diff --git a/tools/install_venv.py b/tools/install_venv.py
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@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+
+# Copyright 2010 United States Government as represented by the
+# Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Copyright 2010 OpenStack, LLC
+#
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+"""Installation script for Tempest's development virtualenv."""
+
+import optparse
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+
+ROOT = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)))
+VENV = os.path.join(ROOT, '.venv')
+PIP_REQUIRES = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', 'pip-requires')
+TEST_REQUIRES = os.path.join(ROOT, 'tools', 'test-requires')
+PY_VERSION = "python%s.%s" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
+
+
+def die(message, *args):
+    print >> sys.stderr, message % args
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def check_python_version():
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 6):
+        die("Need Python Version >= 2.6")
+
+
+def run_command_with_code(cmd, redirect_output=True, check_exit_code=True):
+    """Runs a command in an out-of-process shell.
+
+    Returns the output of that command.  Working directory is ROOT.
+    """
+    if redirect_output:
+        stdout = subprocess.PIPE
+    else:
+        stdout = None
+
+    proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, cwd=ROOT, stdout=stdout)
+    output = proc.communicate()[0]
+    if check_exit_code and proc.returncode != 0:
+        die('Command "%s" failed.\n%s', ' '.join(cmd), output)
+    return (output, proc.returncode)
+
+
+def run_command(cmd, redirect_output=True, check_exit_code=True):
+    return run_command_with_code(cmd, redirect_output, check_exit_code)[0]
+
+
+class Distro(object):
+
+    def check_cmd(self, cmd):
+        return bool(run_command(['which', cmd], check_exit_code=False).strip())
+
+    def install_virtualenv(self):
+        if self.check_cmd('virtualenv'):
+            return
+
+        if self.check_cmd('easy_install'):
+            print 'Installing virtualenv via easy_install...',
+            if run_command(['easy_install', 'virtualenv']):
+                print 'Succeeded'
+                return
+            else:
+                print 'Failed'
+
+        die('ERROR: virtualenv not found.\n\nTempest development'
+            ' requires virtualenv, please install it using your'
+            ' favorite package management tool')
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        """Any distribution-specific post-processing gets done here.
+
+        In particular, this is useful for applying patches to code inside
+        the venv.
+        """
+        pass
+
+
+class Fedora(Distro):
+    """This covers all Fedora-based distributions.
+
+    Includes: Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, Scientific Linux"""
+
+    def check_pkg(self, pkg):
+        return run_command_with_code(['rpm', '-q', pkg],
+                                     check_exit_code=False)[1] == 0
+
+    def yum_install(self, pkg, **kwargs):
+        print "Attempting to install '%s' via yum" % pkg
+        run_command(['sudo', 'yum', 'install', '-y', pkg], **kwargs)
+
+    def apply_patch(self, originalfile, patchfile):
+        run_command(['patch', originalfile, patchfile])
+
+    def install_virtualenv(self):
+        if self.check_cmd('virtualenv'):
+            return
+
+        if not self.check_pkg('python-virtualenv'):
+            self.yum_install('python-virtualenv', check_exit_code=False)
+
+        super(Fedora, self).install_virtualenv()
+
+    def post_process(self):
+        """Workaround for a bug in eventlet.
+
+        This currently affects RHEL6.1, but the fix can safely be
+        applied to all RHEL and Fedora distributions.
+
+        This can be removed when the fix is applied upstream.
+
+        Nova: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/884915
+        Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/which_linden/eventlet/issue/89
+        """
+
+        # Install "patch" program if it's not there
+        if not self.check_pkg('patch'):
+            self.yum_install('patch')
+
+        # Apply the eventlet patch
+        self.apply_patch(os.path.join(VENV, 'lib', PY_VERSION, 'site-packages',
+                                      'eventlet/green/subprocess.py'),
+                         'contrib/redhat-eventlet.patch')
+
+
+def get_distro():
+    if (os.path.exists('/etc/fedora-release') or
+        os.path.exists('/etc/redhat-release')):
+        return Fedora()
+    else:
+        return Distro()
+
+
+def check_dependencies():
+    get_distro().install_virtualenv()
+
+
+def create_virtualenv(venv=VENV, no_site_packages=True):
+    """Creates the virtual environment and installs PIP.
+
+    Creates the virtual environment and installs PIP only into the
+    virtual environment.
+    """
+    print 'Creating venv...',
+    if no_site_packages:
+        run_command(['virtualenv', '-q', '--no-site-packages', VENV])
+    else:
+        run_command(['virtualenv', '-q', VENV])
+    print 'done.'
+    print 'Installing pip in virtualenv...',
+    if not run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh', 'easy_install',
+                        'pip>1.0']).strip():
+        die("Failed to install pip.")
+    print 'done.'
+
+
+def pip_install(*args):
+    run_command(['tools/with_venv.sh',
+                 'pip', 'install', '--upgrade'] + list(args),
+                redirect_output=False)
+
+
+def install_dependencies(venv=VENV):
+    print 'Installing dependencies with pip (this can take a while)...'
+
+    # First things first, make sure our venv has the latest pip and distribute.
+    # NOTE: we keep pip at version 1.1 since the most recent version causes
+    # the .venv creation to fail. See:
+    # https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1047120
+    pip_install('pip==1.1')
+    pip_install('distribute')
+
+    # Install greenlet by hand - just listing it in the requires file does not
+    # get it in stalled in the right order
+    pip_install('greenlet')
+
+    pip_install('-r', PIP_REQUIRES)
+    pip_install('-r', TEST_REQUIRES)
+
+    # Install tempest into the virtual_env. No more path munging!
+    run_command([os.path.join(venv, 'bin/python'), 'setup.py', 'develop'])
+
+
+def post_process():
+    get_distro().post_process()
+
+
+def print_help():
+    help = """
+    Tempest development environment setup is complete.
+
+    Tempest development uses virtualenv to track and manage Python dependencies
+    while in development and testing.
+
+    To activate the Tempest virtualenv for the extent of your current shell
+    session you can run:
+
+    $ source .venv/bin/activate
+
+    Or, if you prefer, you can run commands in the virtualenv on a case by case
+    basis by running:
+
+    $ tools/with_venv.sh <your command>
+
+    Also, make test will automatically use the virtualenv.
+    """
+    print help
+
+
+def parse_args():
+    """Parses command-line arguments."""
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option("-n", "--no-site-packages", dest="no_site_packages",
+                      default=False, action="store_true",
+                      help="Do not inherit packages from global Python"
+                           " install")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    (options, args) = parse_args()
+    check_python_version()
+    check_dependencies()
+    create_virtualenv(no_site_packages=options.no_site_packages)
+    install_dependencies()
+    post_process()
+    print_help()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/tools/pip-requires b/tools/pip-requires
index 7877906..6542a3c 100644
--- a/tools/pip-requires
+++ b/tools/pip-requires
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 boto>=2.2.1
 paramiko
 netaddr
+python-glanceclient>=0.5.0,<2
+python-keystoneclient>=0.2.0
+python-novaclient>=2.10.0,<3
diff --git a/tools/with_venv.sh b/tools/with_venv.sh
index 2e2b855..550c477 100755
--- a/tools/with_venv.sh
+++ b/tools/with_venv.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 TOOLS=`dirname $0`
-VENV=$TOOLS/../.kong-venv
-source $VENV/bin/activate && $@
+VENV=$TOOLS/../.venv
+source $VENV/bin/activate && "$@"