diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index 4baa1ad4..e4934b26 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -183,6 +183,14 @@ ZAQAR_BACKEND=$DEVSTACK_GATE_ZAQAR_BACKEND
 DATABASE_QUERY_LOGGING=True
 EOF
 
+    # TODO(jeblair): Remove when this has been added to jobs in
+    # project-config. It's *super important* that this happens after
+    # DEST is set, as enable_plugin uses DEST value
+    if [[ ",$MY_ENABLED_SERVICES," =~ ,trove, ]]; then
+        echo "enable_plugin trove git://git.openstack.org/openstack/trove" >>"$localrc_file"
+    fi
+
+
     if [[ "$DEVSTACK_CINDER_SECURE_DELETE" -eq "0" ]]; then
         echo "CINDER_SECURE_DELETE=False" >>"$localrc_file"
     fi