diff --git a/tools/configure_tempest.sh b/tools/configure_tempest.sh
index 0da5597cba..2df0315c1c 100755
--- a/tools/configure_tempest.sh
+++ b/tools/configure_tempest.sh
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ fi
 COMPUTE_CATALOG_TYPE=compute
 COMPUTE_CREATE_IMAGE_ENABLED=True
 COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_ISOLATION=True
+COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_REUSE=True
 COMPUTE_RESIZE_AVAILABLE=False
 COMPUTE_CHANGE_PASSWORD_AVAILABLE=False  # not supported with QEMU...
 COMPUTE_LOG_LEVEL=ERROR
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@ sed -e "
     s,%ALT_TENANT_NAME%,$ALT_TENANT_NAME,g;
     s,%COMPUTE_CATALOG_TYPE%,$COMPUTE_CATALOG_TYPE,g;
     s,%COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_ISOLATION%,$COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_ISOLATION,g;
+    s,%COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_REUSE%,$COMPUTE_ALLOW_TENANT_REUSE,g;
     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;