diff --git a/grafana/ovsdbapp.yaml b/grafana/ovsdbapp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87f78bfe45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grafana/ovsdbapp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+dashboard:
+  title: ovsdbapp Failure Rates
+  rows:
+    - title: Description
+      height: 100px
+      panels:
+        - title: Description
+          content: |
+            **This dashboard is managed by [Grafyaml](http://docs.openstack.org/infra/system-config/grafyaml.html).**
+
+            If you would like to make changes to this dashboard, please see the grafana directory in [project-config](https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack-infra/project-config/tree/grafana/ovsdbapp.yaml).
+          type: text
+    - title: Graphs
+      height: 320px
+      panels:
+        - title: Unit Test Failure Rates (Check queue)
+          span: 4
+          targets:
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.check.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.check.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial')
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.check.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python35.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.check.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python35.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'gate-ovsdbapp-python35')
+          type: graph
+        - title: Unit Test Failure Rates (Gate queue)
+          span: 4
+          targets:
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.gate.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.gate.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'gate-ovsdbapp-python27-ubuntu-xenial')
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.gate.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python35.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.gate.job.gate-ovsdbapp-python35.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'gate-ovsdbapp-python35')
+          type: graph
+        - title: Periodic Job Failure Rates
+          span: 4
+          targets:
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.periodic.job.periodic-neutron-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.periodic.job.periodic-neutron-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'periodic-neutron-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master')
+            - target: alias(movingAverage(asPercent(transformNull(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.periodic.job.periodic-networking-ovn-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master.FAILURE),sum(stats_counts.zuul.pipeline.periodic.job.periodic-networking-ovn-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master.{SUCCESS,FAILURE})),'24hours'), 'periodic-networking-ovn-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master')
+          type: graph
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/ovsdbapp.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/ovsdbapp.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b9c1ece32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/ovsdbapp.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+- job-template:
+    name: 'periodic-{name}-{python}-with-ovsdbapp-master'
+    node: ubuntu-xenial
+
+    wrappers:
+      - build-timeout:
+          timeout: 50
+      - timestamps
+
+    builders:
+      - print-template-name:
+          template-name: "{template-name}"
+      - zuul-git-branch-prep-upper-constraints:
+          branch: master
+      - install-distro-packages
+      - revoke-sudo
+      - shell: "/usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts/run-tox-with-dependency-master.sh {name} {python}"
+      - assert-no-extra-files
+
+    publishers:
+      - test-results
+      - console-log
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
index 3a288625c1..dcc4f79d4b 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/projects.yaml
@@ -8085,6 +8085,7 @@
           suffix: '-nv'
           branch-override: default
       - periodic-python-jobs-with-neutron-lib-master
+      - periodic-python-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
 
 - project:
     name: networking-ovs-dpdk
@@ -8365,6 +8366,7 @@
           branch-override: master
       - periodic-python-jobs-with-oslo-master
       - periodic-python-jobs-with-neutron-lib-master
+      - periodic-python-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
 
 - project:
     name: neutron-classifier
diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/python-jobs.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/python-jobs.yaml
index 5ad5be4050..fdb7cba362 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/python-jobs.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/python-jobs.yaml
@@ -566,6 +566,13 @@
           python:
             - py35
 
+- job-group:
+    name: periodic-python-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
+    jobs:
+      - 'periodic-{name}-{python}-with-ovsdbapp-master':
+          python:
+            - py35
+
 - job-group:
     name: python-jobs
     node:
diff --git a/jenkins/scripts/run-tox-with-dependency-master.sh b/jenkins/scripts/run-tox-with-dependency-master.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..94ec649395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins/scripts/run-tox-with-dependency-master.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+# inspired from sister script run-tox-with-oslo-master.sh
+
+project=$1
+venv=$2
+
+if [[ -z "$venv" || -z "$project" ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $?"
+    echo
+    echo "PROJECT: The openstack project run as master (eg 'neutron-lib')"
+    echo "VENV: The tox environment to run (eg 'py35')"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+script_path=/usr/local/jenkins/slave_scripts
+
+sed -i "s/${project}.*/-e git+https:\/\/git.openstack.org\/openstack\/${project}.git#egg=${project}/g" requirements.txt
+sed -i "s/${project}.*/-e git+https:\/\/git.openstack.org\/openstack\/${project}.git#egg=${project}/g" upper-constraints.txt
+
+cat << EOF >> tox.ini
+
+[testenv:${venv}-${project}-master]
+basepython={[${venv}]basepython}
+setenv={[${venv}]setenv}
+deps={[${venv}]deps}
+commands={[${venv}]commands}
+EOF
+
+$script_path/run-tox.sh $venv-$project-master
diff --git a/zuul/layout.yaml b/zuul/layout.yaml
index 29ea27f90c..1668856ce8 100755
--- a/zuul/layout.yaml
+++ b/zuul/layout.yaml
@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ project-templates:
     periodic:
       - 'periodic-{name}-py35-with-neutron-lib-master'
 
+  - name: periodic-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
+    periodic:
+      - 'periodic-{name}-py35-with-ovsdbapp-master'
+
   # This is the same template as python-jobs but uses the new
   # linters target instead of pep8.
   - name: python-jobs-linters
@@ -12895,6 +12899,7 @@ projects:
       - name: check-requirements
       - name: python35-jobs
       - name: periodic-jobs-with-neutron-lib-master
+      - name: periodic-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
     check:
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-ovs-master-nv
       - gate-tempest-dsvm-networking-ovn-ovs-release
@@ -13006,6 +13011,7 @@ projects:
       - name: periodic-ocata
       - name: periodic-jobs-with-oslo-master
       - name: periodic-jobs-with-neutron-lib-master
+      - name: periodic-jobs-with-ovsdbapp-master
       - name: check-requirements
       - name: integrated-gate
       - name: integrated-gate-py35