diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index caa94030a3..964dbca47e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ commands =
    nosetests --logging-format '%(asctime)-15s %(message)s' --with-xunit --xunit-file=nosetests-full.xml -sv tempest/api tempest/scenario tempest/thirdparty tempest/cli
    python -m tools/tempest_coverage -c report --html {posargs}
 
+[testenv:stress]
+sitepackages = True
+setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
+commands =
+    python -m tempest/stress/run_stress tempest/stress/etc/sample-test.json -d 60
+    python -m tempest/stress/run_stress tempest/stress/etc/volume-create-delete-test.json -d 60
+
+
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt