diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index 1ef7f84a02..85c012ff91 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -1290,6 +1290,12 @@ jobs:
   - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-tinyipa-nv$
     branch: ^(?!stable/(kilo|liberty)).*$
 
+  # NOTE(mriedem): gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa does not run reliably in
+  # kilo and is meant as a replacement for the pxe_ssh job starting in
+  # liberty.
+  - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa$
+    branch: ^(?!stable/kilo).*$
+
   - name: ^gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipmitool-nv$
     branch: ^(?!stable/(kilo|liberty)).*$