diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-client-methods-e35c473e29494928.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-client-methods-e35c473e29494928.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6d49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/new-placement-client-methods-e35c473e29494928.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add ``placement`` API methods for testing Routed Provider Networks feature.
+    The following API calls are available for tempest from now in the new
+    resource_providers_client:
+
+    * GET /resource_providers
+    * GET /resource_providers/{uuid}
+    * GET /resource_providers/{uuid}/inventories
+    * GET /resource_providers/{uuid}/aggregates
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 8363a8d..6d19a0c 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         self._set_object_storage_clients()
         self._set_image_clients()
         self._set_network_clients()
-        self.placement_client = self.placement.PlacementClient()
+        self._set_placement_clients()
         # TODO(andreaf) This is maintained for backward compatibility
         # with plugins, but it should removed eventually, since it was
         # never a stable interface and it's not useful anyways
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@
         self.snapshots_extensions_client = self.compute.SnapshotsClient(
             **params_volume)
 
+    def _set_placement_clients(self):
+        self.placement_client = self.placement.PlacementClient()
+        self.resource_providers_client = \
+            self.placement.ResourceProvidersClient()
+
     def _set_identity_clients(self):
         # Clients below use the admin endpoint type of Keystone API v2
         params_v2_admin = {
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/placement/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/services/placement/__init__.py
index 5c20c57..daeaeab 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/placement/__init__.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/placement/__init__.py
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@
 
 from tempest.lib.services.placement.placement_client import \
     PlacementClient
+from tempest.lib.services.placement.resource_providers_client import \
+    ResourceProvidersClient
 
-__all__ = ['PlacementClient']
+__all__ = ['PlacementClient', 'ResourceProvidersClient']
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/placement/resource_providers_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/placement/resource_providers_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56f6409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/placement/resource_providers_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#    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 six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
+
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+from tempest.lib.services.placement import base_placement_client
+
+
+class ResourceProvidersClient(base_placement_client.BasePlacementClient):
+    """Client class for resource provider related methods
+
+    This client class aims to support read-only API operations for resource
+    providers. The following resources are supported:
+    * resource providers
+    * resource provider inventories
+    * resource provider aggregates
+    """
+
+    def list_resource_providers(self, **params):
+        """List resource providers.
+
+        For full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/placement/#list-resource-providers
+        """
+        url = '/resource_providers'
+        if params:
+            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def show_resource_provider(self, rp_uuid):
+        """Show resource provider.
+
+        For full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/placement/#show-resource-provider
+        """
+        url = '/resource_providers/%s' % rp_uuid
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def list_resource_provider_inventories(self, rp_uuid):
+        """List resource provider inventories.
+
+        For full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/placement/#list-resource-provider-inventories
+        """
+        url = '/resource_providers/%s/inventories' % rp_uuid
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def list_resource_provider_aggregates(self, rp_uuid):
+        """List resource provider aggregates.
+
+        For full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/placement/#list-resource-provider-aggregates
+        """
+        url = '/resource_providers/%s/aggregates' % rp_uuid
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/placement/test_resource_providers_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/placement/test_resource_providers_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11aeaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/placement/test_resource_providers_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#    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.placement import resource_providers_client
+from tempest.tests.lib import fake_auth_provider
+from tempest.tests.lib.services import base
+
+
+class TestResourceProvidersClient(base.BaseServiceTest):
+    FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID = '3722a86e-a563-11e9-9abb-c3d41b6d3abf'
+    FAKE_ROOT_PROVIDER_UUID = '4a6a57c8-a563-11e9-914e-f3e0478fce53'
+    FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER = {
+        'generation': 0,
+        'name': 'Ceph Storage Pool',
+        'uuid': FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID,
+        'parent_provider_uuid': FAKE_ROOT_PROVIDER_UUID,
+        'root_provider_uuid': FAKE_ROOT_PROVIDER_UUID
+    }
+
+    FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDERS = {
+        'resource_providers': [FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER]
+    }
+
+    FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_INVENTORIES = {
+        'inventories': {
+            'DISK_GB': {
+                'allocation_ratio': 1.0,
+                'max_unit': 35,
+                'min_unit': 1,
+                'reserved': 0,
+                'step_size': 1,
+                'total': 35
+            }
+        },
+        'resource_provider_generation': 7
+    }
+
+    FAKE_AGGREGATE_UUID = '1166be40-a567-11e9-9f2a-53827f9311fa'
+    FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_AGGREGATES = {
+        'aggregates': [FAKE_AGGREGATE_UUID]
+    }
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestResourceProvidersClient, self).setUp()
+        fake_auth = fake_auth_provider.FakeAuthProvider()
+        self.client = resource_providers_client.ResourceProvidersClient(
+            fake_auth, 'placement', 'regionOne')
+
+    def _test_list_resource_providers(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_resource_providers,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDERS,
+            to_utf=bytes_body,
+            status=200
+        )
+
+    def test_list_resource_providers_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_providers()
+
+    def test_list_resource_providers_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_providers(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def _test_show_resource_provider(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.show_resource_provider,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER,
+            to_utf=bytes_body,
+            status=200,
+            rp_uuid=self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID
+        )
+
+    def test_show_resource_provider_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_show_resource_provider()
+
+    def test_show_resource_provider_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_show_resource_provider(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def _test_list_resource_provider_inventories(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_resource_provider_inventories,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_INVENTORIES,
+            to_utf=bytes_body,
+            status=200,
+            rp_uuid=self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID
+        )
+
+    def test_list_resource_provider_inventories_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_provider_inventories()
+
+    def test_list_resource_provider_inventories_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_provider_inventories(bytes_body=True)
+
+    def _test_list_resource_provider_aggregates(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_resource_provider_aggregates,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_AGGREGATES,
+            to_utf=bytes_body,
+            status=200,
+            rp_uuid=self.FAKE_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_UUID
+        )
+
+    def test_list_resource_provider_aggregates_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_provider_aggregates()
+
+    def test_list_resource_provider_aggregates_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_resource_provider_aggregates(bytes_body=True)