diff --git a/ironic/common/swift.py b/ironic/common/swift.py
index 7340912d6e..8a98c32d21 100644
--- a/ironic/common/swift.py
+++ b/ironic/common/swift.py
@@ -131,7 +131,12 @@ class SwiftAPI(object):
 
         parse_result = urlparse.urlparse(self.connection.url)
         swift_object_path = '/'.join((parse_result.path, container, obj))
-        temp_url_key = account_info['x-account-meta-temp-url-key']
+        temp_url_key = account_info.get('x-account-meta-temp-url-key')
+        if not temp_url_key:
+            raise exception.MissingParameterValue(_(
+                'Swift temporary URLs require a shared secret to be '
+                'created. You must provide pre-generate the key on '
+                'the project used to access Swift.'))
         url_path = swift_utils.generate_temp_url(swift_object_path, timeout,
                                                  temp_url_key, 'GET')
         return urlparse.urlunparse(
diff --git a/zuul.d/ironic-jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/ironic-jobs.yaml
index 0f8cc92683..ff252f9d96 100644
--- a/zuul.d/ironic-jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/ironic-jobs.yaml
@@ -788,6 +788,8 @@
           IRONIC_AUTOMATED_CLEAN_ENABLED: False
           Q_AGENT: openvswitch
           Q_ML2_TENANT_NETWORK_TYPE: vxlan
+          SWIFT_ENABLE_TEMPURLS: True
+          SWIFT_TEMPURL_KEY: secretkey
           EBTABLES_RACE_FIX: True
           LIBVIRT_STORAGE_POOL_PATH: /opt/libvirt/images
         old: