diff --git a/config_tempest/services/horizon.py b/config_tempest/services/horizon.py
index 76a41eb3..93a651f6 100644
--- a/config_tempest/services/horizon.py
+++ b/config_tempest/services/horizon.py
@@ -22,11 +22,14 @@ from config_tempest import constants as C
 
 
 def configure_horizon(conf, **kwargs):
-    """Derive the horizon URIs from the identity's URI."""
-    uri = conf.get('identity', 'uri')
-    u = urllib.parse.urlparse(uri)
-    base = '%s://%s%s' % (u.scheme, u.netloc.replace(
-        ':' + str(u.port), ''), '/dashboard')
+    """Verify horizon is working (fallback to introspect from identity URI)"""
+    if conf.has_option("dashboard", "dashboard_url"):
+        base = conf.get("dashboard", "dashboard_url")
+    else:
+        uri = conf.get('identity', 'uri')
+        u = urllib.parse.urlparse(uri)
+        base = '%s://%s%s' % (u.scheme, u.netloc.replace(
+            ':' + str(u.port), ''), '/dashboard')
     assert base.startswith('http:') or base.startswith('https:')
     has_horizon = True
     try:
diff --git a/config_tempest/tests/services/test_horizon.py b/config_tempest/tests/services/test_horizon.py
index fc1bdb71..ce871b90 100644
--- a/config_tempest/tests/services/test_horizon.py
+++ b/config_tempest/tests/services/test_horizon.py
@@ -28,6 +28,18 @@ class TestConfigTempest(BaseConfigTempestTest):
         super(TestConfigTempest, self).setUp()
         self.conf = self._get_conf("v2.0", "v3")
 
+    def test_configure_horizon_overridden(self):
+        mock_function = mock.Mock(return_value=True)
+        self.useFixture(MonkeyPatch('six.moves.urllib.request.urlopen',
+                                    mock_function))
+        self.conf.set("dashboard", "dashboard_url", "http://172.16.52.151")
+        horizon.configure_horizon(self.conf)
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf.get('service_available', 'horizon'), "True")
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf.get('dashboard', 'dashboard_url'),
+                         "http://172.16.52.151/")
+        self.assertEqual(self.conf.get('dashboard', 'login_url'),
+                         "http://172.16.52.151/auth/login/")
+
     def test_configure_horizon_ipv4(self):
         mock_function = mock.Mock(return_value=True)
         self.useFixture(MonkeyPatch('six.moves.urllib.request.urlopen',