diff --git a/doc/source/devref/db_layer.rst b/doc/source/devref/db_layer.rst
index bacd7731600..d0d7bd52105 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/db_layer.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/db_layer.rst
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ Neutron Database Layer
 ======================
 
 
-Testing database and models sync
---------------------------------
+Tests to verify that database migrations and models are in sync
+---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-.. automodule:: neutron.tests.unit.db.test_migration
+.. automodule:: neutron.tests.functional.db.test_migration
 
 .. autoclass:: _TestModelsMigrations
    :members:
diff --git a/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh b/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
index 9b04233ac25..8409a3c3448 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
+++ b/neutron/tests/contrib/gate_hook.sh
@@ -10,3 +10,42 @@ $BASE/new/devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate.sh
 FUNC_FILTER=$BASE/new/neutron/neutron/tests/functional/contrib/filters.template
 sed -e "s+\$BASE_PATH+$BASE/new/neutron/.tox/dsvm-functional+" \
     $FUNC_FILTER | sudo tee /etc/neutron/rootwrap.d/functional.filters > /dev/null
+
+# Use devstack functions to install mysql and psql servers
+TOP_DIR=$BASE/new/devstack
+source $TOP_DIR/functions
+source $TOP_DIR/lib/config
+source $TOP_DIR/stackrc
+source $TOP_DIR/lib/database
+source $TOP_DIR/localrc
+
+disable_service postgresql
+enable_service mysql
+initialize_database_backends
+install_database
+
+disable_service mysql
+enable_service postgresql
+initialize_database_backends
+install_database
+
+# Set up the 'openstack_citest' user and database in each backend
+tmp_dir=`mktemp -d`
+
+cat << EOF > $tmp_dir/mysql.sql
+CREATE DATABASE openstack_citest;
+CREATE USER 'openstack_citest'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'openstack_citest';
+CREATE USER 'openstack_citest' IDENTIFIED BY 'openstack_citest';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'openstack_citest'@'localhost';
+GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'openstack_citest';
+FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+EOF
+/usr/bin/mysql -u root < $tmp_dir/mysql.sql
+
+cat << EOF > $tmp_dir/postgresql.sql
+CREATE USER openstack_citest WITH CREATEDB LOGIN PASSWORD 'openstack_citest';
+CREATE DATABASE openstack_citest WITH OWNER openstack_citest;
+EOF
+# User/group postgres needs to be given access to tmp_dir
+setfacl -m g:postgres:rwx $tmp_dir
+sudo -u postgres /usr/bin/psql --file=$tmp_dir/postgresql.sql
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/db/test_migration.py b/neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
similarity index 100%
rename from neutron/tests/unit/db/test_migration.py
rename to neutron/tests/functional/db/test_migrations.py
diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/requirements.txt b/neutron/tests/functional/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0c5f2215b44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# Additional requirements for functional tests
+
+# The order of packages is significant, because pip processes them in the order
+# of appearance. Changing the order has an impact on the overall integration
+# process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
+
+psycopg2
+MySQL-python
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c46402904af..26cf54526a4 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,4 @@ testtools>=0.9.36,!=1.2.0
 testscenarios>=0.4
 WebTest>=2.0
 oslotest>=1.2.0  # Apache-2.0
-psycopg2
-MySQL-python
 tempest-lib
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 858999c09b8..301d453d041 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 [testenv:functional]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=./neutron/tests/functional
          OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=90
+deps =
+  {[testenv]deps}
+  -r{toxinidir}/neutron/tests/functional/requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:dsvm-functional]
 setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=./neutron/tests/functional
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ setenv = OS_TEST_PATH=./neutron/tests/functional
          OS_FAIL_ON_MISSING_DEPS=1
          OS_TEST_TIMEOUT=90
 sitepackages=True
+deps =
+  {[testenv:functional]deps}
 
 [tox:jenkins]
 sitepackages = True