diff --git a/tools/configure_tempest.sh b/tools/configure_tempest.sh
index 456b3c0d10..4d029d841e 100755
--- a/tools/configure_tempest.sh
+++ b/tools/configure_tempest.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ source $TOP_DIR/openrc
 # Where Openstack code lives
 DEST=${DEST:-/opt/stack}
 
+NOVA_SOURCE_DIR=$DEST/nova
 TEMPEST_DIR=$DEST/tempest
 CONFIG_DIR=$TEMPEST_DIR/etc
 TEMPEST_CONF=$CONFIG_DIR/tempest.conf
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ FLAVOR_REF_ALT=2
 COMPUTE_CATALOG_TYPE=compute
 COMPUTE_CREATE_IMAGE_ENABLED=True
 COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_ISOLATION=True
-COMPUTE_RESIZE_AVAILABLE=False  # not supported with QEMU...
+COMPUTE_RESIZE_AVAILABLE=False
 COMPUTE_CHANGE_PASSWORD_AVAILABLE=False  # not supported with QEMU...
 COMPUTE_LOG_LEVEL=ERROR
 BUILD_INTERVAL=3
@@ -144,6 +145,15 @@ SSH_USER=$OS_USERNAME
 NETWORK_FOR_SSH=private
 IP_VERSION_FOR_SSH=4
 SSH_TIMEOUT=4
+# Whitebox testing configuration for Compute...
+COMPUTE_WHITEBOX_ENABLED=True
+COMPUTE_SOURCE_DIR=$NOVA_SOURCE_DIR
+COMPUTE_BIN_DIR=/usr/bin/nova
+COMPUTE_CONFIG_PATH=/etc/nova/nova.conf
+# TODO(jaypipes): Create the key file here... right now, no whitebox
+# tests actually use a key.
+COMPUTE_PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY=$TEMPEST_DIR/id_rsa
+COMPUTE_DB_URI=mysql://root:$MYSQL_PASSWORD@localhost/nova
 
 # Image test configuration options...
 IMAGE_HOST=${IMAGE_HOST:-127.0.0.1}
@@ -177,6 +187,7 @@ sed -e "
     s,%COMPUTE_CREATE_IMAGE_ENABLED%,$COMPUTE_CREATE_IMAGE_ENABLED,g;
     s,%COMPUTE_RESIZE_AVAILABLE%,$COMPUTE_RESIZE_AVAILABLE,g;
     s,%COMPUTE_CHANGE_PASSWORD_AVAILABLE%,$COMPUTE_CHANGE_PASSWORD_AVAILABLE,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_WHITEBOX_ENABLED%,$COMPUTE_WHITEBOX_ENABLED,g;
     s,%COMPUTE_LOG_LEVEL%,$COMPUTE_LOG_LEVEL,g;
     s,%BUILD_INTERVAL%,$BUILD_INTERVAL,g;
     s,%BUILD_TIMEOUT%,$BUILD_TIMEOUT,g;
@@ -189,6 +200,11 @@ sed -e "
     s,%IMAGE_ID_ALT%,$IMAGE_UUID_ALT,g;
     s,%FLAVOR_REF%,$FLAVOR_REF,g;
     s,%FLAVOR_REF_ALT%,$FLAVOR_REF_ALT,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_CONFIG_PATH%,$COMPUTE_CONFIG_PATH,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_SOURCE_DIR%,$COMPUTE_SOURCE_DIR,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_BIN_DIR%,$COMPUTE_BIN_DIR,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY%,$COMPUTE_PATH_TO_PRIVATE_KEY,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_DB_URI%,$COMPUTE_DB_URI,g;
     s,%IMAGE_HOST%,$IMAGE_HOST,g;
     s,%IMAGE_PORT%,$IMAGE_PORT,g;
     s,%IMAGE_API_VERSION%,$IMAGE_API_VERSION,g;