diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f7624834e6..99ca1ec315a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 ### Changed
 
 - All the modules in [`pkg/sdk`](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/tree/master/pkg/sdk) have been combined into a single package. `action`, `handler`, `informer` `types` and `query` pkgs have been consolidated into `pkg/sdk`. [#242](https://github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pull/242)
+- The SDK exposes the Kubernetes clientset via `k8sclient.GetKubeClient()` #295
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/pkg/k8sclient/client.go b/pkg/k8sclient/client.go
index 0a9d39480e5..3175dab9707 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sclient/client.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sclient/client.go
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ import (
 var (
 	restMapper *discovery.DeferredDiscoveryRESTMapper
 	clientPool dynamic.ClientPool
+	kubeClient kubernetes.Interface
+	kubeConfig *rest.Config
 )
 
 // init initializes the restMapper and clientPool needed to create a resource client dynamically
 func init() {
-	kubeClient, kubeConfig := mustNewKubeClientAndConfig()
+	kubeClient, kubeConfig = mustNewKubeClientAndConfig()
 	cachedDiscoveryClient := cached.NewMemCacheClient(kubeClient.Discovery())
 	restMapper = discovery.NewDeferredDiscoveryRESTMapper(cachedDiscoveryClient, meta.InterfacesForUnstructured)
 	restMapper.Reset()
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ func GetResourceClient(apiVersion, kind, namespace string) (dynamic.ResourceInte
 	return resourceClient, pluralName, nil
 }
 
+// GetKubeClient returns the kubernetes client used to create the dynamic client
+func GetKubeClient() kubernetes.Interface {
+	return kubeClient
+}
+
 // apiResource consults the REST mapper to translate an <apiVersion, kind, namespace> tuple to a metav1.APIResource struct.
 func apiResource(gvk schema.GroupVersionKind, restMapper *discovery.DeferredDiscoveryRESTMapper) (*metav1.APIResource, error) {
 	mapping, err := restMapper.RESTMapping(gvk.GroupKind(), gvk.Version)