diff --git a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
index 5b1a5bf7784..ee76c8a531d 100644
--- a/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/grenade.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     roles:
diff --git a/zuul.d/rally.yaml b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
index 3209cfce93f..4518c975c57 100644
--- a/zuul.d/rally.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/rally.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -117,6 +119,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
       devstack_plugins:
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
index 4f507318956..f185499faec 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-multinode.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     vars:
@@ -361,6 +363,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
     roles:
       - zuul: zuul/zuul-jobs
diff --git a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
index 3423e1efa95..3209f5aa6d1 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tempest-singlenode.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -133,6 +135,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/cmd/ovn/.*$
       - ^neutron/common/ovn/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 # TODO(ralonsoh): remove this duplicated definition when "devstack" and "nova"
@@ -238,6 +242,8 @@
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^neutron/agent/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -312,6 +318,8 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -387,6 +395,8 @@
       - ^tools/.*$
       - ^tox.ini$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -513,6 +523,8 @@
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/linuxbridge/.*$
       - ^neutron/services/trunk/drivers/openvswitch/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 # TODO(slaweq): move this to be multinode job when it will be possible in Zuul
diff --git a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
index 571d528892a..ecb1a0cdff1 100644
--- a/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/tripleo.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/ovn/.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml
 
 - job:
@@ -71,5 +73,7 @@
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/macvtap/.*$
       - ^neutron/plugins/ml2/drivers/mech_sriov/.*$
       - ^neutron/scheduler/.*$
+      - ^roles/.*functional.*$
+      - ^playbooks/.*functional.*$
       - ^vagrant/.*$
       - ^zuul.d/(?!(project)).*\.yaml