diff --git a/keyserver/package.json b/keyserver/package.json
--- a/keyserver/package.json
+++ b/keyserver/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.13.10",
     "@grpc/grpc-js": "^1.7.1",
+    "@grpc/proto-loader": "^0.7.3",
     "@matrix-org/olm": "3.2.4",
     "@parse/node-apn": "^3.2.0",
     "@vingle/bmp-js": "^0.2.5",
diff --git a/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc_client.js b/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc_client.js
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keyserver/src/grpc/grpc_client.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// @flow
+
+import * as grpc from '@grpc/grpc-js';
+import * as protoLoader from '@grpc/proto-loader';
+
+const PROTO_PATH = '../shared/protos/identity.proto';
+const packageDefinition = protoLoader.loadSync(PROTO_PATH, {
+  keepCase: true,
+  longs: String,
+  enums: String,
+  defaults: true,
+  oneofs: true,
+});
+const identity = grpc.loadPackageDefinition(packageDefinition).identity;
+const identityClient = new identity.IdentityService(
+  'localhost:50051',
+  grpc.credentials.createInsecure(),
+);
+
+export { identityClient };