diff --git a/lib/ironic b/lib/ironic
index 4a37f0a..7493c3c 100644
--- a/lib/ironic
+++ b/lib/ironic
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 IRONIC_IPMIINFO_FILE=${IRONIC_IPMIINFO_FILE:-$IRONIC_DATA_DIR/hardware_info}
 
 # Set up defaults for functional / integration testing
+IRONIC_NODE_UUID=${IRONIC_NODE_UUID:-`uuidgen`}
 IRONIC_SCRIPTS_DIR=${IRONIC_SCRIPTS_DIR:-$TOP_DIR/tools/ironic/scripts}
 IRONIC_TEMPLATES_DIR=${IRONIC_TEMPLATES_DIR:-$TOP_DIR/tools/ironic/templates}
 IRONIC_BAREMETAL_BASIC_OPS=$(trueorfalse False IRONIC_BAREMETAL_BASIC_OPS)
@@ -619,7 +620,12 @@
             node_options+=" -i $_IRONIC_DEPLOY_RAMDISK_KEY=$IRONIC_DEPLOY_RAMDISK_ID"
         fi
 
-        local node_id=$(ironic node-create --chassis_uuid $chassis_id \
+        # First node created will be used for testing in ironic w/o glance
+        # scenario, so we need to know its UUID.
+        local standalone_node_uuid=$([ $total_nodes -eq 0 ] && echo "--uuid $IRONIC_NODE_UUID")
+
+        local node_id=$(ironic node-create $standalone_node_uuid\
+            --chassis_uuid $chassis_id \
             --driver $IRONIC_DEPLOY_DRIVER \
             -p cpus=$ironic_node_cpu\
             -p memory_mb=$ironic_node_ram\
diff --git a/lib/tempest b/lib/tempest
index cd8fbd7..44b2f96 100644
--- a/lib/tempest
+++ b/lib/tempest
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@
     if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = "ironic" ] ; then
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal driver_enabled True
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal unprovision_timeout 300
+        iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal deploy_img_dir $FILES
+        iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG baremetal node_uuid $IRONIC_NODE_UUID
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled change_password False
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled console_output False
         iniset $TEMPEST_CONFIG compute-feature-enabled interface_attach False