diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index cdc63a7..fad4ed0 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@
         - tempest-full-test-account-no-admin-py3:
             voting: false
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
+        - openstack-tox-bashate
     gate:
       jobs:
         - tempest-slow-py3:
diff --git a/tools/format.sh b/tools/format.sh
index dec8f1c..ef5cc92 100755
--- a/tools/format.sh
+++ b/tools/format.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
 
 # isort is not compatible with the default flake8 (H306), maybe flake8-isort
 # isort -rc -sl -fss ../tempest ../setup.py
-$AUTOPEP8 --exit-code --max-line-length=79 --experimental --in-place -r ../tempest ../setup.py
+$AUTOPEP8 --exit-code --max-line-length=79 --experimental --in-place \
+          -r ../tempest ../setup.py
 ERROR=$?
 
 if [[ $ERROR -eq 0 ]]; then
diff --git a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
index 6e473b7..b6a7c77 100755
--- a/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
+++ b/tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.sh
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     printf " ===\n"
 }
 
-function print_plugin_table() {
+function print_plugin_table {
     title_underline ${name_col_len}
     printf "%-3s %-${name_col_len}s %s\n" "SR" "Plugin Name" "URL"
     title_underline ${name_col_len}
diff --git a/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh b/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
index b652369..a087a4c 100644
--- a/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
+++ b/tools/tempest-plugin-sanity.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 BLACKLIST="$(python tools/generate-tempest-plugins-list.py blacklist)"
 
 # Function to clone project using zuul-cloner or from git
-function clone_project() {
+function clone_project {
     if [ -e /usr/zuul-env/bin/zuul-cloner ]; then
         /usr/zuul-env/bin/zuul-cloner --cache-dir /opt/git \
         https://opendev.org \
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 }
 
 # function to create virtualenv to perform sanity operation
-function prepare_workspace() {
+function prepare_workspace {
     SANITY_DIR=$(pwd)
     virtualenv -p python3 --clear "$SANITY_DIR"/.venv
     export TVENV="$SANITY_DIR/tools/with_venv.sh"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 }
 
 # Function to install project
-function install_project() {
+function install_project {
     "$TVENV" pip install "$SANITY_DIR"/"$1"
     # Check for test-requirements.txt file in a project then install it.
     if [ -e "$SANITY_DIR"/"$1"/test-requirements.txt ]; then
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
 }
 
 # Function to perform sanity checking on Tempest plugin
-function tempest_sanity() {
+function tempest_sanity {
     "$TVENV" tempest init "$SANITY_DIR"/tempest_sanity && \
     cd "$SANITY_DIR"/tempest_sanity && \
     "$TVENV" tempest list-plugins && \
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
 }
 
 # Function to run sanity check on each project
-function plugin_sanity_check() {
+function plugin_sanity_check {
     prepare_workspace && \
     clone_project "$1" && \
     install_project "$1" && \
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 8a7a509..21182d8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = pep8,py36,py37,py27,pip-check-reqs
+envlist = pep8,py36,py37,py27,bashate,pip-check-reqs
 minversion = 2.3.1
 skipsdist = True
 
@@ -303,6 +303,20 @@
          -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 whitelist_externals = rm
 
+[testenv:bashate]
+basepython = python3
+# if you want to test out some changes you have made to bashate
+# against tempest, just set BASHATE_INSTALL_PATH=/path/... to your
+# modified bashate tree
+deps =
+   {env:BASHATE_INSTALL_PATH:bashate}
+whitelist_externals = bash
+commands = bash -c "find {toxinidir}/tools    \
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
+         -type f                              \
+         -name \*.sh                          \
+         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
+
 [testenv:pip-check-reqs]
 # Do not install test-requirements as that will pollute the virtualenv for
 # determining missing packages.