diff --git a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
index 45c8629..528bd5b 100755
--- a/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
+++ b/tools/config/check_uptodate.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d`
-CFGFILE=tempest.conf.sample
-tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p tempest -o $TEMPDIR
-if ! diff $TEMPDIR/$CFGFILE etc/$CFGFILE
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+PROJECT_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME:-tempest}
+CFGFILE_NAME=${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample
+
+if [ -e etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${PROJECT_NAME}/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+elif [ -e etc/${CFGFILE_NAME} ]; then
+    CFGFILE=etc/${CFGFILE_NAME}
+else
+    echo "${0##*/}: can not find config file"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+TEMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/${PROJECT_NAME}.XXXXXX`
+trap "rm -rf $TEMPDIR" EXIT
+
+tools/config/generate_sample.sh -b ./ -p ${PROJECT_NAME} -o ${TEMPDIR}
+
+if ! diff -u ${TEMPDIR}/${CFGFILE_NAME} ${CFGFILE}
 then
-    echo "E: tempest.conf.sample is not up to date, please run:"
-    echo "tools/generate_sample.sh"
-    exit 42
+   echo "${0##*/}: ${PROJECT_NAME}.conf.sample is not up to date."
+   echo "${0##*/}: Please run ${0%%${0##*/}}generate_sample.sh."
+   exit 1
 fi
diff --git a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
index 607fecb..20ddfbb 100755
--- a/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
+++ b/tools/config/generate_sample.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     echo "Try \`${0##*/} --help' for more information." >&2
 }
 
-PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:o: \
-                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir: -- "$@")
+PARSED_OPTIONS=$(getopt -n "${0##*/}" -o hb:p:m:l:o: \
+                 --long help,base-dir:,package-name:,output-dir:,module:,library: -- "$@")
 
 if [ $? != 0 ] ; then print_hint ; exit 1 ; fi
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
             echo "-b, --base-dir=DIR        project base directory"
             echo "-p, --package-name=NAME   project package name"
             echo "-o, --output-dir=DIR      file output directory"
+            echo "-m, --module=MOD          extra python module to interrogate for options"
+            echo "-l, --library=LIB         extra library that registers options for discovery"
             exit 0
             ;;
         -b|--base-dir)
@@ -38,6 +40,16 @@
             OUTPUTDIR=`echo $1 | sed -e 's/\/*$//g'`
             shift
             ;;
+        -m|--module)
+            shift
+            MODULES="$MODULES -m $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
+        -l|--library)
+            shift
+            LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $1"
+            shift
+            ;;
         --)
             break
             ;;
@@ -53,7 +65,7 @@
     BASEDIR=$(cd "$BASEDIR" && pwd)
 fi
 
-PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-${BASEDIR##*/}}
+PACKAGENAME=${PACKAGENAME:-$(python setup.py --name)}
 TARGETDIR=$BASEDIR/$PACKAGENAME
 if ! [ -d $TARGETDIR ]
 then
@@ -77,12 +89,20 @@
 FILES=$(find $TARGETDIR -type f -name "*.py" ! -path "*/tests/*" \
         -exec grep -l "Opt(" {} + | sed -e "s/^$BASEDIRESC\///g" | sort -u)
 
-EXTRA_MODULES_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
-if test -r "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+RC_FILE="`dirname $0`/oslo.config.generator.rc"
+if test -r "$RC_FILE"
 then
-    source "$EXTRA_MODULES_FILE"
+    source "$RC_FILE"
 fi
 
+for mod in ${TEMPEST_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_MODULES}; do
+    MODULES="$MODULES -m $mod"
+done
+
+for lib in ${TEMPEST_CONFIG_GENERATOR_EXTRA_LIBRARIES}; do
+    LIBRARIES="$LIBRARIES -l $lib"
+done
+
 export EVENTLET_NO_GREENDNS=yes
 
 OS_VARS=$(set | sed -n '/^OS_/s/=[^=]*$//gp' | xargs)
@@ -90,7 +110,7 @@
 DEFAULT_MODULEPATH=tempest.openstack.common.config.generator
 MODULEPATH=${MODULEPATH:-$DEFAULT_MODULEPATH}
 OUTPUTFILE=$OUTPUTDIR/$PACKAGENAME.conf.sample
-python -m $MODULEPATH $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
+python -m $MODULEPATH $MODULES $LIBRARIES $FILES > $OUTPUTFILE
 
 # Hook to allow projects to append custom config file snippets
 CONCAT_FILES=$(ls $BASEDIR/tools/config/*.conf.sample 2>/dev/null)