diff --git a/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh b/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
index c18828216c7..b127cf8fedc 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
+++ b/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ case $VENV in
     load_conf_hook osprofiler
     if [[ "$VENV" =~ "dsvm-scenario" ]]; then
         load_conf_hook iptables_verify
+        load_rc_hook ubuntu_image
     fi
     if [[ "$VENV" =~ "pecan" ]]; then
         load_conf_hook pecan
diff --git a/neutron/tests/contrib/hooks/ubuntu_image b/neutron/tests/contrib/hooks/ubuntu_image
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e48a26aba1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron/tests/contrib/hooks/ubuntu_image
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+DOWNLOAD_DEFAULT_IMAGES=False
+IMAGE_URLS="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/xenial/current/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img,"
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_TYPE="ds1G"
+DEFAULT_INSTANCE_USER="ubuntu"
+BUILD_TIMEOUT=392