diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 0c302d32..0b12c55c 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         - airship-deckhand-ubuntu:
             voting: false
         - airship-deckhand-functional-docker-py35
+        - airship-deckhand-functional-uwsgi-py35
     gate:
       jobs:
         - airship-deckhand-linter
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
         #       - ^doc/.*$
         #       - ^releasenotes/.*$
         - airship-deckhand-functional-docker-py35
+        - airship-deckhand-functional-uwsgi-py35
 
 - job:
     name: airship-deckhand-linter
@@ -80,6 +82,17 @@
       - ^doc/.*$
       - ^releasenotes/.*$
 
+- job:
+    name: airship-deckhand-functional-uwsgi-py35
+    description: |
+      Run tox-based functional tests for the Airship Deckhand project using a
+      minimalistic deployment consisting of uwsgi for Deckhand API and pifpaf
+      for ephemeral PostgreSQL DB, under cPython version 3.5.
+    run: tools/gate/playbooks/run-functional-tests-uwsgi.yaml
+    nodeset: openstack-helm-single-node
+    vars:
+      tox_envlist: functional-dev
+
 - job:
     name: airship-deckhand-functional-docker-py35
     description: |
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index f3a37438..7506ce60 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -15,5 +15,4 @@ testrepository>=0.0.20 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 testtools>=2.3.0 # MIT
 bandit>=1.4.0 # Apache-2.0
 gabbi==1.35.1
-pytest-html==1.16.1
-pifpaf==2.0.5
+pifpaf>=0.10.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tools/common-tests.sh b/tools/common-tests.sh
index 36babd4b..539d9a22 100644
--- a/tools/common-tests.sh
+++ b/tools/common-tests.sh
@@ -9,47 +9,13 @@ function log_section {
 }
 
 
-function deploy_postgre {
-    #######################################
-    # Deploy an ephemeral PostgreSQL DB.
-    # Globals:
-    #   POSTGRES_ID
-    #   POSTGRES_IP
-    # Arguments:
-    #   None
-    # Returns:
-    #   None
-    #######################################
-    set -xe
-
-    # TODO(felipemonteiro): Use OSH PostgreSQL chart.
-    POSTGRES_ID=$(
-        sudo docker run \
-            --detach \
-            --publish :5432 \
-            -e POSTGRES_DB=deckhand \
-            -e POSTGRES_USER=deckhand \
-            -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password \
-                postgres:9.5
-    )
-
-    POSTGRES_IP=$(
-        sudo docker inspect \
-            --format='{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks.bridge.IPAddress }}' \
-                $POSTGRES_ID
-    )
-
-    echo $POSTGRES_IP
-}
-
-
 function gen_config {
     #######################################
     # Generate sample configuration file
     # Globals:
     #   CONF_DIR
     #   DECKHAND_TEST_URL
-    #   DATABASE_URL
+    #   AIRSHIP_DECKHAND_DATABASE_URL
     #   DECKHAND_CONFIG_DIR
     # Arguments:
     #   disable_keystone: true or false
@@ -57,7 +23,7 @@ function gen_config {
     # Returns:
     #   None
     #######################################
-    set -xe
+    set -xe;
 
     log_section "Creating config directory and test deckhand.conf"
 
@@ -66,14 +32,13 @@ function gen_config {
 
     local disable_keystone=$1
     export DECKHAND_TEST_URL=$2
-    export DATABASE_URL=postgresql+psycopg2://deckhand:password@$POSTGRES_IP:5432/deckhand
     # Used by Deckhand's initialization script to search for config files.
     export DECKHAND_CONFIG_DIR=$CONF_DIR
 
     local conf_file=${CONF_DIR}/deckhand.conf
 
     cp etc/deckhand/logging.conf.sample $CONF_DIR/logging.conf
-    envsubst '${DATABASE_URL}' < deckhand/tests/deckhand.conf.test > $conf_file
+    envsubst '${AIRSHIP_DECKHAND_DATABASE_URL}' < deckhand/tests/deckhand.conf.test > $conf_file
 
