diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/defaults/main.yml
index a7dba0850a..793cda74f8 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/defaults/main.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ tempest_swift_discoverable_apis:
   - slo
   - tempurl
 
+tempest_volume_backend1_name: backend1
+tempest_volume_backend2_name: backend2
 tempest_volume_backup_enabled: False
+tempest_volume_multi_backend_enabled: False
 
 tempest_main_group: tempest_all
 
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/templates/tempest.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/templates/tempest.conf.j2
index c693bb2c37..753cbb13e7 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/templates/tempest.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/os_tempest/templates/tempest.conf.j2
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ run_validation = {{ tempest_compute_run_ssh }}
 
 [volume]
 endpoint_type = internalURL
-backend1_name = lvm
+# NOTE: These backends are only tested when multi_backend is enabled
+backend1_name = {{ tempest_volume_backend1_name }}
+backend2_name = {{ tempest_volume_backend2_name }}
 
 
 [volume-feature-enabled]
 backup = {{ tempest_volume_backup_enabled }}
 snapshot = false
+multi_backend = {{ tempest_volume_multi_backend_enabled }}