diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/db.py b/ceilometer/tests/db.py
index 3b7ef58f..cbac5f4e 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/db.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/db.py
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ from testtools import testcase
 
 from ceilometer import storage
 from ceilometer.tests import base as test_base
-from ceilometer.tests import mocks
+try:
+    from ceilometer.tests import mocks
+except ImportError:
+    mocks = None   # happybase module is not Python 3 compatible yet
 
 
 class MongoDbManager(fixtures.Fixture):
@@ -183,9 +186,10 @@ class TestBase(testscenarios.testcase.WithScenarios, test_base.BaseTestCase):
         'postgresql': PgSQLManager,
         'db2': MongoDbManager,
         'sqlite': SQLiteManager,
-        'hbase': HBaseManager,
         'es': ElasticSearchManager,
     }
+    if mocks is not None:
+        DRIVER_MANAGERS['hbase'] = HBaseManager
 
     db_url = 'sqlite://'  # NOTE(Alexei_987) Set default db url
 
@@ -203,7 +207,10 @@ class TestBase(testscenarios.testcase.WithScenarios, test_base.BaseTestCase):
         self.CONF = self.useFixture(fixture_config.Config()).conf
         self.CONF([], project='ceilometer', validate_default_values=True)
 
-        self.db_manager = self._get_driver_manager(engine)(self.db_url)
+        try:
+            self.db_manager = self._get_driver_manager(engine)(self.db_url)
+        except ValueError as exc:
+            self.skipTest("missing driver manager: %s" % exc)
         self.useFixture(self.db_manager)
 
         self.conn = self.db_manager.connection
@@ -261,7 +268,10 @@ def run_with(*drivers):
             for attr in dir(test):
                 value = getattr(test, attr)
                 if callable(value) and attr.startswith('test_'):
-                    value.__func__._run_with = drivers
+                    if six.PY3:
+                        value._run_with = drivers
+                    else:
+                        value.__func__._run_with = drivers
         else:
             test._run_with = drivers
         return test
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_get_connection.py b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_get_connection.py
index 55439ebb..7706bdb8 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_get_connection.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_get_connection.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 # under the License.
 """Tests for ceilometer/storage/
 """
+import unittest
+
 import mock
 from oslo_config import fixture as fixture_config
 from oslotest import base
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ import retrying
 
 from ceilometer.alarm.storage import impl_log as impl_log_alarm
 from ceilometer.alarm.storage import impl_sqlalchemy as impl_sqlalchemy_alarm
-from ceilometer.event.storage import impl_hbase as impl_hbase_event
+try:
+    from ceilometer.event.storage import impl_hbase as impl_hbase_event
+except ImportError:
+    impl_hbase_event = None
 from ceilometer import storage
 from ceilometer.storage import impl_log
 from ceilometer.storage import impl_sqlalchemy
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ class ConnectionConfigTest(base.BaseTestCase):
         conn = storage.get_connection_from_config(self.CONF, 'alarm')
         self.assertIsInstance(conn, impl_sqlalchemy_alarm.Connection)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(impl_hbase_event is None, 'need hbase implementation')
     def test_three_urls(self):
         self.CONF.set_override("connection", "log://", group="database")
         self.CONF.set_override("alarm_connection", "sqlite://",
diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_hbase.py b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_hbase.py
index bd097e3f..326939b6 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_hbase.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/storage/test_impl_hbase.py
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 """
 import mock
 
+
+try:
+    import happybase   # noqa
+except ImportError:
+    import testtools.testcase
+    raise testtools.testcase.TestSkipped("happybase is needed")
+
 from ceilometer.alarm.storage import impl_hbase as hbase_alarm
 from ceilometer.event.storage import impl_hbase as hbase_event
 from ceilometer.storage import impl_hbase as hbase