diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index 4bf2d84e..70f9e7f5 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ else
 fi
 
 if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST" -eq "1" ]; then
+    echo "Configuring tempest"
+    cd $BASE/new/devstack
+    sudo -H -u stack ./tools/configure_tempest.sh
     cd $BASE/new/tempest
     echo "Running tempest smoke tests"
     sudo -H -u stack NOSE_XUNIT_FILE=nosetests-smoke.xml nosetests --with-xunit -sv --nologcapture --attr=type=smoke tempest