diff --git a/refstack.cfg b/refstack.cfg
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+++ b/refstack.cfg
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+# gearman config
+GEARMAN_SERVER = "localhost"
+GEARMAN_PORT = 4730
diff --git a/refstack/gearman.py b/refstack/gearman.py
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+++ b/refstack/gearman.py
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+# Copyright 2014 Piston Cloud Computing, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import gear
+import logging
+import json
+import time
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+
+class RefstackGearmanClient(gear.Client):
+
+    def __init__(self, refstack_gearman):
+        """ init wrapper sets local refstack_gearman
+        object with passed in one"""
+        super(RefstackGearmanClient, self).__init__()
+        self.__refstack_gearman = refstack_gearman
+
+
+class Gearman(object):
+    log = logging.getLogger("refstack.Gearman")
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        """ sets up connection and client object"""
+        self.config = config
+        self.meta_jobs = {}  # A list of meta-jobs like stop or describe
+
+        server = config.get('gearman', 'server')
+        if config.has_option('gearman', 'port'):
+            port = config.get('gearman', 'port')
+        else:
+            port = 4730
+
+        self.gearman = RefstackGearmanClient(self)
+        self.gearman.addServer(server, port)
+
+    def add_job(self, name, params):
+        """ adds job to the gearman queue"""
+        self.log.info("starting test run")
+        uuid = str(uuid4().hex)
+
+        gearman_job = gear.Job(name, json.dumps(params),
+                               unique=uuid)
+
+        if not self.is_job_registered(gearman_job.name):
+            self.log.error("Job %s is not registered with Gearman" %
+                           gearman_job)
+            self.on_job_completed(gearman_job, 'NOT_REGISTERED')
+            #return build
+
+        try:
+            self.gearman.submitJob(gearman_job)
+        except Exception:
+            self.log.exception("Unable to submit job to Gearman")
+            self.on_build_completed(gearman_job, 'EXCEPTION')
+            #return build
+
+        if not gearman_job.handle:
+            self.log.error("No job handle was received for %s after 30 seconds"
+                           " marking as lost." %
+                           gearman_job)
+            self.on_build_completed(gearman_job, 'NO_HANDLE')
+
+        self.log.debug("Received handle %s for job" % gearman_job.handle)
+
+    def on_job_completed(self, job, result=None):
+        """called when test is completed"""
+        if job.unique in self.meta_jobs:
+            del self.meta_jobs[job.unique]
+            return
+
+    def is_job_registered(self, name):
+        """ checks to see if job registered with gearman or not"""
+        if self.function_cache_time:
+            for connection in self.gearman.active_connections:
+                if connection.connect_time > self.function_cache_time:
+                    self.function_cache = set()
+                    self.function_cache_time = 0
+                    break
+        if name in self.function_cache:
+            self.log.debug("Function %s is registered" % name)
+            return True
+        if ((time.time() - self.function_cache_time) <
+            self.negative_function_cache_ttl):
+            self.log.debug("Function %s is not registered "
+                           "(negative ttl in effect)" % name)
+            return False
+        self.function_cache_time = time.time()
+        for connection in self.gearman.active_connections:
+            try:
+                req = gear.StatusAdminRequest()
+                connection.sendAdminRequest(req)
+            except Exception:
+                self.log.exception("Exception while checking functions")
+                continue
+            for line in req.response.split('\n'):
+                parts = [x.strip() for x in line.split()]
+                if not parts or parts[0] == '.':
+                    continue
+                self.function_cache.add(parts[0])
+        if name in self.function_cache:
+            self.log.debug("Function %s is registered" % name)
+            return True
+        self.log.debug("Function %s is not registered" % name)
+        return False
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index b10ac94d..cb1a1c3d 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ python-openid==2.2.5
 requests==1.2.3
 python-keystoneclient
 Jinja2==2.7.1
+gear>=0.5.4,<1.0.0
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