diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/add-tempest-lib-remote-client-adbeb3f42a36910b.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/add-tempest-lib-remote-client-adbeb3f42a36910b.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c21751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/add-tempest-lib-remote-client-adbeb3f42a36910b.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+features:
+  - Add remote_client under tempest.lib.
+    This remote_client under tempest.lib is defined as stable
+    interface, and now this module provides the following
+    essential methods.
+
+      * exec_command
+      * validate_authentication
+      * ping_host
diff --git a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
index b7c776b..6dfc579 100644
--- a/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -11,17 +11,12 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 import re
-import sys
 import time
 
-import netaddr
-import six
-
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 
 from tempest import config
-from tempest.lib.common import ssh
-from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
+from tempest.lib.common.utils.linux import remote_client
 import tempest.lib.exceptions
 
 CONF = config.CONF
@@ -29,39 +24,11 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def debug_ssh(function):
-    """Decorator to generate extra debug info in case off SSH failure"""
-    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        try:
-            return function(self, *args, **kwargs)
-        except tempest.lib.exceptions.SSHTimeout:
-            try:
-                original_exception = sys.exc_info()
-                caller = test_utils.find_test_caller() or "not found"
-                if self.server:
-                    msg = 'Caller: %s. Timeout trying to ssh to server %s'
-                    LOG.debug(msg, caller, self.server)
-                    if self.log_console and self.servers_client:
-                        try:
-                            msg = 'Console log for server %s: %s'
-                            console_log = (
-                                self.servers_client.get_console_output(
-                                    self.server['id'])['output'])
-                            LOG.debug(msg, self.server['id'], console_log)
-                        except Exception:
-                            msg = 'Could not get console_log for server %s'
-                            LOG.debug(msg, self.server['id'])
-                # re-raise the original ssh timeout exception
-                six.reraise(*original_exception)
-            finally:
-                # Delete the traceback to avoid circular references
-                _, _, trace = original_exception
-                del trace
-    return wrapper
+class RemoteClient(remote_client.RemoteClient):
 
-
-class RemoteClient(object):
-
+    # TODO(oomichi): Make this class deprecated after migrating
+    #                necessary methods to tempest.lib and cleaning
+    #                unnecessary methods up from this class.
     def __init__(self, ip_address, username, password=None, pkey=None,
                  server=None, servers_client=None):
         """Executes commands in a VM over ssh
@@ -73,35 +40,15 @@
         :param server: server dict, used for debugging purposes
         :param servers_client: servers client, used for debugging purposes
         """
-        self.server = server
-        self.servers_client = servers_client
-
-        ssh_timeout = CONF.validation.ssh_timeout
-        connect_timeout = CONF.validation.connect_timeout
-        self.log_console = CONF.compute_feature_enabled.console_output
-        self.ssh_shell_prologue = CONF.validation.ssh_shell_prologue
-        self.ping_count = CONF.validation.ping_count
-        self.ping_size = CONF.validation.ping_size
-
-        self.ssh_client = ssh.Client(ip_address, username, password,
-                                     ssh_timeout, pkey=pkey,
-                                     channel_timeout=connect_timeout)
-
-    @debug_ssh
-    def exec_command(self, cmd):
-        # Shell options below add more clearness on failures,
-        # path is extended for some non-cirros guest oses (centos7)
-        cmd = self.ssh_shell_prologue + " " + cmd
-        LOG.debug("Remote command: %s", cmd)
-        return self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd)
-
-    @debug_ssh
-    def validate_authentication(self):
-        """Validate ssh connection and authentication
-
-           This method raises an Exception when the validation fails.
-        """
-        self.ssh_client.test_connection_auth()
+        super(RemoteClient, self).__init__(
+            ip_address, username, password=password, pkey=pkey,
+            server=server, servers_client=servers_client,
+            ssh_timeout=CONF.validation.ssh_timeout,
+            connect_timeout=CONF.validation.connect_timeout,
+            console_output_enabled=CONF.compute_feature_enabled.console_output,
+            ssh_shell_prologue=CONF.validation.ssh_shell_prologue,
+            ping_count=CONF.validation.ping_count,
+            ping_size=CONF.validation.ping_size)
 
     def get_disks(self):
         # Select root disk devices as shown by lsblk
@@ -132,19 +79,6 @@
         cmd = 'sudo sh -c "echo \\"%s\\" >/dev/console"' % message
         return self.exec_command(cmd)
 
