diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
index 5d6186fdf0..4c41d73b20 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/ceilometer.yaml
@@ -59,3 +59,41 @@
     publishers:
       - devstack-logs
       - console-log
+
+
+- job-template:
+    name: '{pipeline}-ceilometerclient-dsvm-functional{branch-designator}'
+    node: '{node}'
+
+    wrappers:
+      - build-timeout:
+          timeout: 65
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - link-logs
+      - net-info
+      - devstack-checkout
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash -xe
+          export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=true
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_TIMEOUT=60
+          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE={branch-override}
+          export DEVSTACK_PROJECT_FROM_GIT=python-ceilometerclient
+          if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
+              export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
+          fi
+
+          function post_test_hook {{
+              # Configure and run functional tests
+              $BASE/new/python-ceilometerclient/ceilometerclient/tests/functional/hooks/post_test_hook.sh
+          }}
+          export -f post_test_hook
+
+          cp devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+          ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+
+    publishers:
+      - test-results
+      - devstack-logs
+      - console-log
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
index 7bb97e4585..4ed22db911 100755
--- a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@
       - pypi-jobs
       - 'stable-compat-jobs-{name}'
       - 'lib-forward-testing-{name}'
+      - '{pipeline}-ceilometerclient-dsvm-functional{branch-designator}':
+          pipeline: check
+          node: 'devstack-precise || devstack-trusty'
+          branch-designator: ''
+          branch-override: default
 
 
 - project:
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index 977f76d3c0..5239f44055 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -952,6 +952,8 @@ jobs:
     branch: ^(?!stable/(icehouse|juno)).*$
   - name: gate-ceilometer-python34
     branch: ^master$
+  - name: ^(gate|check)-ceilometerclient-dsvm-functional$
+    voting: false
   - name: gate-nova-pip-missing-reqs
     voting: false
   - name: gate-nova-tox-functional
@@ -1768,6 +1770,8 @@ projects:
       - name: lib-forward-testing
     post:
       - python-ceilometerclient-coverage
+    experimental:
+      - check-ceilometerclient-dsvm-functional
 
   - name: openstack/python-cinderclient
     template: