diff --git a/tests/test_build.py b/tests/test_build.py
index b09c431ab1..4f26940d26 100644
--- a/tests/test_build.py
+++ b/tests/test_build.py
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@ class BuildTestCentosSource(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
                                 "--type", "source"])
 
 
+class BuildTestUbuntuBinary(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
+    excluded_images = ["mistral-base",
+                       "magnum-base",
+                       "zaqar"]
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(BuildTestUbuntuBinary, self).setUp()
+        self.build_args.extend(["--base", "ubuntu",
+                                "--type", "binary"])
+
+
 class BuildTestUbuntuSource(BuildTest, base.BaseTestCase):
     excluded_images = []
 
@@ -141,6 +152,12 @@ class DeployTestOracleLinuxSource(BuildTestOracleLinuxSource):
         self.build_args.extend(["--profile", "gate"])
 
 
+class DeployTestUbuntuBinary(BuildTestUbuntuBinary):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(DeployTestUbuntuBinary, self).setUp()
+        self.build_args.extend(["--profile", "gate"])
+
+
 class DeployTestUbuntuSource(BuildTestUbuntuSource):
     def setUp(self):
         super(DeployTestUbuntuSource, self).setUp()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index eaddde96af..d3cda4bc29 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ commands =
   testr run test_build.BuildTestCentosSource
   {toxinidir}/tools/dump_info.sh
 
+[testenv:build-ubuntu-binary]
+whitelist_externals = find
+                      bash
+setenv =
+  DOCKER_BUILD_TEST=1
+commands =
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  bash -c "if [ ! -d .testrepository ]; then testr init; fi"
+  testr run test_build.BuildTestUbuntuBinary
+  {toxinidir}/tools/dump_info.sh
+
 [testenv:build-ubuntu-source]
 whitelist_externals = find
                       bash
@@ -146,6 +157,18 @@ commands =
   sudo {toxinidir}/tools/deploy_aio.sh oraclelinux source
   {toxinidir}/tools/dump_info.sh
 
+[testenv:deploy-ubuntu-binary]
+whitelist_externals = find
+                      bash
+setenv =
+  DOCKER_BUILD_TEST=1
+commands =
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  bash -c "if [ ! -d .testrepository ]; then testr init; fi"
+  testr run test_build.DeployTestUbuntuBinary
+  sudo {toxinidir}/tools/deploy_aio.sh ubuntu binary
+  {toxinidir}/tools/dump_info.sh
+
 [testenv:deploy-ubuntu-source]
 whitelist_externals = find
                       bash