diff --git a/tools/tox_install.sh b/tools/tox_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8c37fd15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/tox_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Upper constraint file contains mistralclient version pin that is in
+# conflict with installing mistral from source. We should replace
+# the version pin in the constraints file before applying it for from-source
+# installation.
+
+ZUUL_CLONER=/usr/zuul-env/bin/zuul-cloner
+BRANCH_NAME=master
+MODULE_NAME=python-mistralclient
+requirements_installed=$(echo "import openstack_requirements" | python 2>/dev/null ; echo $?)
+
+set -e
+
+CONSTRAINTS_FILE=$1
+shift
+
+install_cmd="pip install"
+mydir=$(mktemp -dt "$MODULE_NAME-tox_install-XXXXXXX")
+trap "rm -rf $mydir" EXIT
+localfile=$mydir/upper-constraints.txt
+if [[ $CONSTRAINTS_FILE != http* ]]; then
+    CONSTRAINTS_FILE=file://$CONSTRAINTS_FILE
+fi
+curl $CONSTRAINTS_FILE -k -o $localfile
+install_cmd="$install_cmd -c$localfile"
+
+if [ $requirements_installed -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "ALREADY INSTALLED" > /tmp/tox_install.txt
+    echo "Requirements already installed; using existing package"
+elif [ -x "$ZUUL_CLONER" ]; then
+    echo "ZUUL CLONER" > /tmp/tox_install.txt
+    pushd $mydir
+    $ZUUL_CLONER --cache-dir \
+        /opt/git \
+        --branch $BRANCH_NAME \
+        git://git.openstack.org \
+        openstack/requirements
+    cd openstack/requirements
+    $install_cmd -e .
+    popd
+else
+    echo "PIP HARDCODE" > /tmp/tox_install.txt
+    if [ -z "$REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION" ]; then
+        REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION="git+https://git.openstack.org/openstack/requirements@$BRANCH_NAME#egg=requirements"
+    fi
+    $install_cmd -U -e ${REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION}
+fi
+
+# This is the main purpose of the script: Allow local installation of
+# the current repo. It is listed in constraints file and thus any
+# install will be constrained and we need to unconstrain it.
+edit-constraints $localfile -- $MODULE_NAME "-e file://$PWD#egg=$MODULE_NAME"
+
+$install_cmd -U $*
+exit $?
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d2bf8f40..f2b4a25c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ skipsdist = True
 
 [testenv]
 usedevelop = True
-install_command = pip install -U {opts} {packages}
+install_command = {toxinidir}/tools/tox_install.sh {env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt} {opts} {packages}
 setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     NOSE_WITH_OPENSTACK=1