diff --git a/tools/gate/funcs/common.sh b/tools/gate/funcs/common.sh
index 6eddaecd2e..7e1c75010e 100644
--- a/tools/gate/funcs/common.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/funcs/common.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,58 @@ function base_install {
   fi
 }
 
+function loopback_support_install {
+  if [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xubuntu" ]; then
+    sudo apt-get update -y
+    sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+      targetcli \
+      open-iscsi \
+      lshw
+    sudo systemctl restart iscsid
+  elif [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xcentos" ]; then
+    sudo yum install -y \
+      targetcli \
+      iscsi-initiator-utils \
+      lshw
+  elif [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xfedora" ]; then
+    sudo dnf install -y \
+      targetcli \
+      iscsi-initiator-utils \
+      lshw
+  fi
+}
+
+function loopback_setup {
+  sudo mkdir -p ${LOOPBACK_DIR}
+  for ((LOOPBACK_DEV=1;LOOPBACK_DEV<=${LOOPBACK_DEVS};LOOPBACK_DEV++)); do
+    if [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xubuntu" ]; then
+      sudo targetcli backstores/fileio create loopback-${LOOPBACK_DEV} ${LOOPBACK_DIR}/fileio-${LOOPBACK_DEV} ${LOOPBACK_SIZE}
+    else
+      sudo targetcli backstores/fileio create loopback-${LOOPBACK_DEV} ${LOOPBACK_DIR}/fileio-${LOOPBACK_DEV} ${LOOPBACK_SIZE} write_back=false
+    fi
+  done
+  sudo targetcli iscsi/ create iqn.2016-01.com.example:target
+  if ! [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xubuntu" ]; then
+    sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1/portals delete 0.0.0.0 3260
+    sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1/portals create 127.0.0.1 3260
+  else
+    #NOTE (Portdirect): Frustratingly it appears that Ubuntu's targetcli wont
+    # let you bind to localhost.
+    sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1/portals create 0.0.0.0 3260
+  fi
+  for ((LOOPBACK_DEV=1;LOOPBACK_DEV<=${LOOPBACK_DEVS};LOOPBACK_DEV++)); do
+    sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1/luns/ create /backstores/fileio/loopback-${LOOPBACK_DEV}
+  done
+  sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1/acls/ create $(sudo cat /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi | awk -F '=' '/^InitiatorName/ { print $NF}')
+  if [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xubuntu" ]; then
+    sudo targetcli iscsi/iqn.2016-01.com.example:target/tpg1 set attribute authentication=0
+  fi
+  sudo iscsiadm --mode discovery --type sendtargets --portal 127.0.0.1
+  sudo iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2016-01.com.example:target -p 127.0.0.1:3260 -l
+  # Display disks
+  sudo lshw -class disk
+}
+
 function ceph_support_install {
   if [ "x$HOST_OS" == "xubuntu" ]; then
     sudo apt-get update -y
@@ -69,3 +121,21 @@ function nfs_support_install {
       nfs-utils
   fi
 }
+
+function gate_base_setup {
+  # Install base requirements
+  base_install
+
+  # Install and setup iscsi loopback devices if required.
+  if [ "x$LOOPBACK_CREATE" == "xtrue" ]; then
+    loopback_support_install
+    loopback_setup
+  fi
+
+  # Install support packages for pvc backends
+  if [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xceph" ]; then
+    ceph_support_install
+  elif [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xnfs" ]; then
+    nfs_support_install
+  fi
+}
diff --git a/tools/gate/provision_gate_worker_node.sh b/tools/gate/provision_gate_worker_node.sh
index 992ad98c96..0e834bfda0 100755
--- a/tools/gate/provision_gate_worker_node.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/provision_gate_worker_node.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,8 @@ source ${WORK_DIR}/tools/gate/funcs/common.sh
 source ${WORK_DIR}/tools/gate/funcs/network.sh
 source ${WORK_DIR}/tools/gate/funcs/kube.sh
 
-# Install base requirements
-base_install
-if [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xceph" ]; then
-  ceph_support_install
-elif [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xnfs" ]; then
-  nfs_support_install
-fi
+# Do the basic node setup for running the gate
+gate_base_setup
 
 # Install KubeadmAIO requirements and get image
 kubeadm_aio_reqs_install
diff --git a/tools/gate/setup_gate.sh b/tools/gate/setup_gate.sh
index 3fa9475ad2..1f014fec8e 100755
--- a/tools/gate/setup_gate.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/setup_gate.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ export KUBEADM_IMAGE=openstackhelm/kubeadm-aio:${KUBE_VERSION}
 export BASE_KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_IMAGE=gcr.io/google_containers/kube-controller-manager-amd64:${KUBE_VERSION}
 export CEPH_KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_IMAGE=quay.io/attcomdev/kube-controller-manager:${KUBE_VERSION}
 
+export LOOPBACK_CREATE=${LOOPBACK_CREATE:="false"}
+export LOOPBACK_DEVS=${LOOPBACK_DEVS:="3"}
+export LOOPBACK_SIZE=${LOOPBACK_SIZE:="500M"}
+export LOOPBACK_DIR=${LOOPBACK_DIR:="/var/lib/iscsi-loopback"}
+
 export WORK_DIR=$(pwd)
 source /etc/os-release
 export HOST_OS=${ID}
@@ -44,13 +49,8 @@ if [ "x$INTEGRATION_TYPE" == "xlinter" ]; then
   bash ${WORK_DIR}/tools/gate/whitespace.sh
 fi
 
-# Install base requirements
-base_install
-if [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xceph" ]; then
-  ceph_support_install
-elif [ "x$PVC_BACKEND" == "xnfs" ]; then
-  nfs_support_install
-fi
+# Do the basic node setup for running the gate
+gate_base_setup
 
 # We setup the network for pre kube here, to enable cluster restarts on
 # development machines
diff --git a/tools/gate/setup_gate_worker_nodes.sh b/tools/gate/setup_gate_worker_nodes.sh
index c332c40c5e..678216ae80 100755
--- a/tools/gate/setup_gate_worker_nodes.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/setup_gate_worker_nodes.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ for SUB_NODE in $SUB_NODE_IPS ; do
     export PRIMARY_NODE_IP=${PRIMARY_NODE_IP}; \
     export KUBEADM_IMAGE=${KUBEADM_IMAGE}; \
     export PVC_BACKEND=${PVC_BACKEND}; \
+    export LOOPBACK_CREATE=${LOOPBACK_CREATE}; \
+    export LOOPBACK_DEVS=${LOOPBACK_DEVS}; \
+    export LOOPBACK_SIZE=${LOOPBACK_SIZE}; \
+    export LOOPBACK_DIR=${LOOPBACK_DIR}; \
     bash ${WORK_DIR}/tools/gate/provision_gate_worker_node.sh"
 EOS
 done