diff --git a/examples/client.rs b/examples/client.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29aff6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/client.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+use r2r;
+use failure::Error;
+
+use r2r::example_interfaces::srv::AddTwoInts;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    let ctx = r2r::Context::create()?;
+    let mut node = r2r::Node::create(ctx, "testnode", "")?;
+    let client = node.create_client::<AddTwoInts::Service>("/add_two_ints")?;
+
+    // wait for service to be available
+    println!("waiting for service...");
+    while !node.service_available(&client)? {
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
+    }
+
+    println!("service available.");
+
+    let mut c = 0;
+    loop {
+        let req = AddTwoInts::Request { a: 10*c, b: c };
+
+        let cb_req = req.clone();
+        let cb = Box::new(move |r: AddTwoInts::Response|
+                          println!("{} + {} = {}", cb_req.a, cb_req.b, r.sum));
+
+        client.request(&req, cb)?;
+
+        node.spin_once(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
+
+        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
+        c+=1;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 25549b2..f7dcb07 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -325,6 +325,59 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+// client
+struct WrappedClient<T>
+where
+    T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+{
+    rcl_handle: rcl_client_t,
+    rcl_request: rmw_request_id_t,
+    // store callbacks with request sequence id and callback function
+    callbacks: Vec<(i64, Box<dyn FnOnce(T::Response)>)>,
+    rcl_response_msg: WrappedNativeMsg<T::Response>,
+}
+
+pub trait Client_ {
+    fn handle(&self) -> &rcl_client_t;
+    fn run_cb(&mut self) -> ();
+    fn rcl_response_msg(&mut self) -> *mut std::os::raw::c_void;
+    fn rcl_request_id(&mut self) -> *mut rmw_request_id_t;
+    fn destroy(&mut self, node: &mut rcl_node_t) -> ();
+}
+
+impl<T> Client_ for WrappedClient<T>
+where
+    T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+{
+    fn handle(&self) -> &rcl_client_t {
+        &self.rcl_handle
+    }
+
+    fn rcl_response_msg(&mut self) -> *mut std::os::raw::c_void {
+        self.rcl_response_msg.void_ptr_mut()
+    }
+
+    fn rcl_request_id(&mut self) -> *mut rmw_request_id_t {
+        &mut self.rcl_request
+    }
+
+    fn run_cb(&mut self) -> () {
+        // copy native msg to rust type and run callback
+        let req_id = self.rcl_request.sequence_number;
+        let idx = self.callbacks.iter().position(|(id, _)| id == &req_id)
+            .expect("no such sequence number registered");
+        let (_, cb_to_run) = self.callbacks.swap_remove(idx);
+        let response = T::Response::from_native(&self.rcl_response_msg);
+        (cb_to_run)(response);
+    }
+
+    fn destroy(&mut self, node: &mut rcl_node_t) {
+        unsafe {
+            rcl_client_fini(&mut self.rcl_handle, node);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // The publish function is thread safe. ROS2 docs state:
 // =============
 //
@@ -369,12 +422,26 @@ pub struct PublisherUntyped {
     type_: String,
 }
 
+// Same reasoning for clients.
+unsafe impl<T> Send for Client<T> where T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport {}
+
+pub struct Client<T>
+where
+    T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+{
+    client_: Weak<Mutex<WrappedClient<T>>>,
+}
+
+
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct Context {
     context_handle: Arc<Mutex<Box<rcl_context_t>>>,
 }
 
-// Not 100% about this one. From our end the context is rarely used and can be locked by a mutex for that. But I haven't investigated if its use is thread-safe between nodes. May remove send here later.
+// Not 100% about this one. From our end the context is rarely used
+// and can be locked by a mutex for that. But I haven't investigated
+// if its use is thread-safe between nodes. May remove send here
+// later.
 unsafe impl Send for Context {}
 
 impl Context {
@@ -509,8 +576,10 @@ pub struct Node {
     node_handle: Box<rcl_node_t>,
     // the node owns the subscribers
     subs: Vec<Box<dyn Sub>>,
-    // servies,
+    // services,
     services: Vec<Box<dyn Service>>,
+    // clients with hack to avoid locking just to wait...,
+    clients: Vec<(rcl_client_t, Arc<Mutex<dyn Client_>>)>,
     // timers,
     timers: Vec<Timer>,
     // and the publishers, whom we allow to be shared.. hmm.
@@ -626,6 +695,7 @@ impl Node {
                 node_handle: node_handle,
                 subs: Vec::new(),
                 services: Vec::new(),
+                clients: Vec::new(),
                 timers: Vec::new(),
                 pubs: Vec::new(),
             };
@@ -757,6 +827,74 @@ impl Node {
     }
 
