diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 5aac7839e..781f28539 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@
         override-checkout: main
       - name: openstack/oslo.db
 
+- job:
+    name: taskflow-functional
+    parent: openstack-tox
+    abstract: true
+    pre-run: playbooks/tests/functional/pre.yml
+    vars:
+      tox_envlist: functional
+
+- job:
+    name: taskflow-functional-redis
+    parent: taskflow-functional
+    vars:
+      tox_environment:
+        PIFPAF_DAEMON: redis
+
 - project:
     templates:
       - check-requirements
@@ -28,6 +43,8 @@
     check:
       jobs:
         - taskflow-tox-py310-with-sqlalchemy-2x
+        - taskflow-functional-redis
     gate:
       jobs:
         - taskflow-tox-py310-with-sqlalchemy-2x
+        - taskflow-functional-redis
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index f8da4bd32..e2d278974 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,7 @@ mysql-server [platform:dpkg !platform:debian]
 postgresql
 postgresql-client [platform:dpkg]
 libpq-dev [platform:dpkg]
+
+redis [platform:rpm tests-functional-redis]
+redis-server [platform:dpkg tests-functional-redis]
+redis-sentinel [platform:dpkg tests-functional-redis]
diff --git a/playbooks/tests/functional/Debian.yaml b/playbooks/tests/functional/Debian.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f70e27cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/tests/functional/Debian.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+backend_services_map:
+  redis:
+    - redis-server
+    - redis-sentinel
diff --git a/playbooks/tests/functional/RedHat.yaml b/playbooks/tests/functional/RedHat.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbb108bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/tests/functional/RedHat.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+backend_services_map:
+  redis:
+    - redis
+    - redis-sentinel
diff --git a/playbooks/tests/functional/pre.yml b/playbooks/tests/functional/pre.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5e4e02afb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/tests/functional/pre.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+- hosts: all
+  vars:
+    taskflow_backend_daemon: "{{ tox_environment.PIFPAF_DAEMON }}"
+  roles:
+    - role: bindep
+      bindep_profile: "tests-functional-{{ taskflow_backend_daemon }}"
+  tasks:
+    - name: Include OS-specific variables
+      include_vars: "{{ ansible_os_family }}.yaml"
+    # NOTE(yoctozepto): Debian and Ubuntu have this nasty policy of starting
+    # installed services for us. We don't rely on system-wide service and use
+    # pifpaf. Unfortunately, default port may conflict with system-wide service.
+    # So, for sanity and resource conservation, let's stop it before tests run.
+    - name: "Stop backend services"
+      service:
+        name: "{{ item }}"
+        state: stopped
+        enabled: no
+      become: yes
+      loop: "{{ backend_services_map[taskflow_backend_daemon] }}"
+
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index c9c3dd0f5..5a80cac49 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 testscenarios>=0.4 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
+pifpaf>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
 
 pre-commit>=2.6.0 # MIT
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1e59d92a6..ef07fa0c1 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ commands =
   sphinx-build -E -W -b html doc/source doc/build/html
   doc8 doc/source
 
+[testenv:functional]
+commands =
+  find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
+  pifpaf -e TAKSFLOW_TEST run {env:PIFPAF_DAEMON} {env:PIFPAF_OPTS} -- stestr run
+allowlist_externals =
+  find
+
 [testenv:update-states]
 deps =
   {[testenv]deps}