version: the API version to use
+    :param kwargs: keyword args containing credentials, either:
+            * os_auth_token: pre-existing token to re-use
+            * endpoint: solum API endpoint
+            or:
+            * os_username: name of user
+            * os_password: user's password
+            * os_auth_url: endpoint to authenticate against
+            * os_tenant_name: name of tenant
+    """
+    cli_kwargs = {
+        'username': kwargs.get('os_username'),
+        'password': kwargs.get('os_password'),
+        'tenant_name': kwargs.get('os_tenant_name'),
+        'token': kwargs.get('os_auth_token'),
+        'auth_url': kwargs.get('os_auth_url'),
+        'endpoint': kwargs.get('solum_url')
+    }
+
+    return Client(api_version, **cli_kwargs)
diff --git a/solumclient/common/cli_utils.py b/solumclient/common/cli_utils.py
index 2f0bd6d..7c571b9 100644
--- a/solumclient/common/cli_utils.py
+++ b/solumclient/common/cli_utils.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import os
 
 from keystoneclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions as ks_exc
 
+from solumclient.builder import client as builder_client
 from solumclient import client as solum_client
 from solumclient.common import exc
 from solumclient.openstack.common.apiclient import exceptions
@@ -104,8 +105,13 @@ class CommandsBase(object):
             client_args['endpoint'] = client_args['solum_url']
 
         del client_args['solum_url']
-        self.client = solum_client.get_client(parsed.solum_api_version,
-                                              **client_args)
+
+        if client_args['action'] == 'build':
+            self.client = builder_client.get_client(parsed.solum_api_version,
+                                                    **client_args)
+        else:
+            self.client = solum_client.get_client(parsed.solum_api_version,
+                                                  **client_args)
 
         if action in self._actions:
             try:
diff --git a/solumclient/solum.py b/solumclient/solum.py
index 5ebf808..4978892 100644
--- a/solumclient/solum.py
+++ b/solumclient/solum.py
@@ -284,6 +284,21 @@ class LanguagePackCommands(cli_utils.CommandsBase):
                      for f in fields])
         cliutils.print_dict(data, wrap=72)
 
+    def build(self):
+        """Build a custom language pack."""
+        self.parser.add_argument('name',
+                                 help="Language pack name.")
+        self.parser.add_argument('git_url',
+                                 help=("Github url of custom "
+                                       "language pack repository."))
+        args = self.parser.parse_args()
+        response = self.client.images.create(name=args.name,
+                                             source_uri=args.git_url)
+        fields = ['uuid', 'name']
+        data = dict([(f, getattr(response, f, ''))
+                     for f in fields])
+        cliutils.print_dict(data, wrap=72)
+
 
 def main():
     """Basically the entry point."""
diff --git a/solumclient/tests/v1/test_languagepack.py b/solumclient/tests/v1/test_languagepack.py
index d57448f..e0c6aad 100644
--- a/solumclient/tests/v1/test_languagepack.py
+++ b/solumclient/tests/v1/test_languagepack.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
+from solumclient.builder.v1 import image
 from solumclient.openstack.common.apiclient import fake_client
 from solumclient.tests import base
 from solumclient.v1 import client as sclient
@@ -92,6 +93,20 @@ fixtures_create = {
     }
 }
 
+image_fixture = {
+    'name': 'lp1',
+    'source_uri': 'github.com/test'
+}
+
+fixtures_build = {
+    '/v1/images': {
+        'POST': (
+            {},
+            image_fixture
+        ),
+    }
+}
+
 
 class LanguagePackManagerTest(base.TestCase):
 
@@ -128,3 +143,15 @@ class LanguagePackManagerTest(base.TestCase):
         mgr = languagepack.LanguagePackManager(api_client)
         languagepack_obj = mgr.get(lp_id='x1')
         self.assert_lp_object(languagepack_obj)
+
+    def test_build(self):
+        fake_http_client = fake_client.FakeHTTPClient(fixtures=fixtures_build)
+        api_client = sclient.Client(fake_http_client)
+        mgr = image.ImageManager(api_client)
+        image_obj = mgr.create(name='lp1', source_uri='github.com/test')
+        self.assert_image_object(image_obj)
+
+    def assert_image_object(self, image_obj):
+        self.assertIn('Image', repr(image_obj))
+        self.assertEqual(image_fixture['source_uri'], image_obj.source_uri)
+        self.assertEqual(image_fixture['name'], image_obj.name)