diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/client.go b/pkg/k8sutil/client.go
index 73d6f2d5b..419a1ebb5 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/client.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/client.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 package k8sutil
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
 	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth/oidc"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
@@ -35,3 +37,19 @@ func NewClientsetFromFile(kubeconfigPath string) (*kubernetes.Clientset, error)
 
 	return apiclientset, nil
 }
+
+// NewClientset creates new Kubernetes Client set object from given kubeconfig
+// file content.
+func NewClientset(data []byte) (*kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
+	c, err := clientcmd.NewClientConfigFromBytes(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating client config failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	restConfig, err := c.ClientConfig()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("converting client config to rest client config failed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return kubernetes.NewForConfig(restConfig)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/client_test.go b/pkg/k8sutil/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..134ad8ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Lokomotive Authors
+//
+// 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.
+
+package k8sutil_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kinvolk/lokomotive/pkg/k8sutil"
+)
+
+const (
+	validKubeconfig = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Config
+clusters:
+- name: admin
+  cluster:
+    server: https://nonexistent:6443
+users:
+- name: admin
+  user:
+    token: "foo.bar"
+current-context: admin
+contexts:
+- name: admin
+  context:
+    cluster: admin
+    user: admin
+`
+)
+
+func TestNewClientset(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := k8sutil.NewClientset([]byte(validKubeconfig)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Creating clientset from valid kubeconfig should succeed, got: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNewClientsetInvalidKubeconfig(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := k8sutil.NewClientset([]byte("foo")); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Creating clientset from invalid kubeconfig should fail")
+	}
+}