diff --git a/openstack/identity/v3/client.go b/openstack/identity/v3/client.go
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+package v3
+
+import "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+
+// Client abstracts the connection information necessary to make API calls to Identity v3
+// resources.
+type Client struct {
+	gophercloud.ServiceClient
+
+	// TokenID is redudant storage for an active token.
+	// The Identity service occasionally needs to access the assigned token directly, but I don't want to export it from all
+	// service clients unless we absolutely need to.
+	TokenID string
+}
+
+var (
+	nilClient = Client{}
+)
+
+// NewClient attempts to authenticate to the v3 identity endpoint. Returns a populated
+// IdentityV3Client on success or an error on failure.
+func NewClient(authOptions gophercloud.AuthOptions) (*Client, error) {
+	return &nilClient, nil
+}