 
+    pub fn create_client_helper(&mut self, service_name: &str,
+                                service_ts: *const rosidl_service_type_support_t)
+                                -> Result<rcl_client_t> {
+        let mut client_handle = unsafe { rcl_get_zero_initialized_client() };
+        let service_name_c_string = CString::new(service_name)
+            .map_err(|_|Error::RCL_RET_INVALID_ARGUMENT)?;
+
+        let result = unsafe {
+            let client_options = rcl_client_get_default_options();
+            rcl_client_init(&mut client_handle, self.node_handle.as_mut(),
+                             service_ts, service_name_c_string.as_ptr(), &client_options)
+        };
+        if result == RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+            Ok(client_handle)
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::from_rcl_error(result))
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn create_client<T: 'static>(
+        &mut self,
+        service_name: &str,
+    ) -> Result<Client<T>>
+    where
+        T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+    {
+        let client_handle = self.create_client_helper(service_name, T::get_ts())?;
+        let cloned_ch = rcl_client_t {
+            impl_: client_handle.impl_
+        };
+        let ws = WrappedClient::<T> {
+            rcl_handle: cloned_ch,
+            rcl_request: rmw_request_id_t {
+                writer_guid: [0; 16usize],
+                sequence_number: 0,
+            },
+            rcl_response_msg: WrappedNativeMsg::<T::Response>::new(),
+            callbacks: Vec::new(),
+        };
+
+        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(ws));
+        let client_ = Arc::downgrade(&arc);
+        self.clients.push((client_handle, arc));
+        let c = Client {
+            client_
+        };
+        Ok(c)
+    }
+
+    pub fn service_available<T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport>(&self, client: &Client<T>) -> Result<bool> {
+        let client = client.client_.upgrade().ok_or(Error::RCL_RET_CLIENT_INVALID)?;
+        let client = client.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut avail = false;
+        let result = unsafe {
+            rcl_service_server_is_available(
+                self.node_handle.as_ref(),
+                client.handle(),
+                &mut avail)
+        };
+
+        if result == RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+            Ok(avail)
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("coult not send request {}", result);
+            Err(Error::from_rcl_error(result))
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn create_publisher_helper(&mut self, topic: &str,
                                    typesupport: *const rosidl_message_type_support_t) -> Result<rcl_publisher_t> {
         let mut publisher_handle = unsafe { rcl_get_zero_initialized_publisher() };
@@ -826,7 +964,7 @@ impl Node {
                     self.subs.len(),
                     0,
                     self.timers.len(),
-                    0,
+                    self.clients.len(),
                     self.services.len(),
                     0,
                     ctx.as_mut(),
@@ -850,6 +988,12 @@ impl Node {
             }
         }
 
+        for (handle, _) in self.clients.iter() {
+            unsafe {
+                rcl_wait_set_add_client(&mut ws, &*handle, std::ptr::null_mut());
+            }
+        }
+
         for s in self.services.iter() {
             unsafe {
                 rcl_wait_set_add_service(&mut ws, s.handle(), std::ptr::null_mut());
@@ -908,6 +1052,20 @@ impl Node {
             }
         }
 
+        let ws_clients =
+            unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ws.clients, ws.size_of_clients) };
+        assert_eq!(ws_clients.len(), self.clients.len());
+        for ((_, s), ws_s) in self.clients.iter_mut().zip(ws_clients) {
+            if ws_s != &std::ptr::null() {
+                let mut s = s.lock().unwrap();
+                let ret = unsafe {
+                    rcl_take_response(s.handle(), s.rcl_request_id(), s.rcl_response_msg())
+                };
+                if ret == RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+                    s.run_cb();
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         let ws_services =
             unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(ws.services, ws.size_of_services) };
@@ -1099,6 +1257,40 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+
+impl<T> Client<T>
+where
+    T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+{
+    pub fn request(&self, msg: &T::Request, cb: Box<dyn FnOnce(T::Response) -> ()>) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        T: WrappedServiceTypeSupport,
+    {
+        // upgrade to actual ref. if still alive
+        let client = self.client_.upgrade().ok_or(Error::RCL_RET_CLIENT_INVALID)?;
+        let mut client = client.lock().unwrap();
+        // copy rust msg to native and publish it
+        let native_msg: WrappedNativeMsg<T::Request> = WrappedNativeMsg::<T::Request>::from(msg);
+        let mut seq_no = 0i64;
+        let result = unsafe {
+            rcl_send_request(
+                &client.rcl_handle,
+                native_msg.void_ptr(),
+                &mut seq_no,
+            )
+        };
+
+        if result == RCL_RET_OK as i32 {
+            client.callbacks.push((seq_no, cb));
+            Ok(())
+        } else {
+            eprintln!("coult not send request {}", result);
+            Err(Error::from_rcl_error(result))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
 impl PublisherUntyped {
     pub fn publish(&self, msg: serde_json::Value) -> Result<()> {
         // upgrade to actual ref. if still alive