diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
index cff5dee052..db65e39447 100644
--- a/.testr.conf
+++ b/.testr.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 [DEFAULT]
-test_command=python -m subunit.run discover tests $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
+test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=${OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE:-1} \
+             OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=${OS_STDERR_CAPTURE:-1} \
+             OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=${OS_TEST_TIMEOUT:-7200} \
+             ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover ${OS_TEST_PATH:-./tests} $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
 test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
 test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2a1b037947..f88e88f0ac 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+oslo.log>=1.0.0  # Apache-2.0
+oslotest>=1.5.1  # Apache-2.0
 PyYAML
 python-barbicanclient>=3.0.1
 python-ceilometerclient>=1.0.6
diff --git a/tests/setup_gate.sh b/tests/setup_gate.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..43b4e41b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/setup_gate.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+sudo yum install -y libffi-devel openssl-devel docker
+sudo /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G dockerroot ${SUDO_USER:-$USER}
+sudo systemctl start docker
+sleep 1
+
+group_str="jenkins ALL=(:dockerroot) NOPASSWD: ALL"
+sudo grep -x "$group_str" /etc/sudoers > /dev/null || sudo bash -c "echo \"$group_str\" >> /etc/sudoers"
+sudo chown root:dockerroot /var/run/docker.sock
+
+echo "Completed $0."
diff --git a/tests/test_images.py b/tests/test_images.py
index f0e45368d5..b3821fcf51 100644
--- a/tests/test_images.py
+++ b/tests/test_images.py
@@ -10,33 +10,53 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-import testtools
-from subprocess import check_output
+from oslo_log import fixture as log_fixture
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+from oslotest import base
 
-class ImagesTest(testtools.TestCase):
+from subprocess import Popen, PIPE, STDOUT
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class ImagesTest(base.BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super(ImagesTest, self).setUp()
+        self.useFixture(log_fixture.SetLogLevel([__name__],
+                        logging.logging.INFO))
 
     def test_builds(self):
-        build_output = check_output(["tools/build-all-docker-images",
-                                    "--release",
-                                    "--pull",
-                                    "--testmode"])
+        proc = Popen(['tools/build-all-docker-images',
+                      '--testmode'],
+                     stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, bufsize=1)
+        with proc.stdout:
+            for line in iter(proc.stdout.readline, b''):
+                LOG.info(line.strip())
+        proc.wait()
 
         # these are images that are known to not build properly
-        excluded_images = ["kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-proxy-server",
-                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-container",
-                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-base",
-                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-account",
+        excluded_images = ["kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-base",
                            "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-object",
-                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-barbican",
-                           "kollaglue/fedora-rdo-base",
+                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-proxy-server",
+                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-container",
+                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-swift-account",
+                           "kollaglue/centos-rdo-zaqar",
                            "kollaglue/centos-rdo-rhel-osp-base"]
 
-        results = eval(build_output.splitlines()[-1])
+        results = eval(line)
 
+        failures = 0
         for image, result in results.iteritems():
             if image in excluded_images:
-                self.assertEqual(result, 'fail')
+                if result is 'fail':
+                    continue
+                failures = failures + 1
+                LOG.warning(">>> Expected image '%s' to fail, please update"
+                            " the excluded_images in source file above if the"
+                            " image build has been fixed." % image)
             else:
-                self.assertNotEqual(result, 'fail')
+                if result is not 'fail':
+                    continue
+                failures = failures + 1
+                LOG.critical(">>> Expected image '%s' to succeed!" % image)
+
+        self.assertEqual(failures, 0, "%d failure(s) occurred" % failures)
diff --git a/tools/build-docker-image b/tools/build-docker-image
index 06e95a326c..cc23abe1af 100755
--- a/tools/build-docker-image
+++ b/tools/build-docker-image
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ EOF
 [ -f $TOPDIR/.buildconf ] && . $TOPDIR/.buildconf
 [ -f $IMGDIR/.buildconf ] && . $IMGDIR/.buildconf
 
-ARGS=$(getopt -o hr:n:t:pfuN -l help,namespace:,push,private-registry:,release,tag:,force-rm,no-cache,no-use-released-parent -- "$@") || { usage >&2; exit 2; }
+ARGS=$(getopt -o hr:n:t:pfuN -l help,namespace:,push,pull,private-registry:,release,tag:,force-rm,no-cache,no-use-released-parent -- "$@") || { usage >&2; exit 2; }
 
 eval set -- "$ARGS"
 
diff --git a/tests/setup_docker.sh b/tools/setup_docker.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/setup_docker.sh
rename to tools/setup_docker.sh
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fbbd700b81..bda27a849f 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,16 +22,17 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:setupenv]
 whitelist_externals = bash
-commands = bash -c tests/setup_docker.sh
+commands = bash -c tests/setup_gate.sh
 
 [testenv:images]
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 whitelist_externals = find
                       bash
+                      sudo
 commands =
    find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
    bash -c "if [ ! -d .testrepository ]; then testr init; fi"
-   testr run ^(test_images).*
+   sudo -g dockerroot testr run ^(test_images).*
 
 [testenv:startenv]
 whitelist_externals = bash