diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
index 48a10f892f..56618f38c1 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/jenkins_params.pp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class openstack_project::jenkins_params {
       #$maven_package = 'maven'
       # For tooz unit tests
       $memcached_package = 'memcached'
+      # For tooz unit tests (and others that use redis)
+      $redis_package = 'redis'
       # For Ceilometer unit tests
       $mongodb_package = 'mongodb-server'
       $pandoc_package = 'pandoc'
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ class openstack_project::jenkins_params {
       $maven_package = 'maven2'
       # For tooz unit tests
       $memcached_package = 'memcached'
+      # For tooz unit tests (and others that use redis)
+      $redis_package = 'redis-server'
       # For Ceilometer unit tests
       $mongodb_package = 'mongodb'
       $pandoc_package = 'pandoc'
diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
index 5e0ef1504e..b390ea3061 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/manifests/thick_slave.pp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class openstack_project::thick_slave(
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::libtidy_package, # for python-tidy, used by sphinxcontrib-docbookrestapi
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::libsasl_dev, # for keystone ldap auth integration
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::memcached_package, # for tooz unit tests
+    $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::redis_package, # for tooz unit tests (and others that use redis)
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::mongodb_package, # for ceilometer unit tests
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::mysql_dev_package,
     $::openstack_project::jenkins_params::nspr_dev_package, # for spidermonkey, used by ceilometer