diff --git a/roles/dsvm-additional-middlewares/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/dsvm-additional-middlewares/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f149e519f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/dsvm-additional-middlewares/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+- name: Add more middlewares to pipeline
+  replace:
+      path: "/etc/swift/proxy-server.conf"
+      regexp: "cache listing_formats"
+      replace: "cache domain_remap etag-quoter listing_formats"
+  become: true
+
+- name: Set domain_remap domain
+  ini_file:
+    path: /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
+    section: filter:domain_remap
+    option: storage_domain
+    value: example.com
+  become: true
+
+- name: Set storage_domain in test.conf
+  ini_file:
+    path: /etc/swift/test.conf
+    section: func_test
+    option: storage_domain
+    value: example.com
+  become: true
+
+- name: Enable object versioning
+  ini_file:
+    path: /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
+    section: filter:versioned_writes
+    option: allow_object_versioning
+    value: true
+  become: true
+
+- name: Copy ring for Policy-1
+  copy:
+    remote_src: true
+    src: /etc/swift/object.ring.gz
+    dest: /etc/swift/object-1.ring.gz
+  become: true
+
+- name: Add Policy-1 to swift.conf
+  ini_file:
+    path: /etc/swift/swift.conf
+    section: storage-policy:1
+    option: name
+    value: Policy-1
+  become: true
+
+- name: Restart service to pick up config changes
+  command: systemctl restart devstack@s-{{ item }}.service
+  become: true
+  with_items:
+    - proxy
+    - account
+    - container
+    - object
diff --git a/test/functional/__init__.py b/test/functional/__init__.py
index 37b0931310..b144969352 100644
--- a/test/functional/__init__.py
+++ b/test/functional/__init__.py
@@ -1121,10 +1121,15 @@ def get_url_token(user_index, os_options):
                     auth_version=swift_test_auth_version,
                     os_options=os_options,
                     insecure=insecure)
-    return get_auth(swift_test_auth,
-                    swift_test_user[user_index],
-                    swift_test_key[user_index],
-                    **authargs)
+    url, token = get_auth(swift_test_auth,
+                          swift_test_user[user_index],
+                          swift_test_key[user_index],
+                          **authargs)
+    if six.PY2 and not isinstance(url, bytes):
+        url = url.encode('utf-8')
+    if six.PY2 and not isinstance(token, bytes):
+        token = token.encode('utf-8')
+    return url, token
 
 
 def retry(func, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
index 8cac6b1b3a..b5ae465612 100644
--- a/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
+++ b/test/functional/swift_test_client.py
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ class Connection(object):
 
     @storage_url.setter
     def storage_url(self, value):
+        if six.PY2 and not isinstance(value, bytes):
+            value = value.encode('utf-8')
+
         url = urllib.parse.urlparse(value)
 
         if url.scheme == 'http':
diff --git a/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py b/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
index cfb21d284b..ebfca68f60 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_object_versioning.py
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ class TestObjectVersioning(TestObjectVersioningBase):
 
         # swift_test_client's File API doesn't really allow for POSTing
         # arbitrary headers, so...
-        def put(url, token, parsed, conn):
+        def post(url, token, parsed, conn):
             conn.request('POST', '%s/%s/%s' % (parsed.path, container,
                                                versioned_obj2.name),
                          '', {'X-Auth-Token': token,
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class TestObjectVersioning(TestObjectVersioningBase):
                               'X-Object-Meta-Color': 'red',
                               'X-Delete-After': '1'})
             return tf.check_response(conn)
-        resp = tf.retry(put)
+        resp = tf.retry(post)
         resp.read()
         self.assertEqual(resp.status, 202)
 
diff --git a/tools/playbooks/dsvm/pre.yaml b/tools/playbooks/dsvm/pre.yaml
index 3a089d1761..351e28097f 100644
--- a/tools/playbooks/dsvm/pre.yaml
+++ b/tools/playbooks/dsvm/pre.yaml
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
       bindep_dir: "{{ zuul_work_dir }}"
     - test-setup
     - ensure-tox
+    - dsvm-additional-middlewares