diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
index 446c87a72e..b58479df3d 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_server_basic_ops.py
@@ -81,22 +81,42 @@ class TestServerBasicOps(manager.ScenarioTest):
                                                   'verify metadata on server. '
                                                   '%s is empty.' % md_url)
 
+    def _mount_config_drive(self):
+        cmd_blkid = 'blkid | grep -i config-2'
+        result = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd_blkid)
+        dev_name = re.match('([^:]+)', result).group()
+        self.ssh_client.exec_command('sudo mount %s /mnt' % dev_name)
+
+    def _unmount_config_drive(self):
+        self.ssh_client.exec_command('sudo umount /mnt')
+
     def verify_metadata_on_config_drive(self):
         if self.run_ssh and CONF.compute_feature_enabled.config_drive:
             # Verify metadata on config_drive
-            cmd_blkid = 'blkid | grep -i config-2'
-            result = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd_blkid)
-            dev_name = re.match('([^:]+)', result).group()
-            self.ssh_client.exec_command('sudo mount %s /mnt' % dev_name)
+            self._mount_config_drive()
             cmd_md = 'sudo cat /mnt/openstack/latest/meta_data.json'
             result = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd_md)
-            self.ssh_client.exec_command('sudo umount /mnt')
+            self._unmount_config_drive()
             result = json.loads(result)
             self.assertIn('meta', result)
             msg = ('Failed while verifying metadata on config_drive on server.'
                    ' Result of command "%s" is NOT "%s".' % (cmd_md, self.md))
             self.assertEqual(self.md, result['meta'], msg)
 
+    def verify_networkdata_on_config_drive(self):
+        if self.run_ssh and CONF.compute_feature_enabled.config_drive:
+            # Verify network data on config_drive
+            self._mount_config_drive()
+            cmd_md = 'sudo cat /mnt/openstack/latest/network_data.json'
+            result = self.ssh_client.exec_command(cmd_md)
+            self._unmount_config_drive()
+            result = json.loads(result)
+            self.assertIn('services', result)
+            self.assertIn('links', result)
+            self.assertIn('networks', result)
+            # TODO(clarkb) construct network_data from known network
+            # instance info and do direct comparison.
+
     @test.idempotent_id('7fff3fb3-91d8-4fd0-bd7d-0204f1f180ba')
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.services('compute', 'network')
@@ -116,4 +136,5 @@ class TestServerBasicOps(manager.ScenarioTest):
         self.verify_ssh(keypair)
         self.verify_metadata()
         self.verify_metadata_on_config_drive()
+        self.verify_networkdata_on_config_drive()
         self.servers_client.delete_server(self.instance['id'])