diff --git a/util/pom.xml b/util/pom.xml
index 837eaf324b..ede3235570 100644
--- a/util/pom.xml
+++ b/util/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
 			<artifactId>system-rules</artifactId>
 			<version>1.16.1</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+      			<groupId>org.json</groupId>
+   		 	<artifactId>json</artifactId>
+    			<version>20170516</version>
+		</dependency>		
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ClientUtils b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ClientUtils
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b551cb7f56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/util/ClientUtils
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 Cisco, Inc.
+ *
+ * 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 io.kubernetes.client.util;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import org.json.JSONArray;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
+/**
+ * This class is used to convert any YAML Object to JSON 
+ * @author prassin3
+ *
+ */
+public class ClientUtils {
+
+	public static Object _convertToJson(Object o) throws JSONException {
+	    if (o instanceof Map) {
+	      Map<Object, Object> map = (Map<Object, Object>) o;
+
+	      JSONObject result = new JSONObject();
+
+	      for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> stringObjectEntry : map.entrySet()) {
+	        String key = stringObjectEntry.getKey().toString();
+
+	        result.put(key, _convertToJson(stringObjectEntry.getValue()));
+	      }
+
+	      return result;
+	    } else if (o instanceof ArrayList) {
+	      ArrayList arrayList = (ArrayList) o;
+	      JSONArray result = new JSONArray();
+
+	      for (Object arrayObject : arrayList) {
+	        result.put(_convertToJson(arrayObject));
+	      }
+
+	      return result;
+	    } else if (o instanceof String) {
+	      return o;
+	    } else if (o instanceof Boolean) {
+	      return o;
+	    } else {
+	     
+	      return o;
+	    }
+	  }
+}