diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
index a90f880e78..74d9b5b6b8 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/devstack-gate.yaml
@@ -689,14 +689,19 @@
               export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_DEPLOY_DRIVER_ISCSI_WITH_IPA=True"
               # Support for non-CoreOS IPA ramdisks was added in Mitaka
               if [ "$ZUUL_BRANCH" != "stable/kilo" -a "$ZUUL_BRANCH" != "stable/liberty" ] ; then
-                  export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_RAMDISK_TYPE={ramdisk-type}"
                   # Standardize VM size for each supported ramdisk
                   case "{ramdisk-type}" in
                       'tinyipa')
                           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_SPECS_RAM=384"
+                          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_RAMDISK_TYPE=tinyipa"
+                          ;;
+                      'tinyipa256')
+                          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_SPECS_RAM=256"
+                          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_RAMDISK_TYPE=tinyipa"
                           ;;
                       'coreos')
                           export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_VM_SPECS_RAM=1280"
+                          export DEVSTACK_LOCAL_CONFIG+=$'\n'"IRONIC_RAMDISK_TYPE=coreos"
                           ;;
                   # if using a ramdisk without a known good value, use the devstack
                   # default by not exporting any value for IRONIC_VM_SPECS_RAM
@@ -891,6 +896,45 @@
       - devstack-logs
       - console-log
 
+- job-template:
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-tinyipa256-src{job-suffix}'
+    node: '{node}'
+
+    wrappers:
+      - build-timeout:
+          timeout: 75
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - print-template-name:
+          template-name: "{template-name}"
+      - link-logs
+      - net-info
+      - devstack-checkout
+      - devstack-virtual-ironic:
+          postgres: 0
+          build-ramdisk: 1
+          deploy_driver: pxe_ssh
+          ephemeral-size: 1
+          deploy-with-ipa: 1
+          client-from-source: 0
+          ironic-lib-from-source: 0
+          pyghmi-from-source: 0
+          virtualbmc-from-source: 0
+          ipxe-enabled: 1
+          inspector-enabled: 0
+          inspector-auto-discovery: 0
+          tempest-regex: ironic
+          branch-override: '{branch-override}'
+          ramdisk-type: 'tinyipa256'
+          gate-tempest-full: 0
+          bm-vm-count: 1
+          multitenant-network: 0
+
+    publishers:
+      - devstack-logs
+      - console-log
+
 - job-template:
     name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-full{job-suffix}'
     node: '{node}'
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
index 5dd3b5e14f..51346d3461 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
@@ -2720,6 +2720,11 @@
           node: ubuntu-trusty
           job-suffix: ''
           branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-tinyipa256-src{job-suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node: ubuntu-trusty
+          job-suffix: ''
+          branch-override: default
       - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-ironic-parallel{job-suffix}':
           pipeline: gate
           node: ubuntu-trusty
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index b8d05fe17b..22951a6151 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -7104,6 +7104,8 @@ projects:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-agent_ssh-tinyipa-src
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-coreos-src
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-tinyipa-src
+    experimental:
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-ironic-pxe_ipa-tinyipa256-src
     post:
       - ironic-python-agent-buildimage-coreos
       - ironic-python-agent-buildimage-tinyipa