diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index a09080d..db94e6c 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import functools
 import logging as std_logging
 import os
 import tempfile
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@
 from oslo_concurrency import lockutils
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
+import testtools
 
 from tempest.test_discover import plugins
 
@@ -1385,3 +1387,72 @@
 
 
 CONF = TempestConfigProxy()
+
+
+def skip_unless_config(*args):
+    """Decorator to raise a skip if a config opt doesn't exist and is False
+
+    :param str group: The first arg, the option group to check
+    :param str name: The second arg, the option name to check
+    :param str msg: Optional third arg, the skip msg to use if a skip is raised
+    :raises testtools.TestCaseskipException: If the specified config option
+        doesn't exist or it exists and evaluates to False
+    """
+    def decorator(f):
+        group = args[0]
+        name = args[1]
+
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(self, *func_args, **func_kwargs):
+            if not hasattr(CONF, group):
+                msg = "Config group %s doesn't exist" % group
+                raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(msg)
+            else:
+                conf_group = getattr(CONF, group)
+                if not hasattr(conf_group, name):
+                    msg = "Config option %s.%s doesn't exist" % (group,
+                                                                 name)
+                    raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(msg)
+                else:
+                    value = getattr(conf_group, name)
+                    if not value:
+                        if len(args) == 3:
+                            msg = args[2]
+                        else:
+                            msg = "Config option %s.%s is false" % (group,
+                                                                    name)
+                        raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(msg)
+            return f(self, *func_args, **func_kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
+
+
+def skip_if_config(*args):
+    """Raise a skipException if a config exists and is True
+
+    :param str group: The first arg, the option group to check
+    :param str name: The second arg, the option name to check
+    :param str msg: Optional third arg, the skip msg to use if a skip is raised
+    :raises testtools.TestCase.skipException: If the specified config option
+        exists and evaluates to True
+    """
+    def decorator(f):
+        group = args[0]
+        name = args[1]
+
+        @functools.wraps(f)
+        def wrapper(self, *func_args, **func_kwargs):
+            if hasattr(CONF, group):
+                conf_group = getattr(CONF, group)
+                if hasattr(conf_group, name):
+                    value = getattr(conf_group, name)
+                    if value:
+                        if len(args) == 3:
+                            msg = args[2]
+                        else:
+                            msg = "Config option %s.%s is false" % (group,
+                                                                    name)
+                        raise testtools.TestCase.skipException(msg)
+            return f(self, *func_args, **func_kwargs)
+        return wrapper
+    return decorator
diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
index 7c9579b..af5fc09 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_decorators.py
@@ -246,3 +246,75 @@
         self.assertIn("test_fake_negative", dir(obj))
         obj.test_fake_negative()
         mock.assert_called_once_with(self.FakeNegativeJSONTest._schema)
+
+
+class TestConfigDecorators(BaseDecoratorsTest):
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestConfigDecorators, self).setUp()
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('nova', True, 'service_available')
+        cfg.CONF.set_default('glance', False, 'service_available')
+
+    def _test_skip_unless_config(self, expected_to_skip=True, *decorator_args):
+
+        class TestFoo(test.BaseTestCase):
+            @config.skip_unless_config(*decorator_args)
+            def test_bar(self):
+                return 0
+
+        t = TestFoo('test_bar')
+        if expected_to_skip:
+            self.assertRaises(testtools.TestCase.skipException, t.test_bar)
+        else:
+            try:
+                self.assertEqual(t.test_bar(), 0)
+            except testtools.TestCase.skipException:
+                # We caught a skipException but we didn't expect to skip
+                # this test so raise a hard test failure instead.
+                raise testtools.TestCase.failureException(
+                    "Not supposed to skip")
+
+    def _test_skip_if_config(self, expected_to_skip=True,
+                             *decorator_args):
+
+        class TestFoo(test.BaseTestCase):
+            @config.skip_if_config(*decorator_args)
+            def test_bar(self):
+                return 0
+
+        t = TestFoo('test_bar')
+        if expected_to_skip:
+            self.assertRaises(testtools.TestCase.skipException, t.test_bar)
+        else:
+            try:
+                self.assertEqual(t.test_bar(), 0)
+            except testtools.TestCase.skipException:
+                # We caught a skipException but we didn't expect to skip
+                # this test so raise a hard test failure instead.
+                raise testtools.TestCase.failureException(
+                    "Not supposed to skip")
+
+    def test_skip_unless_no_group(self):
+        self._test_skip_unless_config(True, 'fake_group', 'an_option')
+
+    def test_skip_unless_no_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_unless_config(True, 'service_available',
+                                      'not_an_option')
+
+    def test_skip_unless_false_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_unless_config(True, 'service_available', 'glance')
+
+    def test_skip_unless_true_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_unless_config(False,
+                                      'service_available', 'nova')
+
+    def test_skip_if_no_group(self):
+        self._test_skip_if_config(False, 'fake_group', 'an_option')
+
+    def test_skip_if_no_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_if_config(False, 'service_available', 'not_an_option')
+
+    def test_skip_if_false_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_if_config(False, 'service_available', 'glance')
+
+    def test_skip_if_true_option(self):
+        self._test_skip_if_config(True, 'service_available', 'nova')