diff --git a/tempest_lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/limits.py b/tempest_lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/limits.py
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+++ b/tempest_lib/api_schema/response/compute/v2_1/limits.py
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+# Copyright 2014 NEC Corporation.  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.
+
+get_limit = {
+    'status_code': [200],
+    'response_body': {
+        'type': 'object',
+        'properties': {
+            'limits': {
+                'type': 'object',
+                'properties': {
+                    'absolute': {
+                        'type': 'object',
+                        'properties': {
+                            'maxTotalRAMSize': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalCoresUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalInstances': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalFloatingIps': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalSecurityGroupsUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalCores': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalFloatingIpsUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxSecurityGroups': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxServerMeta': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxPersonality': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxImageMeta': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxPersonalitySize': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxSecurityGroupRules': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxTotalKeypairs': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalRAMUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalInstancesUsed': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxServerGroupMembers': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'maxServerGroups': {'type': 'integer'},
+                            'totalServerGroupsUsed': {'type': 'integer'}
+                        },
+                        'additionalProperties': False,
+                        # NOTE(gmann): maxServerGroupMembers,  maxServerGroups
+                        # and totalServerGroupsUsed are API extension,
+                        # and some environments return a response without these
+                        # attributes.So they are not 'required'.
+                        'required': ['maxImageMeta',
+                                     'maxPersonality',
+                                     'maxPersonalitySize',
+                                     'maxSecurityGroupRules',
+                                     'maxSecurityGroups',
+                                     'maxServerMeta',
+                                     'maxTotalCores',
+                                     'maxTotalFloatingIps',
+                                     'maxTotalInstances',
+                                     'maxTotalKeypairs',
+                                     'maxTotalRAMSize',
+                                     'totalCoresUsed',
+                                     'totalFloatingIpsUsed',
+                                     'totalInstancesUsed',
+                                     'totalRAMUsed',
+                                     'totalSecurityGroupsUsed']
+                    },
+                    'rate': {
+                        'type': 'array',
+                        'items': {
+                            'type': 'object',
+                            'properties': {
+                                'limit': {
+                                    'type': 'array',
+                                    'items': {
+                                        'type': 'object',
+                                        'properties': {
+                                            'next-available':
+                                                {'type': 'string'},
+                                            'remaining':
+                                                {'type': 'integer'},
+                                            'unit':
+                                                {'type': 'string'},
+                                            'value':
+                                                {'type': 'integer'},
+                                            'verb':
+                                                {'type': 'string'}
+                                        },
+                                        'additionalProperties': False,
+                                    }
+                                },
+                                'regex': {'type': 'string'},
+                                'uri': {'type': 'string'}
+                            },
+                            'additionalProperties': False,
+                        }
+                    }
+                },
+                'additionalProperties': False,
+                'required': ['absolute', 'rate']
+            }
+        },
+        'additionalProperties': False,
+        'required': ['limits']
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tempest_lib/services/compute/limits_client.py b/tempest_lib/services/compute/limits_client.py
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/tempest_lib/services/compute/limits_client.py
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+# Copyright 2012 OpenStack Foundation
+# 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 oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
+
+from tempest_lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import limits as schema
+from tempest_lib.common import rest_client
+
+
+class LimitsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+
+    def show_limits(self):
+        resp, body = self.get("limits")
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.get_limit, resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest_lib/tests/services/compute/test_limits_client.py b/tempest_lib/tests/services/compute/test_limits_client.py
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+# Copyright 2015 NEC Corporation.  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.services.compute import limits_client
+from tempest_lib.tests import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest_lib.tests.services.compute import base
+
+
+class TestLimitsClient(base.BaseComputeServiceTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestLimitsClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = limits_client.LimitsClient(
+            fake_auth, 'compute', 'regionOne')
+
+    def _test_show_limits(self, bytes_body=False):
+        expected = {
+            "limits": {
+                "rate": [],
+                "absolute": {
+                    "maxServerMeta": 128,
+                    "maxPersonality": 5,
+                    "totalServerGroupsUsed": 0,
+                    "maxImageMeta": 128,
+                    "maxPersonalitySize": 10240,
+                    "maxServerGroups": 10,
+                    "maxSecurityGroupRules": 20,
+                    "maxTotalKeypairs": 100,
+                    "totalCoresUsed": 0,
+                    "totalRAMUsed": 0,
+                    "totalInstancesUsed": 0,
+                    "maxSecurityGroups": 10,
+                    "totalFloatingIpsUsed": 0,
+                    "maxTotalCores": 20,
+                    "totalSecurityGroupsUsed": 0,
+                    "maxTotalFloatingIps": 10,
+                    "maxTotalInstances": 10,
+                    "maxTotalRAMSize": 51200,
+                    "maxServerGroupMembers": 10
+                    }
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.show_limits,
+            'tempest_lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            expected,
+            bytes_body)
+
+    def test_show_limits_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_show_limits()
+
+    def test_show_limits_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_show_limits(bytes_body=True)