diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
index a56200f7..5ef08f12 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ PROJECTS="openstack-dev/devstack openstack/nova openstack/glance openstack/keyst
 # Set to 1 to run the Tempest test suite
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST=${DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST:-0}
 
+# Set the virtualization driver to: libvirt, openvz
+export DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER=${DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER:-libvirt}
+
 # See switch below for this -- it gets set to 1 when tempest
 # is the project being gated.
 export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_FULL=${DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_FULL:-0}
@@ -148,6 +151,11 @@ function setup_host {
     sudo chown root:root $TEMPFILE
     sudo mv $TEMPFILE /etc/sudoers.d/50_stack_sh
 
+    # If we will be testing OpenVZ, make sure stack is a member of the vz group
+    if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER" == "openvz" ]; then
+        sudo usermod -a -G vz stack
+    fi
+
     # Disable detailed logging as we return to the main script
     set +o xtrace
 }
diff --git a/devstack-vm-gate.sh b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
index b03ab7a8..f7732ba9 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+++ b/devstack-vm-gate.sh
@@ -59,9 +59,23 @@ SYSLOG=True
 SCREEN_LOGDIR=$DEST/screen-logs
 FIXED_RANGE=10.1.0.0/24
 FIXED_NETWORK_SIZE=256
+VIRT_DRIVER=$DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER
 export OS_NO_CACHE=True
 EOF
 
+if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_VIRT_DRIVER" == "openvz" ]; then
+   cat <<\EOF >>localrc
+SKIP_EXERCISES=${SKIP_EXERCISES},volumes
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE=m1.small
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_USER=root
+EOF
+
+   cat <<EOF >>exerciserc
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE=m1.small
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_USER=root
+EOF
+fi
+
 if [ "$DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST" -eq "1" ]; then
     # We need to disable ratelimiting when running
     # Tempest tests since so many requests are executed
diff --git a/devstack-vm-update-image.py b/devstack-vm-update-image.py
index ad4134e4..fde14c1e 100755
--- a/devstack-vm-update-image.py
+++ b/devstack-vm-update-image.py
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ def configure_server(server, branches):
                            'ls ~/cache/files/%s' % fname)
             except:
                 client.ssh('download image %s' % fname,
-                    'wget -c %s -O ~/cache/files/%s' % (url, fname))
+                    'wget -nv -c %s -O ~/cache/files/%s' % (url, fname))
 
     client.ssh('clear workspace', 'rm -rf ~/workspace-cache')
     client.ssh('make workspace', 'mkdir -p ~/workspace-cache')
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def configure_server(server, branches):
         bn = os.path.basename(script)
         client.scp(script, '/tmp/%s' % bn)
         client.ssh('run custom script %s' % bn,
-            'chmod +x /tmp/%s && /tmp/%s' % (bn, bn))
+            'chmod +x /tmp/%s && sudo /tmp/%s' % (bn, bn))
 
     client.ssh('sync', 'sync && sleep 5')