diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e6c34b29..401df140 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ oslo.messaging.notify.drivers =
     trove.openstack.common.notifier.rpc_notifier = oslo_messaging.notify.messaging:MessagingDriver
     trove.openstack.common.notifier.test_notifier = oslo_messaging.notify._impl_test:TestDriver
 
+tempest.test_plugins =
+    trove_tests = trove.tests.tempest.plugin:TroveTempestPlugin
+
 [global]
 setup-hooks =
     pbr.hooks.setup_hook
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/config.py b/trove/tests/tempest/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0048b7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+service_option = cfg.BoolOpt('trove',
+                             default=True,
+                             help="Whether or not Trove is expected to be "
+                                  "available")
+
+database_group = cfg.OptGroup(name='database',
+                              title='Database Service Options')
+
+DatabaseGroup = [
+    cfg.StrOpt('catalog_type',
+               default='database',
+               help="Catalog type of the Database service."),
+    cfg.StrOpt('db_flavor_ref',
+               default="1",
+               help="Valid primary flavor to use in database tests."),
+    cfg.StrOpt('db_current_version',
+               default="v1.0",
+               help="Current database version to use in database tests."),
+]
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/plugin.py b/trove/tests/tempest/plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c739b29c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2016 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+import os
+
+from tempest.test_discover import plugins
+
+from trove.tests.tempest import config as trove_config
+
+
+class TroveTempestPlugin(plugins.TempestPlugin):
+
+    def load_tests(self):
+        base_path = os.path.split(os.path.dirname(
+            os.path.abspath(__file__)))[0]
+        base_path = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(base_path))
+        test_dir = "trove/tests/tempest/tests"
+        full_test_dir = os.path.join(base_path, test_dir)
+        return full_test_dir, base_path
+
+    def register_opts(self, conf):
+        conf.register_group(trove_config.database_group)
+        conf.register_opts(trove_config.DatabaseGroup, group='database')
+        conf.register_opt(trove_config.service_option,
+                          group='service_available')
+
+    def get_opt_lists(self):
+        return [('database', trove_config.DatabaseGroup),
+                ('service_available', [trove_config.service_option])]
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95ecfdc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
+from six.moves import urllib
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+
+
+class DatabaseFlavorsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+
+    def list_db_flavors(self, params=None):
+        url = 'flavors'
+        if params:
+            url += '?%s' % urllib.parse.urlencode(params)
+
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
+
+    def show_db_flavor(self, db_flavor_id):
+        resp, body = self.get("flavors/%s" % db_flavor_id)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..23164a86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/limits_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+
+
+class DatabaseLimitsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+
+    def list_db_limits(self, params=None):
+        """List all limits."""
+        url = 'limits'
+        if params:
+            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d7154f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/services/database/json/versions_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
+from six.moves.urllib import parse as urllib
+from tempest.lib.common import rest_client
+
+
+class DatabaseVersionsClient(rest_client.RestClient):
+
+    def __init__(self, auth_provider, service, region, **kwargs):
+        super(DatabaseVersionsClient, self).__init__(
+            auth_provider, service, region, **kwargs)
+        self.skip_path()
+
+    def list_db_versions(self, params=None):
+        """List all versions."""
+        url = ''
+        if params:
+            url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
+
+        resp, body = self.get(url)
+        self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/base.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0d58bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from tempest import config
+import tempest.test
+
+from trove.tests.tempest.services.database.json import flavors_client
+from trove.tests.tempest.services.database.json import limits_client
+from trove.tests.tempest.services.database.json import versions_client
+
+
+CONF = config.CONF
+
+
+class BaseDatabaseTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
+    """Base test case class for all Database API tests."""
+
+    credentials = ['primary']
+
+    @classmethod
+    def skip_checks(cls):
+        super(BaseDatabaseTest, cls).skip_checks()
+        if not CONF.service_available.trove:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as trove is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(BaseDatabaseTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        default_params = config.service_client_config()
+
+        # NOTE: Tempest uses timeout values of compute API if project specific
+        # timeout values don't exist.
