diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/README b/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/README
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+The files in this directory are intended for use by the
+neutron-dsvm-functional infra jobs that run the functional test suite
+in the gate.
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/filters.template b/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/filters.template
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+# neutron-rootwrap command filters to support functional testing.  It
+# is NOT intended to be used outside of a test environment.
+#
+# This file should be owned by (and only-writeable by) the root user
+
+[Filters]
+# '$BASE_PATH' is intended to be replaced with the expected tox path
+# (e.g. /opt/stack/new/neutron/.tox/dsvm-functional) by the neutron
+# functional jenkins job.  This ensures that tests can kill the
+# processes that they launch with their containing tox environment's
+# python.
+kill_tox_python: KillFilter, root, $BASE_PATH/bin/python, -9
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/gate_hook.sh b/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/gate_hook.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+$BASE/new/devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate.sh
+
+# Ideally devstack would only install dependencies
+# rather than starting services, but for now unstack is
+# a cheap way of accomplishing the same result.
+$BASE/new/devstack/unstack.sh
+
+# Add a rootwrap filter to support test-only
+# configuration (e.g. a KillFilter for processes that
+# use the python installed in a tox env).
+FUNC_FILTER=$BASE/new/neutron/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/filters.template
+sed -e "s+\$BASE_PATH+$BASE/new/neutron/.tox/dsvm-functional+" \
+    $FUNC_FILTER > /etc/neutron/rootwrap.d/functional.filters
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/post_test_hook.sh b/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/post_test_hook.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -xe
+
+NEUTRON_DIR=$BASE/new/neutron
+
+# Run tests as the stack user to allow sudo+rootwrap.
+sudo chown -R stack:stack $NEUTRON_DIR
+cd $NEUTRON_DIR
+echo "Running neutron functional test suite"
+sudo -H -u stack tox -e dsvm-functional