diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/BaseDiscordClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/BaseDiscordClient.cs
index fc938d04d..1837e38c0 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/BaseDiscordClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/BaseDiscordClient.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
             }
             finally { _stateLock.Release(); }
         }
-        private async Task LoginInternalAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token, bool validateToken)
+        internal virtual async Task LoginInternalAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token, bool validateToken)
         {
             if (_isFirstLogin)
             {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
             }
             finally { _stateLock.Release(); }
         }
-        private async Task LogoutInternalAsync()
+        internal virtual async Task LogoutInternalAsync()
         {
             if (LoginState == LoginState.LoggedOut) return;
             LoginState = LoginState.LoggingOut;
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
index f96d5dd0b..29bf89c50 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.Rest/DiscordRestClient.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ namespace Discord.Rest
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="config">The configuration to be used with the client.</param>
         public DiscordRestClient(DiscordRestConfig config) : base(config, CreateApiClient(config)) { }
+        // used for socket client rest access
+        internal DiscordRestClient(DiscordRestConfig config, API.DiscordRestApiClient api) : base(config, api) { }
 
         private static API.DiscordRestApiClient CreateApiClient(DiscordRestConfig config)
             => new API.DiscordRestApiClient(config.RestClientProvider, DiscordRestConfig.UserAgent);
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
index 1e431ec92..196aedf47 100644
--- a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketClient.cs
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
         private int _nextAudioId;
         private DateTimeOffset? _statusSince;
         private RestApplication _applicationInfo;
-
         private bool _isDisposed;
 
+        /// <summary> Provides access to a REST-only client with a shared state from this client. </summary>
+        public DiscordSocketRestClient Rest { get; }
         /// <summary> Gets the shard of of this client. </summary>
         public int ShardId { get; }
         /// <summary> Gets the current connection state of this client. </summary>
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ namespace Discord.WebSocket
             AlwaysDownloadUsers = config.AlwaysDownloadUsers;
             HandlerTimeout = config.HandlerTimeout;
             State = new ClientState(0, 0);
+            Rest = new DiscordSocketRestClient(config, ApiClient);
             _heartbeatTimes = new ConcurrentQueue<long>();
 
             _stateLock = new SemaphoreSlim(1, 1);
diff --git a/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketRestClient.cs b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketRestClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5107629a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Discord.Net.WebSocket/DiscordSocketRestClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Discord.Rest;
+
+namespace Discord.WebSocket
+{
+    public class DiscordSocketRestClient : DiscordRestClient
+    {
+        internal DiscordSocketRestClient(DiscordRestConfig config, API.DiscordRestApiClient api) : base(config, api) { }
+
+        public new Task LoginAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token, bool validateToken = true)
+            => throw new NotSupportedException("The Socket REST wrapper cannot be used to log in or out.");
+        internal override Task LoginInternalAsync(TokenType tokenType, string token, bool validateToken)
+            => throw new NotSupportedException("The Socket REST wrapper cannot be used to log in or out.");
+        public new Task LogoutAsync()
+            => throw new NotSupportedException("The Socket REST wrapper cannot be used to log in or out.");
+        internal override Task LogoutInternalAsync()
+            => throw new NotSupportedException("The Socket REST wrapper cannot be used to log in or out.");
+    }
+}