diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 9104655..b5c769e 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -2,14 +2,34 @@
 - project:
     check:
       jobs:
+        - k8app-portieris-tox-py39
         - openstack-tox-linters
     gate:
       jobs:
+        - k8app-portieris-tox-py39
         - openstack-tox-linters
     post:
       jobs:
         - stx-portieris-armada-app-upload-git-mirror
 
+- job:
+    name: k8app-portieris-tox-py39
+    parent: tox-py39
+    description: |
+        Run py39 test for portieris
+    nodeset: debian-bullseye
+    required-projects:
+      - starlingx/config
+      - starlingx/fault
+      - starlingx/update
+      - starlingx/utilities
+    files:
+      - python-k8app-portieris/*
+    vars:
+        tox_envlist: py39
+        python_version: 3.9
+        tox_extra_args: -c python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/tox.ini
+
 - job:
     name: stx-portieris-armada-app-upload-git-mirror
     parent: upload-git-mirror
diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ffe69f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# This is a cross-platform list tracking distribution packages needed for install and tests;
+# see https://docs.openstack.org/infra/bindep/ for additional information.
+
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libldap2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libxml2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libxslt1-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libsasl2-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+python3-all-dev [platform:dpkg]
diff --git a/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/test-requirements.txt b/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/test-requirements.txt
index 47af875..4faaa15 100644
--- a/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ flake8<3.8.0
 pycodestyle<2.6.0 # MIT License
 coverage>=3.6
 discover
+mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
 passlib>=1.7.0
 psycopg2-binary
 python-subunit>=0.0.18
 requests-mock>=0.6.0 # Apache-2.0
 oslotest>=3.2.0 # Apache-2.0
+stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testrepository>=0.0.18
 testtools!=1.2.0,>=0.9.36
 ipaddr
diff --git a/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/tox.ini b/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/tox.ini
index 7a39c99..f001844 100644
--- a/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/tox.ini
+++ b/python-k8sapp-portieris/k8sapp_portieris/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-envlist = flake8,py27,py36,pylint,bandit
+envlist = flake8,py27,py36,py39,pylint,bandit
 minversion = 1.6
 # skipsdist = True
 #,pip-missing-reqs
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ distshare={toxworkdir}/.tox/distshare
 # enabling usedevelop results in  py27 develop-inst:
 # Exception: Versioning for this project requires either an sdist tarball,
 # or access to an upstream git repository.
-# Note. site-packages is true and rpm-python must be yum installed on your dev machine.
-sitepackages = True
+sitepackages = False
 
 # tox is silly... these need to be separated by a newline....
 whitelist_externals = bash
                       find
 
 install_command = pip install \
-    -v -v -v \
+    -v -v -v --use-deprecated legacy-resolver \
     -c{toxinidir}/upper-constraints.txt \
     -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://opendev.org/openstack/requirements/raw/branch/stable/stein/upper-constraints.txt} \
     {opts} {packages}
@@ -72,6 +71,18 @@ commands =
   stestr run {posargs}
   stestr slowest
 
+[testenv:py39]
+basepython = python3.9
+install_command = pip install \
+    -v -v -v --use-deprecated legacy-resolver \
+    -c{toxinidir}/upper-constraints.txt \
+    -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://opendev.org/starlingx/root/raw/branch/master/build-tools/requirements/debian/upper-constraints.txt} \
+    {opts} {packages}
+commands =
+  {[testenv]commands}
+  stestr run {posargs}
+  stestr slowest
+
 [testenv:py36]
 basepython = python3.6
 commands =