diff --git a/recipes/create_network.rb b/recipes/create_network.rb
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+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: openstack-integration-test
+# Recipe:: create_network
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Purpose: For use in kitchen tempest tests, create network/subnet identical to
+#          openstack-chef-repo/Rakefile _setup_local_network
+
+class Chef::Recipe
+  include ::Openstack
+end
+
+class Chef::Resource::RubyBlock
+  include ::Openstack
+end
+
+admin_user = node['openstack']['identity']['admin_user']
+admin_project = node['openstack']['identity']['admin_project']
+netname = node['openstack']['integration-test']['fixed_network']
+subnetname = 'local_subnet'
+
+# NOTE: This has to be done in a ruby_block so it gets executed at execution
+#       time and not compile time (when nova does not yet exist).
+ruby_block 'create_shared_network_for_testing' do
+  block do
+    begin
+      env = openstack_command_env(admin_user, admin_project, 'Default', 'Default')
+      output = openstack_command('openstack', 'network list', env)
+      unless output.include? netname
+        openstack_command('openstack', "network create --share #{netname}", env)
+      end
+      output = openstack_command('openstack', 'subnet list', env)
+      unless output.include? subnetname
+        openstack_command('openstack', "subnet create --network #{netname} --subnet-range 192.168.180.0/24 #{subnetname}", env)
+      end
+    rescue RuntimeError => e
+      Chef::Log.error("Could not create network/subnet. Error was #{e.message}")
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/recipes/run_tempest.rb b/recipes/run_tempest.rb
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+# encoding: UTF-8
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: openstack-integration-test
+# Recipe:: run_tempest
+#
+# 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.
+
+# Purpose: Run tempest like openstack-chef-repo/Rakefile (used by kitchen)
+
+execute 'run_tempest' do
+  # Write log file to test VM's /root directory.
+  command 'cd /opt/tempest; /opt/tempest-venv/tempest.sh'
+  action :nothing
+end
+
+# Run tempest after everything else.
+log 'start_tempest' do
+  message 'Starting tempest at the very end.'
+  level :info
+  notifies :run, 'execute[run_tempest]', :delayed
+end