diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
index 2fc94a9..2f1803b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_novnc.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 import struct
 
 import six
+import six.moves.urllib.parse as urlparse
 import urllib3
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
@@ -67,8 +68,9 @@
                          'initial call: ' + six.text_type(resp.status))
         # Do some basic validation to make sure it is an expected HTML document
         resp_data = resp.data.decode()
-        self.assertIn('<html>', resp_data,
-                      'Not a valid html document in the response.')
+        # This is needed in the case of example: <html lang="en">
+        self.assertRegex(resp_data, '<html.*>',
+                         'Not a valid html document in the response.')
         self.assertIn('</html>', resp_data,
                       'Not a valid html document in the response.')
         # Just try to make sure we got JavaScript back for noVNC, since we
@@ -190,7 +192,18 @@
                                            type='novnc')['console']
         self.assertEqual('novnc', body['type'])
         # Do the WebSockify HTTP Request to novncproxy with a bad token
-        url = body['url'].replace('token=', 'token=bad')
+        parts = urlparse.urlparse(body['url'])
+        qparams = urlparse.parse_qs(parts.query)
+        if 'path' in qparams:
+            qparams['path'] = urlparse.unquote(qparams['path'][0]).replace(
+                'token=', 'token=bad')
+        elif 'token' in qparams:
+            qparams['token'] = 'bad' + qparams['token'][0]
+        new_query = urlparse.urlencode(qparams)
+        new_parts = urlparse.ParseResult(parts.scheme, parts.netloc,
+                                         parts.path, parts.params, new_query,
+                                         parts.fragment)
+        url = urlparse.urlunparse(new_parts)
         self._websocket = compute.create_websocket(url)
         # Make sure the novncproxy rejected the connection and closed it
         data = self._websocket.receive_frame()
diff --git a/tempest/common/compute.py b/tempest/common/compute.py
index 68c4a10..8d6fdf5 100644
--- a/tempest/common/compute.py
+++ b/tempest/common/compute.py
@@ -385,8 +385,11 @@
 
     def _upgrade(self, url):
         """Upgrade the HTTP connection to a WebSocket and verify."""
-        # The real request goes to the /websockify URI always
-        reqdata = 'GET /websockify HTTP/1.1\r\n'
+        # It is possible to pass the path as a query parameter in the request,
+        # so use it if present
+        qparams = urlparse.parse_qs(url.query)
+        path = qparams['path'][0] if 'path' in qparams else '/websockify'
+        reqdata = 'GET %s HTTP/1.1\r\n' % path
         reqdata += 'Host: %s' % url.hostname
         # Add port only if we have one specified
         if url.port:
@@ -395,7 +398,7 @@
         reqdata += '\r\n'
         # Tell the HTTP Server to Upgrade the connection to a WebSocket
         reqdata += 'Upgrade: websocket\r\nConnection: Upgrade\r\n'
-        # The token=xxx is sent as a Cookie not in the URI
+        # The token=xxx is sent as a Cookie not in the URI for noVNC < v1.1.0
         reqdata += 'Cookie: %s\r\n' % url.query
         # Use a hard-coded WebSocket key since a test program
         reqdata += 'Sec-WebSocket-Key: x3JJHMbDL1EzLkh9GBhXDw==\r\n'