diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/move-volume-v3-base_client-to-volume-1edbz0f207c3b283.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/move-volume-v3-base_client-to-volume-1edbz0f207c3b283.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec81dc5300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/move-volume-v3-base_client-to-volume-1edbz0f207c3b283.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+features:
+  - |
+    Move base_client from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 to
+    tempest.lib.services.volume, so if we want to add new
+    interfaces based on a v2 client, we can make that v2
+    client inherit from volume.base_client.BaseClient to
+    get microversion support, and then to make the new v3
+    client inherit from the v2 client, thus to avoid the
+    multiple inheritance.
+deprecations:
+  - |
+    Deprecate class BaseClient from volume.v3.base_client
+    and move it to volume.base_client.
+    ``tempest.lib.services.volume.v3.base_client.BaseClient``
+    (new ``tempest.lib.services.volume.base_client.BaseClient``)
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/api_microversion_fixture.py b/tempest/api/volume/api_microversion_fixture.py
index 64bc537545..7bbe67497d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/api_microversion_fixture.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/api_microversion_fixture.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 import fixtures
 
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
 class APIMicroversionFixture(fixtures.Fixture):
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/base_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/base_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7fb21a975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/base_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+# Copyright 2016 Andrew Kerr
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from tempest.lib.common import api_version_utils
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+
+VOLUME_MICROVERSION = None
+
+
+class BaseClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+    """Base volume service clients class to support microversion."""
+    api_microversion_header_name = 'Openstack-Api-Version'
+
+    def get_headers(self, accept_type=None, send_type=None):
+        headers = super(BaseClient, self).get_headers(
+            accept_type=accept_type, send_type=send_type)
+        if VOLUME_MICROVERSION:
+            headers[self.api_microversion_header_name] = ('volume %s' %
+                                                          VOLUME_MICROVERSION)
+        return headers
+
+    def request(self, method, url, extra_headers=False, headers=None,
+                body=None, chunked=False):
+
+        resp, resp_body = super(BaseClient, self).request(
+            method, url, extra_headers, headers, body, chunked)
+        if (VOLUME_MICROVERSION and
+            VOLUME_MICROVERSION != api_version_utils.LATEST_MICROVERSION):
+            api_version_utils.assert_version_header_matches_request(
+                self.api_microversion_header_name,
+                'volume %s' % VOLUME_MICROVERSION,
+                resp)
+        return resp, resp_body
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v2/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v2/volumes_client.py
index 86e3836cd0..cfff16a083 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v2/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v2/volumes_client.py
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 from tempest.lib.services.volume.v2 import transfers_client
 
 
-class VolumesClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+class VolumesClient(base_client.BaseClient):
     """Client class to send CRUD Volume V2 API requests"""
     api_version = "v2"
 
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/base_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/base_client.py
index 958212a6ca..e78380bb78 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/base_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/base_client.py
@@ -13,34 +13,11 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-from tempest.lib.common import api_version_utils
-from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+from debtcollector import moves
 
-VOLUME_MICROVERSION = None
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
-class BaseClient(rest_client.RestClient):
-    """Base class to handle Cinder v3 client microversion support."""
-    api_version = 'v3'
-    api_microversion_header_name = 'Openstack-Api-Version'
-
-    def get_headers(self, accept_type=None, send_type=None):
-        headers = super(BaseClient, self).get_headers(
-            accept_type=accept_type, send_type=send_type)
-        if VOLUME_MICROVERSION:
-            headers[self.api_microversion_header_name] = ('volume %s' %
-                                                          VOLUME_MICROVERSION)
-        return headers
-
-    def request(self, method, url, extra_headers=False, headers=None,
-                body=None, chunked=False):
-
-        resp, resp_body = super(BaseClient, self).request(
-            method, url, extra_headers, headers, body, chunked)
-        if (VOLUME_MICROVERSION and
-            VOLUME_MICROVERSION != api_version_utils.LATEST_MICROVERSION):
-            api_version_utils.assert_version_header_matches_request(
-                self.api_microversion_header_name,
-                'volume %s' % VOLUME_MICROVERSION,
-                resp)
-        return resp, resp_body
+BaseClient = moves.moved_class(base_client.BaseClient, 'BaseClient', __name__,
+                               version="Pike", removal_version='?')
+BaseClient.api_version = 'v3'
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/group_types_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/group_types_client.py
index 390d44d43b..a6edbf5c09 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/group_types_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/group_types_client.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
 class GroupTypesClient(base_client.BaseClient):
     """Client class to send CRUD Volume V3 Group Types API requests"""
+    api_version = 'v3'
 
     @property
     def resource_type(self):
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/groups_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/groups_client.py
index c06997a842..9b53bb7da3 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/groups_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/groups_client.py
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
 class GroupsClient(base_client.BaseClient):
     """Client class to send CRUD Volume Group API requests"""
+    api_version = 'v3'
 
     def create_group(self, **kwargs):
         """Creates a group.
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/messages_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/messages_client.py
index 8a01864fda..0127271379 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/messages_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/messages_client.py
@@ -17,11 +17,12 @@ from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
 class MessagesClient(base_client.BaseClient):
     """Client class to send user messages API requests."""
+    api_version = 'v3'
 
     def show_message(self, message_id):
         """Show details for a single message."""
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/versions_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/versions_client.py
index e2941c4b9b..5702f9521c 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/versions_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/versions_client.py
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.volume import versions as schema
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
+from tempest.lib.services.volume import base_client
 
 
 class VersionsClient(base_client.BaseClient):
+    api_version = 'v3'
 
     def list_versions(self):
         """List API versions
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
index aec0205aee..5f4b278e80 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
@@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
 from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
 from tempest.lib.services.volume.v2 import volumes_client
-from tempest.lib.services.volume.v3 import base_client
 
 
-class VolumesClient(base_client.BaseClient,
-                    volumes_client.VolumesClient):
+class VolumesClient(volumes_client.VolumesClient):
     """Client class to send CRUD Volume V3 API requests"""
     api_version = "v3"