diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 636043a67..df4c23ef2 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 # kombu/pika
 rabbitmq-server [platform:dpkg rabbit pika]
 
-# zeromq
-redis-sentinel [platform:ubuntu !platform:ubuntu-trusty zeromq]
-redis-server [platform:dpkg zeromq]
-python-redis [platform:dpkg zeromq]
-zookeeperd [platform:dpkg zeromq]
+# zmq
+redis-sentinel [platform:ubuntu !platform:ubuntu-trusty zmq]
+redis-server [platform:dpkg zmq]
+python-redis [platform:dpkg zmq]
+zookeeperd [platform:dpkg zmq]
 
 # AMQP1 dpkg
 qpidd [platform:dpkg amqp1]
diff --git a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
index fb8778b2d..107988b6c 100755
--- a/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
+++ b/oslo_messaging/tests/functional/gate/post_test_hook.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,16 @@
 
 # This script is executed inside post_test_hook function in devstack gate.
 
-RPC_BACKEND=$1
+
+# NOTE(sileht): we have to rename the zmq tox target to shorter name
+# this is to not break the current dsvm gating system until we switch to the tox one
+case $1 in
+    zeromq) RPC_BACKEND=zmq;;
+    zeromq-proxy) RPC_BACKEND=zmq-proxy;;
+    zeromq-pub-sub) RPC_BACKEND=zmq-pubsub;;
+    *) RPC_BACKEND=$1;;
+esac
+
 PYTHON=${2:-py27}
 
 function generate_testr_results {
@@ -43,7 +52,7 @@ fi
 
 # Install required packages
 case $RPC_BACKEND in
-    zeromq|zeromq-proxy|zeromq-pub-sub)
+    zmq|zmq-proxy|zmq-pubsub)
         sudo apt-get update -y
         sudo apt-get install -y redis-server python-redis
         ;;
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 613bb5d8d..d29df2eee 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -89,20 +89,19 @@ setenv =
     WORKDIR={toxworkdir}
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-amqp1.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='oslo_messaging.tests.functional'
 
-[testenv:py27-func-zeromq]
+[testenv:py27-func-zmq]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
-[testenv:py34-func-zeromq]
-basepython = python3.4
+[testenv:py34-func-zmq]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
-[testenv:py27-func-zeromq-direct-static]
+[testenv:py27-func-zmq-direct]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq-direct-static.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
-[testenv:py27-func-zeromq-proxy]
+[testenv:py27-func-zmq-proxy]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq-proxy.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
-[testenv:py27-func-zeromq-pub-sub]
+[testenv:py27-func-zmq-pubsub]
 commands = {toxinidir}/setup-test-env-zmq-pub-sub.sh python setup.py testr --slowest --testr-args='{posargs:oslo_messaging.tests.functional}'
 
 [testenv:bandit]