+        default_params_with_timeout_values = {
+            'build_interval': CONF.compute.build_interval,
+            'build_timeout': CONF.compute.build_timeout
+        }
+        default_params_with_timeout_values.update(default_params)
+        cls.database_flavors_client = flavors_client.DatabaseFlavorsClient(
+            cls.os.auth_provider,
+            CONF.database.catalog_type,
+            CONF.identity.region,
+            **default_params_with_timeout_values)
+        cls.os_flavors_client = cls.os.flavors_client
+        cls.database_limits_client = limits_client.DatabaseLimitsClient(
+            cls.os.auth_provider,
+            CONF.database.catalog_type,
+            CONF.identity.region,
+            **default_params_with_timeout_values)
+        cls.database_versions_client = versions_client.DatabaseVersionsClient(
+            cls.os.auth_provider,
+            CONF.database.catalog_type,
+            CONF.identity.region,
+            **default_params_with_timeout_values)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(BaseDatabaseTest, cls).resource_setup()
+
+        cls.catalog_type = CONF.database.catalog_type
+        cls.db_flavor_ref = CONF.database.db_flavor_ref
+        cls.db_current_version = CONF.database.db_current_version
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43e3909c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+from tempest import test
+from testtools import testcase as testtools
+
+from trove.tests.tempest.tests.api.database import base
+
+
+class DatabaseFlavorsTest(base.BaseDatabaseTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DatabaseFlavorsTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.database_flavors_client
+
+    @testtools.attr('smoke')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('c94b825e-0132-4686-8049-8a4a2bc09525')
+    def test_get_db_flavor(self):
+        # The expected flavor details should be returned
+        flavor = (self.client.show_db_flavor(self.db_flavor_ref)
+                  ['flavor'])
+        self.assertEqual(self.db_flavor_ref, str(flavor['id']))
+        self.assertIn('ram', flavor)
+        self.assertIn('links', flavor)
+        self.assertIn('name', flavor)
+
+    @testtools.attr('smoke')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('685025d6-0cec-4673-8a8d-995cb8e0d3bb')
+    def test_list_db_flavors(self):
+        flavor = (self.client.show_db_flavor(self.db_flavor_ref)
+                  ['flavor'])
+        # List of all flavors should contain the expected flavor
+        flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()['flavors']
+        self.assertIn(flavor, flavors)
+
+    def _check_values(self, names, db_flavor, os_flavor, in_db=True):
+        for name in names:
+            self.assertIn(name, os_flavor)
+            if in_db:
+                self.assertIn(name, db_flavor)
+                self.assertEqual(str(db_flavor[name]), str(os_flavor[name]),
+                                 "DB flavor differs from OS on '%s' value"
+                                 % name)
+            else:
+                self.assertNotIn(name, db_flavor)
+
+    @testtools.attr('smoke')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('afb2667f-4ec2-4925-bcb7-313fdcffb80d')
+    @test.services('compute')
+    def test_compare_db_flavors_with_os(self):
+        db_flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()['flavors']
+        os_flavors = (self.os_flavors_client.list_flavors(detail=True)
+                      ['flavors'])
+        self.assertEqual(len(os_flavors), len(db_flavors),
+                         "OS flavors %s do not match DB flavors %s" %
+                         (os_flavors, db_flavors))
+        for os_flavor in os_flavors:
+            db_flavor =\
+                self.client.show_db_flavor(os_flavor['id'])['flavor']
+            if db_flavor['id']:
+                self.assertIn('id', db_flavor)
+                self.assertEqual(str(db_flavor['id']), str(os_flavor['id']),
+                                 "DB flavor id differs from OS flavor id value"
+                                 )
+            else:
+                self.assertIn('str_id', db_flavor)
+                self.assertEqual(db_flavor['str_id'], str(os_flavor['id']),
+                                 "DB flavor id differs from OS flavor id value"
+                                 )
+
+            self._check_values(['name', 'ram', 'vcpus',
+                                'disk'], db_flavor, os_flavor)
+            self._check_values(['swap'], db_flavor, os_flavor,
+                               in_db=False)
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors_negative.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors_negative.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ad208071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/flavors/test_flavors_negative.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
+from testtools import testcase as testtools
+
+from trove.tests.tempest.tests.api.database import base
+
+
+class DatabaseFlavorsNegativeTest(base.BaseDatabaseTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DatabaseFlavorsNegativeTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.database_flavors_client
+
+    @testtools.attr('negative')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('f8e7b721-373f-4a64-8e9c-5327e975af3e')
+    def test_get_non_existent_db_flavor(self):
+        # flavor details are not returned for non-existent flavors
+        self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound,
+                          self.client.show_db_flavor, -1)
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/limits/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/limits/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/limits/test_limits.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/limits/test_limits.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58ef6b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/limits/test_limits.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+from testtools import testcase as testtools
+
+from trove.tests.tempest.tests.api.database import base
+
+
+class DatabaseLimitsTest(base.BaseDatabaseTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def resource_setup(cls):
+        super(DatabaseLimitsTest, cls).resource_setup()
+        cls.client = cls.database_limits_client
+
+    @testtools.attr('smoke')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('73024538-f316-4829-b3e9-b459290e137a')
+    def test_absolute_limits(self):
+        # Test to verify if all absolute limit parameters are
+        # present when verb is ABSOLUTE
+        limits = self.client.list_db_limits()['limits']
+        expected_abs_limits = ['max_backups', 'max_volumes',
+                               'max_instances', 'verb']
+        absolute_limit = [l for l in limits
+                          if l['verb'] == 'ABSOLUTE']
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(absolute_limit), "One ABSOLUTE limit "
+                         "verb is allowed. Fetched %s"
+                         % len(absolute_limit))
+        actual_abs_limits = absolute_limit[0].keys()
+        missing_abs_limit = set(expected_abs_limits) - set(actual_abs_limits)
+        self.assertEmpty(missing_abs_limit,
+                         "Failed to find the following absolute limit(s)"
+                         " in a fetched list: %s" %
+                         ', '.join(str(a) for a in missing_abs_limit))
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/versions/__init__.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/versions/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/versions/test_versions.py b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/versions/test_versions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..53eb7c32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/trove/tests/tempest/tests/api/database/versions/test_versions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# Copyright 2014 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+from tempest.lib import decorators
+from testtools import testcase as testtools
+
+from trove.tests.tempest.tests.api.database import base
+
+
+class DatabaseVersionsTest(base.BaseDatabaseTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_clients(cls):
+        super(DatabaseVersionsTest, cls).setup_clients()
+        cls.client = cls.database_versions_client
+
+    @testtools.attr('smoke')
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('6952cd77-90cd-4dca-bb60-8e2c797940cf')
+    def test_list_db_versions(self):
+        versions = self.client.list_db_versions()['versions']
+        self.assertTrue(len(versions) > 0, "No database versions found")
+        # List of all versions should contain the current version, and there
+        # should only be one 'current' version
+        current_versions = list()
+        for version in versions:
+            if 'CURRENT' == version['status']:
+                current_versions.append(version['id'])
+        self.assertEqual(1, len(current_versions))
+        self.assertIn(self.db_current_version, current_versions)