diff --git a/module_utils/openshift_common.py b/module_utils/openshift_common.py
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+#
+#  Copyright 2017 Red Hat | Ansible
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from ansible.module_utils.k8s_common import KubernetesAnsibleException, KubernetesAnsibleModule
+
+try:
+    from openshift.helper.ansible import OpenShiftAnsibleModuleHelper, ARG_ATTRIBUTES_BLACKLIST
+    from openshift.helper.exceptions import KubernetesException, OpenShiftException
+    HAS_OPENSHIFT_HELPER = True
+except ImportError as exc:
+    HAS_OPENSHIFT_HELPER = False
+
+
+class OpenShiftAnsibleException(KubernetesAnsibleException):
+    pass
+
+
+class OpenShiftAnsibleModule(KubernetesAnsibleModule):
+    def __init__(self, kind, api_version):
+        if not HAS_OPENSHIFT_HELPER:
+            raise OpenShiftAnsibleException(
+                "This module requires the OpenShift Python client. Try `pip install openshift`"
+            )
+
+        try:
+            super(OpenShiftAnsibleModule, self).__init__(kind, api_version)
+        except KubernetesAnsibleException as exc:
+            raise OpenShiftAnsibleException(exc.args)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_helper(api_version, kind):
+        return OpenShiftAnsibleModuleHelper(api_version, kind)
+
+    def _create(self, namespace):
+        if self.kind.lower() == 'project':
+            return self._create_project()
+        else:
+            return super(OpenShiftAnsibleModule, self)._create(namespace)
+
+    def _create_project(self):
+        new_obj = None
+        k8s_obj = None
+        try:
+            new_obj = self.helper.object_from_params(self.params)
+        except KubernetesException as exc:
+            self.fail_json(msg="Failed to create object: {}".format(exc.message))
+        try:
+            k8s_obj = self.helper.create_project(metadata=new_obj.metadata,
+                                                 display_name=self.params.get('display_name'),
+                                                 description=self.params.get('description'))
+        except KubernetesException as exc:
+            self.fail_json(msg='Failed to retrieve requested object',
+                           error=exc.value.get('status'))
+        return k8s_obj