diff --git a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
index 59067d1..8dba311 100644
--- a/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
+++ b/tempest/api/image/v2/test_images.py
@@ -68,16 +68,12 @@
         self.assertEqual('queued', image['status'])
         return image
 
-    @decorators.idempotent_id('32ca0c20-e16f-44ac-8590-07869c9b4cc2')
-    def test_image_glance_direct_import(self):
-        """Test 'glance-direct' import functionalities
-
-        Create image, stage image data, import image and verify
-        that import succeeded.
-        """
-        if 'glance-direct' not in self.available_import_methods:
+    def _require_import_method(self, method):
+        if method not in self.available_import_methods:
             raise self.skipException('Server does not support '
-                                     'glance-direct import method')
+                                     '%s import method' % method)
+
+    def _stage_and_check(self):
         image = self._create_image()
         # Stage image data
         file_content = data_utils.random_bytes()
@@ -87,9 +83,21 @@
         body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
         self.assertEqual(image['id'], body['id'])
         self.assertEqual('uploading', body['status'])
+        return image['id']
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('32ca0c20-e16f-44ac-8590-07869c9b4cc2')
+    def test_image_glance_direct_import(self):
+        """Test 'glance-direct' import functionalities
+
+        Create image, stage image data, import image and verify
+        that import succeeded.
+        """
+        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')
+
+        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
         # import image from staging to backend
-        self.client.image_import(image['id'], method='glance-direct')
-        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image['id'])
+        self.client.image_import(image_id, method='glance-direct')
+        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image_id)
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('f6feb7a4-b04f-4706-a011-206129f83e62')
     def test_image_web_download_import(self):
@@ -98,9 +106,8 @@
         Create image, import image and verify that import
         succeeded.
         """
-        if 'web-download' not in self.available_import_methods:
-            raise self.skipException('Server does not support '
-                                     'web-download import method')
+        self._require_import_method('web-download')
+
         image = self._create_image()
         # Now try to get image details
         body = self.client.show_image(image['id'])
@@ -112,6 +119,47 @@
                                  image_uri=image_uri)
         waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image['id'])
 
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('e04761a1-22af-42c2-b8bc-a34a3f12b585')
+    def test_remote_import(self):
+        """Test image import against a different worker than stage.
+
+        This creates and stages an image against the primary API worker,
+        but then calls import on a secondary worker (if available) to
+        test that distributed image import works (i.e. proxies the import
+        request to the proper worker).
+        """
+        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')
+
+        if not CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint:
+            raise self.skipException('No image_remote service to test '
+                                     'against')
+
+        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
+        # import image from staging to backend, but on the alternate worker
+        self.os_primary.image_client_remote.image_import(
+            image_id, method='glance-direct')
+        waiters.wait_for_image_imported_to_stores(self.client, image_id)
+
+    @decorators.idempotent_id('44d60544-1524-42f7-8899-315301105dd8')
+    def test_remote_delete(self):
+        """Test image delete against a different worker than stage.
+
+        This creates and stages an image against the primary API worker,
+        but then calls delete on a secondary worker (if available) to
+        test that distributed image import works (i.e. proxies the delete
+        request to the proper worker).
+        """
+        self._require_import_method('glance-direct')
+
+        if not CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint:
+            raise self.skipException('No image_remote service to test '
+                                     'against')
+
+        image_id = self._stage_and_check()
+        # delete image from staging to backend, but on the alternate worker
+        self.os_primary.image_client_remote.delete_image(image_id)
+        self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image_id)
+
 
 class MultiStoresImportImagesTest(base.BaseV2ImageTest):
     """Test importing image in multiple stores"""
diff --git a/tempest/clients.py b/tempest/clients.py
index 9ff02ea..d2fb3eb 100644
--- a/tempest/clients.py
+++ b/tempest/clients.py
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@
                 self.image_v2.NamespacePropertiesClient()
             self.namespace_tags_client = self.image_v2.NamespaceTagsClient()
             self.image_versions_client = self.image_v2.VersionsClient()
+            # NOTE(danms): If no alternate endpoint is configured,
+            # this client will work the same as the base self.images_client.
+            # If your test needs to know if these are different, check the
+            # config option to see if the alternate_image_endpoint is set.
+            self.image_client_remote = self.image_v2.ImagesClient(
+                service=CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint,
+                endpoint_type=CONF.image.alternate_image_endpoint_type)
 
     def _set_compute_clients(self):
         self.agents_client = self.compute.AgentsClient()
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index 0df5045..e7dca38 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -657,6 +657,15 @@
                choices=['public', 'admin', 'internal',
                         'publicURL', 'adminURL', 'internalURL'],
                help="The endpoint type to use for the image service."),
+    cfg.StrOpt('alternate_image_endpoint',
+               default=None,
+               help="Alternate endpoint name for cross-worker testing"),
+    cfg.StrOpt('alternate_image_endpoint_type',
+               default='publicURL',
+               choices=['public', 'admin', 'internal',
+                        'publicURL', 'adminURL', 'internalURL'],
+               help=("The endpoint type to use for the alternate image "
+                     "service.")),
     cfg.StrOpt('http_image',
                default='http://download.cirros-cloud.net/0.3.1/'
                'cirros-0.3.1-x86_64-uec.tar.gz',