-    def ping_host(self, host, count=None, size=None, nic=None):
-        if count is None:
-            count = self.ping_count
-        if size is None:
-            size = self.ping_size
-
-        addr = netaddr.IPAddress(host)
-        cmd = 'ping6' if addr.version == 6 else 'ping'
-        if nic:
-            cmd = 'sudo {cmd} -I {nic}'.format(cmd=cmd, nic=nic)
-        cmd += ' -c{0} -w{0} -s{1} {2}'.format(count, size, host)
-        return self.exec_command(cmd)
-
     def set_mac_address(self, nic, address):
         self.set_nic_state(nic=nic, state="down")
         cmd = "sudo ip link set dev {0} address {1}".format(nic, address)
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py b/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..64d6be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/utils/linux/remote_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#    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.
+
+import sys
+
+import netaddr
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+import six
+
+from tempest.lib.common import ssh
+from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
+import tempest.lib.exceptions
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+def debug_ssh(function):
+    """Decorator to generate extra debug info in case off SSH failure"""
+    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return function(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        except tempest.lib.exceptions.SSHTimeout:
+            try:
+                original_exception = sys.exc_info()
+                caller = test_utils.find_test_caller() or "not found"
+                if self.server:
+                    msg = 'Caller: %s. Timeout trying to ssh to server %s'
+                    LOG.debug(msg, caller, self.server)
+                    if self.console_output_enabled and self.servers_client:
+                        try:
+                            msg = 'Console log for server %s: %s'
+                            console_log = (
+                                self.servers_client.get_console_output(
+                                    self.server['id'])['output'])
+                            LOG.debug(msg, self.server['id'], console_log)
+                        except Exception:
+                            msg = 'Could not get console_log for server %s'
+                            LOG.debug(msg, self.server['id'])
+                # re-raise the original ssh timeout exception
+                six.reraise(*original_exception)
+            finally:
+                # Delete the traceback to avoid circular references
+                _, _, trace = original_exception
+                del trace
+    return wrapper
+
+
+class RemoteClient(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, ip_address, username, password=None, pkey=None,
+                 server=None, servers_client=None, ssh_timeout=300,
+                 connect_timeout=60, console_output_enabled=True,
+                 ssh_shell_prologue="set -eu -o pipefail; PATH=$$PATH:/sbin;",
+                 ping_count=1, ping_size=56):
+        """Executes commands in a VM over ssh
+
+        :param ip_address: IP address to ssh to
+        :param username: Ssh username
+        :param password: Ssh password
+        :param pkey: Ssh public key
+        :param server: Server dict, used for debugging purposes
+        :param servers_client: Servers client, used for debugging purposes
+        :param ssh_timeout: Timeout in seconds to wait for the ssh banner
+        :param connect_timeout: Timeout in seconds to wait for TCP connection
+        :param console_output_enabled: Support serial console output?
+        :param ssh_shell_prologue: Shell fragments to use before command
+        :param ping_count: Number of ping packets
+        :param ping_size: Packet size for ping packets
+        """
+        self.server = server
+        self.servers_client = servers_client
+        self.console_output_enabled = console_output_enabled
+        self.ssh_shell_prologue = ssh_shell_prologue
+        self.ping_count = ping_count
+        self.ping_size = ping_size
+
+        self.ssh_client = ssh.Client(ip_address, username, password,
+                                     ssh_timeout, pkey=pkey,
+                                     channel_timeout=connect_timeout)
+
+    @debug_ssh
+    def exec_command(self, cmd):
+        # Shell options below add more clearness on failures,
+        # path is extended for some non-cirros guest oses (centos7)
+        cmd = self.ssh_shell_prologue + " " + cmd
+        LOG.debug("Remote command: %s", cmd)
+        return self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd)
+
+    @debug_ssh
+    def validate_authentication(self):
+        """Validate ssh connection and authentication
+
+           This method raises an Exception when the validation fails.
+        """
+        self.ssh_client.test_connection_auth()
+
+    def ping_host(self, host, count=None, size=None, nic=None):
+        if count is None:
+            count = self.ping_count
+        if size is None:
+            size = self.ping_size
+
+        addr = netaddr.IPAddress(host)
+        cmd = 'ping6' if addr.version == 6 else 'ping'
+        if nic:
+            cmd = 'sudo {cmd} -I {nic}'.format(cmd=cmd, nic=nic)
+        cmd += ' -c{0} -w{0} -s{1} {2}'.format(count, size, host)
+        return self.exec_command(cmd)
diff --git a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
index 7199206..48cb86b 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                                            user='user',
                                            password='pass')))
         self.log = self.useFixture(fixtures.FakeLogger(
-            name='tempest.common.utils.linux.remote_client',
+            name='tempest.lib.common.utils.linux.remote_client',
             level='DEBUG'))
 
