diff --git a/builtin/providers/openstack/clients.go b/builtin/providers/openstack/clients.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/builtin/providers/openstack/clients.go
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+package openstack
+
+import (
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack"
+)
+
+func newClient(c *Config, service, region string, version int) (*gophercloud.ServiceClient, error) {
+	var serviceClient *gophercloud.ServiceClient
+	switch service {
+	case "compute":
+		if version == 2 {
+			serviceClient, err = openstack.NewComputeV2(c.osClient, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+				Region: region,
+			})
+		}
+	case "networking":
+		if version == 2 {
+			serviceClient, err = openstack.NewNetworkV2(c.osClient, gophercloud.EndpointOpts{
+				Region: region,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return serviceClient, err
+}