diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index b9f51183..d1131131 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -44,15 +44,17 @@ tempest_venv_download_url: http://127.0.0.1/venvs/untagged/ubuntu/tempest.tgz
 tempest_log_dir: "/var/log/tempest"
 
 ## Tempest Plugins
-# By default, no tempest plugins are installed.  Override ``tempest_plugins``
-# as follows:
-# tempest_plugins:
-#   - name: designate-tempest-plugin
-#     repo: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/designate-tempest-plugin
-#     branch: master
+# By default, the following tempest plugins are installed.
+# Override ``tempest_plugins`` variable with your own plugins, depending
+# on your installation.
+# The structure of each item of the list is the following:
+#   - name: designate-tempest-plugin                                     #name of the plugin
+#     repo: https://git.openstack.org/openstack/designate-tempest-plugin #for installing the plugin from sources
+#     branch: master                                                     #for installing the plugin from sources
+#     install_test_requirements: True                                    #for installing the plugin with its test_requirements (default: True)
 #   - name: ironic-tempest-plugin
-#     package: ironic
-tempest_plugins: []
+#     package: ironic                                                    #for installing the plugin from packages
+tempest_plugins: "{{ _tempest_plugins['keystone'] + _tempest_plugins['cinder'] + _tempest_plugins['heat'] + _tempest_plugins['neutron'] }}"
 
 # The location where the test whitelist will be placed
 tempest_test_whitelist_file_path: "{{ tempest_venv_bin | dirname }}/workspace/etc/tempest_whitelist.txt"
diff --git a/tasks/tempest_install.yml b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
index f7515537..51297053 100644
--- a/tasks/tempest_install.yml
+++ b/tasks/tempest_install.yml
@@ -145,10 +145,12 @@
       {{ tempest_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
+      --isolated
   with_items: "{{ _test_requirements_stat.results }}"
   when:
     - "item.item.repo is defined"
     - "item.stat.exists"
+    - "(item.item.install_test_requirements | default(True)) | bool"
   register: install_tempest_plugin_requirements
   until: install_tempest_plugin_requirements | success
   retries: 5
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@
       {{ tempest_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
+      --isolated
   with_items: "{{ tempest_plugins }}"
   when: item.repo is defined
   register: install_tempest_plugins
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@
       {{ tempest_developer_mode | ternary(pip_install_developer_constraints | default('--constraint /opt/developer-pip-constraints.txt'), '') }}
       {{ (pip_install_upper_constraints is defined) | ternary('--constraint ' + pip_install_upper_constraints | default(''),'') }}
       {{ pip_install_options | default('') }}
+      --isolated
   with_items: "{{ tempest_plugins }}"
   when: item.package is defined
   register: install_tempest_plugins_packages
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..790a7a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2018, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Each tempest plugin could take the following arguments:
+# - name:
+#   repo:                      # when installing from a repo
+#   branch:                    # when installing from a repo
+#   install_test_requirements: # when installing from a repo
+#   package:                   # when installing from a pip package
+
+_tempest_plugins:
+  barbican:
+    - name: barbican-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/barbican-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  cinder:
+    - name: cinder-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/cinder-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  cloudkitty:
+    - name: cloudkitty-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/cloudkitty-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  congress:
+    - name: congress-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/congress-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+      install_test_requirements: false
+  designate:
+    - name: designate-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/designate-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  heat:
+    - name: heat-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/heat-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  ironic:
+    - name: ironic-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  keystone:
+    - name: keystone-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/keystone-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  magnum:
+    - name: magnum-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/magnum-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  networking-bgpvpn:
+    - name: networking-bgpvpn
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/networking-bgpvpn
+      branch: master
+  neutron-fwaas:
+    - name: neutron-fwaas
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-fwaas
+      branch: master
+  neutron-vpnaas:
+    - name: neutron-vpnaas
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-vpnaas
+      branch: master
+  neutron:
+    - name: neutron-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/neutron-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+  nova-lxd:
+    - name: nova-lxd
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/nova-lxd
+      branch: master
+  octavia:
+    - name: octavia-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/octavia-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master
+    - name: octavia
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/octavia
+      branch: master
+  telemetry:
+    - name: telemetry-tempest-plugin
+      repo: git://git.openstack.org/openstack/telemetry-tempest-plugin
+      branch: master