diff --git a/.zuul.d/rally-tox-functional.yaml b/.zuul.d/rally-tox-functional.yaml
index 082928e8..b42b2792 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/rally-tox-functional.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/rally-tox-functional.yaml
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@
         rally-openstack: https://opendev.org/openstack/rally-openstack
       devstack_localrc:
         USE_PYTHON3: true
-      rally_tox_env: "functional"
-    run: tests/ci/playbooks/run-rally-tox.yaml
+      tox_env: "functional"
+    pre-run: tests/ci/playbooks/tox-install.yaml
+    run: tests/ci/playbooks/tox-functional-env-run.yaml
diff --git a/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/run-rally-tox/tasks/main.yaml b/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/tox-run/tasks/main.yaml
similarity index 86%
rename from tests/ci/playbooks/roles/run-rally-tox/tasks/main.yaml
rename to tests/ci/playbooks/roles/tox-run/tasks/main.yaml
index 7d203e17..6315fe29 100644
--- a/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/run-rally-tox/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/playbooks/roles/tox-run/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
       set -e
       cd /opt/stack/rally-openstack
       export REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/opt/stack/data/ca-bundle.pem
-      tox -e {{ rally_tox_env }}
+      tox -e {{ tox_env }}
diff --git a/tests/ci/playbooks/run-rally-tox.yaml b/tests/ci/playbooks/tox-functional-env-run.yaml
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/ci/playbooks/run-rally-tox.yaml
rename to tests/ci/playbooks/tox-functional-env-run.yaml
index 20b83295..f13c2d84 100644
--- a/tests/ci/playbooks/run-rally-tox.yaml
+++ b/tests/ci/playbooks/tox-functional-env-run.yaml
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@
     rally_task: "rally-jobs/simple-job.yaml"
   roles:
     - prepare-for-rally-task
-    - run-rally-tox
\ No newline at end of file
+    - tox-run
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/ci/playbooks/tox-install.yaml b/tests/ci/playbooks/tox-install.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abd9a235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ci/playbooks/tox-install.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+
+- hosts: all
+  name: Installs all required packages
+  tasks:
+    - name: Check required version of Python
+      args:
+        chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"
+      shell:
+        executable: /bin/sh
+        cmd: |
+          set -e
+
+          iniget(){
+              local xtrace
+              xtrace=$(set +o | grep xtrace)
+              set +o xtrace
+              local section=$1
+              local file="tox.ini"
+              local option="basepython"
+              local line
+
+              line=$(sed -ne "/^\[$section\]/,/^\[.*\]/ { /^$option[ \t]*=/ p; }" "$file")
+              echo ${line#*= python}
+              $xtrace
+          }
+
+          tox_testenv_python=$(iniget 'testenv:{{ tox_env }}')
+          if [ "$tox_testenv_python" != "" ]; then
+              echo $tox_testenv_python
+          else
+              echo $(iniget 'testenv')
+          fi
+      register: python_version
+
+    - name: Install the proper python version
+      become: True
+      become_user: root
+      shell:
+        executable: /bin/sh
+        cmd: |
+          set -e
+
+          apt-get update
+          apt-get install python{{ python_version.stdout }}-dev --yes
+
+    - name: Install the proper python pip version
+      become: True
+      become_user: root
+      shell:
+        executable: /bin/bash
+        cmd: |
+          set -e
+          curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py
+          python{{ python_version.stdout }} get-pip.py
+
+    - name: Install python tox
+      become: True
+      become_user: root
+      shell:
+        executable: /bin/bash
+        cmd: |
+          pip{{ python_version.stdout }} install tox
+  roles:
+    - bindep