diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 7ccbd0a6..3a27ad8b 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 - project:
     check:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-linters
+        - openstack-tox-linters:
+            voting: false
     gate:
       jobs:
-        - openstack-tox-linters
+        - openstack-tox-linters:
+            voting: false
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 266f880b..4dfcd348 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+bashate >= 0.2
 PyYAML>=3.1.0
 yamllint>=0.5.2
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 4e2fa48d..0e4f4f83 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ commands =
             \( -name .tox -prune \)         \
             -o -type f -name '*.yaml'       \
             -print0 | xargs -0 yamllint"
+  bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
+         -not \( -type d -name .?\* -prune \) \
+         -type f                              \
+         -not -name \*~                       \
+         -not -name \*.md                     \
+         -name \*.sh                          \
+         -print0 | xargs -0 bashate -v"
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs}