diff --git a/openstack/identity/v3/client.go b/openstack/identity/v3/client.go
index 164958f..0647471 100644
--- a/openstack/identity/v3/client.go
+++ b/openstack/identity/v3/client.go
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 package v3
 
-import "github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+import (
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/rackspace/gophercloud/openstack/identity/v3/tokens"
+)
 
 // 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
-}
+type Client gophercloud.ServiceClient
 
 var (
 	nilClient = Client{}
@@ -20,5 +16,14 @@
 // 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
+	client := Client{Options: authOptions}
+
+	result, err := tokens.Create(&client, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Assign the token and return.
+	client.TokenID = result.TokenID()
+	return &client, nil
 }