     # Only set up logging if running Deckhand via uwsgi. The container already has
     # values for logging.
@@ -104,7 +69,7 @@ function gen_paste {
     # Returns:
     #   None
     #######################################
-    set -xe
+    set -xe;
 
     local disable_keystone=$1
 
diff --git a/tools/functional-tests.sh b/tools/functional-tests.sh
index 01d25c98..10af5983 100755
--- a/tools/functional-tests.sh
+++ b/tools/functional-tests.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 # Script intended for running Deckhand functional tests via gabbi for
 # developers. Dependencies include gabbi, pifpaf and uwsgi.
+#
+# Usage: pifpaf run postgresql -- tools/functional-tests.sh
 
 set -xe
 
@@ -26,41 +28,38 @@ function cleanup_deckhand {
 trap cleanup_deckhand EXIT
 
 
-function deploy_postgresql {
-    eval `pifpaf run postgresql`
-    export POSTGRES_IP=${PIFPAF_POSTGRESQL_URL}
-}
-
-
 function deploy_deckhand {
-    source ${CURRENT_DIR}/common-tests.sh
     gen_config true "127.0.0.1:9000"
     gen_paste true
 
     log_section "Running Deckhand via uwsgi."
 
-    alembic upgrade head
-    source $ROOTDIR/../entrypoint.sh server &
+    source ${CURRENT_DIR}/entrypoint.sh alembic upgrade head &
+    # Give time for migrations to complete.
+    sleep 5
 
+    source ${CURRENT_DIR}/entrypoint.sh server &
     # Give the server a chance to come up. Better to poll a health check.
     sleep 5
 }
 
 
+export AIRSHIP_DECKHAND_DATABASE_URL=${PIFPAF_POSTGRESQL_URL}
+
 # Deploy Deckhand and PostgreSQL and run tests.
-deploy_postgresql
+source ${CURRENT_DIR}/tools/common-tests.sh
 deploy_deckhand
 
-log_section Running tests
+log_section "Running tests."
 
-export DECKHAND_TEST_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}/../deckhand/tests/functional/gabbits
+export DECKHAND_TEST_DIR=${CURRENT_DIR}/deckhand/tests/functional/gabbits
 
 set +e
 posargs=$@
 if [ ${#posargs} -ge 1 ]; then
-    py.test -k $1 -svx ${CURRENT_DIR}/../deckhand/tests/common/test_gabbi.py
+    py.test -k $1 -svx ${CURRENT_DIR}/deckhand/tests/common/test_gabbi.py
 else
-    py.test -svx ${CURRENT_DIR}/../deckhand/tests/common/test_gabbi.py
+    py.test -svx ${CURRENT_DIR}/deckhand/tests/common/test_gabbi.py
 fi
 TEST_STATUS=$?
 set -e
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/run-functional-tests-uwsgi.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/run-functional-tests-uwsgi.yaml
index 7e79b2ff..536cf645 100644
--- a/tools/gate/playbooks/run-functional-tests-uwsgi.yaml
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/run-functional-tests-uwsgi.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 - hosts: all
   gather_facts: False
   roles:
+    - install-postgresql
     - run-tests
   tags:
+    - install-postgresql
     - run-tests
diff --git a/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/install-postgresql.yaml b/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/install-postgresql.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e9b5679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/install-postgresql.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- name: Install PostgreSQL
+  shell: |-
+    set -xe;
+    if [ -z $(which pg_config) ]; then
+      apt-get update -y
+      apt-get install postgresql postgresql-contrib -y
+      apt-get install libpq-dev -y
+    fi
+  become: yes
diff --git a/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/main.yaml b/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fb50ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/roles/install-postgresql/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2018 AT&T Intellectual Property.  All other rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- include: install-postgresql.yaml
diff --git a/tools/integration-tests.sh b/tools/integration-tests.sh
index 1fe30f1c..eccf7b9d 100755
--- a/tools/integration-tests.sh
+++ b/tools/integration-tests.sh
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ source ${CURRENT_DIR}/tools/common-tests.sh
 deploy_osh_keystone_barbican
 
 # Deploy PostgreSQL and Deckhand.
-deploy_postgre
+deploy_postgresql
 deploy_deckhand
 
 run_tests "$@"
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 42bb92c9..2b695e20 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -54,12 +54,13 @@ commands =
 basepython=python3.5
 # Minimalistic functional test job for running Deckhand functional tests
 # via uwsgi. Uses pifpaf for DB instantiation. Useful for developers.
+# Requires PostgreSQL be installed on host.
 setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
   find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-  {toxinidir}/tools/functional-tests.sh '{posargs}'
+  pifpaf run postgresql -- {toxinidir}/tools/functional-tests.sh "{posargs}"
 
 [testenv:cover]
 setenv = {[testenv]setenv}