diff --git a/etc/tempest.conf.sample b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
index 29f80bd..ef56ab3 100644
--- a/etc/tempest.conf.sample
+++ b/etc/tempest.conf.sample
@@ -1010,9 +1010,9 @@
 # value)
 #trove=false
 
-# Whether or not Marconi is expected to be available (boolean
+# Whether or not Zaqar is expected to be available (boolean
 # value)
-#marconi=false
+#zaqar=false
 
 
 [stress]
diff --git a/tempest/api/queuing/base.py b/tempest/api/queuing/base.py
index f4ff7f1..41a02f2 100644
--- a/tempest/api/queuing/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/queuing/base.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 class BaseQueuingTest(test.BaseTestCase):
 
     """
-    Base class for the Queuing tests that use the Tempest Marconi REST client
+    Base class for the Queuing tests that use the Tempest Zaqar REST client
 
     It is assumed that the following option is defined in the
     [service_available] section of etc/tempest.conf
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(BaseQueuingTest, cls).setUpClass()
-        if not CONF.service_available.marconi:
-            raise cls.skipException("Marconi support is required")
+        if not CONF.service_available.zaqar:
+            raise cls.skipException("Zaqar support is required")
         os = cls.get_client_manager()
         cls.queuing_cfg = CONF.queuing
         cls.client = os.queuing_client
diff --git a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
index 70fd27b..cd696a9 100755
--- a/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
+++ b/tempest/cmd/verify_tempest_config.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
         'data_processing': 'sahara',
         'baremetal': 'ironic',
         'identity': 'keystone',
-        'queuing': 'marconi',
+        'queuing': 'zaqar',
         'database': 'trove'
     }
     # Get catalog list for endpoints to use for validation
diff --git a/tempest/config.py b/tempest/config.py
index af45ba5..1d10a0a 100644
--- a/tempest/config.py
+++ b/tempest/config.py
@@ -921,9 +921,9 @@
     cfg.BoolOpt('trove',
                 default=False,
                 help="Whether or not Trove is expected to be available"),
-    cfg.BoolOpt('marconi',
+    cfg.BoolOpt('zaqar',
                 default=False,
-                help="Whether or not Marconi is expected to be available"),
+                help="Whether or not Zaqar is expected to be available"),
 ]
 
 debug_group = cfg.OptGroup(name="debug",
diff --git a/tempest/hacking/checks.py b/tempest/hacking/checks.py
index 93329bc..cef010e 100644
--- a/tempest/hacking/checks.py
+++ b/tempest/hacking/checks.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 PYTHON_CLIENTS = ['cinder', 'glance', 'keystone', 'nova', 'swift', 'neutron',
                   'trove', 'ironic', 'savanna', 'heat', 'ceilometer',
-                  'marconi', 'sahara']
+                  'zaqar', 'sahara']
 
 PYTHON_CLIENT_RE = re.compile('import (%s)client' % '|'.join(PYTHON_CLIENTS))
 TEST_DEFINITION = re.compile(r'^\s*def test.*')