diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-list-security-groups-by-servers-to-servers-client-library-088df48f6d81f4be.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-list-security-groups-by-servers-to-servers-client-library-088df48f6d81f4be.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67f9541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-list-security-groups-by-servers-to-servers-client-library-088df48f6d81f4be.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    Add the list security groups by server API to the servers_client
+    library. This feature enables the possibility to list security
+    groups for a server instance.
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
index e070336..349bfda 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/security_groups/test_security_groups.py
@@ -144,3 +144,31 @@
                          ['security_group'])
         self.assertEqual(s_new_name, fetched_group['name'])
         self.assertEqual(s_new_des, fetched_group['description'])
+
+    @test.idempotent_id('79517d60-535a-438f-af3d-e6feab1cbea7')
+    @test.services('network')
+    def test_list_security_groups_by_server(self):
+        # Create a couple security groups that we will use
+        # for the server resource this test creates
+        sg = self.create_security_group()
+        sg2 = self.create_security_group()
+        assigned_security_groups_ids = [sg['id'], sg2['id']]
+        # Create server and add the security group created
+        # above to the server we just created
+        server_id = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')['id']
+        # add security groups to server
+        self.servers_client.add_security_group(server_id, name=sg['name'])
+        self.servers_client.add_security_group(server_id, name=sg2['name'])
+
+        # list security groups for a server
+        fetched_groups = (
+            self.servers_client.list_security_groups_by_server(
+                server_id)['security_groups'])
+        fetched_security_groups_ids = [i['id'] for i in fetched_groups]
+        # verifying the security groups ids in list
+        missing_security_groups =\
+            [p for p in assigned_security_groups_ids
+             if p not in fetched_security_groups_ids]
+        self.assertEmpty(missing_security_groups,
+                         "Failed to find security_groups %s in fetched list" %
+                         ', '.join(missing_security_groups))
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
index 50ce32e..775d311 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/compute/servers_client.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
 
+from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import \
+    security_groups as security_groups_schema
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_1 import servers as schema
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_16 import servers as schemav216
 from tempest.lib.api_schema.response.compute.v2_19 import servers as schemav219
@@ -715,3 +717,16 @@
         http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html#removeFixedIp
         """
         return self.action(server_id, 'removeFixedIp', **kwargs)
+
+    def list_security_groups_by_server(self, server_id):
+        """Lists security groups for a server.
+
+        For a full list of available parameters, please refer to the official
+        API reference:
+        http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html#listSecurityGroupsByServer
+        """
+        resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/os-security-groups" % server_id)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(security_groups_schema.list_security_groups,
+                               resp, body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_servers_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_servers_client.py
index adfaaf2..b563ab2 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/compute/test_servers_client.py
@@ -172,6 +172,14 @@
         "traceback": "fake-trace-back"
     }
 
+    FAKE_SECURITY_GROUPS = [{
+        "description": "default",
+        "id": "3fb26eb3-581b-4420-9963-b0879a026506",
+        "name": "default",
+        "rules": [],
+        "tenant_id": "openstack"
+    }]
+
     FAKE_INSTANCE_WITH_EVENTS = copy.deepcopy(FAKE_INSTANCE_ACTIONS)
     FAKE_INSTANCE_WITH_EVENTS['events'] = [FAKE_INSTANCE_ACTION_EVENTS]
 
@@ -1009,3 +1017,17 @@
             server_id=self.server_id,
             type='fake-console-type'
             )
+
+    def test_list_security_groups_by_server_with_str_body(self):
+        self._test_list_security_groups_by_server()
+
+    def test_list_security_groups_by_server_with_bytes_body(self):
+        self._test_list_security_groups_by_server(True)
+
+    def _test_list_security_groups_by_server(self, bytes_body=False):
+        self.check_service_client_function(
+            self.client.list_security_groups_by_server,
+            'tempest.lib.common.rest_client.RestClient.get',
+            {'security_groups': self.FAKE_SECURITY_GROUPS},
+            server_id=self.server_id,
+            )