diff --git a/gerrit/acls/openstack/workload-ref-archs.config b/gerrit/acls/openstack/workload-ref-archs.config
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1720f5df39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gerrit/acls/openstack/workload-ref-archs.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+[access "refs/heads/*"]
+abandon = group workload-ref-archs-core
+label-Code-Review = -2..+2 group workload-ref-archs-core
+label-Workflow = -1..+1 group workload-ref-archs-core
+
+[receive]
+requireChangeId = true
+requireContributorAgreement = true
+
+[submit]
+mergeContent = true
diff --git a/gerrit/projects.yaml b/gerrit/projects.yaml
index 2dca0468c5..997f1ac618 100755
--- a/gerrit/projects.yaml
+++ b/gerrit/projects.yaml
@@ -6618,6 +6618,8 @@
   description: Watcher Specifications
 - project: openstack/windmill
   description: An Ansible deployment to validate ansible roles for Continuous Integration.
+- project: openstack/workload-ref-archs
+  description: OpenStack tenant-level workload reference architectures.
 - project: openstack/wsme
   description: Web Service Made Easy (WSME) simplify the writing of REST web services
     by providing simple yet powerful typing which removes the need to directly manipulate
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index ce6b9d45e4..ef20aad5cb 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -17943,6 +17943,11 @@ projects:
       - name: windmill-jobs-trusty
       - name: windmill-jobs-xenial
 
+  - name: openstack/workload-ref-archs
+    template:
+      - name: merge-check
+      - name: noop-jobs
+
   - name: openstack/wsme
     template:
       - name: merge-check