diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 870cc94..07beac5 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ matrix:
         - env: TOXENV=pep8
         - env: TOXENV=py27-pytest
         - env: TOXENV=gnocchi
+        - env: TOXENV=placement
         - python: 3.5
           env: TOXENV=py35
         - python: 3.5
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ matrix:
           env: TOXENV=py36-pytest
     allow_failures:
         - env: TOXENV=gnocchi
+        - env: TOXENV=placement
 
 notifications:
       irc: "chat.freenode.net#gabbi"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 63f4306..1bf470b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -63,6 +63,22 @@ commands = tox -e py27-gabbi --notest  # ensure a virtualenv is built
            {envdir}/src/gnocchi/.tox/py27-gabbi/bin/pip install -U {toxinidir}  # install gabbi
            tox -e py27-gabbi
 
+[testenv:placement]
+basepython = python2.7
+deps = tox
+commands = -mkdir {envdir}/src
+           -rm -r {envdir}/src/*
+           bash -c "curl https://tarballs.openstack.org/nova/nova-master.tar.gz | tar -C {envdir}/src -zxv --strip-components 1 -f - "
+           tox -c {envdir}/src -e functional --notest  # ensure a virtualenv is built
+           {envdir}/src/.tox/functional/bin/pip install -U {toxinidir}  # install gabbi
+           tox -c {envdir}/src -e functional test_placement_api
+whitelist_externals =
+    mkdir
+    curl
+    tar
+    rm
+    bash
+
 [testenv:docs]
 commands =
     rm -rf doc/build