diff --git a/tuskarclient/tests/v1/test_resource_class.py b/tuskarclient/tests/v1/test_resource_class.py
index 1a7f2d8..07d7006 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/tests/v1/test_resource_class.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/tests/v1/test_resource_class.py
@@ -33,3 +33,14 @@ class ResourceClassManagerTest(tutils.TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(self.rcm.list(), ['fake_resource_class'])
         self.rcm._list.assert_called_with('/v1/resource_classes')
+
+    def test_create(self):
+        self.rcm._create = mock.Mock(return_value=['fake_resource_class'])
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self.rcm.create(dummy='dummy resource class data'),
+            ['fake_resource_class'])
+
+        self.rcm._create.assert_called_with(
+            '/v1/resource_classes',
+            {'dummy': 'dummy resource class data'})
diff --git a/tuskarclient/v1/resource_classes.py b/tuskarclient/v1/resource_classes.py
index bb59c97..e7e1ae9 100644
--- a/tuskarclient/v1/resource_classes.py
+++ b/tuskarclient/v1/resource_classes.py
@@ -30,3 +30,6 @@ class ResourceClassManager(base.Manager):
 
     def get(self, id):
         return self._get(self._path(id))
+
+    def create(self, **kwargs):
+        return self._create(self._path(), kwargs)