diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/endpoint-from-catalog-bad36cb0409a4e6a.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/endpoint-from-catalog-bad36cb0409a4e6a.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2db7bc947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/endpoint-from-catalog-bad36cb0409a4e6a.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add new method, 'endpoint_for' which will return the
+    raw endpoint for a given service from the current catalog.
diff --git a/shade/openstackcloud.py b/shade/openstackcloud.py
index 19714c476..78124749f 100644
--- a/shade/openstackcloud.py
+++ b/shade/openstackcloud.py
@@ -566,9 +566,17 @@ class OpenStackCloud(_normalize.Normalizer):
         return self._keystone_client
 
     @property
-    def service_catalog(self):
+    def _keystone_catalog(self):
         return self.keystone_session.auth.get_access(
-            self.keystone_session).service_catalog.catalog
+            self.keystone_session).service_catalog
+
+    @property
+    def service_catalog(self):
+        return self._keystone_catalog.catalog
+
+    def endpoint_for(self, service_type, interface='public'):
+        return self._keystone_catalog.url_for(
+            service_type=service_type, interface=interface)
 
     @property
     def auth_token(self):
diff --git a/shade/tests/unit/base.py b/shade/tests/unit/base.py
index 788bb4b4e..1557d90eb 100644
--- a/shade/tests/unit/base.py
+++ b/shade/tests/unit/base.py
@@ -122,11 +122,8 @@ class RequestsMockTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
     def get_mock_url(self, service_type, interface, resource=None,
                      append=None, base_url_append=None):
-        service_catalog = self.cloud.keystone_session.auth.get_access(
-            self.cloud.keystone_session).service_catalog
-        endpoint_url = service_catalog.url_for(
-            service_type=service_type,
-            interface=interface)
+        endpoint_url = self.cloud.endpoint_for(
+            service_type=service_type, interface=interface)
         to_join = [endpoint_url]
         if base_url_append:
             to_join.append(base_url_append)