diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
index 87fcff0bed..f0a19034e2 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
@@ -1371,7 +1371,7 @@
       - console-log
 
 - job-template:
-    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full{job-suffix}'
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}'
     node: '{node}'
 
     wrappers:
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@
 
 
 - job-template:
-    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration{job-suffix}'
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-{node-release}{job-suffix}'
     node: '{node}'
 
     wrappers:
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@
 
 
 - job-template:
-    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full{job-suffix}'
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}'
     node: '{node}'
 
     wrappers:
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@
 
 
 - job-template:
-    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full{job-suffix}'
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}'
     node: '{node}'
 
     wrappers:
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
index 605ed58a9e..823c98a347 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
@@ -3368,38 +3368,60 @@
       # Special jobs for devstack-gate
       - devstack-gate-jobs:
           node: ubuntu-trusty
-      - '{pipeline}-grenade-dsvm-multinode{job-suffix}':
-          pipeline: gate
-          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
-          job-suffix: ''
-          branch-override: default
-      - '{pipeline}-grenade-dsvm-multinode{job-suffix}':
-          pipeline: gate
-          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
-          job-suffix: '-nv'
-          branch-override: default
-      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full{job-suffix}':
-          pipeline: gate
-          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
-          job-suffix: ''
-          branch-override: default
       - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-identity-v3-only-full{job-suffix}':
           pipeline: gate
           node: ubuntu-trusty
           job-suffix: '-nv'
           branch-override: default
-      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full{job-suffix}':
+      - '{pipeline}-grenade-dsvm-multinode{job-suffix}':
           pipeline: gate
           node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
           job-suffix: ''
           branch-override: default
-      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full{job-suffix}':
+      - '{pipeline}-grenade-dsvm-multinode{job-suffix}':
           pipeline: gate
           node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
+          job-suffix: '-nv'
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-trusty
+          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
           job-suffix: ''
           branch-override: default
-      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration{job-suffix}':
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
           pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-trusty
+          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-trusty
+          node: ubuntu-trusty-2-node
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-xenial
+          node: ubuntu-xenial-2-node
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-xenial
+          node: ubuntu-xenial-2-node
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-xenial
+          node: ubuntu-xenial-2-node
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-{node-release}{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node-release: ubuntu-xenial
           node: ubuntu-xenial-2-node
           job-suffix: ''
           branch-override: default
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index 4cdc52f628..7daf0a6a01 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -1975,10 +1975,10 @@ jobs:
           - ^magnum/drivers/k8s.*$
           - ^magnum/drivers/swarm.*$
 
-  - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full
+  - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-(trusty|xenial)$
     voting: false
 
-  - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration
+  - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-ubuntu-xenial
     branch: ^(?!stable/(liberty|mitaka)).*$
     skip-if:
       - project: ^openstack/nova$
@@ -2019,10 +2019,10 @@ jobs:
     branch: ^(?!stable/(liberty|mitaka)).*$
     voting: false
 
-  - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
+  - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-(trusty|xenial)$
     voting: false
 
-  - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+  - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-(trusty|xenial)$
     voting: false
 
   - name: gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-ovs-native
@@ -3312,8 +3312,10 @@ projects:
       - gate-swift-dsvm-functional-nv
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-ubuntu-trusty
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-ubuntu-xenial
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-multinode
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-multinode
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-platform-centos7-nv
@@ -3326,7 +3328,8 @@ projects:
     experimental:
       - gate-neutron-dsvm-functional-ubuntu-trusty
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-linuxbridge
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-placement-full-ubuntu-xenial-nv
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-cells
@@ -3567,15 +3570,18 @@ projects:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-full-ubuntu-trusty-mitaka-nv
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-full-ubuntu-trusty-mitaka-nv
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-platform-centos7-nv
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
     gate:
       - gate-devstack-gate-unittests
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-multinode
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-multinode
     experimental:
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-forward
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
 
   - name: openstack-infra/elastic-recheck
     template:
@@ -10951,8 +10957,10 @@ projects:
       - gate-neutron-lbaasv2-dsvm-minimal
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-multinode
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-ipa-partition-pxe_ssh-tinyipa-nv
     gate:
       - neutron-coverage-ubuntu-xenial
@@ -11171,15 +11179,16 @@ projects:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-cells
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-full-devstack-plugin-ceph
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-linuxbridge
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-placement-full-ubuntu-xenial-nv
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-ubuntu-xenial
     gate:
       - gate-nova-tox-db-functional
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-multinode
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-cells
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-full-devstack-plugin-ceph
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-ubuntu-xenial
     post:
       - nova-coverage-db-ubuntu-trusty
       - nova-coverage-db-ubuntu-xenial
@@ -11187,8 +11196,10 @@ projects:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-nova-v20-api
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-forward
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-nova-wsgi-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-full-nv
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-lxc-ubuntu-trusty
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-lvm
@@ -15692,10 +15703,13 @@ projects:
       - periodic-tempest-dsvm-all-master
       - periodic-tempest-dsvm-stress-master
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-stress-keystonev3
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full
-      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-trusty
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-neutron-dvr-multinode-full-ubuntu-xenial
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-multinode-live-migration-ubuntu-xenial
       - gate-grenade-dsvm-forward
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-cells
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-full-test-accounts