diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e8697ee6..5f7e8e81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@
             <version>1.0.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Apicurio Registry native client -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.apicurio</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apicurio-registry-client</artifactId>
+            <version>2.2.3.Final</version>
+        </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/abris/avro/registry/ApicurioRegistryClient.scala b/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/abris/avro/registry/ApicurioRegistryClient.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f94b71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/abris/avro/registry/ApicurioRegistryClient.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 ABSA Group Limited
+ *
+ * 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 za.co.absa.abris.avro.registry
+
+import io.apicurio.registry.rest.client.{RegistryClient, RegistryClientFactory}
+import io.apicurio.registry.types.ArtifactType
+import io.confluent.kafka.schemaregistry.client.SchemaMetadata
+import org.apache.avro.Schema
+import za.co.absa.abris.avro.registry.ApicurioRegistryClient.{APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, AVRO_CONTENT_TYPE}
+import za.co.absa.abris.config.AbrisConfig
+
+import java.util
+import javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException
+import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+
+class ApicurioRegistryClient(client: RegistryClient) extends AbrisRegistryClient {
+
+  def this(configs: Map[String, String]) = this(ApicurioRegistryClient.createClient(configs))
+
+  override def getAllVersions(subject: String): util.List[Integer] =
+    client.listArtifactVersions(APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, subject, 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+      .getVersions.asScala.map(i => new Integer(i.getVersion.toInt)).asJava
+
+  override def testCompatibility(subject: String, schema: Schema): Boolean = {
+    try {
+      val stream = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(
+        schema.toString.getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name))
+      client.testUpdateArtifact(APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, subject, AVRO_CONTENT_TYPE, stream)
+      true
+    } catch {
+      case e: WebApplicationException => false
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def register(subject: String, schema: Schema): Int = {
+    val stream = new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(
+      schema.toString.getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name))
+    val artifactMetaData = client.createArtifact(APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, subject, ArtifactType.AVRO, stream)
+    artifactMetaData.getContentId.toInt
+  }
+
+  override def getLatestSchemaMetadata(subject: String): SchemaMetadata = {
+    val latestVersion = client.listArtifactVersions(APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, subject, 0, Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+      .getVersions.asScala.last
+    getSchemaMetadata(subject, latestVersion.getVersion.toInt)
+  }
+
+  override def getSchemaMetadata(subject: String, version: Int): SchemaMetadata = {
+    val metadata = client.getArtifactVersionMetaData(APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID, subject, version.toString)
+    val schemaStream = client.getContentById(metadata.getContentId)
+    val schemaString = scala.io.Source.fromInputStream(schemaStream).mkString
+
+    new SchemaMetadata(metadata.getContentId.toInt, metadata.getVersion.toInt, schemaString)
+  }
+
+  override def getById(schemaId: Int): Schema = {
+    val schemaStream = client.getContentById(schemaId.toLong)
+    val schemaString = scala.io.Source.fromInputStream(schemaStream).mkString
+    new Schema.Parser().parse(schemaString)
+  }
+}
+
+object ApicurioRegistryClient {
+
+  val APICURIO_DEFAULT_GROUP_ID = "default"
+  val AVRO_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/json"
+
+  private def createClient(configs: Map[String, String]) = {
+    val conf = new util.HashMap[String, Object]()
+    configs.foreach { case (key, value) => conf.put(key, value) }
+    val registryUrl = conf.remove(AbrisConfig.SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL).asInstanceOf[String]
+    RegistryClientFactory.create(registryUrl, conf)
+  }
+
+}