diff --git a/octavia/tests/contrib/deploy_c10k_test.sh b/octavia/tests/contrib/deploy_c10k_test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c4be42cf57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/octavia/tests/contrib/deploy_c10k_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+function wait_for_loadbalancer_active() {
+  lb_name=$1
+  while [ $(neutron lbaas-loadbalancer-list \
+            | grep $lb_name | grep ACTIVE \
+            | wc --lines) == 0 ]; do
+  sleep 2
+  done
+}
+
+BUILD_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
+cp $( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/httpd.go ${BUILD_DIR}
+pushd ${BUILD_DIR}
+  go build -ldflags "-linkmode external -extldflags -static" httpd.go
+popd
+
+SEC_GROUP_ID=$( openstack security group create "app-server-sec-group" \
+                                                -f value -c id)
+openstack security group rule create ${SEC_GROUP_ID} --protocol tcp \
+                                                     --dst-port 22
+openstack security group rule create ${SEC_GROUP_ID} --protocol tcp \
+                                                     --dst-port 8080
+
+ssh-keygen -q -b 4096 -t rsa -N "" -f ${BUILD_DIR}/id_rsa
+openstack keypair create "app-server-key" --public-key ${BUILD_DIR}/id_rsa.pub
+
+PRIVATE_NET_ID=$( openstack network show private -f value -c id )
+
+neutron lbaas-loadbalancer-create --name lb1 private-subnet
+wait_for_loadbalancer_active lb
+neutron lbaas-listener-create --name listener1 \
+                              --loadbalancer lb1 \
+                              --protocol HTTP \
+                              --protocol-port 80 \
+                              --connection-limit 100000
+wait_for_loadbalancer_active lb1
+neutron lbaas-pool-create --name pool1 \
+                          --lb-algorithm ROUND_ROBIN \
+                          --listener listener1 \
+                          --protocol HTTP
+wait_for_loadbalancer_active lb1
+
+for NUM in $( seq -f "%02.0f" 1 3 ); do
+  # For higher scale testing you may want to use a large flavor assuming your
+  # environment has capacity
+  SERVER_ID=$( openstack server create app${NUM} \
+               --image cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-uec \
+               --flavor m1.tiny \
+               --security-group ${SEC_GROUP_ID} \
+               --nic net-id=${PRIVATE_NET_ID} \
+               --key-name "app-server-key" \
+               --wait -f value -c id )
+  sleep 30
+  SERVER_IPV4=$( openstack server show ${SERVER_ID} \
+                 -c addresses -f value \
+                 | perl -ne 'print $1 if /(\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+)/' )
+
+  scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
+      -i ${BUILD_DIR}/id_rsa \
+      ${BUILD_DIR}/httpd cirros@${SERVER_IPV4}:/dev/shm/
+  ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null \
+      -i ${BUILD_DIR}/id_rsa cirros@${SERVER_IPV4} \
+      sudo sh -c "ulimit -n 100000; screen -d -m /dev/shm/httpd \
+                  -id ${NUM} -port 8080"
+
+  neutron lbaas-member-create --subnet private-subnet \
+                              --address ${SERVER_IPV4} \
+                              --name app${NUM} \
+                              --protocol-port 8080 pool1
+  wait_for_loadbalancer_active lb1
+done
+
+VIP_ADDRESS=$( neutron lbaas-loadbalancer-show lb1 -f value -c vip_address )
+neutron lbaas-loadbalancer-show lb1
+
+echo -e "You can now perform a load test against this load balancer. " \
+        "For example:\n  ab -n 40000 -c 10000 http://${VIP_ADDRESS}/slow"
diff --git a/octavia/tests/contrib/httpd.go b/octavia/tests/contrib/httpd.go
index 23814e301c..72c4fbfe20 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/contrib/httpd.go
+++ b/octavia/tests/contrib/httpd.go
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ func (cc *ConnectionCount) stats() (int, int) {
 	return cc.max_conn, cc.total_conn
 }
 
+func (cc *ConnectionCount) reset() {
+	cc.mu.Lock()
+	defer cc.mu.Unlock()
+
+	cc.max_conn = 0
+	cc.total_conn = 0
+}
+
 func root_handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	scoreboard.open()
 	defer scoreboard.close()
@@ -58,7 +66,12 @@ func slow_handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	scoreboard.open()
 	defer scoreboard.close()
 
-	time.Sleep(3 * time.Second)
+	delay, err := time.ParseDuration(r.URL.Query().Get("delay"))
+	if err != nil {
+		delay = 3 * time.Second
+	}
+
+	time.Sleep(delay)
 	http.SetCookie(w, &sess_cookie)
 	io.WriteString(w, resp)
 }
@@ -69,6 +82,12 @@ func stats_handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	fmt.Fprintf(w, "max_conn=%d\ntotal_conn=%d\n", max_conn, total_conn)
 }
 
+func reset_handler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	http.SetCookie(w, &sess_cookie)
+	scoreboard.reset()
+	fmt.Fprintf(w, "reset\n")
+}
+
 func main() {
 	portPtr := flag.Int("port", 8080, "TCP port to listen on")
 	idPtr := flag.Int("id", 1, "Server ID")
@@ -82,6 +101,7 @@ func main() {
 	http.HandleFunc("/", root_handler)
 	http.HandleFunc("/slow", slow_handler)
 	http.HandleFunc("/stats", stats_handler)
+	http.HandleFunc("/reset", reset_handler)
 	portStr := fmt.Sprintf(":%d", *portPtr)
 	http.ListenAndServe(portStr, nil)
 }