diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
index e42610a..0b85b19 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_projects.py
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
 
 
 class ProjectsTestJSON(base.BaseIdentityV3AdminTest):
+    # NOTE: force_tenant_isolation is true in the base class by default but
+    # overridden to false here to allow test execution for clouds using the
+    # pre-provisioned credentials provider.
+    force_tenant_isolation = False
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('0ecf465c-0dc4-4532-ab53-91ffeb74d12d')
     def test_project_create_with_description(self):