diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
index 47826f1bb0..25650e022b 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	cloudprovider "k8s.io/cloud-provider"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/auth"
 
+	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/services/compute/mgmt/2018-10-01/compute"
 	"github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest"
 	"github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure"
 	"k8s.io/klog"
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ type Cloud struct {
 	VirtualMachinesClient   VirtualMachinesClient
 	StorageAccountClient    StorageAccountClient
 	DisksClient             DisksClient
+	SnapshotsClient         *compute.SnapshotsClient
 	FileClient              FileClient
 	resourceRequestBackoff  wait.Backoff
 	metadata                *InstanceMetadataService
@@ -344,6 +346,7 @@ func NewCloud(configReader io.Reader) (cloudprovider.Interface, error) {
 		resourceRequestBackoff: resourceRequestBackoff,
 
 		DisksClient:                     newAzDisksClient(azClientConfig),
+		SnapshotsClient:                 newSnapshotsClient(azClientConfig),
 		RoutesClient:                    newAzRoutesClient(azClientConfig),
 		SubnetsClient:                   newAzSubnetsClient(azClientConfig),
 		InterfacesClient:                newAzInterfacesClient(azClientConfig),
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_client.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_client.go
index e7d2a9d6ce..8559c1cd37 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_client.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_client.go
@@ -1385,6 +1385,18 @@ func (az *azDisksClient) Get(ctx context.Context, resourceGroupName string, disk
 	return
 }
 
+func newSnapshotsClient(config *azClientConfig) *compute.SnapshotsClient {
+	snapshotsClient := compute.NewSnapshotsClientWithBaseURI(config.resourceManagerEndpoint, config.subscriptionID)
+	snapshotsClient.Authorizer = autorest.NewBearerAuthorizer(config.servicePrincipalToken)
+	snapshotsClient.PollingDelay = 5 * time.Second
+	if config.ShouldOmitCloudProviderBackoff {
+		snapshotsClient.RetryAttempts = config.CloudProviderBackoffRetries
+		snapshotsClient.RetryDuration = time.Duration(config.CloudProviderBackoffDuration) * time.Second
+	}
+	configureUserAgent(&snapshotsClient.Client)
+	return &snapshotsClient
+}
+
 // azVirtualMachineSizesClient implements VirtualMachineSizesClient.
 type azVirtualMachineSizesClient struct {
 	client            compute.VirtualMachineSizesClient