diff --git a/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_grpc_test.go b/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_grpc_test.go
index 39211e7dc..d3cc101a6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_grpc_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_grpc_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestAuthority(t *testing.T) {
 				defer epc.Close()
 				endpoints := templateEndpoints(t, tc.clientURLPattern, epc)
 
-				client := clusterEtcdctlV3(cfg, endpoints)
+				client := e2e.NewEtcdctl(cfg, endpoints)
 				err = client.Put("foo", "bar")
 				if err != nil {
 					t.Fatal(err)
@@ -152,48 +152,3 @@ func firstMatch(t *testing.T, expectLine string, logs ...e2e.LogsExpect) string
 	}
 	return <-match
 }
-
-type etcdctlV3 struct {
-	cfg       *e2e.EtcdProcessClusterConfig
-	endpoints []string
-}
-
-func clusterEtcdctlV3(cfg *e2e.EtcdProcessClusterConfig, endpoints []string) *etcdctlV3 {
-	return &etcdctlV3{
-		cfg:       cfg,
-		endpoints: endpoints,
-	}
-}
-
-func (ctl *etcdctlV3) Put(key, value string) error {
-	return ctl.runCmd("put", key, value)
-}
-
-func (ctl *etcdctlV3) runCmd(args ...string) error {
-	cmdArgs := []string{e2e.CtlBinPath + "3"}
-	for k, v := range ctl.flags() {
-		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", k, v))
-	}
-	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, args...)
-	return e2e.SpawnWithExpect(cmdArgs, "OK")
-}
-
-func (ctl *etcdctlV3) flags() map[string]string {
-	fmap := make(map[string]string)
-	if ctl.cfg.ClientTLS == e2e.ClientTLS {
-		if ctl.cfg.IsClientAutoTLS {
-			fmap["insecure-transport"] = "false"
-			fmap["insecure-skip-tls-verify"] = "true"
-		} else if ctl.cfg.IsClientCRL {
-			fmap["cacert"] = e2e.CaPath
-			fmap["cert"] = e2e.RevokedCertPath
-			fmap["key"] = e2e.RevokedPrivateKeyPath
-		} else {
-			fmap["cacert"] = e2e.CaPath
-			fmap["cert"] = e2e.CertPath
-			fmap["key"] = e2e.PrivateKeyPath
-		}
-	}
-	fmap["endpoints"] = strings.Join(ctl.endpoints, ",")
-	return fmap
-}
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb24e635c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
+//
+// 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 e2e
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+type etcdctlV3 struct {
+	cfg       *EtcdProcessClusterConfig
+	endpoints []string
+}
+
+func NewEtcdctl(cfg *EtcdProcessClusterConfig, endpoints []string) *etcdctlV3 {
+	return &etcdctlV3{
+		cfg:       cfg,
+		endpoints: endpoints,
+	}
+}
+
+func (ctl *etcdctlV3) Put(key, value string) error {
+	return ctl.runCmd("put", key, value)
+}
+
+func (ctl *etcdctlV3) runCmd(args ...string) error {
+	cmdArgs := []string{CtlBinPath + "3"}
+	for k, v := range ctl.flags() {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", k, v))
+	}
+	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, args...)
+	return SpawnWithExpect(cmdArgs, "OK")
+}
+
+func (ctl *etcdctlV3) flags() map[string]string {
+	fmap := make(map[string]string)
+	if ctl.cfg.ClientTLS == ClientTLS {
+		if ctl.cfg.IsClientAutoTLS {
+			fmap["insecure-transport"] = "false"
+			fmap["insecure-skip-tls-verify"] = "true"
+		} else if ctl.cfg.IsClientCRL {
+			fmap["cacert"] = CaPath
+			fmap["cert"] = RevokedCertPath
+			fmap["key"] = RevokedPrivateKeyPath
+		} else {
+			fmap["cacert"] = CaPath
+			fmap["cert"] = CertPath
+			fmap["key"] = PrivateKeyPath
+		}
+	}
+	fmap["endpoints"] = strings.Join(ctl.endpoints, ",")
+	return fmap
+}