diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/networking-ovn.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/networking-ovn.yaml
index 5b3c6a61b1..0c83edf79a 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/networking-ovn.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/networking-ovn.yaml
@@ -496,3 +496,64 @@
     publishers:
       - devstack-logs
       - console-log
+
+- job-template:
+    name: '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-neutron-api-ovs-release{suffix}'
+    node: '{node}'
+
+    wrappers:
+      - build-timeout:
+          timeout: 130
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - print-template-name:
+          template-name: "{template-name}"
+      - link-logs
+      - net-info
+      - devstack-checkout
+      - local_conf:
+          conf: |
+              [[local|localrc]]
+              enable_plugin networking-ovn git://git.openstack.org/openstack/networking-ovn
+      - shell: |
+          #!/bin/bash -xe
+          export PYTHONUNBUFFERED=true
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_NEUTRON=1
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST=1
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_ALL_PLUGINS=1
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_TEMPEST_REGEX="^neutron.tests.tempest.api\."
+          export BRANCH_OVERRIDE={branch-override}
+          if [ "$BRANCH_OVERRIDE" != "default" ] ; then
+              export OVERRIDE_ZUUL_BRANCH=$BRANCH_OVERRIDE
+          fi
+          # Because we are testing a non standard project, add
+          # our project repository. This makes zuul do the right
+          # reference magic for testing changes.
+          export PROJECTS="openstack/networking-ovn $PROJECTS"
+
+          # Keep localrc to be able to set some vars in pre_test_hook
+          export KEEP_LOCALRC=1
+
+          function pre_test_hook {{
+              if [ -f $BASE/new/networking-ovn/devstack/pre_test_hook.sh ] ; then
+                  . $BASE/new/networking-ovn/devstack/pre_test_hook.sh
+              fi
+          }}
+          export -f pre_test_hook
+
+          function post_test_hook {{
+              if [ -f $BASE/new/networking-ovn/devstack/post_test_hook.sh ] ; then
+                  . $BASE/new/networking-ovn/devstack/post_test_hook.sh
+              fi
+          }}
+          export -f post_test_hook
+
+          export DEVSTACK_GATE_SETTINGS="/opt/stack/new/networking-ovn/devstack/devstackgaterc latest-release"
+
+          cp devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+          ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh
+
+    publishers:
+      - devstack-logs
+      - console-log
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
index bccedd0164..f255de797b 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
@@ -6117,6 +6117,11 @@
           ovntest: functional-py35
           suffix: ''
           branch-override: default
+      - '{pipeline}-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-neutron-api-ovs-release{suffix}':
+          pipeline: gate
+          node: ubuntu-xenial
+          suffix: '-nv'
+          branch-override: default
       # networking-ovn doesn't have branches older than newton. By running
       # grenade with ubuntu-xenial in the name we automatically pin
       # grenade against this project to run starting with master which
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index ebc824a1a1..d7b02681af 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -12549,6 +12549,7 @@ projects:
       - gate-networking-ovn-dsvm-functional-py35
       - gate-install-dsvm-networking-ovn-kuryr
       - networking-ovn-coverage-ubuntu-xenial-nv
+      - gate-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-neutron-api-ovs-release-nv
     gate:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-ovs-release
       - gate-rally-dsvm-networking-ovn