diff --git a/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml b/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
index 01155a82c9..b51e701818 100644
--- a/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/devstack-tempest.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 
 # We run tests only on one node, regardless how many nodes are in the system
 - hosts: tempest
+  environment:
+    # This enviroment variable is used by the optional tempest-gabbi
+    # job provided by the gabbi-tempest plugin. It can be safely ignored
+    # if that plugin is not being used.
+    GABBI_TEMPEST_PATH: "{{ gabbi_tempest_path }}"
   roles:
     - setup-tempest-run-dir
     - setup-tempest-data-dir
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c0eb4162a7..4d3c6224c7 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ setenv =
     OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1
     OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=160
     PYTHONWARNINGS=default::DeprecationWarning,ignore::DeprecationWarning:distutils,ignore::DeprecationWarning:site
-passenv = OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_TEST_TIMEOUT OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH TEMPEST_CONFIG TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy NO_PROXY ZUUL_CACHE_DIR REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION GENERATE_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_LIST
+passenv = OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE OS_STDERR_CAPTURE OS_TEST_TIMEOUT OS_TEST_LOCK_PATH TEMPEST_CONFIG TEMPEST_CONFIG_DIR http_proxy HTTP_PROXY https_proxy HTTPS_PROXY no_proxy NO_PROXY ZUUL_CACHE_DIR REQUIREMENTS_PIP_LOCATION GENERATE_TEMPEST_PLUGIN_LIST GABBI_TEMPEST_PATH
 usedevelop = True
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 whitelist_externals = *