diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 3a2402628680..33ae0b7d2cf7 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -852,6 +852,9 @@
             irrelevant-files: *nova-base-irrelevant-files
             voting: false
         - nova-tox-py312-threading
+        - openstack-tox-cover:
+            # Allow more time for unit and functional tests to run.
+            timeout: 4200
     gate:
       jobs:
         - nova-live-migration
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b309179506ba..d4f3aff83310 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -220,10 +220,14 @@ setenv =
   PYTHON=coverage run --source nova --parallel-mode
 # run the test with eventlet
   OS_NOVA_DISABLE_EVENTLET_PATCHING=False
+deps =
+  {[testenv]deps}
+  openstack-placement>=9.0.0.0b1
 extras =
 commands =
   coverage erase
   stestr run {posargs}
+  {[testenv:functional-without-sample-db-tests]commands}
   coverage combine
   coverage html -d cover
   coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml