diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index 07d260f3..cb2685fb 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ export DEVSTACK_GATE_KEYSTONE_V3=${DEVSTACK_GATE_KEYSTONE_V3:-0}
 # Set to 1 to configure Keystone to run under mod_wsgi and HTTPD
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_USE_APACHE=${DEVSTACK_GATE_USE_APACHE:-0}
 
+# Set to 1 to enable the Nova v3 API tests
+export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_NOVA_API_v3=${DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_NOVA_API_v3:-0}
+
 # Set the number of threads to run tempest with
 DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY=$(nproc)
 if [ ${DEFAULT_CONCURRENCY} -gt 3 ] ; then
diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index 607d0f6c..a9fe496a 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ EOF
         # check.
         echo "APACHE_ENABLED_SERVICES+=key" >> localrc
     fi
+    if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_NOVA_V3" -eq "1" ]; then
+        echo "TEMPEST_NOVA_API_V3=True" >> localrc
+    fi
 }
 
 if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_GRENADE" -eq "1" ]; then