diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
index 21254edb77..74df64dd52 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/params.pp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $pkgconfig_package = 'pkgconfig'
       $pyflakes_package = 'pyflakes'
       $python_libvirt_package = 'libvirt-python'
+      $python_lxml_package = 'python-lxml'
       $python_zmq_package = 'python-zmq'
       # FIXME: No Python3 packages on RHEL
       #$python3_dev_package = 'python3-devel'
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ class jenkins::params {
       $pkgconfig_package = 'pkg-config'
       $pyflakes_package = 'pyflakes'
       $python_libvirt_package = 'python-libvirt'
+      $python_lxml_package = 'python-lxml'
       $python_zmq_package = 'python-zmq'
       $python3_dev_package = 'python3-all-dev'
       $rubygems_package = 'rubygems'
diff --git a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
index 5fc4e5901e..9d0337bc88 100644
--- a/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
+++ b/modules/jenkins/manifests/slave.pp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class jenkins::slave(
     $::jenkins::params::pkgconfig_package, # for spidermonkey, used by ceilometer
     $::jenkins::params::pyflakes_package,
     $::jenkins::params::python_libvirt_package,
+    $::jenkins::params::python_lxml_package, # for validating openstack manuals
     $::jenkins::params::python_zmq_package, # zeromq unittests (not pip installable)
     $::jenkins::params::rubygems_package,
     $::jenkins::params::sqlite_package,
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/manuals.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/manuals.yaml
index daeeeefa08..ab2275487e 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/manuals.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/jenkins_job_builder/config/manuals.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
               keep-hierarchy: true
               copy-after-failure: true
 
+- job:
+    name: gate-openstack-manuals-validate
+    node: precise
+
+    triggers:
+      - zuul
+
+    builders:
+      - gerrit-git-prep
+      - shell: "./tools/validate.py"
+
+    publishers:
+      - console-log
+
 - job:
     name: openstack-cli-guide
     project-type: maven
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
index 5fd7e5bab4..7bd8664eef 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ jobs:
   - name: gate-openstack-cli-guide
     success-pattern: http://docs-draft.openstack.org/{job.name}/{pipeline.name}/{build.number}/cli/quick-start
     branch: ^(?!stable/(diablo|essex)).*$
+  - name: gate-openstack-manuals-validate
+    voting: false
 
 
 projects:
@@ -1007,8 +1009,10 @@ projects:
   - name: openstack/openstack-manuals
     check:
       - gate-openstack-cli-guide
+      - gate-openstack-manuals-validate
     gate:
       - gate-openstack-cli-guide
+      - gate-openstack-manuals-validate
     post:
       - openstack-admin-manual-compute
       - openstack-admin-manual-keystone-diablo