diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/solum.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/solum.yaml
index c4c6cba264..6a75be9b9d 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/solum.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/solum.yaml
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
           export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON=1
           export ENABLED_SERVICES=solum,solum-api,solum-conductor,solum-deployer,solum-worker,tempest,zaqar,barbican,mistral
           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG="enable_plugin solum git://git.openstack.org/openstack/solum"
-          export PROJECTS="openstack/solum $PROJECTS"
+          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"SOLUM_PROJ_DIR=/opt/stack/new/solum"
+          export PROJECTS="openstack/solum openstack/python-solumclient $PROJECTS"
           # TODO(ravips): Workaround until barbican, mistral gets into devstack
           export PROJECTS="openstack/barbican openstack/mistral $PROJECTS"
 
+          export KEEP_LOCALRC=1
+
           function pre_test_hook {
               cd /opt/stack/new/solum/functionaltests
               ./pre_test_hook.sh