     def test_validate_debug_ssh_console(self):
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py b/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/__init__.py
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf312f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/common/utils/linux/test_remote_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright 2017 NEC Corporation.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import mock
+
+from tempest.lib.common import ssh
+from tempest.lib.common.utils.linux import remote_client
+from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+from tempest.tests import base
+
+
+class FakeServersClient(object):
+
+    def get_console_output(self, server_id):
+        return {"output": "fake_output"}
+
+
+class TestRemoteClient(base.TestCase):
+
+    @mock.patch.object(ssh.Client, 'exec_command', return_value='success')
+    def test_exec_command(self, mock_ssh_exec_command):
+        client = remote_client.RemoteClient('192.168.1.10', 'username')
+        client.exec_command('ls')
+        mock_ssh_exec_command.assert_called_once_with(
+            'set -eu -o pipefail; PATH=$$PATH:/sbin; ls')
+
+    @mock.patch.object(ssh.Client, 'test_connection_auth')
+    def test_validate_authentication(self, mock_test_connection_auth):
+        client = remote_client.RemoteClient('192.168.1.10', 'username')
+        client.validate_authentication()
+        mock_test_connection_auth.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @mock.patch.object(remote_client.LOG, 'debug')
+    @mock.patch.object(ssh.Client, 'exec_command')
+    def test_debug_ssh_without_console(self, mock_exec_command, mock_debug):
+        mock_exec_command.side_effect = lib_exc.SSHTimeout
+        server = {'id': 'fake_id'}
+        client = remote_client.RemoteClient('192.168.1.10', 'username',
+                                            server=server)
+        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.SSHTimeout, client.exec_command, 'ls')
+        mock_debug.assert_called_with(
+            'Caller: %s. Timeout trying to ssh to server %s',
+            'TestRemoteClient:test_debug_ssh_without_console', server)
+
+    @mock.patch.object(remote_client.LOG, 'debug')
+    @mock.patch.object(ssh.Client, 'exec_command')
+    def test_debug_ssh_with_console(self, mock_exec_command, mock_debug):
+        mock_exec_command.side_effect = lib_exc.SSHTimeout
+        server = {'id': 'fake_id'}
+        client = remote_client.RemoteClient('192.168.1.10', 'username',
+                                            server=server,
+                                            servers_client=FakeServersClient())
+        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.SSHTimeout, client.exec_command, 'ls')
+        mock_debug.assert_called_with(
+            'Console log for server %s: %s', server['id'], 'fake_output')