diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/openstack.yaml
index 3ae3a50..c288a4f 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp-pike-ovs/openstack.yaml
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
+- description: Setup gnocchi client
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client and *01*' state.sls gnocchi.client &&
+       salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client' state.sls gnocchi.client
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  skip_fail: false
+
 - description: Install panko server
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@panko:server and *01*' state.sls panko &&
        salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@panko:server' state.sls panko
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack.yaml
index 963e20a..13a1406 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-pike-ovs-dpdk/openstack.yaml
@@ -172,6 +172,13 @@
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
+- description: Setup gnocchi client
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client and *01*' state.sls gnocchi.client &&
+       salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client' state.sls gnocchi.client
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  skip_fail: false
+
 - description: Install panko server
   cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@panko:server and *01*' state.sls panko &&
        salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@panko:server' state.sls panko
diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-ssl/openstack.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-ssl/openstack.yaml
index 4f3247e..683db2f 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-ssl/openstack.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-offline-ssl/openstack.yaml
@@ -191,6 +191,13 @@
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
   skip_fail: false
 
+- description: Setup gnocchi client
+  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client and *01*' state.sls gnocchi.client &&
+       salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:client' state.sls gnocchi.client
+  node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
+  retry: {count: 1, delay: 5}
+  skip_fail: false
+
 #- description: Install gnocchi statsd (optional)
 #  cmd: salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:statsd and *01*' state.sls gnocchi.statsd &&
 #       salt --hard-crash --state-output=mixed --state-verbose=False -C 'I@gnocchi:statsd' state.sls gnocchi.statsd