diff --git a/tools/pre_test_hook.sh b/tools/pre_test_hook.sh
index 806ca40..2640433 100755
--- a/tools/pre_test_hook.sh
+++ b/tools/pre_test_hook.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@
 # Here we can set some configurations for local.conf
 # for example, to pass some config options directly to .conf files
 
+# For image signature verification tests
 echo -e '[[post-config|$NOVA_CONF]]' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
 echo -e '[glance]' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
 echo -e 'verify_glance_signatures = True' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
 
+# Allow dynamically created tempest users to create secrets
+# in barbican
+echo -e '[[test-config|$TEMPEST_CONFIG]]' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
+echo -e '[auth]' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
+echo -e 'tempest_roles=creator' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
+# Glance v1 doesn't do signature verification on image upload
+echo -e '[image-feature-enabled]' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH
+echo -e 'api_v1=False' >> $LOCALCONF_PATH