diff --git a/tempest/hacking/checks.py b/tempest/hacking/checks.py
index 7f39905..234faad 100644
--- a/tempest/hacking/checks.py
+++ b/tempest/hacking/checks.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 PYTHON_CLIENTS = ['cinder', 'glance', 'keystone', 'nova', 'swift', 'neutron',
                   'trove', 'ironic', 'savanna', 'heat', 'ceilometer',
-                  'marconi']
+                  'marconi', 'sahara']
 
 PYTHON_CLIENT_RE = re.compile('import (%s)client' % '|'.join(PYTHON_CLIENTS))
 TEST_DEFINITION = re.compile(r'^\s*def test.*')