diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index 54cea5b..435bb6c 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -352,3 +352,5 @@
 cinder = True
 # Whether or not neutron is expected to be available
 neutron = false
+# Whether or not glance is expected to be available
+glance = True
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
index 7b8e1cc..52239cd 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_image_metadata.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ImagesMetadataTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
+
         cls.servers_client = cls.servers_client
         cls.client = cls.images_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
index f9b4346..95ea820 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ImagesTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
         cls.client = cls.images_client
         cls.servers_client = cls.servers_client
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
index 7740cfc..64f1854 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ImagesOneServerTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
         try:
             resp, cls.server = cls.create_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
index 5c6b630..b27d710 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
         cls.client = cls.images_client
         cls.image_ids = []
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
index fddad14..c7e23b1 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_images.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ListImagesTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
         cls.client = cls.images_client
 
     @attr(type='smoke')
diff --git a/tempest/api/image/base.py b/tempest/api/image/base.py
index e62d84b..e27ec13 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/base.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
     def setUpClass(cls):
         cls.os = clients.Manager()
         cls.created_images = []
+        if not cls.config.service_available.glance:
+            skip_msg = ("%s skipped as glance is not available" % cls.__name__)
+            raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 427ec71..6f75b45 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -545,6 +545,9 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('neutron',
                 default=False,
                 help="Whether or not neutron is expected to be available"),
+    cfg.BoolOpt('glance',
+                default=True,
+                help="Whether or not glance is expected to be available"),
 ]