diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 52f5d5864..e90c7e1b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ designate/versioninfo
 /dnsmasq
 .testrepository/*
 contrib/vagrant/.vagrant/
+functionaltests/tempest.log
+functionaltests/.testrepository/
diff --git a/contrib/devstack/lib/designate b/contrib/devstack/lib/designate
index 1eb8ebb6c..f2c12ad57 100644
--- a/contrib/devstack/lib/designate
+++ b/contrib/devstack/lib/designate
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ DESIGNATE_TEST_NSREC=${DESIGNATE_TEST_NSREC:-ns1.devstack.org.}
 DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V1=${DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V1:-"quotas"}
 DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V2=${DESIGNATE_ENABLED_EXTENSIONS_V2:-"quotas"}
 
+# Tell Tempest this project is present
+TEMPEST_SERVICES+=,designate
+
 # Get backend configuration
 # ----------------------------
 if is_service_enabled designate && [[ -r $DESIGNATE_PLUGINS/backend-$DESIGNATE_BACKEND_DRIVER ]]; then
diff --git a/contrib/devstack/post_test_hook.sh b/contrib/devstack/post_test_hook.sh
index 17d8da089..12f5c6e7e 100755
--- a/contrib/devstack/post_test_hook.sh
+++ b/contrib/devstack/post_test_hook.sh
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ set -ex
 
 # Run the Designate DevStack exercises
 $BASE/new/devstack/exercises/designate.sh
+
+# Run the Designate Tempest tests
+sudo ./run_tempest_tests.sh
diff --git a/contrib/devstack/run_tempest_tests.sh b/contrib/devstack/run_tempest_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c81eef82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/devstack/run_tempest_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# 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.
+
+# How many seconds to wait for the API to be responding before giving up
+API_RESPONDING_TIMEOUT=20
+
+if ! timeout ${API_RESPONDING_TIMEOUT} sh -c "while ! curl -s http://127.0.0.1:9001/ 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'v1' ; do sleep 1; done"; then
+    echo "The Designate API failed to respond within ${API_RESPONDING_TIMEOUT} seconds"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Successfully contacted the Designate API"
+
+# Where Designate and Tempest code lives
+DESIGNATE_DIR=${DESIGNATE_DIR:-/opt/stack/new/designate}
+TEMPEST_DIR=${TEMPEST_DIR:-/opt/stack/new/tempest}
+
+# Install tempest
+pip install -e $TEMPEST_DIR
+
+pushd $DESIGNATE_DIR/functionaltests
+
+# run the tests in parallel
+testr init
+testr run --parallel --subunit | subunit-trace --no-failure-debug -f
+retval=$?
+testr slowest
+
+popd
+
+exit $retval
diff --git a/contrib/vagrant/localrc b/contrib/vagrant/localrc
index 703959e80..00fb7eff2 100644
--- a/contrib/vagrant/localrc
+++ b/contrib/vagrant/localrc
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ ENABLED_SERVICES+=,designate,designate-central,designate-api,designate-pool-mana
 # Optional TLS Proxy
 #ENABLED_SERVICES+=,tls-proxy
 
+# Optional Tempest
+#ENABLED_SERVICES+=,tempest
+
 # Optional Rally
 #ENABLED_SERVICES+=,rally
 
diff --git a/functionaltests/__init__.py b/functionaltests/__init__.py
index 071905439..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/functionaltests/__init__.py
+++ b/functionaltests/__init__.py
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Copyright 2015 Rackspace
-
-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.config import CONF
-
-CONF.set_config_path('designate-tempest.conf')